64°F8:25 AM Tuesday night standouts [High School Sports]
Pleasure Ridge Park's Jake Simpson (pictured) scored 22 points, as the Panthers defeated Southern 79-56. Here are some other standouts from a busy Tuesday night.
Seneca's Kevin Shaw scored 31 points, as the Redhawks defeated Fern Creek 78-72.
Central freshman De-Angelo Russell scored 22 points, in a 66-65 loss to Valley.
Remy Abell scored 19 points and Lyonell Gaines added 17 points, as Eastern defeated Atherton 92-43.
Jefferstown tops Eastern in King of the Bluegrass finals [Sports]
The 2010 King of the Bluegrass came to a close Wednesday night and while it may have been cold outside, the action was red hot inside Fairdale High School. Here is a re-cap of the day's action.
The championship game saw No. 1 Jeffersontown Chargers taking on No. 2 Eastern Eagles. The Chargers led most of the way by double digits. However, the Eagles made a run late in the fourth quarter and cut the Charger led to three with less than two minutes to play but it was too little too late, as the Chargers went on to win 69-61.
King of the Bluegrass high school basketball tournament day three wrap-up [Sports]
George Fant scored 30 points, as Warren Central defeated Male 73-59. Jordan Shanklin addded 18 for Warren Central. Chris Way led Male with 18.
Remy Abell scored 27 points and Lyonell Gaines added 16, as Eastern defeated Bowling Green 46-75. Chane Behanan led Bowling Green with 15 points and 16 rebounds.
Max Clemons scored 18 points and Jake Simpson added 15, as Pleasure Ridge Park defeated Peral (Miss.)
Preview: King of the Bluegrass high school basketball tournament [Sports]
The 2010 King of the Bluegrass gets underway on Friday and several of the top prospects in the state and the nation will be in action. Here is a look at some of the players to keep an eye on.
Bullitt East
The Chargers feature several of the top 6th Region's top players, including seniors Hayden Sweat and Cory Washburn. Sweat averaged over 20 points per game last season and entered this season ranked as the No. 5 player in the region, according to CatsPause Yearbook.
Eastern's Lyonell Gaines is looking for offers [Sports]
Eastern's Lyonell Gaines is one of the top prospects in Region Seven. Now the 6-foot-4 forward is looking for a place to play in college. I caught up with Gaines and spoke with him about his recruitment.
Gaines averaged nearly 14 points per game this past season, as he helped lead the Eagles to a 21-9 record.
"The summer ids going pretty good," Gaines said. "I'm just trying to get better. I'm struggling with my shot right now, so I'm working on that."
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