Stanford —
The Boy’s 12th Regional Basketball Tournament gets underway tomorrow night at Lincoln County High School at 6 p.m., and you can easily go ahead and argue the point that the first game right out of the gate on Monday evening could easily be called the championship game of the entire tournament.
The two top teams in the 12th Region — as far as won-loss records go — will square off on Monday night to get things started in what is shaping up to be a very competitive tournament.
The 23-6 Pulaski County Maroons — champions of the 47th District for the fourth straight year — will meet up against another regional contender — Wayne County — to tip things off on Monday at 6 p.m.
Wayne County owns the region’s top record as far as the eight teams participating in the tournament, coming in with a 24-6 record on the season.
And, the Cards already own a win over Pulaski County this season, topping Al Gover’s club back on January 18th at Wayne County in a very close game— knocking off the Maroons by a 74-72 margin.
In Monday’s second game — set to tip off at 7:30 p.m. — the homestanding Lincoln County Patriots with a record of 15-16 on the year, will meet up against West Jessamine, who will bring a 17-11 mark into the contest.
On Tuesday night, two more local teams will begin play in the regional tourney, as the defending regional champion Southwestern Warriors — 22-8 on the season — will take on a Mercer County squad they just blew off the court less than two weeks ago.
The Titans will bring a 16-13 mark into Tuesday’s game which gets underway at 6 p.m., but Mercer County was no match for the Warriors back on February 14th at the Warriors senior night.
In that game, Southwestern blew out Mercer County 84-57, making the Warriors a prohibitive favorite going into Tuesday’s contest.
In the final game on Tuesday night — slated to get underway at 7:30 p.m. — the Somerset Briar Jumpers — 18-9 on the season — will face off against Boyle County who will bring a 14-12 record into the contest.
Jeff Cothron has done a superb job this season at Somerset, helping get the Jumpers to a regional tourney for the first time in five seasons. Despite a 20-point loss to Pulaski County in Friday night’s 47th District Tournament championship game, many see the Briar Jumpers as one of the dark horses coming into this week’s regional tourney.
The semi finals of the tournament will take place on Friday night at Lincoln County High School, with game times set for 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. for the two semi final games.
The championship game of the tourney will take place on Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m.
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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
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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.
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Warriors down Monticello, 11-1
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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. -
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Somerset cruises to 15-1 win over Rebels
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Mills, Cheuvront, Goldson win state titles
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Pulaski downs Corbin on Senior Night
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Somerset seniors help down Warriors, 3-1
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