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Trigg Middle splits district hoops games

Trigg County's middle school basketball team split a pair of district games this week.

Trigg County held off Crittenden County 38-36 Thursday night in Marion in the 8th grade game. Tyreke Wilson led Trigg County (4-4) with 13 points, and Benson Stallons added nine points.

Trigg had an easier time in the seventh grade game, winning 39-13 to run their record to 3-5.

Devron Triplett led Trigg County with 18 points, and Conner Barnes added six points.

Lyon County won the eighth grade game Tuesday 40-31 at Midcat Gym.  Devron Triplett led Trigg with 12 points, and Tyreke Wilson added nine.

Trigg County won the seventh grade game 46-21 as Triplett had 17 points and Kyron Grubbs added 11 points.

Trigg's eighth grade team hosts North Drive Middle tonight at 6:30pm.

How many names can Dick Vitale drop in a broadcast?

Kentucky plays Notre Dame tonight on ESPN2.  How many names can Dick Vitale drop during the broadcast?  It can't be current players, coaches, or people in the house.

The over/under is 75.

Here we go.

1. Darius Miller

2. Doron Lamb

3. Terrence Jones

4. UCLA player

FIrst TV Timeout

5. Harvey Grant

6. Horace Grant

7. Brian Kelly

8. John Wall

9. Marcus Teague

10. Brandon Knight

11. Coach K

Second TV Timeout - Dick Vitale warming up

Digger Phelps stepping in and stealing some of Dick's thunder here

12. John Wooden

13. Al McGuire

14. John Sumate

15. Austin Carr

Third TV timout.  Digger helped Dick out there

16. Mike Golic

17. Jim Boeheim

18. Desmond Howard

19. Chris Fowler

20. Eddie George

21. Mark Packer

22. Chris Caraway

23. Skylar Diggins

24. Greg Wiltjer

Under 4 timeout and Dickie-V is now on a roll.  Getting closer to the 75 over/under pace

25. Jay Williams

26. Tom Izzo

Kentucky timeout

27. Steve Nash

28. Billy Gillispie

29. Jimmy Valvano (can't fault this one.  Dick Vitale has done wonders with this charity)

Halftime.  He's running slightly under the 75 over/under pace.

30. Phil Martelli

31. Robbie Hummel

32. Derrick Rose

Under 16 timeout

33. Magic Johnson

34. President Obama 

Mantei Te'o cutting into Dick Vitale's minutes here

Under 12 timeout

35. Mason Plumlee

36. Cody Zeller

37. Michael Kidd-Gilcrist

38. Anthony Davis

39. Georgi Dieng

40. Rick Pitino

Under 8 timeout - Dick is really going to have to rattle off the names to reach the over/under

41. Tyreke Evans

42. John Saunders

43. Bob Lloyd

Under 4 timeout - Right now it's going to be tough for Dick to hit 50 -- which is still a lot.

44. Eric Murphy

45. Kenny Boyton

46. Mike Rosario

47. Mike Groce

48. Scott Wright

49. Dan Dakich

50. Paric Young

51. Glenn Robinson III

52. Jordan Morgan

53. Nik Stauskas

54. Tim Hardaway Jr.

55. Seth Greenberg

56. Karl Ravich

57. Mel Kiper Jr.

58. Kirk Herbstreit

Dick Vitale came on strong at the end but couldn't quite get to the 75 over/under.  Over a name a minute though.

The on-air time of Digger Phelps and Manti Te'o during the ESPN/Notre Dame lovefest hurt Dick's numbers though.

 

 

Trigg County 53 Dawson Springs 49

It was far from pretty but pretty wins and ugly wins all count the same as Trigg County opened the season with a 53-49 road win at Dawson Springs.

Trigg was terrible from the field (31%), even worse from 3-point range (3-of-26), and battled foul trouble but did enough to get the win.

Trigg built an 11-point lead in the third quarter before Dawson rallied and even took a three-point lead in the fourth quarter.

The key to the game was Trigg's 19 points off 25 Dawson turnovers.  Trigg also outrebounded Dawson 37-28 and had 11 second chance points.

Deonquez Nance led Trigg County with 19 points before a technical foul with a minute left sent him to the bench. David Wease added 15 points and 12 rebounds.

