59TH DISTRICT TOURNAMENT: Lady Panthers Three-Peat

Pikeville continued its dominance of district teams as the Lady Panthers won the 59th District tournament championship, beating Shelby Valley, 75-33, at East Ridge on Thursday night.

Trinity Rowe fired in 22 points as Pikeville improved 26-5 overall and won the tournament title for the third straight year and fourth in five years.

Kristen Whited followed with 13 points and Kylie Alvin came off the bench and net 11.

Zoee Johnson led the Lady Kats, now 9-20, with 11 points and Sadie Johnson tallied 10. 

At Lick Creek

(59th District championship)

SCORE BY QUARTERS:

SV (9-20)…..9     9    7    8 – 33

PK (26-5)…24  24  16  11 – 75

Scoring:

Shelby Valley (33) – Sadie Johnson 5 0-2 10; Jazzy Meade 0 5-6 5; Miley Riddle 0(1) 0-0 3; Isabella Causey 2 0-0 4; and Zoee Johnson 3(1) 2-2 11. Totals: 10(2) 7-10 33.

Pikeville (75) – Trinity Rowe 3(5) 1-2 22; Kyera Thornsbury 2 2-4 6; Kristen Whited 1(3) 2-3 13; Rylee Theiss 4 0-0 8; Leighan Jackson 1 3-6 5; Kylie 1(1) 0-0 5; Kylie Alvin 0(3) 2-2 11; Alexis Coleman 0(1) 0-0 3; and Ava Rogers 1 0-1 2. Totals: 13(13) 10-18 75.