57TH DISTRICT TOURNAMENT: Johnson Central bounces Paintsville

Johnson Central’s Lady Eagles used a strong first-half performance to pull away and beat Paintsville, 51-31, in the 57th District girls’ championship played at Magoffin County on Thursday night.

It marks the 22nd title in school history as JC improved to 20-4. Paintsville fell to 14-10.

Sammi Sites led the Lady Eagles with 27 points. She hit seven, three-point goals. Kelci Blair tallied 11.

Ava Hyden paced the Lady Tigers with 10 points.

At Salyersville

(57th District championship)

SCORE BY QUARTERS:

PV (14-10)…….8  13  10  7 – 31

JC (21-5)…….13  17  12  9 –51

Scoring:

Paintsville (31) – Camryn Helton 2 1-2 5; Ava Hyden 1(2) 2-4 10; Chloe Hannah 0(1) 2-2 5; Leandra Curnutte 0 5-6 5; And Emalie Preece 2 2-3 6. Totals: 5(3) 12-17 31.

Johnson Central (51) – Taylor McKenzie 0 0-2 0; Kelci Blair 2(2) 1-3 11; Sammi Sites 0(7) 6-6 27; KK Vannoy 0(1) 0-0 3; Clara Blair 2(1) 0-0 7; Addyson Burchett 1 0-0 2; Sophie Younce 0 0-2 0; and Abbie Stambaugh 0 1-3 1. Totals: 5(11) 8-16 51.

Next up: Paintsville (14-10) vs. TBA, 15th Region tournament; Johnson Central (21-5) vs. TBA, 15th Region tournament.