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THE COURIER-JOURNAL | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012 | C7 SPORTS | courier-journal.com/sports MT HIGH SCHOOLS (All times p.m. and local to site) FIRST REGION At Murray State University Tuesday - Final, Marshall County 58, Paducah Tilghman 52. SECOND REGION At Madisonville-North Hopkins Tuesday - Final, Hopkinsville 55, Madisonville-North Hopkins 54. THIRD REGION At Owensboro Sportscenter Monday – Final, Apollo 64, Muh- lenberg County 62. FOURTH REGION At Western Kentucky University Tuesday - Final, Bowling Green 60, Warren Central 47. FIFTH REGION At Central Hardin Tuesday - Final, John Hardin 74, Bardstown 66. SIXTH REGION At Bellarmine University Tuesday - Final, Bullitt East 47, Pleasure Ridge Park 44. SEVENTH REGION At Bellarmine University Monday - Final, Trinity 67, St. Xavi- er 46. EIGHTH REGION At Henry County Tuesday - Final, Oldham County 50, Collins 40. NINTH REGION At Northern Kentucky Univer- sity Sunday - Final, Boone County 54, Newport Central Catholic 49. 10TH REGION At Montgomery County Tuesday - Final, Clark County 61, Mason County 39. 11TH REGION At Eastern Kentucky University Tuesday - Final, Scott Co. 78, Woodford Co. 43. 12TH REGION At Pulaski County Tuesday - Final,Pulaski Southwest- ern 76, Boyle County 69. 13TH REGION At Corbin Arena Monday – Final, North Laurel 54, Clay County 52, OT. 14TH REGION At Knott County Central Tuesday – Final, Knott County Cen- tral 50, Buckhorn 42. 15TH REGION At Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center Monday – Final, Johnson Central 65, East Ridge 45. 16TH REGION At Morehead State University Monday - Final, Rowan County 59, Ashland Blazer 56. BOYS’ REGIONAL PAIRINGS (All times p.m. and local to site) FIRST REGION At Murray State University Sunday - Final, Marshall County 60, Murray 50. SECOND REGION Second at Christian County Sunday – Final, Hopkinsville 51, Livingston Central 35. THIRD REGION At Owensboro Sportscenter Sunday - Final, Muhlenberg County 56, Grayson County 46. FOURTH REGION At Western Kentucky Univer- sity Sunday – Final, Glasgow 51, Monroe County 41. FIFTH REGION At Central Hardin Sunday - Final, Marion County 56, Elizabethtown 39. SIXTH REGION At Bellarmine University Saturday - Final, Butler 59, Mer- cy 47. SEVENTH REGION At Bellarmine University Saturday - Final, Manual 65, Assumption 43. EIGHTH REGION At Anderson County Sunday - Final, Walton-Verona 52, South Oldham 47. NINTH REGION At Northern Kentucky Uni. Sunday – Final, Boone County 62, Notre Dame 58. 10TH REGION At Campbell County Middle School Sunday - Final, Montgomery County 47, Campbell County 40. 11TH REGION At Eastern Kentucky Uni. Sunday - Final, Paul Dunbar 75, Madison Central 60. 12TH REGION At Lincoln County Sunday - Final, Lincoln County 58, Casey County 47. 13TH REGION At Corbin Arena Sunday - Final, Clay County 41, Harlan County 37. 14TH REGION At Breathitt County Sunday - Final, Perry County Central 73, Breathitt County 54. 15TH REGION At Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center Monday – Final, Magoffin County 49, Paintsville 40. 16TH REGION At Morehead State Uni. Saturday - Final,Ashland Blazer 55, Boyd County 44. GIRLS’ REGIONAL PAIRINGS BOYS' SWEET 16 TOURNAMENT March 14-17 at Rupp Arena, Lexington Rowan Co. (25-7) Noon March 14 N. Laurel (21-14) Noon March 16 S’western (27-8) 1:30 p.m. March 14 Hopkinsville (32-2) 10a March 17 Bullitt E. (27-4) 6:30 p.m. March 14 Trinity (31-3) 1:30 March 16 Apollo (17-14) 8 p.m. March 14 Clark County (20-5) Bowl. Green (29-6) Noon March 15 8 p.m. March 17 Oldham Co. (29-5) 6:30 March 16 Boone Co. (27-7) 1:30 p.m. March 15 Knott Co. C. (28-5) 11:30a March 17 Marshall Co. (32-2) 6:30 p.m. March 15 Scott Co. (31-4) 8 March 16 J. Hardin (22-8) 8 p.m. March 15 Johnson C. (25-10) a good shot,” coach Troy Barr said. “I thought he had the speed to get down the floor and make some- thing happen. I