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As someone who covers the 10th Region, it’s only reasonable to question why the preseason best player in the region has not played the last two games because of a “coaches decision” and has been benched in other games. He was on pace to become the states second all time leading scorer behind Travis Perry before the season started. That’s a pretty big deal!

The biggest question is why hasn’t Blake Reed played the last two games?

Fleming County didn’t look great the last two days at Lexington Catholic.

The All "A" State Tournament will be at the Corbin Arena. There are renovations being done to EKU.

If Coach Wiggins resigned, I think the release would have clearly stated that it was a resignation. Since it does not say resignation and the way it is worded, it leads me to believe he was let go.

Paul Wiggins Jr. is out at Bishop Brossart. Would he be interested?

Teams have made it through the two-week holiday season, playing numerous games in a short amount of time. Here is how the teams stand heading into the new year. There were no changes in the rankings this week! We will get back to more in-depth reviews next week now that the holidays are over and coaches have time to put in updated stats. 1. George Rogers Clark W – Lincoln County L – South Laurel W – Madison Central 2. Campbell County W – Pike County Central W – Mason County L – North Oldham 3. Mason County W – Tates Creek L – Campbell County L – Walton-Verona 4. Augusta L – Walton-Verona W – Scott L – Pike County Central 5. Scott L – North Oldham L – Augusta W – Tates Creek 6. Bourbon County L – Lyon County L – Taylor County L – Calloway County 7. Montgomery County W – Magoffin County W – Cov. Holy Cross W – Lafayette 8. Harrison County L – Woodford County L – Madison Southern W – Fleming County 9. Nicholas County W – Elliott County L – Anderson County L – Lewis County 10. Pendleton County L – Trion, GA W – Bullitt Central L – South Dearborn, IN 11. Bishop Brossart L – Madison Central L – Green County L – Lincoln County 12. Paris L – Corbin L – Webb, TN W – Western 13. Bracken County W – Elliott County L – Bath County W – Mochican Academy, OH 14. Calvary Christian W – Whitefield Academy L – Trinity Christian L – Eminence 15. Robertson County L – Felicity, OH L – St. Patrick W – Covington Latin 16. St. Patrick L – Ripley, OH

Picture I took from the game

Without Luke Fawns. Impressive. This team is very up and down but I think they will be very up come postseason.

No in-depth review this week due to Christmas! 1. George Rogers Clark W – Lafayette (60-47) W – Rowan County (58-53) 2. Campbell County W – Calvary Christian (93-41) W – Ashland (73-59) 3. Mason County L – Christian Acad. Louisville (61-65) W – Harlan (75-70) L – Owen County (60-70) 4. Augusta Did not play. 5. Scott L – Dixie Heights (56-61) W – Collins (71-65) L – Aiken, OH (49-57) 6. Bourbon County W – Harrison County (48-38) W – Bishop Brossart (61-51) 7. Montgomery County W – Pulaski County (77-71 – OT) L – Peninsula Catholic, VA (51-69) L – Lincoln County (40-60) 8. Harrison County L – Bourbon County (38-48) L – Grant County (37-55) 9. Nicholas County L – Whitley County (56-65) W – Eminence (62-20) 10. Pendleton County W – Bishop Brossart (72-58) 11. Bishop Brossart L – Pendleton County (58-72) L – Bourbon County (51-61) 12. Paris W – Whitefield Academy (82-37) 13. Bracken County L – Bath County (59-75) W – Robertson County (77-40) L – Cov. Holy Cross (40-83) 14. Calvary Christian L – Campbell County (41-93) L – DePaul Cristo Rey, OH (39-48) 15. Robertson County L – Bracken County (40-77) L – Francis Parker (56-80) 16. St. Patrick Did not play.

I usually go by the Massey Ratings, but that only starts getting accurate at the turn of the New Year.

Augusta nearly put a running clock on Powell County. Montgomery County has all their players back as well and added two transfers that start. I think Montgomery County will definitely get better towards the end of the season, but their schedule is not doing them any favors. There may only be 8-9 wins left for them.

