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Wow. I did not expect this! I'm not surprised that Walton-Verona won but I am surprised that they won by 23.

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I didn't expect this game to be a blowout at all. Wow.

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FRANKFORT – Even though his team was rated No. 1 by the Louisville Courier-Journal’s Litkenhous Ratings heading into the Touchstone Energy All ‘A’ Classic State Tournament, Monroe County head coach Dwayne Murray was worried about how to defend Walton-Verona and the Lady Bearcats showed why on Friday.

Walton-Verona, the No. 2-rated team in the tournament, used its size advantage inside to build a 27-13 halftime lead, then got three third-quarter three-pointers from senior guard Kara Taulbee in a surprisingly easy 61-39 victory at Frankfort Convention Center.

Eighth Region champion Walton-Verona (17-4), which is participating in its third straight All ‘A’ Classic State Tournament, advances to play defending All ‘A’ Classic state champion Owensboro Catholic in an 11:30 a.m. semifinal game on Saturday. It’s just the second time in the 21-year history of the tournament that Walton-Verona has advanced to the semifinals.

Monroe County (19-3), which was ranked No. 6 in the most recent Associated Press state poll, had lost just once to a team from Kentucky all season and its average margin of victory was 23.4 points per game, but Walton-Verona dominated from the middle of the first quarter on when it rallied from a 7-2 deficit. The Lady Bearcats shot 52.3 percent from the field and held Monroe County to 35.0 percent.

Walton-Verona junior forward Courtney Sandlin made 9 of 12 shots from the field on the way to scoring a game-high 20 points, nine in the second quarter when the Lady Bearcats outscored Monroe County, 13-3, and Taulbee made 5 of 7 three-pointers, including going 3 of 3 in the first 5:28 of the third quarter as the lead grew to 42-23.

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1/27/2012
Walton-Verona 61
Monroe Co. 39
Monroe Co. 10 3 14 12 39
Walton-Verona 14 13 17 17 61
All "A" Classic at Frankfort
Monroe Co. (19-2) -- Clements 9, Kirkpatrick 4, Turner 6, Bybee 9, Murray 5, Harlin 6.
Walton-Verona (16-4) -- Clinkenbeard 10, Mullikin 1, Slavey 2, Sandlin 20, Judy 11, Taulbee 15, Hoffa 2.

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2010/11/23/15374...rylink=cpy

[ballboy]

Monroe,Co may be a little Overated, Mnual Mercy and Marion,Co are the three to beat in the state. But anything is possible.