Here are last night's results from Boys' Basketball Regionals. What a night in Lincoln Co.!
FIRST REGION QUARTERFINALS (at Murray St.):
Paducah Tilghman 95 - 61 Fulton Co.
Graves Co. 37 - 47 (4) Marshall Co.
SECOND REGION QUARTERFINALS (at Madisonville-N. Hopkins):
Madisonville-N. Hopkins 80 - 62 Livingston Cent.
Christian Co. 45 - 62 Union Co.
THIRD REGION QUARTERFINALS (at Owensboro Sportscenter):
Daviess Co. 67 - 57 Butler Co.
Muhlenberg Co. 57 - 65 Breckinridge Co.
TWELFTH REGION QUARTERFINALS (at Lincoln Co.):
Pulaski Co. 46 - 42 Lincoln Co. (double OT)
Mercer Co. 53 - 47 Wayne Co. (double OT)
THIRTEENTH REGION QUARTERFINALS (at The Corbin Arena):
Harlan Co. 61 - 49 Knox Cent.
N. Laurel 66 - 41 Corbin
FOURTEENTH REGION QUARTERFINALS (at Knott Co. Cent.):
Breathitt Co. 64 - 60 Perry Co. Cent.
Jenkins 68 - 85 Powell Co. (OT)
SIXTEENTH REGION QUARTERINALS (at Morehead St.):
Morgan Co. 57 - 71 Russell
Fleming Co. 56 - 86 Boyd Co.
Tonight in the First Region Quarterfinals, Mayfield hammers Carlisle Co. 71 to 49. In the 12th Region Quarterfinals, Danville Christian survives 50-46 against Somerset in double overtime -- the third straight game in that tournament to reach double overtime.
ReplyDeleteIn the Second Region Quarterfinals, Lyon County beats Dawson Springs 87 to 69.
ReplyDeleteOK, so I mentioned the other day that the Dawson Springs head coach resigned between the district and regional tournaments ... the elements of this story are pretty rich:
ReplyDelete-- Mickey C. Blue takes becomes head coach after the Dawson Springs Panthers go winless in the pandemic-shortened 2020-21 season.
ReplyDelete-- In Coach Blue's first season, the Panthers go 3-27. Two of the wins come against private Christian schools. The season ends on an 11-game losing streak with an 82-43 obliteration by Madisonville-North Hopkins.
ReplyDelete-- In 2022-23, the Panthers improve to 11-20 with several very close wins. But, again, Dawson goes out in the first round of the district tournament, big to Madisonville: 105-56.
ReplyDelete-- The Panthers last season punch above .500. The 18-13 season ends with a close loss in the first round of the district tournament at Madisonville but to Caldwell County, 62-56. (Led by the "Mr. Basketball" coach's son, nearby Lyon County goes on to win the state championship.)
ReplyDelete-- This is probably nothing, but I would want to check if I was really doing something with this whole thing. Every season summary for the Dawson Springs Panthers before this season lists the head coach as "Mickey C. Blue." For 2024-25, it's "Mickey Blue"--no "C." Like I said, probably nothing--but I'd want to check.
ReplyDelete-- The Panthers have another better-than-.500 season (17-16), but it's punctuated by an 80-67 home-court win over Madisonville-North Hopkins (the Panthers' first win over the Maroons in almost 28 years) and a first-round win over Caldwell in the Seventh District tournament. That advances them to the Second Region tournament.
ReplyDelete-- Coach Blue is named Second Region coach of the year.
ReplyDelete-- Coach Blue resigns between the district and regional tournaments.
ReplyDelete-- I don't know what the heck is going on, of course. But the comments on Facebook here and here are certainly intriguing. Among them is a link to a video from former Coach Blue himself.
ReplyDeleteOne of the biggest stars for Dawson Springs this season was the coach's son. He had 28 points in the win over Madisonville-North Hopkins, for example. I wonder if he played for the Panthers in last night's regional game.
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