PHELPS – Pike Central took charge early on against the Piarist School and the Hawks rolled to a 102-28 victory in the opening round of the 60th District Tournament played at the McCoy Athletic Center Feb. 18.
Brady Adkins poured in a game-high 28 points as Central improved to 18-12 and advanced to the championship game. The Hawks also punched their ticket to the 15th Region Tournament next week.
Peyton Compton came off the bench and tossed in 22 points while Zac Crum tossed in 12.
Kyle Price had 17 to lead the Knights.
At Phelps
(60th District Tournament)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
PS (0-29)……5 7 3 13 – 28
PC (18-12)..28 30 20 24 – 102
Scoring:
Piarist School (28) – Seth Hall 1(1) 2-7 7; Kyle Price 6 5-10 17; Steven Misczenscki 0 1-2 1; and Dalton Jude 0(1) 0-0 3. Totals: 7(2) 8-19 28.
Pike Central (102) – Brady Adkins 11 6-10 28; Bryce Adkins 1(1) 2-2 7; Keegan Bentley 3 0-2 6; Logan Wood 4 0-0 8; Noah Atkins 1 0-2 2; Peyton Compton 5(4) 0-0 22; Noah Iricks 2 1-2 5; Justin Adkins 2 0-0 4; Zac Crum 1(3) 1-4 12; Jeremy Dotson 3 0-0 6; and Oscar Little 1 0-0 2. Totals: 34(8) 10-22 102.
Pike Central……88
Piarist School….25
PHELPS – Top-seeded Pike County Central ran out to a big lead early on against Piarist School and cruised to an 88-25 victory in the opening round of the 60th District Tournament played at the McCoy Athletic Center Feb. 18.
Cassidy Mullins finished with a game-high 13 points as Central moved to 20-10. Hailey Boyd, Bailey Birchfield, Lexi Newsome, Kelsi Brinager and Chloe Neece tossed in 10 points apiece.
Kylie Tackett paced the Lady Knights (4-16) with 12 points.
At Phelps
(60th District Tournament)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
PS (4-16)…….2 2 5 16 – 25
PC (20-10)…29 34 12 13 – 88
Scoring:
Piarist School (25) – Kylie Tackett 0(3) 3-6 12; Katie Howard 1 1-2 3; Kennedy Bowen 0(1) 0-0 3; Julie Collinsworth 0(1) 2-2 5; and Abby Hall 0 2-2 2. Totals: 1(5) 8-12 25.
Pike Central (88) – Cassidy Mullins 5 3-4 13; Hailey Boyd 4 2-2 10; Bailey Birchfield 5 0-0 10; Lexi Newsome 5 0-0 10; Kelsi Brinager 5 0-0 10; Chloe Neece 2(2) 0-0 10; Alicen May 2(1) 0-0 7; Shelby Thacker 2 1-1 5; Madison Hopkins 1 0-0 2; Alexis Taylor 1 0-0 2; LaCota Johnson 0 1-2 1; Sarah Justice 1 0-0 2; Hannah May 2 0-0 4; and Kylea Weddington 1 0-0 2. Totals: 36(3) 7-9 88.