Good job by Eric, who was rocking the coverage last night. Please note that teams which lost last night are eliminated:
1st District (at Hickman Co.):
Fulton City 62, Fulton Co. 42
2d District (at Paducah Tilghman):
Paducah Tilghman 82, Reidland 62
3d District (at Graves Co.):
St. Mary 67, Ballard Mem. 54
4th District (at Murray):
Marshall Co. 82, Pad. Comm. Christian 49
5th District (at Lyon Co.):
Livingston Cent. 56, Crittenden Co. 49
Lyon Co. 84, Trigg Co. 81
7th District (at Caldwell Co.):
Caldwell Co. 83, Hopkins Co. Cent. 69
8th District (at Christian Co.):
Christian Co. 66, University Heights 60
Hopkinsville 112, Ft. Campbell 54
No teams of note were eliminated in the rest of the Commonwealth, although Eric will be interested to know that Logan County eliminated Todd County Central 88-73 in the 13th District at Russellville.
WOW 112 points in a high school game?!
ReplyDeleteEarlier this year, Hoptown beat Fort Campbell 101-41; the Falcons must have real problems handling the press.
ReplyDeleteHoptown averages 73.8 points per game.
My senior year, I think Tilghman beat Heath 111-43.
ReplyDeleteThanks, GoHeath!
ReplyDeleteA few notes from the girls' tournaments:
ReplyDelete-- Cloverport Frederick Fraize went scoreless in the second half of its 11th District loss to Meade County on Monday evening.
-- Every 2011 regional champ and runnerup that played last night advanced.
-- Calloway County, the defending First Region champ, plays at Murray, the 2011 runnerup, tonight. Winner advances from the Fourth District along with Marshall County (82-49 winner last night over Paducah Community Christian) to the statewide round of 128; season's over for loser.
Check that ... Marshall 80, Paducah Community Christian 52 in last night's Fourth District girls' game.
ReplyDeleteAnd, as GoHeath noted, there weren't any obvious surprises in the boys' games last night. (As was the case with the girls, each 2011 regional champ and runnerup who played advanced.) And, as GoHeath suspected, I was interested to see that Logan County clinced a spot in the Fourth Region tournament for the first time in 14 years.
ReplyDeleteHeath and Lone Oak play in a Second District semi at Paducah Tilghman tonight.
Heath finished 3-20 in 1983-84. The season roundup in Pirata 1984 includes only the scores of the games that the Pirates won: 65-56 over the Joppa Rockets, 69-48 over the Crittenden County Rockets ("the Bucs put on their most impressive showing in several seasons") and 49-47 "to shock the heavily favored Reidland Greyhounds." This article, headlined "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," refers to a "big loss to Tilghman," so your memory of the score might be about right.
ReplyDeleteIn a front-page, banner story in the April 27, 1984, Heath Post about the end-of-season awards banquet, the Heath coach "commented that his players had a hard time understanding his 'philosophy,' and attributed the faults of the season on himself for being new and not being able to get to know his players."
Cadiz's Oldies1480.com--obviously depressed after the Wildcats' upset, season-ending loss at Lyon County last night--has been keeping it low-key this afternoon. Now playing: (heartbreaking and phenomenal) "Neither One of Us," Gladys Knight and The Pips.
ReplyDeleteI found the 1984 Heath-Tilghman score on www.kentuckysportshistory.com, which is one of the best cites on the Internet. Here was the 2d District Tournament in 1984 (all games at St. Mary):
ReplyDeleteBallard Mem. 64, Reidland 52
Tilghman 110, Heath 58
St. Mary 44, Ballard Mem. 43
Tilghman 82, Lone Oak 53
Tilghman 89, St. Mary 73
But I had my revenge about a week later, when I went down to Murray State to watch Barry Goheen and Marshall County beat Tilghman 74-72 (in overtime!) in the semi-finals of the First Region Tournament.
I had a different game in mind when I guessed at the score this morning. In 1963, my father's college -- Tennessee Tech -- won the OVC and went to the NCAA tournament. In the first round, Tech played Loyola of Chicago -- which starred two African-American players from Nashville who were very eager for the chance to play against an all-white team from the South. Loyola beat Tech 111-42 in what may be the most one-sided defeat in NCAA tournament history.
ReplyDeleteSo, just to keep these straight:
ReplyDeleteLast night Hoptown beat Ft. Campbell 112-54.
In 1984, Tilghman beat Heath 110-58.
In 1963, Loyola of Chicago beat Tennessee Tech 111-42.
if we could get the ball inbounds, we might have won; i kept telling myself.
DeleteIt's not always easy to get the ball in-bounds.
Delete2011 boys' state runnerup Rowan County is about to tip it up at Bath County in a 61st District semi, on iHigh.com. Right now, we've got footage of the Rowan cheerleaders dancing to the band doing "Crazy Train."
ReplyDeleteRegular-season scores in this series:
ReplyDelete-- Bath County 28 at Rowan County 84
-- Rowan County 82 at Bath County 30
So, ... the band is excellent.
Watch Adam Wing from Rowan County. He was amazing in the state tournament last year.