Dawson Springs got 18 points from Tre Fambrough.

The win was Trigg County's 23rd in their last 24 meetings with Dawson Springs dating back a dozen years and the closest margin since 2007.

Trigg County returns to action Friday night at Wildcat Gym in a district doubleheader with Crittenden County.

Game Boxscore

 

Fort Campbell 61 Trigg County 23

Trigg County struggled to find offense and dropped their 2012-13 season opener to the Lady Falcons of Fort Campbell 61-23.

Trigg managed just three field goals in the game, establishing a school record in the process.  Trigg trailed 13-2 after one quarter 28-8 at halftime.

Mallory Mize and Gabby Wimbleduff led Trigg County with six points each, while Alyssa Stallons added three points.

Allie Tellez led Fort Campbell with 18 points.

Trigg County returns to action Friday night in district play against Crittenden County at Wildcat Gym.

 

Report: Mark Stoops to be named Kentucky football coach

Several media outlets and websites are reporting that Mark Stoops will be the next head football coach at the University of Kentucky.  Kentucky Sports Radio, a fan site run by Matt Jones, says the announcement could come as early as today.

Stoops is the current defensive coordinator at Florida State and has served on the defensive staffs at the University of Miami, Florida and the University of Houston.

Stoops’ brother Bob is the head coach at Oklahoma.

Stoops takes over for Joker Phillips, who was fired after a 13-24 record over three years.  UK won just four of 24 SEC games during that time including 0-8 this past year when the Wildcats were 2-10 overall.

The key for Stoops will be who he brings in or decides to retain as assistant coaches.  Rich Brooks had a solid coaching staff during his tenure at UK, and it was when Phillips replaced the offensive and defensive line coaches and brought in Rick Minter as defensive coordinator that the program began to head south.

Christian County basketball coach Josh Smith steps down

Christian County head coach Josh Smith has resigned from his job before coaching his first game.

A media release from the Christian County Board of Education said Smith resigned today as basketball coach and history teacher for health reasons.  Assistant coach Kyle Eades has been promoted to interim head coach of the Colonels.

Christian County Athletic Director Steve Lovelace said the coaching position will be re-posted at the end of the school year.

Smih was hired in the spring to replace Tyler Smithhart, who took the Henderson County head coaching job after a 9-22 record in his only season as CCHS head coach.  He previously coached at Stewart County, Tennessee and the Clarksville Academy where he led TCA to the 2011 Class 1A state championship.  Smith stepped down after that season for what he called "family reasons" and did not coach last year.  He took the Christian County job saying he was ready to get back into coaching and called it a "dream job."

The Colonels have been picked as a preseason top three team in the Second Region this year in various coaching polls and websites.

Christian County opens their season Dec. 4 against Madisonville

Trigg County opens their 2012-13 basketball seasons tonight

Both Trigg County basketball teams open their basketball seasons tonight on the road but at different locations.

The Wildcats will play at Dawson Springs, while the Lady Wildcats will travel to Fort Campbell.

The Lady Wildcats lost their last nine games of last season to finish 10-17.  Trigg split their games with Fort Campbell last year, winning 58-54 in the season opener and losing 60-41 on post.  The Lady Falcons were 4-18 last year.

Meanwhile, the Wildcats have won 22 of their last 23 games against Dawson Springs, including all three last year. Trigg is 23-12 all-time at the Panther Pit.

Both varsity games start at 7:30.  There will be no radio coverage of either game tonight.

Both Trigg teams return home Friday for a doubleheader with Crittenden County at Wildcat Gym.

 

Trigg wrestlers go 4-1 at Jeffersontown Duals

Trigg County won four of their five matches at the Jeffersontown Duals Saturday with four wrestlers going undefeated for the day.

Trigg County scored wins over Iroquois (44-30), Eastern (54-30), St. Xavier (51-33), and DeSales (48-33).  Their lone loss came to North Hardin 44-38.

Winning all five of their matches for Trigg County were Jeremiah Kline, Ryan Gallogly, Jayven Jones, and Aaron Stevens.

Going 4-1 was Daniel Ingram, while Malik Cunningham, Colton Lewis, and Montgomery Smith were all 3-2 on the day.

