Bluegrass Hoops Report

Scott County at Trinity on Friday

Ballard at Scott County on Tuesday night

Ge-Lawn Guyn has committed to Cincinnati but still plans to play a year of prep school

1st Region: Paducah Tilghman

2nd Region: Christian County

3rd Region: Muhlenberg County

4th Region: Bowling Green

5th Region: Campbellsville

6th Region: Pleasure Ridge Park

7th Region: Trinity

8th Region: Shelby County

9th Region: Holmes

10th Region: George Rogers Clark

11th Region: Scott County

12th Region: McCreary Central

13th Region: Clay County

14th Region: Knott County Central

15th Region: Shelby Valley

16th Region: Ashland Blazer

Tiebreaker: 6th

I agree. Why take a chance at losing his team's confidence and possible injury.

Well, like I said, he just scheduled a game with Iroquois for tomorrow night to make up for tonight's cancellation. And Iroquois is no pushover.

Szabo is not like that, he is not afraid of a fight and his philosophy is to play the best and be battle-tested come tourney time.

The Trinity/Eastern game tonight has been cancelled. Because Eastern already has a game scheduled for tomorrow (Wednesday) night, Trinity has scheduled a game with Iroquouis instead, at Trinity.

Look for the 2004 Sweet 16 team to be honored at halftime and Josh Sewell will be honored for becoming the all-time leading scorer in school history. Previous record holder Lee Morrison '91 will be presenting the game ball to Sewell from the Seneca game in which he took the top spot.

Good win for Lafayette. They are really rolling! Their district with LexCath and Tates Creek is going to be probably the toughest in the state.

Ballard, Trinity, and Seneca are also in the same District.

Here's ten of our top 20 players rankings...do you agree?

1. Josh Sewell- G/F - Trinity - Senior (Miami OH Signee)

2. Ricardo Johnson- F- Holmes - Senior (Ohio Signee)

3. Ge'Lawn Guyn - G - Scott County - Senior

4. Elisha Justice - G - Shelby Valley - Senior (UofL Walk-On)

5. Elijah Pittman - F - Holmes - Senior

6. Chane Behanan - F - Bowling Green - Junior

7. Thomas Jackson - G - Jeffersontown - Senior

8. Chad Jackson - G - Scott County - Senior

9. Vinny Zollo - F/C - Clark County - Junior

10. Donovan Gibbs - F - Iroquois - Senior (IUPUI Signee)

Just wanted to let everyone know we are currently doing a "Mid-Season Report" at the Bluegrass Hoops Report. So far we've done interviews with J'town coach Jeff Morrow, Lindsey Wilson College coach Paul Peck, and we posted our Fab 15 team rankings and Top 20 players rankings.

By the end of the week we will have interviews posted with Shelby Valley's Elisha Justice, Franklin County's Vance Hall, and a few other top coaches and players. There will also be some more features on local NAIA schools.

Who else would you like to see us do a Q&A with?

Ballard 76, J'town 73

It'll be tough for Trinity to beat them again. I worry that the Rocks are peaking way too early. You want to be playing your best basketball once the Districts start, and whoever does that out of Trinity, J'town, Eastern, and Ballard will likely win the 7th Region.

With their recent Louisville Invitational Tournament title, Trinity and Josh Sewell have made history winning the "big 3" regular season tournaments held in Kentucky, with the senior forward Sewell winning the MVP award of all three. They beat Ballard, Eastern, and J'town in 2 days to win the LIT and look to me like the most complete team in the state.

Who do you think deserves the top spot? Is Trinity better than Scott County, Holmes, and the other top teams outside of Louisville?

No Zollo or Stenzel????

Didn't mean to leave them out. They would definitely be in my top 10 above a lot of those guys. I did that list off the top of my head, they just got lost in the shuffle somehow.

Great stat to show the power of Rocks' defense: Tyrell Means had awesome first half leading all scorers with 16.

He scored 0 in the second half and overtime.

Pretty impressive. This Trinity team is for real.

Vance Hall from Franklin County has to be mentioned. He can do it all score, pass, rebound and play defense. Hall is the Flyers team.

He's not top 5, but look at my previous post, I mentioned him. He is a great offensive player, I saw them play Jtown. If he had a better team around him he would get more praise but unfortunately he doesn't.

Going to OT! Tied at 57

Game tied with just under a minute left...

Josh Sewell - Trinity, Senior (Signed w/ Miami OH)

Chane Behanan - Bowling Green, Junior (De-committed from Cincinnatti)

Ricardo Johnson - Holmes, Senior (Signed w/ Ohio)

Elisha Justice - Shelby Valley, Senior (Walking-on at UofL)

Chad Jackson - Scott Co., Senior (Offers from WVU and Xavier)

Next Best (in no particular order):

Jaylen Beckham - LexCath, Sophomore

Ge'Lawn Guyn - Scott Co., Senior

Thomas Jackson - Jtown, Senior

Remy Abell - Eastern, Junior

Elijah Pittman - Holmes, Senior

Daryl Hicks - Shelby Co., Freshman

Dakotah Euton - Scott Co., Senior

Vance Hall - Franklin Co., Senior

Sewell has scored nine points in third quarter, game now tied at 38.

Why are they playing so early in the day?

Because the Championship game is played tonight at 8 pm. Have to give players time to rest.

I played on the Trinity team that won the 7th region title in 2004, which was the school's first ever trip to the Sweet 16. Everyone knows how competitive the 7th region is, especially this year, when right now the majority of the top ten teams in the STATE will all be competing for ONE spot in the state tournament.

However, having been a part of a team that NO ONE gave a chance at the beginning of the year to make it out of the 7th region and into Rupp, I know its possible and would hate to take that chance of a "Cinderella" run away from future players and teams.

Please DO NOT change our one-class system... it is so unique and has so much history and it was an AMAZING experience that I will never forget.

Halftime: Ballard 28, St. X 19

Keisten Jones had a good half, scoring 12 points for the Bruins

PRP dominating Bullitt East in first quarter 17-5.

Trinity wins 63-52 behind Josh Sewell's season-high 28 points.