knew he was going to have to throw up something like that. “I feel sorry for the PRP kids. I hate to win or lose a game like that, but it went in and here we go. Trey Rakes is so important to us it’s unbelievable.” Rakes’ shot capped a frantic final few minutes that included three lead changes and a huge charge drawn by junior Chris Em- bry. PRP star Max Cle- mons drove the left side of the lane and was called for the offensive foul with 3.5 seconds left. After a Bullitt East timeout, Rakes did his thing. “Those kids are win- ners,” PRP coach Dale Ma- brey said of the Chargers. “They feed off each other and know where to get the ball when they need a bas- ket.” The victory sends Bul- litt East (27-4) into its third Sweet 16. The Chargers will face top-ranked Trini- ty next Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in Rupp Arena. The Chargers also beat PRP (26-7) in last year’s re- gional final. “Think about this: Has anybody beaten PRP in back-to-back regional fi- nals?” Barr asked. “I doubt it. I doubt very seriously, and that’s why I thought this was going to be ex- tremely hard. I am just so proud of our kids.” University of Kentucky commitment Derek Willis hit only 8 of 22 shots but finished with 22 points and 14 rebounds for the Char- gers. Rakes added 10 points and six assists, while Rusty Troutman had eight points and Kory Cau- field seven. The Chargers were 18 of 42 from the field, in- cluding 5 of 15 on 3-point- ers, and outrebounded PRP 32-30. PRP hit 16 of 49 shots. Clemons, a Bellar- mine signee, led the Pan- thers with 15 points and eight rebounds. “This is such a huge win for us,” Rakes said. “We weren’t projected to win this region again, but we proved everybody wrong. We just came out and did our thing.” It was close all the way. PRP had the biggest lead of the first half at 8-2, and the Chargers opened the big- gest lead of the game at 34- 27 early in the fourth quar- ter. But it tightened back up in a hurry. Clemons scored on a putback, Antonio McDaniels hit two free throws and Cortez Macklin added another free throw in a 5-0 PRP run that cut it to 39-38 at 4:28. “It was a dogfight,” Barr said. “I knew it was going to stay close.” Willis’ dunk at 3:55 made it 41-38, but McDa- niels answered with a 3- pointer to tie it, then countered a Willis bucket with another 3-pointer to give the Panthers a 44-43 lead with 1:23 left. The Chargers worked the clock down, and Rakes was fouled with 25.6 sec- onds to play. He hit the first free throw and missed the second, but Embry came away with the offensive re- bound. McDaniels then stole the ball from Embry. After a timeout, Embry made up for his turnover when he slid over as Cle- mons drove past Willis to draw the charge. “Coach told us he need- ed one more charge,” Em- bry said. “I just jumped over. I knew I was set and ready for it. I was just hop- ing the refs would call it right.” Rakes did the rest. Barr said he caught the ball “a little too deep,” taking it near the baseline, but he raced downcourt and fired. “I knew we had to get up the court,” Rakes said. “I was hoping to try and cre- ate for one of my team- mates and see if they could get open, but they didn’t, so I just stepped up. God helped me with that one. It was a lucky shot.” Jody Demling can be reached at (502) 582-7176. SIXTH: Rakes lifts Chargers Continued from Page C1 PRP’s Spencer Sumpter gets past Rusty Troutman for a layup against Bullitt East. DAVID R. LUTMAN/SPECIAL TO THE COURIER-JOURNAL PRP 13 8 6 17 - 44 Bullitt East 13 7 12 15 - 47 PRP (26-7) – McDaniels 13, T. Taylor 2, J. 