03-05-2012, 09:57 PM
03-06-2012, 12:45 AM
Another great game by Howand 16 points and 8 boards. But Charlie Rogers was the player of the game IMO. He held leading scorer Nate MCGovney to 0 points in the first half and 8 for the game. Great win by the Cards.
03-06-2012, 01:46 AM
No. 23 Clark Co. 61, Campbell Co. 45 (10th): Senior guard Bopper Stenzel scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Cardinals to the finals at Montgomery County.
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03-06-2012, 05:33 AM
MOUNT STERLING — With his team down just three points at halftime of Monday’s 10th Region semifinal game and with his leading scorer having gone scoreless, Campbell County boys’ basketball coach Aric Russell thought it was in good shape.
Instead, the Camels went scoreless for almost the first six minutes of the second half and went on to fall to George Rogers Clark, 61-45, at Montgomery County High School.
George Rogers Clark (29-5), the defending regional champion, advances to its fourth straight regional championship game at 7 p.m. tonight against Mason County (18-13), which beat Montgomery County in Monday’s other semifinal, 62-57. It’s the fourth straight season George Rogers Clark has advanced to the championship game and sixth time in the last seven seasons, finishing runner-up to Mason County in 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010.
Despite leading scorer Nate McGovney, a junior forward, going scoreless in the first half, Russell said he thought his team was poised for a big start to the second half.
“As coaches we were like, ‘We’re down three and Nate hasn’t scored,’ ” said Russell, who guided Newport to the 2010 Ninth Region title. “We’re pretty happy and we figured he would turn it on. That’s why we ran the first play of the second half for him and he got a good look and we were hoping that would get him kick-started, instead he misses and they go down and score. I told them the first 3-4 minutes of the second half would be the key and they were.”
McGovney missed his first nine shots from the field and didn’t score until drilling a 15-foot jump shot from the left wing for Campbell County’s first points of the second half with 2:15 left in the third quarter that only cut the Camels deficit to 38-25.
McGovney did help close a 42-28 deficit the Camels faced heading into the fourth to 46-38 with 2:53 remaining after hitting a 3-pointer and then two free throws on back-to-back possessions, but the Camels could get no closer. He finished with eight points and made just 2 of 14 shots from the field, thanks in large part to the defensive presence of George Rogers Clark forward Charlie Rogers.
“They played good ‘D’, but we’ve played harder ‘D’ than that on him,” said Russell.
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Instead, the Camels went scoreless for almost the first six minutes of the second half and went on to fall to George Rogers Clark, 61-45, at Montgomery County High School.
George Rogers Clark (29-5), the defending regional champion, advances to its fourth straight regional championship game at 7 p.m. tonight against Mason County (18-13), which beat Montgomery County in Monday’s other semifinal, 62-57. It’s the fourth straight season George Rogers Clark has advanced to the championship game and sixth time in the last seven seasons, finishing runner-up to Mason County in 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010.
Despite leading scorer Nate McGovney, a junior forward, going scoreless in the first half, Russell said he thought his team was poised for a big start to the second half.
“As coaches we were like, ‘We’re down three and Nate hasn’t scored,’ ” said Russell, who guided Newport to the 2010 Ninth Region title. “We’re pretty happy and we figured he would turn it on. That’s why we ran the first play of the second half for him and he got a good look and we were hoping that would get him kick-started, instead he misses and they go down and score. I told them the first 3-4 minutes of the second half would be the key and they were.”
McGovney missed his first nine shots from the field and didn’t score until drilling a 15-foot jump shot from the left wing for Campbell County’s first points of the second half with 2:15 left in the third quarter that only cut the Camels deficit to 38-25.
McGovney did help close a 42-28 deficit the Camels faced heading into the fourth to 46-38 with 2:53 remaining after hitting a 3-pointer and then two free throws on back-to-back possessions, but the Camels could get no closer. He finished with eight points and made just 2 of 14 shots from the field, thanks in large part to the defensive presence of George Rogers Clark forward Charlie Rogers.
“They played good ‘D’, but we’ve played harder ‘D’ than that on him,” said Russell.
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03-06-2012, 05:33 AM
Campbell County (45): McGovney 2 3 8, White 4 0 10, Miller 3 0 6, Griffin 2 0 6, Holbrook 2 5 10, Wright 2 0 5. Totals 15 8 45.
George Rogers Clark (61): Howard 7 0 16, Rogers 4 1 10, Fatkin 5 3 13, Stenzel 7 4 19, VanCleve 1 0 3. Totals 24 8 61.
Halftime: George Rogers Clark, 26-23. Three-point goals: CC-Griffin 2,White 2, McGovney, Holbrook, Wright. GRC-Howard 2, Rogers, Stenzel, VanCleve. Records: Campbell County 19-13, George Rogers Clark 29-5.
George Rogers Clark (61): Howard 7 0 16, Rogers 4 1 10, Fatkin 5 3 13, Stenzel 7 4 19, VanCleve 1 0 3. Totals 24 8 61.
Halftime: George Rogers Clark, 26-23. Three-point goals: CC-Griffin 2,White 2, McGovney, Holbrook, Wright. GRC-Howard 2, Rogers, Stenzel, VanCleve. Records: Campbell County 19-13, George Rogers Clark 29-5.
03-06-2012, 10:33 AM
10th Region Tournament: Clark one step closer to a two-peat
http://www.centralkynews.com/winchesters...4945.story
MOUNT STERLING — George Rogers Clark is one step away from a two-peat.
The Cardinals advanced to the finals of the 10th Region Tournament with a 61-45 victory over Campbell County Monday night at the MCHS Arena. Clark (29-5) will take on Mason County (18-13) in the finals at 7 tonight in Mount Sterling. The Royals made a return trip to the finals after losing to Pendleton County in last year’s semifinals with a 62-57 triumph over host Montgomery County in the first of two semifinal games Monday night.