 

 

Hopkinsville will not see Mr. Basketball candidate Saturday

Hopkinsville's highly-touted contest with Bullitt East Saturday in the Marshall County Hoop Fest will be short one important player.

UK signee Derek Willis was ejected during their season opening win over Lafayette tonight.  According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, Willis scored 14 points and six rebounds before being assessed his second technical foul midway through the third quarter for arguing a call.

Per KHSAA rules, Willis will sit out Bullitt East's Friday game with Bryan Station and their Saturday game against Hopkinsville at the Marshall County Hoop Fest.

 

Boys Basketball season kicks off Monday

The high school basketball season kicks off this week across the Commonwealth.  There are only two games Monday night involving Second Region schools.  Community Christian visits Crittenden County and Lyon County travels to St. Mary.  Lyon County got some good news last week when 6-5 Thomas Scott was ruled eligible after transferring from neighboring Crittenden County. Scott averaged 16.1 points and 6.3 rebounds last year and gives the Lyons size in the middle to go with their returning backcourt.

Tonight Lyon County head coach Jeff Embrey will go for his 100th career Kentucky coaching win against St. Mary. Embrey coached in Indiana before leading Trigg County to the district title in his only season there in 2006-07.  He is 89-56 in five seasons at Lyon County and 99-75 overall.

Seven coaches in the region will make their debut at their school this week:

Josh Smith (Christian County) - Dec. 4 vs. Madisonville
Grant Shouse (University Heights) - Thursday at Union County
RaShaune Echols (Fort Campbell) - Tuesday vs. Union County
Tyler Smithhart (Henderson County) - Tuesday at Evansville (IN) Memorial
Daniel Kukahiko (Caldwell County) - Scheduled for Friday vs. Madisonville
Matt Beshear (Madisonville) - Tuesday at Daviess County
Kyle Yates (Livingston Central) - Tuesday at Hopkins County Central

Trigg County Basketball Games to again air on WKDZ 100.9 FM

The high school basketball season begins this week and you can listen to Trigg County Wildcat and Lady Wildcat basketball games on WKDZ 100.9 FM.  Games will also be streamed live on the internet at www.wkdzradio.com.

The first game will be Tuesday night as the Wildcats travel to Dawson Springs to play the Panthers.  Airtime is 7:15pm on WKDZ 100.9 FM.

The first Lady Wildcat game on the air will be Friday when Crittenden County visits Wildcat Gym for a district doubleheader.  Airtime is 6pm.

 

Trigg County 2012-13 Girls Basketball Schedule

The Trigg County Lady Wildcats open their 2012-13 basketball season Tuesday at Fort Campbell.  Their first home game will be a district doubleheader with Crittenden County next Friday.

CLICK HERE for the 2012-13 Trigg County Lady Wildcat Basketball Schedule

Trigg County 2012-13 Boys Basketball Schedule

Trigg County opens their 2012-13 Boys' Basketball season Tuesday at Dawson Springs.  The Wildcats' first home game is a district battle with Crittenden County.

CLICK HERE for Trigg County's 2012-13 Boys Basketball Schedule

 

KFCA names district football players, coaches of the year

The Kentucky Football Coaches Association has named their players and coaches of the year for each of the 48 districts in the state.  Here are the winners for Districts One and Two in each class.

Class 1A

District One - Player - Jonathon Jackson (Mayfield) - Coach - Joe Morris (Mayfield)

District Two - Player - Jordan Duff (Kentucky Country Day) - Coach - Matthew Jones (Kentucky Country Day)

Class 2A

District One - Player - Jalyn Boyd (Caldwell County) - Coach - David Barnes (Caldwell County)

District Two - Player - Justin Hamilton (Hancock County) - Coach - John Edge (Owensboro Catholic)

Class 3A

District One - Player - Jayven Jones (Trigg County) - Coach - Coby Lewis (Trigg County)

District Two - Player - Chad Wilson (Monroe County) - Coach - John Pettet (Monroe County)

Class 4A

District One - Player - DeJuan Sherrill (Lone Oak) - Coach - Joe Prince (Owensboro)

