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Scrimmage games at FC :

Pike Central  40 Knott Co. 36
 
Betsy Layne 44  Breathitt Co 36

Perry Central  47  Paintsville  43

Morgan Co 61  Prestonsburg  50

Lawrence Co  60  Leslie Co. 30 

Buckhorn  21  East Ridge 18

FC  53  Owsley Co. 47

Pretty good basketball matchups all day, and saw some great plays from several players. Bobby Spears era at Pike Central saw him get a close win over Knott Central and new coach Justin Amburgey.  Kylie Gayheart returned to the Patriots after playing summer ball with Perry.  Very young Betsy Layne team and first year coach Kory Thacker got up and down against Breathitt in a very good back and forth battle.  Young Lady Cats played with a lot if hustle to get the win.  Perry jumped out to a good lead on Paintsville before the Lady Tigers came back after big play of Emi Preece and timely buckets from Helton and Mulcahy.  The player of the game for the Lady Commodores was Emmalee Neace who dropped a cool 30 including 7 threes. Jenna Hampton was a force for Morgan County along with Smith and Clinger.  Impressive showing early by MC before the Lady Blackcats didnt lay down and was a fg away from getting the game to single digits.  I was surprised to see Lawrence handle Leslie so easily.  Dominated the game throughout.  Not surprised that Lawrence won but to win by that margin was impressive. Not just a Kensley Feltner show either.  Sophie Adkins and Kaison Ward had terrific games and Leandra Curnutte did a nice job running most of the PG duties during the contest.  Feltner was still the most dominant player of the contest but she definitely has a group around her know to provide some added punch.  Brooke Neal was on the bench and has not been cleared to return and if she can, Lawrence will make a strong case to dethrone Pikeville.  Buckhorn held off East Ridge in a very low scoring affair.  Nice to see that Buckhorn was able to field a team after their High School was destroyed by the flood this summer.  The final game was Owsley vs FC and turned out to be a good one.  Floyd Central trailed at the half before turning up defensive pressure in the second half and going up by as many as 12.  Fatigue definitely set in for both clubs as Owsley only dressed 7 and FC only played 6 players despite having what appeared a full bench.  Coach Smith has a ton of youth in the program and none better than Addison Terry and a 6’ post named Brown.  FC had great games by Compton and Johnson and strong second halves by Harvel & Meade.  The question for the Lady Owls and Lady Jags will be what reliable production will they get from the bench?