Pikeville took an early lead against Martin County and held it throughout as the Panthers captured the boys’ 15th Region All “A” Classic tournament championship with a 73-62 win at Appalachian Wireless Arena on Sunday afternoon.
Charlie Fitzer finished with a game-high 27 points for the Panthers (10-3) in the win over the defending champs. Eli Johnson added 13 and Heath Jarrell tallied 12.
Luke Hale and Jacob Strugill scored 17 each and Peyton Davis tallied 13 points for the Cardinals, who dropped to 10-8.
At Pikeville
(15th Region All ‘A’ championship)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
MC (10-8)…..10 13 20 19 – 62
PK (10-3)…..18 13 23 19 – 73
Scoring:
Martin County (62) – Luke Hale 4 9-9 17; Brayden McKenzie 1 4-6 6; Jacob Sturgill 6 5-6 17; Devin Maynard 2 0-0 4; Peyton Davis 1(3) 2-2 13; and Bryson Dials 1(1) 0-0 5. Totals: 15(4) 20-23 62.
Pikeville (73) – Eli Johnson 0(4) 1-2 13; Josh Hughes 1 2-2 4; Heath Jarrell 0(3) 3-4 12; Charlie Fitzer 13 1-2 27; Carter Hurley 3-3-4 9; and Ian Onkst 1(1) 3-4 8. Totals: 18(8) 13-18 73.