[justthefacts]

I know my Lady Engineers fell up short, but I actually left feeling quite uplifted. Powell is losing three seniors; Brown, Elam, and Hall. By the way, Brown played a tremendous game, it was crazy. She finished with 33. Estill on the other hand is only losing, Brewer.

Both Teams played 8 players

Estill played 3 8th graders, 0 Freshman, 1 Sophomore, 3 Juniors, and 1 Senior.

Powell played 0 8th graders, 2 Freshman, 0 Sophomores, 2 Juniors and 4 Seniors

From this game Powell will be losing 52 out of their 73 points

Estill is losing 11 our of their 69 points

Estill is losing a player who had the 3rd most points

Powell 1 and 2

My point here is that Powell's fans should not be uplifted from this game, but distraught. Estill's significantly younger players, are obviously just as good as Powell's veteran players. And Estill's players are only going to make vast improvements, with both age and experience. This young Estill team took this Powell County team to 2OT's, not a positive for Powell. Very much so a positive for Estill. Estill's Mia Hale had 15, second on her team. Oh yes, she is an eight grader. Brown had 33, and it still took 2OT's to seal the deal, great news for Estill, bad news for Powell. This is a game that a veteran Powell team should have won by 15 or more. Brown played great! Who knows what would have happened if Brown did not go berserk. Just calling it the way I see it. Both teams played with a lot of heart. Congratulations to Powell. Go Neers!!

Powell’s roster only shows 3 seniors.