KENTUCKY 2A CHAMPIONSHIP: Belfry punches ticket to finals in Owensboro

GOODY – Belfry ran out to a big lead early on and cruised to a 73-33 win over Pike County Central in the Kentucky 2A tournament championship game played on Friday night.

The Pirates, now 7-7, will play this coming Friday against Warren East in the opening round at the Owensboro Sports Center.  

Katie Ball had a big night for Belfry with 27 points, 14 rebounds and nine blocked shots, just missing out on a triple double. Taylor Layne followed with 16 points and Kyera Thornsbury added 14. Cushi Fletcher chipped in eight.

Kelsi Brinager paced the Lady Hawks (5-10) with 12 points and Bailey Birchfield added nine in the loss.

At Goody

(Kentucky 2A Championship)

SCORE BY QUARTERS:

BF (7-7)…..20  11  25  17 – 73

PC (5-10)…..4  12  10    7 – 33

Scoring:

Belfry (73) – Katie Ball 7(3) 4-4 27; Taylor Layne 7 2-3 16; Kyera Thornsbury 3(1) 5-6 14; Cushi Fletcher 4 0-0 8; Hope Coley 2(1) 0-0 7; and Linzee Phillips 0 1-2 1. Totals: 23(5) 12-15 73.

Pike Central (33) – Kelsi Brinager 4 4-6 12; Bailey Birchfield 3(1) 0-0 9; Kylea Weddington 0(1) 1-2 4; Chloe Neece 2 0-0 4; Alexis Taylor 1 0-0 2; and Anna Carnell 1 0-0 2. Totals: 11(2) 5-8 33.