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With the 6-foot-6 Wesley racking up 19 points, 13 re- bounds and seven blocked shots, Oldham County (29-5) stretched its win- ning streak to 16 games by beating Collins 50-40 in the final. “Wesley is a Player of the Year candidate (in the region) and the best player I’ve had a chance of coach- ing,” Holland said. “I’ve told him to do his best when it is required, and tonight it was required.” Oldham County’s vic- tory — its second over Col- lins this season — earned the Colonels the school’s 15 th trip to the Boys’ Sweet 16 opening March 14 in Rupp Arena. The Colonels will play Bowling Green at noon March 15 in the first round. Wesley scored 13 points as the Colonels grabbed a 16-6 lead early in the sec- ond period. He wound up hitting 7 of 13 shots, in- cluding 1 of 3 three-point tries. After shooting two airballs early, he swished a three for an 11-6 lead. Ten of his rebounds came off the defensive board, where Oldham County limited 6-8 Collins senior Brian Stone to 2- for-9 shooting and six points and six rebounds. “We made sure we clogged up the paint area,” Wesley said. “We played on his left hand and knew his moves around the basket. It was a championship game, and I figured I had to step up.” Collins, in only its sec- ond year after Shelby County High was split into two schools, seemed jit- tery from the start, com- mitting seven turnovers in the first quarter and 25 for the game. But coach Chris Gaither didn’t blame the loss on that. “It wasn’t nervous- ness,” he said. “We didn’t play up to our potential, and Stone had an off night. Oldham County did a good job of changing defenses. “Wesley is a good player and hard to guard. “He’s so versatile he can come out on the floor to handle the ball.” Sam Gruber and re- serve Garrett Masters each scored eight points for Oldham County, and Parker Simpson added sev- en. The Colonels finished with 17 turnovers. Masters, who started the season on the junior varsity, scored eight straight points in the third quarter against Collins’ full-court press to lift Old- ham County to a 38-24 lead. “I was playing as hard as I could and getting ev- erything I could,” Masters said. “Masters has come on the last month,” Holland said. “He’s long and active, and he’s good at going and finishing around the bas- ket.” Dez Marshall led the Ti- tans (24-11) with 11 points, with Michael Brooks get- ting seven points and sev- en rebounds. Even though Wesley scored 13 in the first half, Oldham County led only 22-18 at the break. The Col- onels scored the first eight points of the third quarter to make it 30-18. Collins never quit bat- tling and went on a 13-2 spurt to draw within 40-37. Brooks, Buddy Johnson and Marshall each hit a 3- pointer in that rally, but Wesley got Oldham County back in gear. Wesley scored a bucket and Jacob Kopp added two free throws. Marshall scored on a steal to make it 44-39, but Collins never got closer. “Our kids battled as hard as they could,” Gaith- er said. “We’re only in our second year, but I think we put fear in the people’s minds that we’ll be back (in the regional) year after year.” EIGHTH REGION BOYS Wesley’s 19 points drive Colonels back to Sweet 16 By Bob White Special to The Courier-Journal Collins 6 12 11 11 - 40 Oldham Co. 12 10 16 12 - 50 Collins (24-11) – Marshall 11, Brooks 7, Stone 6, Johnson 6, L. Page 3, Manica 3, A. Page 2, Spalding 2. Oldham County (29-5) – Wesley 19, Gruber 8, Simpson 7, Masters 8, Smith 4, Kopp 4. 3-point goals - Johnson. Marshall, L. Page; Gruber, Wesley. “Wesley is ... the best player I’ve had a chance of coaching.” OLDHAM COUNTY COACH JASON HOLLAND The Scott County boys’ basketball team, No. 3 in The Courier- Journal’s Litkenhous Ratings, cruised to a 78- 43 victory over Wood- ford County in the 11th Region final Tuesday night at Eastern Ken- tucky University. Trenton Gilbert hit 7 of 8 shots, including 5 of 6 from 3-point range, and scored 21 points to lead the Cardi- nals (31-4). Tamron Man- ning chipped in 14 points and 12 rebounds. Jay Johnson had 23 points and nine re- bounds for the Yellow- jackets (22-13). Scott County, which last won the region in 2010, will take on Mar- shall County at 6:30 p.m. March 15 in the first round of the PNC/ KHSAA Boys’ Sweet 16 in Rupp Arena. Fifth at Central