Betsy Layne held off Lawrence County down the stretch to score a thrilling 67-64 win in the 58th District boys’ championship game played at Floyd Central on Friday night.
The victory earned the Bobcats, now 22-7, the No. 1 seed heading into the 15th Region tournament. The Bulldogs (24-7) advance as the runner up.
Andrew Kidd poured in 23 points and Jordan Frazier followed with 17. Chase Mims added 11.
Cody Maynard fired in a game-high 28 points for the Bulldogs. Trenton Adkins and Andrew Bloomfield added 13 each.
At Langley
(58th District championship)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
BL (22-7)…..17 22 11 17 – 67
LC (24-7)…..15 16 15 18 – 64
Scoring:
Betsy Layne (67) – Jordan Frazier 8 1-2 17; Brady Robinson 1(1) 4-7 9; Andrew Kidd 8(2) 1-2 23; Shawn Howell 1 0-0 2; Chase Mims 4 3-7 11; and Cameron Pente 0(1) 2-3 5. Totals: 21(4) 11-21 67.
Lawrence County (64) – Cody Maynard 3(2) 16-16 28; Kaden Gillispie 0(1) 4-4 7; Trenton Adkins 3(2) 1-2 13; Andrew Bloomfield 5 3-4 13; and Dawson Bellomy 1 1-2 3. Totals: 12(5) 25-28 64.
57TH DISTRICT TOURNAMENT
Martin County…..66
Paintsville………..47
Martin County used a dominate third period to take the lead away from Paintsville and the Cardinals rolled to a 66-47 win in the 57th District tournament championship game at Eagle Fieldhouse on Friday night.
Brady Dingess led a trio of Cardinals in double figures with 27 points. Luke Hale tallied 18 and Jordan Dalton added 13 as the Cardinals improved to 23-7.
Connor Fugate paced the Tigers (19-8) with 15 points and Colby Fugate added 13.
At Paintsville
(57th District championship)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
PV (19-8)…..15 11 11 10 – 47
MC (23-7)….15 11 27 13 – 66
Scoring:
Paintsville (47) – Braxton Tharp 3 1-2 7; Connor Fugate 2(1) 8-9 15; Colby Fugate 3(2) 1-2 13; Baron Ratliff 3 0-0 6; and Jase Kinner 0(2) 0-0 6. Totals: 11(5) 10-13 47.
Martin County (66) – Brady Dingess 7(2) 7-9 27; Luke Hale 2(4) 2-3 18; Jordan Dalton 1(3) 2-2 13; Peyton Davis 2 0-0 4; and Jacob Sturgill 2 0-0 4. Totals: 14(9) 11 14 66.