BOYS BASKETBALL 1. George Rogers Clark W – Harrison County W – Pike County Central W – Breathitt County The Cards moved to 7-0 after three wins this week. Morrison had 24 and Hampton had 22 in that 10th Region matchup. They then swept their competition in the Stock Yards Bank & Trust Challenge at Rowan County. George Rogers Clark has four players averaging double figures. Ashford 16.1, Hampton 15.7, Morrison 14.7, Gay 13.1. 2. Mason County W – Scott The Royals moved to 5-1 after a road win at Scott. Blake Reed led with 28 points and Jake Feldhaus had 15 rebounds. 3. Campbell County W – Highlands W – Bishop Brossart The Camels are 4-1 and beat their two in-county rivals. Connor Weinel scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds against Highlands. Against Bishop Brossart, Sorgenfrei and Jackson had 16 points and Weinel had 15. 4. Augusta L – Boone County W – Bracken County W – Anderson County The Panthers are now 7-1. They had a back and forth battle and eventually fell to a much improved 9th Region team Boone County. They have 12 days off before heading to MCIT. Kylan Hinson is averaging 20.5 points and 8.8 rebounds. Keeton Bach and Conner Snapp follow with about 15 points each. 5. Scott W – Walton-Verona W – St. Henry L – Mason County Th Eagles are 5-3 after this week. Xarek Sarakatsannis is averaging 15.9 points per game, leading the team. Connor Griffin averages 13.0 and Dylan Giffen scores 11.9 points per game. Sarakatsannis led with 19 points against Mason County. 6. Harrison County L – George Rogers Clark L – Madison Southern The Thorobreds are 2-5 and have lost five straight, four without Kaydon Custard who is still out indefinitely with a broken hand. The battled with GRC for the first half but ended up with a 33-point loss. Elijah Harris leads with 14.6 points per game and Mason Smiley follows with 13.6. 7. Bourbon County W – Bluegrass United W – Montgomery County The Colonels are 5-3 and have won their last five. Their big win came over district rival Montgomery County, 56-48. Bradley Robinson had 14 points in that win. Kade Hilander is averaging 13.4 points and 6.8 rebounds. 8. Montgomery County L – Frederick Douglass L – Bourbon County L – Hazard The Indians are 3-6 and were without three starters against their last game against Hazard. They fell to Bourbon County at home, but were without point guard Ethan Dunn for part of the game. 9. Nicholas County W – Paris W – Robertson County L – Paul Laurence Dunbar The Bluejackets move to an even 4-4. 10. Bishop Brossart W – Bracken County L – Campbell County The Mustangs fell in the cross-town shootout to the Camels 78-47. Parker Mulberry scored 17 points off five threes. Mulberry is averaging 14.2 points per game. 11. Pendleton County W – Bracken County L – Grant County 12. Paris L – Nicholas County 13. Bracken County L – Pendleton County L – Bishop Brossart L – Augusta L – Dixie Heights 14. Calvary Christian L – Dayton L – Heritage Academy 15. Robertson County L – Dayton L – Nicholas County L – Model 16. St. Patrick L – Covington Latin L – West Union, OH

They all played against Powell County, though.

Wish this could be held at the KFC YUM Center. Would probably draw a better crowd than the current games being played there.

Kaydon Custard, Harrison County’s leading scorer with 27 ppg, did not play. He has a broken hand and will be out you til February.

Just saw this one. Thought Kristy Orem would have more class than this. Any backstory?