Har- din » John Hardin 74, Bardstown 66: The Bulldogs (22-8) knocked off the defending re- gional champion Tigers (25-10) to earn their sec- ond Sweet 16 trip. The first was in 2005. John Hardin will play Johnson Central in its Sweet 16 opener at 8 p.m. March 15. Fourth at WKU » Bowling Green 60, Warren Central 47: Nacarius Fant scored 17 points to lead the No. 17 Purples (29-6) past the Dragons (25-9) in the championship game at E.A. Diddle Arena. Rondell Green had 11 points for the Dragons, who were the two-time defending regional champions. Bowling Green will play Oldham County at noon March 15. BOYS’ REGIONAL FINALS Torrid Gilbert carries Scott County Tuesday’s games BOYS Fourth at WKU Warren Central 9 9 14 15 - 47 Bowling Green 9 8 22 21 - 60 Warren Central (25-9) - Carver 8, Bledsoe 4, Halsel 6, Johnson 4, Walker 9, Porter-Bun- ton 2, Green 11, Riley 3. Bowling Green (29-6) - Simmons 12, Hunter 9, Fant 17, Hollis 13, Tisdale 6, Hayes 3. 3-point goals - Walker 3, Riley 1, Fant 2, Hayes 1. 11th at EKU Scott County 22 15 22 19 - 78 Woodford County 12 16 9 6- 43 Scott County (31-4) - Haddix 6, Bryant 2, Richardson 16, Gilbert 21, Harris 8, Ivey 6, Manning 14, Peterson 2, Short 2, Doss 1. Woodford County (22-13) - Howell 2, Stover 2, Starcher 3, Boggess 5, Ham 1, Hollin 2, Johnson 23, Gross 2, Greenweel 3. 3-point goals - Richardson, Gilbert 5, Ivey, Manning, Starcher, Greenweel. Time: 03-07-2012 00:24 User: jpatterson PubDate: 03-07-2012 Zone: MT Edition: 1 Page Name: C7 Color: Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
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THE COURIER-JOURNAL | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012 | C7SPORTS | courier-journal.com/sportsMT
HIGH SCHOOLS
(All times p.m. and local to site)
FIRST REGIONAt Murray State UniversityTuesday - Final, Marshall County
58, Paducah Tilghman 52.
SECOND REGIONAt Madisonville-North Hopkins
Tuesday - Final, Hopkinsville 55,Madisonville-North Hopkins 54.
THIRD REGIONAt Owensboro SportscenterMonday – Final, Apollo 64, Muh-
lenberg County 62.
FOURTH REGIONAt Western Kentucky University
Tuesday - Final,Bowling Green 60,Warren Central 47.
FIFTH REGIONAt Central Hardin
Tuesday - Final, John Hardin 74,Bardstown 66.
SIXTH REGIONAt Bellarmine University
Tuesday - Final, Bullitt East 47,Pleasure Ridge Park 44.
SEVENTH REGIONAt Bellarmine University
Monday - Final, Trinity 67, St. Xavi-er 46.
EIGHTH REGIONAt Henry County
Tuesday - Final, Oldham County50, Collins 40.
NINTH REGIONAt Northern Kentucky Univer-
sitySunday - Final, Boone County 54,
Newport Central Catholic 49.
10TH REGIONAt Montgomery County
Tuesday - Final, Clark County 61,Mason County 39.
11TH REGIONAt Eastern Kentucky University
Tuesday - Final, Scott Co. 78,Woodford Co. 43.
12TH REGIONAt Pulaski County
Tuesday - Final,Pulaski Southwest-ern 76, Boyle County 69.
13TH REGIONAt Corbin Arena
Monday – Final, North Laurel 54,Clay County 52, OT.
14TH REGIONAt Knott County Central
Tuesday – Final,Knott County Cen-tral 50, Buckhorn 42.
15TH REGIONAt Eastern Kentucky Exposition
CenterMonday – Final, Johnson Central
65, East Ridge 45.
16TH REGIONAt Morehead State UniversityMonday - Final,Rowan County 59,
Ashland Blazer 56.
BOYS’ REGIONAL PAIRINGS
(All times p.m. and local tosite)
FIRST REGIONAt Murray State UniversitySunday - Final,Marshall County
60, Murray 50.SECOND REGIONSecond at Christian CountySunday – Final, Hopkinsville 51,
Livingston Central 35.THIRD REGIONAt Owensboro SportscenterSunday - Final, Muhlenberg
County 56, Grayson County 46.FOURTH REGIONAt Western Kentucky Univer-
sitySunday – Final, Glasgow 51,
Monroe County 41.FIFTH REGION
At Central HardinSunday - Final, Marion County
56, Elizabethtown 39.SIXTH REGION
At Bellarmine UniversitySaturday - Final,Butler 59,Mer-
cy 47.SEVENTH REGION
At Bellarmine UniversitySaturday - Final, Manual 65,
Assumption 43.EIGHTH REGION
At Anderson CountySunday - Final, Walton-Verona
52, South Oldham 47.
