ColonelMike

Cardsrule - nice meeting you tonight! I was hoping we'd have more time to talk, but we had an announcer miss and I had to do all four of the games we broadcast. I didn't have time to disentangle myself from the headset when you came by as we were on the air.... maybe we can talk more next time. Still - thanks for coming by! Good to put a face with an avatar! LOL I tend to agree with your ranking of the three Oldham schools right now. There will be some movement in the BGPreps 8th region rankings this week, and right now, I expect Oldham to be ranked over the other two Oldham schools. Of course, this is just December, and I've seen an awful lot of teams ranked highly in December flame out in March - and vice-versa. I wouldn't be surprised to see South or North be the region kingpin at the end of the year, but if I'm ranking teams based on who I think would do better if the region were played today, then I have to rank Oldham ahead of them both right now. The Oldham win tonight was impressive, especially considering the caliber of the competition. Exciting game from start to finish. Oldham steadily built their lead, winning every quarter by a few points... biggest lead was 19 in the fourth period, but Oldham settled for a 15 point margin. Oldham County 21 19 17 17 - 74 Spencer County 17 16 11 15 - 59 Oldham shot 50% or better from the floor in each frame: First: 9 of 17 Second: 6 of 12 Third: 6 of 11 Fourth: 6 of 11 Oldham shooting Overall: 27 of 51 52.9% Threes: 6 of 14 42.9% FT%: 14 of 18 77.8% Spencer Shooting: Overall: 20 of 48 41.7% Threes: 8 of 20 40% FT%: 11 of 14 78.6% The intensity level was post-season caliber. Everything was contested to the max. And we saw some highlight-reel plays, including a monster two-handed dunk by Spencer's Sam Conley off a missed shot. Deaton Oak (23 points) and Tyler Slone (17 points / 11 rebounds) played masterful games for Oldham. Lucas Hornback had a really solid game for Spencer, scoring 14 points, but Oldham held him to just 4 points in the decisive second half. Oldham won the battle of the boards, unofficially, 29-20. It was one game, one night - but tonight, Oldham was clearly the better team. Congrats to Oldham County, who moves to 5-0 on the season. Good luck to the Bears the rest of the way. Long way to go till March.... CM

One of the classiest coaches in the 8th Region. Met him many years ago when he was an assistant to Delmas Castle, and grew to know him as a friend over the years. Great coach, great guy, and greatly missed. CM

SPENCER - top scorers Hornback 14 Mabry and Conley 11 Whitlock 7 Cook 7 Jaggers, Howlie, and Basham 3 apiece

Scoring for Oldham Deaton Oak 23, Tyler Slone 17 pts / 11 reb, Logan Hudgins 9 points / 5 reb, Sam Campbell 9, Xander Wagner-Rose 9, Grant Gibson 3, Nick Carter 2, Steven Votaw 2

FINAL Oldham Co 74 Spencer Co 59

Oldham Co 69 Spencer 50 timeout 3:29 left

end of three Oldham 57 Spencer 44

Half Oldham 40 Spencer 33

end of one Oldham Co 21 Spencer 17

4:16 to play in the first Oldham County 11 Spencer County 5 Bears with 5 turnovers

Will post as I can. CM

FINAL Covington Holy Cross 52 Oldham County 43

5:17 to play Cov Holy Cross 42 Oldham County 39

Half Oldham County 29 Covington Holy Cross 25 Kayley Batts of Oldham hits four consecutive threes to help OC erase a six point deficit.

End of 1Q Cov HC 11 Oldham Co 9

Cov Holy Cross 11 Oldham Co 8 1:24 left in 1Q

Final Luke Morrison's 3/4 court shot is short. Waggener 64 South Oldham 63 Waggener wins its third in a row. South falls for the first time and drops to 4-1

0.9 seconds left Waggener gets about 3 shots on goal, and finishes with a Darrius Reyes three to go up 64-63. South turnover. Waggener throws length of court shot up to consume the rest of the time but it goes out of bounds with 0.9 seconds to play. Waggener 64 South Oldham 63 South has to go full court.

33.9 seconds

Waggener misses two threes, but gets the ball back when it's knocked out of bounds. Waggener with ball with 30 seconds left. Timeout South 63 Waggener 61

50 seconds to play South turnover. Waggener with ball down by 2, Wildcat timeout. South Oldham 63 Waggener 61

timeout Waggener South Oldham 62 Waggener 57 Rufus of Waggener hits two FTs to pull Wildcats to within 5 1:58 to play

timeout South 4:57 to play DuWaine McCreary hits back to back threes from the right corner. South Oldham 56 Waggener 53 South ball

South by 9 with 7:45 left....biggest lead of game

End of three South Oldham 51 Waggener 44