The Paintsville Tigers and Shelby Valley Wildcats punched their tickets to the 15th Region All “A” Classic tournament semifinals at the Appalachian Wireless Arena with victories on Monday night.
Here is a recap of those games:
Paintsville……..65
Martin County…64
Paintsville stormed back from a 22-point, second half deficit to stun Martin County, 65-64.
Colby Fugate tossed in 19 points and Braxton Tharp followed with 14 as the Tigers improved to 2-1. Connor Fugate added 12.
Luke Hale paced the Cardinals, now 1-3, with a game-high 27 points Brady Dingess followed with 22 and Jacob Butcher tallied nine.
At Pikeville
(15th Region All A Classic)
SCORE BY QUARTES:
PV (2-1)…..11 11 16 27 – 65
MC (1-3)….18 14 17 15 – 64
Scoring:
Paintsville (65) – Braxton Tharp 3(2) 2-4 14; Jaxson Watts 4(1) 0-0 11; Connor Fugate 2 8-9 12; Baron Ratliff 2(1) 0-0 7; Ryan Gibson 1 0-0 2; and Colby Fugate 7(1) 2-4 19. Totals: 19(5) 12-17 65.
Martin County (64) – Brady Dingess 5(1) 9-13 22; Luke Hale 5(5) 2-2 27; Jacob Butcher 4 1-2 9; Jordan Dalton 0 2-2 2; and Blake Maynard 2 0-0 4. Totals: 16(6) 14-19 64.
Next up: Paintsville (2-1) vs. Shelby Valley (3-0), 6 pm, All A Classic, AWA, Jan. 13; Martin County (1-3) vs. Betsy Layne (1-2), 7:30 m, Jan. 18.
Shelby Valley…..67
Prestonsburg……41
Shelby Valley took the lead away from Prestonsburg in the second period and cruised to a 67-41 victory.
Kaden Robinson poured in a game-high 25 points and Chaz Brown finished with 18.
Ryan Rose led the Blackcats (0-2) with 10 points.
At Pikeville
(15th Region All A Classic)
SCORE BY QUARTES:
PB (0-2)…11 7 11 12 – 41
SV (3-0)….9 28 21 9 – 67
Scoring:
Prestonsburg (41) – Grant Justice 1 1-2 3; Kaleb Jarvis 1 0-0 2; Will Gullett 1(1) 3-4 8; Ryan Rose 5 0-1 10; Wes Salisbury 0(1) 1-2 4; Jon Little 1(1) 0-0 5; Connor Hopkins 1 0-0 2; Caleb Lawson 1(1) 0-0 5; and Connor Napier 1 0-0 2. Totals: 12(4) 5-9 41.
Shelby Valley (67) – Anthony Pallotta 1 0-0 2; Chaz Brown 3(4) 0-0 18; Keian Worrix 3 0-0 6; Kaden Kiser 1 0-0 2; Jordan 1 0-0 2; Zach Johnson 1(2) 0-0 5; Kaden Robinson 3(5) 4-5 25; Caleb Lovins 1 0-0 2; and Logan Hawkins 0 2-2 2. Totals: 14(11) 6-7 67.
Next up: Prestonsburg (0-2) vs. Menifee County (0-3), 7:30 pm, Jan. 15; Shelby Valley (3-0) vs. Paintsville (2-1), 6 pm, All A Classic, AWA, Jan. 13.
OTHER GAMES
Ashland Blazer…67
Johnson Central…59
Johnson Central fell behind early on and the Golden Eagles dropped a 67-59 game on the road at Ashland Blazer on Monday night.
John King tossed in 19 and Cory VanHoose added 15 as the Golden Eagles dropped to 3-1.
At Ashland
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
JC (3-1)…..11 19 14 15 – 59
AB (3-2)….19 13 12 23 – 67
Scoring:
Johnson Central (67) – Ryleh McKenzie 1(1) 0-0 5; Isaiah May 0(1) 2-2 5; Grant Rice 3 1-2 7; Cory VanHoose 4(2) 1-1 15; John King 8 3-7 19; Connor Lemaster 0(2) 0-0 6; and Josh Slone 1 0-0 2. Totals: 17(6) 7-12 59.
Ashland Blazer (59) – Cole Villers 2(3) 0-0 13; Colin Porter 5(1) 7-9 20; Ethan Sellars 5 3-5 13; Sean Marcum 1 2-4 4; Zander Carter 1(1) 1-4 6; Hunter Gillum 1(1) 0-0 5; and Ryan Atkins 3 0-2 6. Totals: 18(6) 13-24 67.
Next up: Johnson Central (3-1) vs. Magoffin County (1-2), 7:30pm, Jan. 14.
Lee County….65
Jenkins………54
Jenkins fell to 0-2 as the Cavaliers dropped their home opener to Lee County, 65-54, on Monday night.