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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.”
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SIXTH:Rakes liftsChargersContinued from Page C1
PRP’s Spencer Sumpter getspast Rusty Troutman for alayup against Bullitt East.DAVID R. LUTMAN/SPECIAL TO THE
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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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