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Listening to it on the radio it sounded like turnovers killed Powell. They had a 6 point lead in the 3rd quarter and turned the ball over about 5 straight times without getting a shot off, while Knott scored on the other end. Powell radio announcers said their top scorer, Stevie Rogers, had been sick all day with the "stomach flu", and was about half speed. Then she fell and received a concussion with over 1 minute in the game and Powell trailing by 2, and didn't return to the game. Powell was down 3 with about 30 seconds left and didn't get a shot off, throwing it away trying to get it inside to McFarland.

Powell had a good year, finishing at 21-6. If I were them with the great middle school team they have (at many times last night they had three 8th graders in the game), I would expand my schedule out into the Bluegrass area and play some of the schools in Fayette County and surrounding counties. They're a short drive from most of those schools anyway. Lexington is just 40 miles away. Plus make sure they play the usual 14th powers every year too. With a schedule like Lexington Christian, Lexington Catholic, Dunbar, Madison Central, Montgomery, GRC, etc, then 14th region Letcher Central, Knott Central, Perry Central, Breathitt County, etc, you have to get better. And for sure more tougher,
Heck, they have an enrollment of 730 students. That's 3rd largest in the 14th region. They should be able to compete with the "big" schools. And become more tourney ready in March.