1. George Rogers Clark W – Madison Central (70-43) W – Pendleton County (92-47) W – Nicholas County (75-46) The Cardinals cruised in their three wins this week. Malachi Ashford is averaging 19 points four games into his sophomore year. Ashford had 22 points against Pendleton County and 21 against Nicholas County. Reshaun Hampton had 20 points and 9 rebounds against Madison Central. 2. Mason County W – Simon Kenton (85-62) W – Green County (80-77) W – Lexington Christian (73-56) Cayden Reed led the Royals with 18 points and 7 rebounds in their win over Simon Kenton. Blake Reed had a historic performance in Friday’s win over Green County. He broke the 10th Region scoring record and topped it off by hitting a game-winning three. 3. Campbell County W – Newport Central Catholic (74-50) The Camels played only one games this week and beat Newport Catholic in the John Turner Classic @ Newport. Xavier Fancher and Connor Weinel both had 14 points. Weinel had a double double, pulling down 10 rebounds as well. He is averaging 18 points and 12 rebounds so far. 4. Augusta W – Nicholas County (72-57) W – Green County (75-73) The Panthers are off to a hot start at 5-0. They had a big win over Green County in the Mike Murphy Classic. Kylan Hinson led with 22 points. Hinson also had 23 points in their home win over Nicholas County. 5. Scott W – Newport Central Catholic (87-53) W – Beechwood (71-39) L – Fleming County (70-76) Xarek Sarakatsannis had 20 points in their win over Newport Catholic. The Eagles had four more score double figures in that game as well. Sarakatsannis also led with 17 against Beechwood. Dylan Giffen had 22 in their loss to Fleming County in the Mike Murphy Classic. Giffen, Sarakatsannis, and Griffin are all averaging 14 points per game. 6. Montgomery County L – Powell County (70-79) L – Ballard (65-98) W – Lafayette (66-64) The Indians went 1-2 this week with a 9 points loss to Powell County. Augusta had beaten Powell County by 25 just three days prior. 7. Harrison County L – Paul Laurence Dunbar (60-66) L – Boyle County (52-62) Kaydon Custard will be out indefinitely with a broken hand. Custard was averaging 27 points per game with 5.7 rebounds per game, and was their best defender. Elijah Harrison led with 22 points against Dunbar, and Mason Smiley had 17 against Boyle County. 8. Nicholas County L – Augusta (57-72) L – George Rogers Clark (46-75) Wyatt Clark had 22 points in the loss to Augusta. 9. Bourbon County W – Menifee County (64-47) W – Model (68-55) W – Bracken County (63-54) It was solid week for the Colonels going 3-0 after going 0-3 last week. Kade Hilander is their leading scorer and rebounder, averaging 12.8 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. 10. Bishop Brossart L – Cov. Holy Cross (55-67) L – Beechwood (49-57) Parker Mulberry and Alex Combs are both averaging 13 points per game. 11. Pendleton County L – Fleming County (47-78) L – George Rogers Clark (47-92) W – Manchester, OH (77-43) Hunter Cox had 22 points and 8 rebounds in the win over Manchester, OH in the Mike Murphy Classic. 12. Paris L – Woodford County (45-85) W – Danville (81-77) L – Highlands Latin (61-73) L – Hazard (31-67) Jakari Ransom returned this week and scored 27 points in their overtime win against Danville. 13. Bracken County L – Newport Central Catholic (34-71) L – Bourbon County (54-63) The Polar Bears are 0-6 and are without starter Austin Norton and 6th man Ashton Buchanan. Noah Nelson and Chase Archibald are averaging 14 points. 14. Calvary Christian L – Bellevue (63-84) L – Ludlow (53-65) W – Mars Hill, OH (66-41) 15. Robertson County W – St. Patrick (76-34) L – Trinity Christian (27-79) Ben Sweet led with 20 points in the Black Devils win over St. Patrick. 16. St. Patrick L – Robertson County (34-76)

I knew I’d get some wrong on that list, my apologies. I think a lot of the 16th Region schools opt out because they play in the EKC Tournament.

Schools already play each other once or twice already. Some schools like CovCath or Ashland probably don’t care because they want to go to the actual state tournament.

The All "A" Statewide Tournament will be played at the Corbin Arena this season. EKU is undergoing some renovation. https://stories.eku.edu/places/complete-renovation-announced-alumni-coliseum