[Mister D]

What a tremendous game by both teams. It was billed as Mason blair vs. Tim Dalton but some other players stepped up and had big performances. Both Austin Davis from JC and Trey Dotson from Lc played great and hit big shots. This is the type of game you have to win to keep advancing it's not always going to be blow outs. Sometimes you just have to find a way to have one more point than the other team. I give JC a lot of props for not giving up and fighting back all night and pulling it out in the end. As intense as this game was JC has to get ready for a Pikeville team that has really impressed me this week.

As for Lawrence County I think this team has a bright future and will be tough again next year. They had a lot of young players that grew up tremendously this season. The 8th grader Wellman is going to be a star for the next 4 years and I see Lawrence County being a contender again next season. I hate that Tim Dalton ended his career with fouling out and was not able to take the final shot for his team but what a career he had. One of the best players at driving to the basket and scoring at will that I've ever seen. I saw today where he was decommitting from Salem and will be attending a prep school next season. I wish him all the luck in the future and I hope this next season at prep school will spark his recruitment by some bigger schools.