Clark earned its spot in the finale by outscoring the Camels 16-5 in the third quarter that turned a narrow 26-23 lead into a 42-28 advantage. The brief spurt, combined with a solid defensive effort that limited Campbell County to single digits in the middle two quarters, paved the way to Clark’s sixth consecutive victory.
“It’s two games in a row to where it just seems like everybody is just hitting big-time shots and we gave up 16 (points) in the first quarter and 12 in the second and third quarter combined,” Clark coach Scott Humphrey said. “They were on fire in the first quarter. The only thing I was frustrated with was they were getting second-chance opportunities, which led directly to kick-out threes and an extra point. Once we negated that, and limited them to one-and-done, we kind of got into the flow and then our defense created some baskets for us on the other end. Every game in the postseason we’ve had a spurt and that’s been the difference in the game.”
Humphrey’s troops limited the Camels to 32 percent shooting from the field and senior Charlie Rogers held Campbell County’s leading scorer Nate McGoveney to just eight points. McGoveney was scoreless in the first half.
“Charlie defensively played as good of a game as I have been around — to hold McGoveney to eight (points) and take him out of all of the places he likes to score, without us ever (double teaming) him one time, he just guarded McGoveney and our kids fed off of it,” Humphrey said.
Rogers said he just took his “piece of the puzzle.”
“That’s what I did,” he said. “I tried to play really hard, so it will help us make it back to state.”
Clark held a 26-23 lead at the break, but scored the first 12 points of the second half to create spacing between the two teams. The Camels pulled to within eight at 46-38 with 2:53 remaining, but the Cards scored five straight, pushing the margin back to double figures for good.
“That’s how we’ve been all year (in the second half),” said Clark senior Bopper Stenzel. “It’s been close in a half, but we’ve always been a second-half team.”
Stenzel paced the Cards with 19 points as four of Clark’s five starters finished in double figures. Taylor Howard continued his impressive postseason showing with 16, followed by Adam Fatkin with 13 and Rogers with 10.
Clark and Mason will meet in the region finals for the fifth time in the past seven years. The Royals edged Clark in the last regional final between the two teams 62-60 three years ago at the Fieldhouse in Maysville. Clark defeated Mason 59-44 on Feb. 3 at Norton Gymnasium.
Prior to the season, Clark and Mason were given little chance by most observers to compete for the regional title, but one of the two teams will earn a trip to next week’s boys Sweet Sixteen at Rupp¿Arena.
“Part of me just kind of chuckles,” Humphrey said. “Everybody buried Clark and Mason to start the year and then here we are again.”
http://www.centralkynews.com/winchesters...4945.story
MOUNT STERLING — George Rogers Clark is one step away from a two-peat.
The Cardinals advanced to the finals of the 10th Region Tournament with a 61-45 victory over Campbell County Monday night at the MCHS Arena. Clark (29-5) will take on Mason County (18-13) in the finals at 7 tonight in Mount Sterling. The Royals made a return trip to the finals after losing to Pendleton County in last year’s semifinals with a 62-57 triumph over host Montgomery County in the first of two semifinal games Monday night.
Clark earned its spot in the finale by outscoring the Camels 16-5 in the third quarter that turned a narrow 26-23 lead into a 42-28 advantage. The brief spurt, combined with a solid defensive effort that limited Campbell County to single digits in the middle two quarters, paved the way to Clark’s sixth consecutive victory.
“It’s two games in a row to where it just seems like everybody is just hitting big-time shots and we gave up 16 (points) in the first quarter and 12 in the second and third quarter combined,” Clark coach Scott Humphrey said. “They were on fire in the first quarter. The only thing I was frustrated with was they were getting second-chance opportunities, which led directly to kick-out threes and an extra point. Once we negated that, and limited them to one-and-done, we kind of got into the flow and then our defense created some baskets for us on the other end. Every game in the postseason we’ve had a spurt and that’s been the difference in the game.”
Humphrey’s troops limited the Camels to 32 percent shooting from the field and senior Charlie Rogers held Campbell County’s leading scorer Nate McGoveney to just eight points. McGoveney was scoreless in the first half.
“Charlie defensively played as good of a game as I have been around — to hold McGoveney to eight (points) and take him out of all of the places he likes to score, without us ever (double teaming) him one time, he just guarded McGoveney and our kids fed off of it,” Humphrey said.
Rogers said he just took his “piece of the puzzle.”
“That’s what I did,” he said. “I tried to play really hard, so it will help us make it back to state.”
Clark held a 26-23 lead at the break, but scored the first 12 points of the second half to create spacing between the two teams. The Camels pulled to within eight at 46-38 with 2:53 remaining, but the Cards scored five straight, pushing the margin back to double figures for good.
“That’s how we’ve been all year (in the second half),” said Clark senior Bopper Stenzel. “It’s been close in a half, but we’ve always been a second-half team.”
Stenzel paced the Cards with 19 points as four of Clark’s five starters finished in double figures. Taylor Howard continued his impressive postseason showing with 16, followed by Adam Fatkin with 13 and Rogers with 10.
Clark and Mason will meet in the region finals for the fifth time in the past seven years. The Royals edged Clark in the last regional final between the two teams 62-60 three years ago at the Fieldhouse in Maysville. Clark defeated Mason 59-44 on Feb. 3 at Norton Gymnasium.
Prior to the season, Clark and Mason were given little chance by most observers to compete for the regional title, but one of the two teams will earn a trip to next week’s boys Sweet Sixteen at Rupp¿Arena.
“Part of me just kind of chuckles,” Humphrey said. “Everybody buried Clark and Mason to start the year and then here we are again.”