District surprises
Posted by Mike Fields on February 28, 2007
- Two defending boys’ regional basketball champs were eliminated from the post-season race last night. Graves County, a Sweet Sixteen semifinalist last year and top-rated in the 1st Region this year, fell to St. Mary 49-32 in the 3rd District semifinals. And Johnson Central, which won the 15th Region last March, lost to cross-town rival Paintsville 84-71 in the 57th District.
- But the biggest surprise of the night was Frankfort’s 64-59 upset of Franklin County in the 41st District semfinals at Woodford County. Franklin County beat the Panthers 86-52 in December, and 63-48 in January, but Frankfort got the one that counted for first-year coach Juan Byars. The Panthers (10-18) were led by Zed Smith’s 20 points.
- The most lopsided boys’ score of the night: Henderson County thumped Providence 111-22. It was the Colonels’ largest margin of victory in school history, and their second highest point total (they rang up 113 points on, yep, Providence, in 1994). Providence, which will consolidate with Webster County before next school year, finished the season 1-22.