NINTH REGIONAt Northern Kentucky Uni.Sunday – Final, Boone County
62, Notre Dame 58.10TH REGIONAt Campbell County Middle
SchoolSunday - Final, Montgomery
County 47, Campbell County 40.11TH REGION
At Eastern Kentucky Uni.Sunday - Final, Paul Dunbar 75,
Madison Central 60.12TH REGION
At Lincoln CountySunday - Final, Lincoln County
58, Casey County 47.
13TH REGIONAt Corbin Arena
Sunday - Final, Clay County 41,Harlan County 37.14TH REGION
At Breathitt CountySunday - Final, Perry County
Central 73, Breathitt County 54.15TH REGIONAt Eastern Kentucky
Exposition CenterMonday – Final, Magoffin
County 49, Paintsville 40.16TH REGION
At Morehead State Uni.Saturday - Final,Ashland Blazer
55, Boyd County 44.
GIRLS’ REGIONAL PAIRINGS
BOYS' SWEET 16 TOURNAMENTMarch 14-17 at Rupp Arena, Lexington
Rowan Co. (25-7)Noon March 14
N. Laurel (21-14)Noon March 16
S’western (27-8)1:30 p.m. March 14
Hopkinsville (32-2)10a March 17
Bullitt E. (27-4)6:30 p.m. March 14
Trinity (31-3)1:30 March 16
Apollo (17-14)8 p.m. March 14
Clark County (20-5)
Bowl. Green (29-6)Noon March 15 8 p.m. March 17
Oldham Co. (29-5)6:30 March 16
Boone Co. (27-7)1:30 p.m. March 15
Knott Co. C. (28-5)11:30a March 17
Marshall Co. (32-2)6:30 p.m. March 15
Scott Co. (31-4)8 March 16
J. Hardin (22-8)8 p.m. March 15
Johnson C. (25-10)
a good shot,” coach TroyBarr said. “I thought hehad the speed to get downthe floor and make some-thing happen. I knew hewas going to have to throwup something like that.
“I feel sorry for the PRPkids. I hate to win or lose agame like that, but it wentin and here we go. TreyRakes is so important to usit’s unbelievable.”
Rakes’ shot capped afrantic final few minutesthat included three leadchanges and a huge chargedrawn by junior Chris Em-bry. PRP star Max Cle-mons drove the left side ofthe lane and was called forthe offensive foul with 3.5seconds left.
After a Bullitt Easttimeout, Rakes did histhing.
“Those kids are win-ners,” PRP coach Dale Ma-brey said of the Chargers.“They feed off each otherand know where to get theball when they need a bas-ket.”
The victory sends Bul-litt East (27-4) into its thirdSweet 16. The Chargerswill face top-ranked Trini-ty next Wednesday at 6:30p.m. in Rupp Arena.
The Chargers also beatPRP (26-7) in last year’s re-gional final.
“Think about this: Hasanybody beaten PRP inback-to-back regional fi-nals?” Barr asked. “I doubtit. I doubt very seriously,and that’s why I thoughtthis was going to be ex-tremely hard. I am just soproud of our kids.”
University of Kentuckycommitment Derek Willishit only 8 of 22 shots butfinished with 22 points and14 rebounds for the Char-gers. Rakes added 10points and six assists,while Rusty Troutman hadeight points and Kory Cau-field seven.
The Chargers were18 of 42 from the field, in-cluding 5 of 15 on 3-point-ers, and outrebounded PRP32-30. PRP hit 16 of 49shots. Clemons, a Bellar-mine signee, led the Pan-thers with 15 points andeight rebounds.
“This is such a huge winfor us,” Rakes said. “Weweren’t projected to winthis region again, but weproved everybody wrong.We just came out and did
our thing.”It was close all the way.
PRP had the biggest lead ofthe first half at 8-2, and theChargers opened the big-gest lead of the game at 34-27 early in the fourth quar-ter.
But it tightened back upin a hurry. Clemons scoredon a putback, AntonioMcDaniels hit two freethrows and Cortez Macklinadded another free throwin a 5-0 PRP run that cut itto 39-38 at 4:28.
