The Campbell County Camels rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit to beat the Clark County Cardinals 61-49 in the championship game of the 10th Region Tournament tonight at The Fieldhouse.
The Camels are back-to-back champions. It's their fourth title in six seasons.
Campbell County led 13-6 in the first quarter, but trailed 26-18 at the half after shooting 25 percent from the field in the first half.
The Camels opened the third quarter with an 20-4 run to lead 38-30, but the Cardinals answered by scoring the final nine points of the quarter.
Campbell County took control of the game by opening the fourth quarter with an 18-4 run and led by as many as 15 points.
For the second straight game, Campbell County senior Reid Jolly picked up two first half fouls and went to the bench. And for the second game, he took over in the second half. Jolly ended up with a double-double, scoring 22 points and grabbing 13 points. He scored 18 points in the second half.
Drew Wilson scored 15 points on five three-pointers and Tanner Lawrence added 10 points for the Camels.
Jordan Graham led Clark County in scoring with 15 points.
There were five ties and eight lead changes in the game.
Campbell County has won 16 straight games. The Camels will play 5th Region champion John Hardin (35-0) in the opening round of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Rupp Arena.
CC (29-4) Wilson 15, Gross 7, Jolly 22, Lawrence 10, Wirth 7
GRC (25-8) Jackson4, Graham 15, Wellman 5, Canada 2, Morton 8, Rucker 9, Bush 4, Knowles 2
CC 13 04 21 23- 61
GRC 08 18 13 10- 40
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