Somerset —
If losing is contagious, then The PC Gym may have been put on lockdown on Monday night.
The Cumberland County Lady Panthers invaded Pulaski County High School on Monday evening, with both teams needing a win in the worst way.
Combined, the two teams had lost 17 of their last 18 games, so something had to give on PC's home turf.
Cumberland County - 6-15 on the season - had lost nine of its last 10 games headed into the PC game, while Brian Miller's club was in the midst of an eight-game losing skid with a 9-14 mark on the year.
However on Monday night, the Lady Maroons got well and got well in a hurry.
In short, the streak - one of the losing variety over a span of 27 days that saw PC play with a depleted lineup due to injuries - came to an abrupt halt on Monday evening.
Brittany Warren scored a game-high 28 points for Pulaski County, while Haley Warren added 19 points, on a night when Miller's club rolled past visiting Cumberland County by an 85-49 margin.
And, it was a total team effort on a night when the Lady Maroons simply hit their shots.
"I really felt like the difference in the game was the way we shot the ball, because we shot the ball extremely well and we made free throws," stated a very happy coach Miller who saw his club end the eight-game losing slide with the victory.
"It's like I told our kids, we won by quite a bit and we hadn't been making our free throws of late," added the PC coach. "Tonight, we made 19 of 21 free throw attempts, and most nights if we shoot 21 free throws, we're lucky to make 11. I felt like early on we passed the ball well and moved the ball, which led to some open looks that we made tonight."
Each of the Warren twins scored eight points in the opening stanza, helping PC erase its only deficit of the game - 2-0 - to take an 18-14 lead at the end of the first period.
In the second period - a stanza that saw the Lady Maroons stretch out the lead to 40-28 at the half - was an eight-minute segment that saw everyone Miller called upon contribute to the cause.
Cherokee Capps - who led Cumberland County with 13 points - drained a three-pointer earlier in the second stanza that capped a modest, 7-0 spurt by the Lady Panthers, cutting the PC lead down to 26-23.
At that point, the Lady Panthers would get no closer.
A strong drive to the bucket by Brittany Warren extended the PC lead out to 28-23, but there would be much more to come from Miller and company.
A Sarah Howard three-pointer would ease the lead out to 33-25 moments later, while a basket from Eulah Perkins would give her club its first double digit lead of the night over Cumberland County, 35-25.
"It's good to have everybody back and dressed on our team," stated Miller.
"This is only the second game that we've had everybody back and in uniform for a long, long time, and I feel like we're only going to get better and better now that we're finally getting healthy once again," pointed out the PC coach. "We need to win, and the kids shot the ball extremely well tonight. Hopefully, we can keep getting better and better each day leading all the way up to the district tournament in a couple of weeks."
Already leading Cumberland County by that 4-28 margin at the half, if this game wasn't over by that juncture, it certainly was just moments into the third quarter.
Pulaski simply put this one away by beginning the second half on an impressive, 15-0 run, breaking open a somewhat close game, by taking a 55-28 lead.
PC outscored the Lady Panthers by a 23-10 margin in the third period, taking a commanding, 63-38 lead into the fourth quarter, and would never look back on their way to improving their season record to 10-14 on the year.
"Taylor Brock had started every game for us all year long, and tonight she came off the bench and played extremely well," stated Miller.
"That's the thing about having seven seniors on this team - they lead by example and it really doesn't matter who starts, it's who's playing and who's finishing the game, and I like that about her," added the Lady Maroon coach. "She gave us a spark off the bench we she came in there. That's what we've got to have, and that's people giving us a spark when they come off the bench. I thought Andrea (Jenkins) played well off the bench tonight, and that's what we've got to have coming down this very important stretch of the season."
Pulaski County will be back in action tonight, as the Lady Maroons will host Rockcastle County in a pivotal 47th District matchup for both clubs.
That game is set to tip off this evening at The PC Gym beginning at 7:30 p.m.
CC - 14 14 10 11 - 49
PC - 18 22 23 22 - 85
CUMBERLAND CO. - Capps 13, Davidson 13, Stalcup 9, Flatt 9, Waid 3, Key 2.
PULASKI CO. - B. Warren 28, H. Warren 19, Howard 9, Brock 8, Jenkins 7, Correll 5, Hudson 5, Perkins 4.
Local Sports
Related Photos
-
Pulaski County High School senior Sarah Correll (center) tries to put up a shot between two Cumberland County High School defenders on Monday night. The Lady Maroons downed Cumberland County by a final score of 85-49. Steve Cornelius Photo
Pulaski rolls past Lady Panthers, 85-49
- Local Sports
-
-
Eight is Great!
