All State Baseball

End 1Q. Estill 15-7. bath hit back to back 3’s to tie it then made 1/2 FT to go up 7-6, Estill would go 3 minutes without a basket before they would end the 1Q on a 9-0 run.

Back to back 3’s by Bath and we are tied

Estill up 6-0 5:45 1Q.

Kentucky's Jalen Geiger is entering the transfer portal.

Final from WH. From the video clip I seen, looked like Estill couldn’t miss from 3 and seen a couple of dunks from Estill.

Committed to Kentucky per KSR.

It’s time for the second greatest thing every year. It’s basketball time in the bluegrass. We had an exiting year in the 14th region last season. What can we expect this coming season? 1) Breathitt County (18-10): The Bobcats are the defending 14th region champions. Breathitt County was hit with some devastating news last season when head coach BB King passed away, Breathitt County AD and head football coach, Kyle Moore would step in on interim basis, leading the Bobcats to a birth in the KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 State Tournament at Rupp Arena. Breathitt County lost quite a bit from last season but they do return the best player in the 14th region on guard Austin Spurry. Breathitt County also has a new head coach in former Knott County Central girls head coach, Jeff Honeycutt. 2) Perry County Central (20-15): For the most part, the Commodores struggled last season, in fact, 14 of their 20 wins at the start of the new year. Perry County Central returns two of their top players from last year in Tristen Woods and Rydge Beverly. 3) Knott County Central (13-18): After all the success the Patriots have had and are use to having, it’s hard to imagine them not having a good season or even being in contention for a regional championship, well that happened last season when they went under .500 at 13-18. Patriots only lost two from that team and return both leading scorers in Hunter Haddix and Drake Slone. 5) Hazard (28-4): Hazard had a tremendous season last year and was 2 wins short of a 30 win season. The Bulldogs lose 6 from that team and most of which, were they’re leading scorers. One thing to note, as long as the legend, Al Holland is at the helm, the Hazard Bulldogs will always be in contention for a region title. 6) Letcher County Central (22-11): For the first time in a while, the Cougars had a good season, winning 22 games and winning a district title. Things seem to have fell off for the Cougars towards the end of the season as they had lost 5 of their final 8 games. Two of those three wins was in the 53rd district championship and the first round of the 14th region tournament. 7) Estill County (20-13): The Engineers accomplished something that is few far and in between for them, a 20 win season. Engineers wouldn’t be able to 4 peat as district champs as they would fall to Powell County in the district championship game. Engineers lose their leading scorer in Kade Benton, but they do get a big boost in return as landed Owsley County transfer, 3 year starter and leading scorer at 20 ppg, Seth Schott. 8 ) Powell County (14-19): Powell County didn’t have much success last season but they did accomplish one thing and that was winning a district championship. Pirates return most of their team from a year ago and they will be giving everyone fits this season. 9) Wolfe County (15-17): Wolfe County was doing great through out most of the season but the wheels fell off the wagon in their final 10 games where they lost 7 of those. If that doesn’t hurt, this will, they also lost their leading scorer from last season in Swayer Thompson. 10) Leslie County (15-15): Leslie County had a rough season last year. Sure they won 15 games but most of those were against smaller schools. They do return one of their leading scorers, freshman, Jayden Hacker. 11) Jenkins (18-13): The Cavaliers are back in the 14th region after spending a few seasons in the 15th region. Most of Jenkins’ wins last season came against out of state opponents. 12) Owsley County (6-25): Owsley had a horrible season last year, winning just 6 games. More bad news even hit the Owls as 3 year starter and leading scorer Seth Schott transferred to district foe, Estill County. 13) Lee County (15-15): The Bobcats a good season in quite some time. They even had a big win over Estill County, a team they hadn’t beat in years. Lee County losses leading scorer Zach Watterson from last years team so the Bobcats may take a step back. 14) Jackson City (7-21): The Tigers struggled all last season. They couldn’t seem to get anything to go their way and to throw salt into the wound, their best player, freshman Corey Flinchum, who averaged 26 ppg, transferred out. School is unknown (to my knowledge). 15) Cordia (1-29): Cordia’s lone win came over Ligon Home School. A team they played three times and only beat once.

Won’t win another game. I hope I’m wrong but I don’t see it, especially with three of final four being on road and Alabama last home game. MS and SC are both down but I think they still beat Kentucky.

Final from Irvine.

Estill adds another Td. End 3Q Estill 48-6

1yard TD pass Estill. XP good 3Q 9:11 Estill 35-6 Estill recovers the kick and have it deep into Bourbon territory. 1st play from scrimmage. TD pass Estill. XP good 3Q 9:01 Estill 41-6.

Niece goes in from 10. XP good. 2Q 1:17 Estill 28-6 Estill scores on a 9 yard TD pass as time expires TD signal was given by the refs. White hat comes in and wipes it off And sends teams to locker rooms for halftime. Estill wanting an explanation halftime. Estill 28-6

TD Bourbon. 2pt no good. 2Q 6:38 Estill 21-6.

TD Estill. XP good. 2Q 10:41 Estill 21-0.

End 1Q. Estill 14-0.

Estill TD Pass. XP good 1Q 5:48 Estill 14-0.

Estill returns opening kickoff back for a TD. do good. 1Q 11:46 Estill 7-0

Pairings.

Always a good tourney.

1 win Bourbon County makes the trip to Irvine to take on the 4 win Engineers.

12/20 vs. West Carter (Berea Invitational) 6 pm

3pm - Covington Holy Cross vs. Wolfe County 445 pm - Magoffin County vs. Montgomery County 6:30pm Newport Central Catholic vs. Russell 8:15 - Lafayette at Estill County 2nd team listed is home team. All first round games are on 12/28.

Final from Stanton. Sloppy game by Estill. Powell came to play. Estill goes up 20-13 with 4:21 left. Pirates driving but a fumble with an Estill recovery would seal it after two big 1st down runs by Jax Niece. Engineers will host Belfry next week.

Niece goes in from 22. TD Estill. XP is good. 4Q. 4:21 Estill 20-13

4Q. 4:29 Estill driving 2&5 at Powell 22. 13 all.