District Two - Player - Eli Brown (Warren East) - Coach - Ben Bruni (Warren East)

Class 5A

District One - Player - Zack Katzman (Graves County) - Coach - Lance Gregory (Graves County)

District Two - Player - Dakota Madison (Greenwood) - Coach - Greg Cavanaugh (Greenwood)

Class 6A

District One - Player - Cade Wilke (Henderson County) - Coach - Clay Clevenger (Henderson County)

District Two - Player - John Clark (Meade County) - Coach - Mark Perry (Central Hardin)

 

Bluegasspreps.com picks Hoptown as region's best: Trigg picked 5th

The folks at Bluegrasspreps.com have picked Hopkinsville to repeat as Boys' Second Region champs, with cross-town rival Christian County a close second.

Trigg County was picked fifth.

Here is a link to the preview

BGP Boys Second Region Team Rankings

1. Hopkinsville

2. Christian County

3. Henderson County

4. Lyon County

5. Trigg County

6. Caldwell County

7. University Heights

8. Union County

9. Hopkins County Central

10. Madisonville

11. Crittenden County

12. Livingston Central

13. Webster County

14. Fort Campbell

15. Dawson Springs

 

BGP Top 10 Players

1. Jordan Majors (Hopkinsville)

2. Jaqualis Matlock (Hopkinsville)

3. Deonquez Nance (Trigg County)

4. Elijah Sindelar (Caldwell County)

5. C.J. Cotton (Christian County)

6. Jarvis Irby (Christian County)

7. Kaleb Duckworth (Henderson County)

8. Daylyn Jones (Madisonville)

9. Zack Chaykowsky (Union County)

10. Bobby Staples (Lyon County)

 

Henderson County, UHA picked as favorites to win girls' Second Region

Henderson County has been picked as the overwhelming favorite to win the Girls' Second Region Basketball title following voting by coaches, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal.

Despite losing one of their leading scorers to Christian County, the Lady Blazers of University Heights Academy were picked second.  Christian County was picked fourth and defending region champ Hopkinsville was voted fifth.

Here is the voting breakdown by the coaches:

Top 10 Teams

1. Henderson County

2. University Heights

3. Webster County

4. Christian County

5. Hopkinsville

6. Livingston Central

7. Madisonville-North Hopkins

8. Union County

9. Caldwell County

10. Lyon County

Top 10 Players

1. Ellie Fruit (Henderson County)

2. Brooke Tapp (Henderson County)

3. Dannika Prater (Christian County)

4. Hailee Lampley (Livingston Central)

5. Denayia Holmes (University Heights)

6. Haley Cook (Hopkinsville)

7. Mariah Herrera (Webster County)

8. Punkin McNary (Madisonville-North Hopkins)

9. Hannah Leidecker (Livingston Central)

10. Kolbi Edens (Webster County)

 

Trigg County picked to finish sixth in region by coaches

Trigg County has been picked as the sixth best boys' basketball team in the Second Region, according to a coaches poll conducted by the Louisville Courier-Journal.

The Wildcats return three starters from last year's team that finished 21-9 but lost to Livingston Central in the first round of the district tournament.

Here is a list of the top 10 teams and players as voted on by the region's coaches:

1. Hopkinsville

2. Henderson County

3. Christian County

4. University Heights

5. Union County

6. Trigg County

7. Madisonville-North Hopkins

8. Caldwell County

9. Lyon County

10. Crittenden County

Top 10 Players 

1. Jordan Majors (Hopkinsville)

2. C.J. Cotton (Christian County)

3. JaQualis Matlock (Hopkinsville)

4. Zach Chaykowsky (Union County)

5. Elijah Sindelar (Caldwell County)

6. Demarius Poindexter (Christian County)

7. Deonquez Nance (Trigg County)

8. Caleb Duckworth (Henderson County)

9. Jarvis Irby (Christian County)

10. Rick Armstead (Henderson County)

 

Trigg County Wrestling season begins Saturday

Trigg County kicks off their 2012-13 wrestling season Saturday with the Keegan Mangels Takedown Tournament at Wildcat Gym.

Wrestling will begin around 8:30am with medals awarded for first through sixth place finishers for both high school and middle school.