During last night’s 48th District Softball Championship game, Southwestern had a sign on their dugout wall that read “The third time’s the charm.”
That statement held true for Jim Woodall and the Lady Warriors, as the they defeated McCreary Central when it mattered most, which was in last night’s title game at Wayne County High School.
After falling to the Lady Raiders of McCreary Central twice in their pair of regular season match-ups, Southwestern, with a 12-7 victory last night, tallied their eighth district championship in a row. -
Somerset downs Pulaski to claim title
For the last four years Somerset High School and Pulaski County High School have battled it out for the 47th District baseball championship . Counting Tuesday night, three out of the four years the Briar Jumpers have brought back the gold. Somerset defeated the Maroons 7-4.
Of their 7 runs scored, the Briar Jumpers tallied 5 of those runs off homers. Somerset freshman Logan Ramsey hit a three-run homer in the first inning and sophomore Chandler Purcell hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning. -
Warriors blast past Wayne Co., 14-9
When Southwestern is hitting the ball solid, they are a very dangerous baseball team.
Wayne County received a first-hand look at just how much damage the Southwestern bats can do on Tuesday evening at Warrior Stadium, as the homestanding Warriors tallied 14 runs on 16 hits in a 14-9 victory over the Cardinals in the 48th District Baseball Championship game. -
Lorman, Henderlight keep Pulaski alive
Facing a four-run deficit and down to their last three outs, elimination looked inevitable for the Pulaski County High School baseball team on Monday night in the opening round of the 47th District Baseball Tournament at Charlie Taylor Field.
But a Pulaski last-inning rally capped off by a Henry Lorman bases-loaded clearing double off the left field wall and a Chris Henderlight walk-off RBI base hit propelled the Maroons to a 7-6 comeback win over Rockcastle County High School. -
Warriors down Monticello, 11-1
It takes five wins to make it to the Forcht Bank/KHSAA Baseball State Tournament.
The Southwestern Warriors are one-fifth of the way there now, as they took down Monticello in the first round of the 48th District Baseball Tournament on Monday night at Warrior Stadium. With the five-inning, 11-1 victory over the Trojans, the Warriors advanced to the championship game and next week’s regional tournament.
Alex Eaton’s ball club did exactly what they needed to do to make it back to the regional tournament once again. The third-year Southwestern coach is hoping that his squad can come away with the program’s first regional title since 2004. -
Lady Warriors advance to finals; looking for 8th straight district title
So far in the 2013 high school softball season, McCreary Central has had their way with Southwestern in their two regular season match-ups.
The Southwestern Lady Warriors will get a chance to get a little revenge against McCreary Central, as the two teams will meet up in the 48th District Softball Championship. -
Somerset cruises to 15-1 win over Rebels
After a slow start in the first two innings, the Briar Jumpers put it all together with a 10-run third inning en route to a 15-1 (5 inning) win over Casey County High School in the first round of the 47th District Baseball Tournament at Charlie Taylor Field.
The Rebels scored in their very first at-bats, and the Jumpers countered with a three runs of their own in the bottom half of the first after Jumpers’ junior Charlie Dishman blasted a three-run homer to left field to plate Jacob Pelston and Addison Thompson. -
Mills, Cheuvront, Goldson win state titles
Local track and field athletes turned in one of the all-time best efforts at the state level in Saturday’s Class A and Class AAA Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Track and Field Championships at the University of Louisville’s Owsley Frazier Cardinal Park.
Somerset High School garnered two state crowns in the Class A state meet, as junior Cam Cheuvront won the 100-meter dash and sophomore Maranda Mills won her second consecutive triple jump state crown.
Later in the day in the Class AAA state meet, Pulaski County High School junior Jimmy Goldson ran away with the 800-meter state title. -
Sammy Jo Bullock places 7th in nation
Shopville Elementary fifth-grader Sammy Jo Bullock fired a 284 in the National Archery in Schools National Championships to place seventh in the girls elementary division. Bullock, who peirced the center circle 16 times, was third n the nation among her fellow fifth-graders.
-
Pulaski downs Corbin on Senior Night
On Tuesday afternoon at PC Field, the Pulaski County Maroon baseball team bid farewell to Taylor Gover, Eric Jones, Dustin Vaught, Henry Lorman, Tyler Wesley, and Tyler Hail on senior night before Danny Masten’s club took on a Corbin team that had earned a shutout victory over PC earlier in the year.
On Tuesday however, it was the Maroons that would not be denied on senior night, and it was those seniors that lead the way for Masten and company.
Taylor Gover notched two doubles and drove in a career-best six RBI in the game, while fellow senior Henry Lorman hit the first homerun of his varsity career and drove in three more runs. - More Local Sports Headlines
-
