Pikeville jumped ahead early on against Jenkins and rolled to a 68-35 win in the 59th District tournament semifinals played at East Ridge on Monday night.
Senior Rylee Samons finished with a game-high 21 points and went over 2,000 career points as the Panthers improved to 19-7. Eli Johnson added 11 and Charlie Fitzer chipped in nine.
Gavin Gibson scored 10 for the Cavaliers who finished the year at 18-13.
Pikeville
At Lick Creek
(59th District tournament)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
JK (18-13)…8 5 13 9 – 35
PK (19-7)…..20 33 6 9 – 68
Scoring:
Jenkins (35) – Adyn Hayes 0 2-2 2; Mason Webb 1 1-1 3; Gavin Gibson 2(2) 0-1 10; Kolby Stewart 1 0-2 2; Brayden Sexton 0 5-6 5; Malachi Fields 2 2-4 6; Nick Watts 1 1-1 3; and Matt Morris 0(1) 1-2 4. Totals: 7(3) 12-19 35.
Pikeville (68) – Rylee Samons 2(5) 2-2 21; Eli Johnson 1(3) 0-0 11; Charlie Fitzer 2(1) 2-2 9; Ian Onskt 3 0-0 6; Josh Hughes 2 1-1 5; Brayden Bolden 2 0-0 4; Mason Wells 2 0-0 4; Heath Jarrell 0(1) 0-0 3; Mikey Hager 0(1) 0-0 3; and Jacob Rogers 1 0-0 2. Totals: 15(11) 5-5 68.
GIRLS
Pikeville……95
East Ridge…..24
Four-time defending 15th Region champion Pikeville cruised into the 59th District tournament championship game with a 95-24 win over host East Ridge on Monday night.
Kylie Alvin came off the bench and scored a game-high 26 points, including eight, three-point goals. Trinity Rowe added 22 as the Lady Panthers moved to 25-5. Kyera Thornsbury scored 10.
Kirsten Easterling led the Lady Warriors (3-27) with 13 points.
At Lick Creek
(59th District tournament)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
ER (3-27)……5 7 5 7 – 24
PK (25-5)…20 32 20 23 – 95
Scoring:
East Ridge (24) – Kirsten Easterling 5 3-3 13; Madison Adkins 1 4-5 6; Makenzie Sawyers 1 1-4 3; and Emily Ramsey 1 0-0 2. Totals: 8 8-12 24.
Pikeville (95) – Kylie Alvin 1(8) 0-0 26; Trinity Rowe 2(6) 0-0 22; Kyera Thornsbury 3(1) 1-1 10; Kristen Whited 2 3-4 7; Alexis Coleman 0(2) 0-0 6; Nicole Lin 1(1) 0-0 5; Kylie Hall 1 2-2 4; Leighan Jackson 2 0-2 4; Rylee Theiss 1 2-2 4; Cat Walters 0(1) 0-0 3; Aca Rogers 1 0-0 2; and Shyla Kidd 1 0-0 2. Totals: 15(19) 8-11 95.