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☺️ Congratulations Black Bears! 🏀 Official game stats ~

Black Bears hit a dry spell for a bit.

I think I know the matchup most of us are looking for tonight. Today, just hitting different ... Let's go Black Bears!

🏀 Official game stats ~ Neither team went to their bench much. Great, great season by the Warhawks; see you next year. Congratulations Lyons; rest up, and see y'all tonight!

A couple of starters in foul trouble early in Q3: Moreno (GC) 3 Breedlove (LC) 4

🏀 Halftime stat leaders ~ (pts/rbs/ast) • Lyon County: Perry 11/1/2; Shoulders 8/1/2; Reddick 4/4/3. Fouls: Kirk 2; Defew 2. • Great Crossing: Dawson 9/5/2; Moreno 7/7/0; Godfrey 5/5/1. Fouls: Moreno 2; Warren 2.

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Per the livestream ~ Warhawks close out the quarter on a 6-0 run after the Lyons went on a 10-2 rip. Moreno at the line ... is a work in progress ...

Massey Ratings prediction ~ Great Crossing 70 Lyon County 67

Number. Four. All. Time. Well said. Noah was the whale in this version of the tale.

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Announcer: Hear's an actual photo of "Ole Peach Basket" McPapa with ... hold on ... *touches earpiece* ... being told by our producer this is McPapa contemporary Dr. James Naismith ...

If I'm reading the KHSAA Basketball Record Book correctly, under the current Sweet 16® setup, this will be the 11th time. This will be the first non Jefferson County matchup. 📖 Previously ~ • 1970 Semifinal - Male 58 PRP 52 • 1973 Final - Shawnee 81 Male 68 • 1974 Final - Central 59 Male 54 • 1977 Final - Ballard 68 Valley 59 • 1981 Round 1 - Moore 72 Butler 63 • 1989 Round 1 - PRP 78 Jeffersontown 74 • 1990 Round 1 - Fairdale 80 Male 64 • 2005 Quarterfinal - PRP 64 Ballard 62 • 2009 Quarterfinal - Central 71 Eastern 65 • 2017 Quarterfinal - Fern Creek 55 Ballard 52 This year ~ • 2024 Round 1 - Newport vs. Campbell County. ✔️ A previous all Campbell County game could have happened in a 2001 Semifinal. • Both teams lost in Round 1 ~ Russellville 59 Highlands 45 South Laurel 64 Campbell County 63 🔗 khsaa.org/basketball 🤔 Under a different tournament format and draw, only two other counties could have had teams play each other ~ • 1927 Ballard County - La Center and Wickliffe. • 1928 Henderson County - Henderson Barrett and Corydon. 🦉

BGP in 3, 2, 1 ... "The Jake!!!" Congratulations Camels! Claryville faithful rn, heading to Rupp ...

🏆😈 ♣️ | Final at the Sportscenter via Mark Mathis of the Messenger-Inquirer. OC ran out to an 8-2 lead, before O'boro clamped down on the game flow. OC cut the lead to one at 6:00 Q4 ... This is Owensboro's first title since 1992. Congratulations Lady Devils! 🎉 Owensboro: 12 18 13 18 • 61 O'boro Cath: 14 13 12 15 • 54 Lady Aces (KY #4, 29-5, R3 15-2) Lady Devils (KY #41, 21-11, R3 11-5) OC's out of Region losses: #1 Sacred Heart, #2 Cooper, #5 Pikeville. Owensboro split the season series with 9th District rival Catholic, 2-2. The Sweet 16 bracket is now complete. Owensboro will play Henderson County in Round one on Friday. Sad to see the Aces knocked out, as I am a big fan.

Congratulations Jaguars; well played! Best of luck Tuesday. 🔵

That's a nice crowd at NKU. Thank you for coming north to update the semis for us @LouHSJunkie. 🔵❗

📻 Audio livestream ~ meridix.com/event/Cooper_vs_CovCath

Welcome to BGP, @ElitePatriot! Audio only livestream from @859Radio at the link below ~ meridix.com/event/Newport_vs_Lloyd

Thank you, yes. Bracket fever ...

⚔️ ♈ | Final at Valley HS per the Courier-Journal's Jason Frakes. 🏆 Top ranked Valkyries pick up their fifth straight title and Coach Donna Moir wins her 800th game at the school. ZaKiyah Johnson led the winners with 21 points. Ashlinn James scored 23 for the 16th ranked Lady Crimsons. SHA will meet third ranked George Rogers Clark in the Sweet 16's Round 1. Game details, interview snippets, and pics can be found at the link below ~ 🔗 courier-journal.com/sacred-heart-basketball-7th-region-tournament 📝 Box score and All-tournament team from Jason Frakes.

🐈 🦅 | Final at Appalachian Wireless Arena in Pikeville per The Scoreboard. 🏆 Pikeville, a Region finalist the last seven seasons, captures its fifth title in that span. Congratulations Lady Panthers and Coach Orem! Pikeville (KY #5, 27-5, R15 13-0) will meet the 1st Region champs (McCracken Co./Graves Co.) in Round 1 of the Sweet 16. Johnson Central is a team to keep an eye on next season - lots of young talent coming through the pipeline. The Lady Eagles finish with a #35 state ranking and a 29-3 (R15 13-2) record.

17-14 Douglass; 4:00 Q2.