Pike County Centralovercame a sluggish start to pull away from Belfry in the second half and win the boys’ 60th District tournament championship for the second straight year, 58-40, at Goody on Thursday night.
Jaylan Rigdon poured in a game-high 28 points, including 21 in the second half, as the Hawks improved to 20-8, and advanced to the 15th Region tournament as a number one seed.
Cody Erwin paced the Pirates with 15 points. The Pirates dropped to 9-23. Belfry will be a number two seed.
At Goody
(60th District championship)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
BF (9-23)…..12 11 7 10 – 40
PCC (20-8)…11 9 14 24 – 58
Scoring:
Belfry (40) – Cody Erwin 1(4) 1-2 15; Eric Daniels 4 1-3 9; Caden Woolum 1 0-0 2; Noah Brown 1(2) 1-2 9; and Cayden Varney 2 1-3 5. Totals: 9(6) 4-10 40.
Pike Central (58) – Jaylan Rigdon 7(2) 8-9 28; Jaden Stewart 2 4-4 8; Blake Adams 0(1) 0-0 3; Peyton Compton 3(1) 0-0 9; Isaac Reynolds 1 0-0 2; Peyton Adams 2 0-0 4; Brad Biliter 2 0-0 4; and Camron Stafford 0 0-2 0. Totals: 17(4) 12-15 58.