“It was a dogfight,”Barr said. “I knew it wasgoing to stay close.”
Willis’ dunk at 3:55made it 41-38, but McDa-niels answered with a 3-pointer to tie it, thencountered a Willis bucketwith another 3-pointer togive the Panthers a 44-43lead with 1:23 left.
The Chargers workedthe clock down, and Rakeswas fouled with 25.6 sec-onds to play. He hit the firstfree throw and missed thesecond, but Embry cameaway with the offensive re-bound. McDaniels thenstole the ball from Embry.
After a timeout, Embrymade up for his turnoverwhen he slid over as Cle-mons drove past Willis todraw the charge.
“Coach told us he need-ed one more charge,” Em-bry said. “I just jumpedover. I knew I was set andready for it. I was just hop-ing the refs would call itright.”
Rakes did the rest. Barrsaid he caught the ball “alittle too deep,” taking itnear the baseline, but heraced downcourt and fired.
“I knew we had to get upthe court,” Rakes said. “Iwas hoping to try and cre-ate for one of my team-mates and see if they couldget open, but they didn’t, soI just stepped up. Godhelped me with that one. Itwas a lucky shot.”
Jody Demling can be reachedat (502) 582-7176.
SIXTH:Rakes liftsChargersContinued from Page C1
PRP’s Spencer Sumpter getspast Rusty Troutman for alayup against Bullitt East.DAVID R. LUTMAN/SPECIAL TO THE
COURIER-JOURNAL
PRP 13 8 6 17 - 44Bullitt East 13 7 12 15 - 47
PRP (26-7) – McDaniels 13, T. Taylor 2, J.Taylor 6, Clemons 15, Macklin 6, Harris 2.
Bullitt East (27-4) – Willis 22, Rakes 10,Troutman 8, Caufield 7, Embry 0.
3-point goals - Rakes 1, Troutman 2,McDaniels 3, J. Taylor 1, Willis 1.
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NEW CASTLE, Ky. — Ty-ler Wesley stepped up theway coach Jason Hollandthought he would, and Old-ham County repeated asthe boys’ Eighth Regionbasketball tournamentchampion Tuesday night.
With the 6-foot-6 Wesleyracking up 19 points, 13 re-bounds and seven blockedshots, Oldham County(29-5) stretched its win-ning streak to 16 games bybeating Collins 50-40 in thefinal.
“Wesley is a Player ofthe Year candidate (in theregion) and the best playerI’ve had a chance of coach-ing,” Holland said. “I’vetold him to do his best whenit is required, and tonight itwas required.”
Oldham County’s vic-tory — its second over Col-lins this season — earnedthe Colonels the school’s15th trip to the Boys’ Sweet16 opening March 14 inRupp Arena. The Colonelswill play Bowling Green atnoon March 15 in the firstround.
Wesley scored 13 pointsas the Colonels grabbed a16-6 lead early in the sec-ond period. He wound uphitting 7 of 13 shots, in-cluding 1 of 3 three-pointtries. After shooting twoairballs early, he swished athree for an 11-6 lead.
Ten of his reboundscame off the defensiveboard, where OldhamCounty limited 6-8 Collinssenior Brian Stone to 2-for-9 shooting and sixpoints and six rebounds.
“We made sure we
clogged up the paint area,”Wesley said. “We played onhis left hand and knew hismoves around the basket.It was a championshipgame, and I figured I had tostep up.”
Collins, in only its sec-ond year after ShelbyCounty High was split intotwo schools, seemed jit-tery from the start, com-mitting seven turnovers inthe first quarter and 25 forthe game. But coach ChrisGaither didn’t blame theloss on that.
“It wasn’t nervous-ness,” he said. “We didn’tplay up to our potential,and Stone had an off night.Oldham County did a goodjob of changing defenses.
“Wesley is a good playerand hard to guard. “He’s soversatile he can come outon the floor to handle theball.”
Sam Gruber and re-serve Garrett Masterseach scored eight pointsfor Oldham County, and
Parker Simpson added sev-en. The Colonels finishedwith 17 turnovers.
Masters, who startedthe season on the juniorvarsity, scored eightstraight points in the thirdquarter against Collins’full-court press to lift Old-ham County to a 38-24 lead.
“I was playing as hardas I could and getting ev-erything I could,” Masterssaid.