ReplyDeleteGiven those scores, I don't suppose Adam Wing will play very much tonight.
ReplyDeleteNational anthem was performed by the Crossroads Elementary choir.
ReplyDeleteBoys' 27th District: Trinity 50, Atherton 30 at half.
ReplyDelete61st boys: Rowan 38, Bath 18 at half.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to really struggle with this whole Trinity thing.
ReplyDeleteAfter three quarters in 26th District boys: Manual 66, Shawnee 28.
ReplyDeleteFrom the Twitter desk:
ReplyDeleteDusty Luthy @DustyLuthy
By my count: 47 total cheerleaders. OMG.
5:57 PM - 21 Feb 12
Dusty Luthy @DustyLuthy
This is only the second time in two years that I've been able to see Reidland girls play. They have to be the smallest 1st Region team.
5:55 PM - 21 Feb 12
Dusty Luthy @DustyLuthy
At the Reidland-Lone Oak Second District girls hoops game followed by Heath-Lone Oak boys.
5:54 PM - 21 Feb 12
Jason Frakes @kyhighs
ReplyDelete22nd District girls' semifinal: Butler 56, Doss 11, 7:03 in fourth quarter
6:03 PM - 21 Feb 12
Jason Frakes @kyhighs
Butler coach Larry Just has left this one to his assistants; bet he's out scouting somewhere
6:05 PM - 21 Feb 12
45th District boys: Danville 81, Kentucky School for the Deaf 8.
ReplyDelete45th District girls: Boyle County 81, Kentucky School for the Deaf 6.
ReplyDeleteWow! Rock is out, and so are the Lakers. Defending girls' state champion Rockcastle County falls, 58-48, to Pulaski County in the 47th District, and 2011 First Region champion (and state semifinalist) Calloway County goes down, 65-40, to Murray in the Fourth District.
ReplyDeleteDusty Luthy @DustyLuthy
ReplyDeleteHeath leads Lone Oak 25-18 at the half. Flash equalizing Pirates' dominance everywhere with the three (hit 4 so far.)
8:12 PM - 21 Feb 12
Micky Childress @mickychildress
ReplyDeleteEnd of 3rd quarter. Heath 40 Lone Oak 34. Going down to the wire. #gopirates
8:35 PM - 21 Feb 12
Dusty Luthy @DustyLuthy
ReplyDeleteGot a ball game! Heath leads Lone Oak 57-55 with 2:11 to go. LO on 17-7 run.
8:55 PM - 21 Feb 12
District 15 boys: Allen County-Scottsville and Barren County going to overtime to decide whose season continues.
ReplyDeleteARRGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
ReplyDeleteDusty Luthy @DustyLuthy
Lone Oak up 65-61 with 22 seconds remaining over Heath.
9:03 PM - 21 Feb 12
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ReplyDeleteDusty Luthy @DustyLuthy
Upset: Lone Oak beats Heath 69-63 to advance to Second District championship/First Region Tournament.
9:10 PM - 21 Feb 12
Kentucky wins in Starkville, beating Mississippi State 73-64. More details to come.
ReplyDeleteI hate Lone Oak.
ReplyDeleteI want to say two things about the UK game:
ReplyDeleteOne, that's how you keep them from screwing you.
Two, there was a game about this time last year when my main man, Darius Miller, passed on what appeared to be a wide-open 3-point attempt late in a road SEC game that UK was trailing. In a flash of too-earnest disappointment and irrational frustration, I immediately turned to my then 2-year-old and told her to never pass up an opportunity that she has trained for her whole life because she thinks she might not be good enough to be successful--just take your shot and take your chances, I said.
Well, to his credit, Darius Miller apparently decided not long after that point to become the toughest guy in the gym. He is not the fastest (but he's pretty fast). He's not the tallest (but he's pretty tall). He's not the most skilled (but he's pretty skilled). And I think he actually is now the toughest. Darius Miller has turned himself in to just a fantastic college-basketball player. Coach Cal is starting to beat the drum that Miller's destined to be an NBA guy, too, and I really hope he's right. But, at this point, it's just great getting to watch the story of this kid's college career--and it feels like a long story, feels like a freaking novel with all the coaches and players that have come and/or gone since Miller arrived in Lexington from Maysville--unfold in such a happy way.
Going into that TV timeout with 6-some-odd to go tonight, down 7 and coming out in Starkville, Miss., after all that time to think about them and hitting three free throws in a row (!) ... that's tough. Then coming back and staying so attentive on defense off the ball that you intercept the backdoor-cut pass right under the goal ... that's awfully tough. Then those two three-pointers--especially the one from, basically, behind the UK bench--that's very, very tough.
Good for my main man, Darius Miller, is what I want to say about this UK game. Too earnest again here, I'm proud for him. I wish my daughter was old enough to get to appreciate his example.
I thought that when MSU went to that 2-3 zone, you could really tell that UK in general, and Miller in particular, saw it as an opportunity. They really acted like they were very happy that MSU was willing to let Miller shoot uncontested three's. I took that as a very good sign.
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