Get your shoe polish early today, because window decorating begins tonight as 15 communities around the commonwealth (Florence and Newport have to wait until tomorrow) learn their local girls' basketball teams are headed to the KHSAA state tournament.
Today's games:
First Region, at Murray State University--Calloway County vs. Murray
Second Region, at Livingston Central High School--Christian County vs. Crittenden County
Third Region, at Owensboro Sportscenter--Owensboro Catholic vs. Grayson County
Fourth Region, at Western Kentucky University--Bowling Green vs. Monroe County
Fifth Region--Elizabethtown at Marion County
Sixth Region, at Bellarmine University--Louisville Butler vs. Bullitt East
Seventh Region, at Bellarmine University--Louisville Mercy vs. Louisville DuPont Manual
Eighth Region, at Gallatin County High School--Walton-Verona vs. Anderson County
10th Region, at Bourbon County High School--Winchester George Rogers Clark at Montgomery County
11th Region, at Eastern Kentucky University--Scott County vs. Madison Central
12th Region, at Pulaski County High School--Casey County vs. Rockcastle County
13th Region, at Corbin--South Laurel vs. Clay County
14th Region, at Jenkins--Perry County Central vs. Leslie County
15th Region, at Pikeville--Betsy Layne vs. Sheldon Clark
16th Region, at Morehead State--Boyd County vs. Ashland Paul Blazer
Sunday's game:
Ninth Region, at Northern Kentucky University--Boone County vs. Newport Central Catholic
GO CRITTENDEN!!
ReplyDeleteFourth Region's Monroe County is seeking only its second girls' Sweet Sixteen berth in history, reports Michael Compton in The Daily News.
ReplyDeleteMurray must be the capital of girls' hoops in Kentucky today, don't you think? Calloway County and Murray play at Murray State for the First Region championship, and Murray got to the game by coming from 15 behind to nip Ballard Memorial.
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ReplyDeleteTHIS JUST IN! Montgomery County has beaten Winchester George Rogers Clark, 58-51, for the 10th Region championship at Bourbon County High School in Paris. The Lady Indians are headed to the Sweet Sixteen. It's a happy day in Mount Sterling!
ReplyDeleteFrom the Eighth Region final in Warsaw, The Anderson News' John Herndon, calling the game for iHigh.com, says the Anderson County Lady Bearcats lead the Walton-Verona Lady Bearcats by three through three quarters.
ReplyDelete2:33 to play ... Anderson by one, has ball, takes a timeout ... fouls mounting on this set of Lady Bearcats, warns John Herndon ...
ReplyDeleteFour Anderson starters now with three fouls apiece ... Walton-Verona going to line, down one ... but there's a problem with the clock, and they've summoned the Gallatin County High athletic director out of the stands to reset to 2:03 to play.
ReplyDeleteTied at 35 ... more clock problems
ReplyDeleteSome girl named McKee has scored all of Anderson's fourth-quarter points, as these Lady Bearcats surge ahead of those Walton-Verona Lady Bearcats by one with 26.5 seconds to go ...
ReplyDeleteWalton-Verona scores with 15 seconds, up by one ... same girl who made these Lady Bearcats' game-winning shot in semifinals last night scores this one, too ... Anderson County timeout 4.8 seconds ... Herndon's as fun on the Internet broadcast as he is in the pages of The Anderson News ...
ReplyDeleteHerndon: "With 4.8 to play, Anderson has time for at least three passes ..."
ReplyDelete"Shovels up a prayer ... no good ... Walton wins ...!"
ReplyDeleteFirst-ever regional title for Walton-Verona.
Crittenden County 25, Christian County 18, at halftime in the Second Region, Tweets Dusty Luthy, "Lady sports writer in Paducah, Ky."
ReplyDeleteAdditional finals from KHSAA.org:
ReplyDeleteLouisville Butler 40, Bullitt East 39, in Sixth Region
Louisville DuPont Manual 55, Louisville Mercy 52, in Seventh
Rockcastle County 62, Casey County 44, in 12th
Inez Sheldon Clark 39, Betsy Layne 34, in 15th
Boyd County 57, Ashland Blazer 45, in 16th
The Daily News of Bowling Green, which earlier Tweeted that Monroe County fans outnumber those of the Lady Purples' in Western Kentucky University's E.A. Diddle Arena, just Tweeted that the Lady Falcons lead BG, 38-32, through three quarters in the Fourth final. The Tompkinsville faithful is eight minutes from earning a return trip west to WKU for the Sweet Sixteen.
ReplyDeleteLady Purples are back within two, D-N Tweets, with 3:32 to play. Monroe County ball and timeout.
ReplyDeleteCheck that ... D-N resends to say that it's Bowling Green who leads by two with 3:32 to go in the Fourth Region.
ReplyDeleteAstounding succession of D-N Tweets:
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Girls' Basketball, Region 4 Tournament championship: Monroe County 45, Bowling Green 47, 0:02.6 fourth. Timeout BG. MC possession.
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bgpreps BG Daily News
Girls' Basketball, Region 4 Tournament championship: Monroe County 45, Bowling Green 47, 0:04.3 fourth. Timeout MC. BG possession.
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bgpreps BG Daily News
Girls' Basketball, Region 4 Tournament championship: Monroe County 44, Bowling Green 47, 0:04.3 fourth.
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bgpreps BG Daily News
Girls' Basketball, Region 4 Tournament championship: Monroe County 43, Bowling Green 47, 0:09.0 fourth. Timeout MC at halfcourt.
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But the Purples hold on: 47-45! And Bowling Green will play in the Sweet Sixteen across town at Diddle.
ReplyDeleteHow did any of us enjoy sports before Twitter?
ReplyDeleteDaily News Tweets that Monroe County went for a corner three and the win on game-ending possession.
ReplyDeleteCourier-Journal's Jody Demling in Tweet re:11th Region final: "Wow!" It's Madison Central of Richmond 85, Scott County 72, at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Jody Demling reports that Marion County has edged Elizabethtown, 53-52, in the Fifth finale.
Hooray for Lebanon and Richmond!
More finals from KHSAA.org:
ReplyDeleteCalloway County 42, Murray 27, from the First Region
Crittenden County 53, Christian County 49, from the Second
Clay County 40, South Laurel 30, in the 13th
The outlying scores are Third Region from Owensboro and 14th from Jenkins.
Perry County Central 78, Leslie County 58, in the 13th Region
ReplyDeleteOwensboro Catholic 64, Grayson County 50, in the Third
That's all for tonight, basketball fans. Boone County and Newport Catholic Central tip tomorrow at noon Central at NKU in Highland Heights to decide the Ninth, and that'll fill out our Sweet Sixteen bracket.