LOUISA – A season filled with so many lows for the Floyd Central Jaguars turned to joy following a stunning 56-54 victory over Lawrence County in the 58th District Tournament matchup played at the Dawg House Feb. 19.
The Jaguars, now 5-24, had lost both regular-season games to the Bulldogs (22-8). Central will face Prestonsburg in the championship game.
Brady Conn finished with a game-high 30 points and 13 rebounds to finish with a double-double. Blake Slone chipped in nine.
Tyler Maynard paced the Bulldogs with 15 points while Chase Sartin tallied 12 and Alex Ratliff tossed in 11.
At Louisa
(58th District Tournament)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
FC (2-24)…16 11 17 12 – 56
LC (22-8)…18 10 13 13 – 54
Scoring:
Floyd Central (56) – Brady Conn 30; Blake Slone 9; Caleb Hager 8; Ethan Smith-Mills 7; and Brandon Little 2.
Lawrence County (54) – Tyler Maynard 15; Chase Sartin 12; Alex Ratliff 11; Cody Maynard 8; Noah Fairchild 5; and Corbin Fairchild 3.
Prestonsburg……69
Betsy Layne…..….47
LOUISA – Prestonsburg built a double-digit, halftime lead against Betsy Layne and ran away in the second half to score a 69-47 victory in the 58th District Tournament matchup played at the Dawg House Feb. 19.
Blake Slone poured in a game-high 28 points while Adams Slone tossed in 14 as the Blackcats moved to 16-14. Graham Burchett chipped in 10.
Brady Robinson paced the Bobcats (13-16) with 10 points. Shawn Howell and Nate Mims followed with eight points apiece.
At Louisa
(58th District Tournament)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
BL (13-16)….7 6 21 13 – 47
PB (16-14)….7 19 19 25 – 69
Scoring:
Betsy Layne (47) – Jordan Frazier 1 3-5 5; Brady Robinson 2(2) 0-0 10; Chase Mims 3 0-0 6; Nate Mims 4 0-0 8; Zach Bentley 1(1) 1-3 6; Shawn Howell 3 2-4 8; Luke Manns 1 0-0 2; Grant Orsborn 0 1-2 1; and Frank Tackett 0 1-2 1. Totals: 15(3) 8-16 47.
Prestonsburg (69) – Josh Hall 1 1-4 3; Graham 3 4-5 10; Blake Slone 5(6) 0-0 28; Adam Slone 4 6-6 14; Grant Justice 1 2-3 4; Clayton Smith 1 0-0 2; Kaleb Jarvis 1 2-2 4; Garrison Yates 0 1-2 1; Will Gullett 1 0-2 2; and Jacob Rainey 1 0-0 2. Totals: 18(6) 15-24 69.