“Masters has come onthe last month,” Hollandsaid. “He’s long and active,and he’s good at going andfinishing around the bas-ket.”
Dez Marshall led the Ti-tans (24-11) with 11 points,with Michael Brooks get-ting seven points and sev-en rebounds.
Even though Wesleyscored 13 in the first half,Oldham County led only22-18 at the break. The Col-onels scored the first eightpoints of the third quarterto make it 30-18.
Collins never quit bat-tling and went on a 13-2spurt to draw within 40-37.Brooks, Buddy Johnsonand Marshall each hit a 3-pointer in that rally, butWesley got Oldham Countyback in gear.
Wesley scored a bucketand Jacob Kopp added twofree throws. Marshallscored on a steal to make it44-39, but Collins never gotcloser.
“Our kids battled ashard as they could,” Gaith-er said. “We’re only in oursecond year, but I think weput fear in the people’sminds that we’ll be back (inthe regional) year afteryear.”
EIGHTH REGION BOYS
Wesley’s 19 points driveColonels back to Sweet 16By Bob WhiteSpecial to The Courier-Journal
Collins 6 12 11 11 - 40Oldham Co. 12 10 16 12 - 50
Collins (24-11) – Marshall 11, Brooks 7,Stone 6, Johnson 6, L. Page 3, Manica 3, A. Page2, Spalding 2.
Oldham County (29-5) – Wesley 19,Gruber 8, Simpson 7, Masters 8, Smith 4, Kopp4.
3-point goals - Johnson. Marshall, L. Page;Gruber, Wesley.
“Wesley is ... thebest player I’vehad a chance ofcoaching.”OLDHAM COUNTYCOACH JASON HOLLAND
The Scott Countyboys’ basketball team,No. 3 in The Courier-Journal’s LitkenhousRatings, cruised to a 78-43 victory over Wood-ford County in the 11thRegion final Tuesdaynight at Eastern Ken-tucky University.
Trenton Gilbert hit7 of 8 shots, including5 of 6 from 3-pointrange, and scored 21points to lead the Cardi-nals (31-4). Tamron Man-ning chipped in 14 pointsand 12 rebounds.
Jay Johnson had 23points and nine re-bounds for the Yellow-jackets (22-13).
Scott County, whichlast won the region in2010, will take on Mar-shall County at 6:30 p.m.March 15 in the first
round of the PNC/KHSAA Boys’ Sweet 16in Rupp Arena.
Fifth at Central Har-din
» John Hardin 74,Bardstown 66: TheBulldogs (22-8) knockedoff the defending re-gional champion Tigers(25-10) to earn their sec-ond Sweet 16 trip. Thefirst was in 2005.
John Hardin will playJohnson Central in itsSweet 16 opener at 8p.m. March 15.
Fourth at WKU» Bowling Green
60, Warren Central 47:Nacarius Fant scored 17points to lead the No. 17Purples (29-6) past theDragons (25-9) in thechampionship game atE.A. Diddle Arena.
Rondell Green had 11
points for the Dragons,who were the two-timedefending regionalchampions.
Bowling Green willplay Oldham County atnoon March 15.
BOYS’ REGIONAL FINALS
Torrid Gilbert carries Scott County
Tuesday’s gamesBOYS
Fourth at WKUWarren Central 9 9 14 15 - 47Bowling Green 9 8 22 21 - 60
Warren Central (25-9) - Carver 8, Bledsoe4, Halsel 6, Johnson 4, Walker 9, Porter-Bun-ton 2, Green 11, Riley 3.
Bowling Green (29-6) - Simmons 12,Hunter 9, Fant 17, Hollis 13, Tisdale 6, Hayes3.
3-point goals - Walker 3, Riley 1, Fant 2,Hayes 1.
11th at EKUScott County 22 15 22 19 - 78Woodford County 12 16 9 6 - 43
Scott County (31-4) - Haddix 6, Bryant 2,Richardson 16, Gilbert 21, Harris 8, Ivey 6,Manning 14, Peterson 2, Short 2, Doss 1.
Woodford County (22-13) - Howell 2,Stover 2, Starcher 3, Boggess 5, Ham1, Hollin2, Johnson 23, Gross 2, Greenweel 3.
3-point goals - Richardson, Gilbert 5, Ivey,Manning, Starcher, Greenweel.
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