Admission is five dollars for adults and two dollars for students.

TCHS wrestling coach Ralph Stevens previewed the tournament and the season on the Saturday Morning Sports Report.

Interview with Ralph Stevens

 Here is the 2012-13 Trigg County Wrestling Schedule

Nov. 17 - Keegan Mangels Takedown Tournament

Nov. 24 - Jeffersontown Duals

Dec. 1 - Hopkinsville Duals

Dec. 4 - Paducah Tilghman duals

Dec. 6 - Calloway County duals

Dec. 8 - McGavock, Tennessee Invitational

Dec. 11 - Union County duals

Dec. 12 - Daviess County duals

Dec. 15 - Caldwell County Tournament

Dec. 20 - Trigg County duals with Graves and Caldwell County

Dec. 28-29 - Christian County Invitational Tournament

Jan. 5 - Regional duals at Trigg County

Jan. 12 - Paducah Tilghman duals

Jan. 17 - Ohio County duals

Jan. 19 - Paul Laurence Dunbar duals

Jan. 24 - Caldwell County duals

Jan 26 - Calloway County Invitational

Jan. 31 - Clarksville Northeast duals

Feb. 8-9 - Region Tournament at Christian County

Feb. 14-16 - State Tournament in Lexington

 

Wildcat runners compete at state meet

Trigg County had three runners compete at the state cross country meet in Lexington over the weekend.

Sophomore J.B. Hendricks finished 151st in the Class 2A race in a time of 19:32, while junior Matt Chinn finished in 215th place.  Trigg County did not have enough to field a complete team.

Meanwhile, senior Katie Coons finished her final race in 189th place in the Class 2A race.

Trigg County coach Mike Wright talks about the state meet

Also in the Class 2A boys' race, Hopkinsville's finishers were Kenny Longstreath (52nd), Tyler Hancock (82nd), Ethan Noel (99th), Robert Entsminger (101st), Justin Leek (182nd), and Tyler Easton (207th).  The Tigers finished 18th.

For the ladies, Hopkinsville finished 7th in the Class 2A competition.  Their runners were Lataviya Felder (26th), Meghan Easton (55th), Aunye Christian (58th), Caroline Noel (69th), and Sarah Turner (129th).

In the Class 3A boys' race, Christian County junior Logan Hurd finished in 36th place in a time of 17:15 over the 3.1-mile course.  For the ladies, Lady Colonel seventh grader Rhyne Howard finished in 163rd place.

 

2012 All Western Kentucky Conference First Team

Here is the All Western Kentucky Conference First Team, based on voting by WKC coaches in all six classes.

 

OFFENSE

QB - Luke Guhy, Jr., Mayfield

RB - Zach Katzman, Sr., Graves County

RB - Kory Mosley, Sr., Christian County

RB - Jonathon Jackson, Sr., Mayfield

WR - Jordan Brown, Sr., Mayfield

WR - Tez Sivills, Sr., Caldwell County

OL - Seth Carter, Sr., Murray

OL - Kendall Calhoun, Sr., Paducah Tilghman

OL - Eli Wilson, Sr., Graves County

OL - Koty Hix, Sr., Fort Campbell

OL - Darius Catlett, Sr., Murray

K/P - Alex Ward, Sr., Murray

DEFENSE

DL - Derik Overstreet, Jr., Paducah Tilghman

DL - Cole Webster, Sr., Caldwell County

DL - Khalil Frame, Sr., Fulton City

DL - Darius Catlett, Sr., Murray

LB - Jonathon Jackson, Sr., Mayfield

LB - Dondre Jackson, Sr., Mayfield

LB - Christian Noble, Jr., Fort Campbell

DB - Jaime Gilland, Sr., Marshall County

DB - Juan Jones, Sr., Christian County

DB - Darius Spivey-Nunn, Jr., Paducah Tilghman

DB - Zach Katzman, Sr. Graves County

Coach of the Year - Lance Gregory

 

Trigg County had seven players named to the Class 3A All-WKC Team.  They were:

QB - Luke McKenzie

LB - Austin Durham

LB - Jayven Jones

WR - David Wease

OL - Mason Hyde

C- Ryan McCloud

DL - John McGee