Ohmer's 3 at the buzzer sends the Scott Eagles to state

Jake Ohmer hit a contested three-pointer at the buzzer to give the Scott Eagles a 78-77 win over the Campbell County Camels in the championship game of the 10th Region Tournament tonight at the Mason County Fieldhouse.

Scott had a 20-point lead in the second quarter and was up 43-31 at the half.

Campbell County, which shot 76 percent from the field in the second half, rallied and took its first lead at 65-64 with 4:21 left in the game.

The Camels were up 72-67 with 2:30 to go, but Scott made back-to-back layups off steals to get to within a point.

Campbell County point guard Joel Day hit two free throws to push the lead back out to three.

After Vincent Dumlao scored for Scott, Day made two more free throws and the Camels were up 76-73 with 30 seconds left.

Nelson Perrin made a layup for Scott with 20 seconds to play.

Cole Hegyi made one of two free throws to give Campbell County a 77-75 lead with 13 seconds left.

After a timeout, Scott drove into front court and Jaycob Pouncey missed a long three-pointer. 

Ohmer ran down the rebound, drove into the right corner and shot the game winner.

The ball bounced on the rim and fell through, giving Scott its first 10th Region championship.

The Eagles won the 9th Region championship in 1989.

Ohmer scored 21 of his game-high 30 points in the first half.

Hegyi led Campbell County in scoring with 20 points.

Scott will play 13th Region champion Harlan County in the first round of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 Wednesday, March 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Rupp Arena.

S (21-12) C. Ohmer 12, J. Ohmer 30, Jolley 13, Perrin 12, Pouncey 1, Dumlao 10

CC (30-5) Day 17, Bertsch 12, Wilson 3, Hegyi 20, Clos 13, Jolly 10, Geiman 2

S    23 20 15 20- 78

CC 13 18 20 26- 77

Campbell Co. and Bracken Co. advance in 10th Region Tournament

The Campbell County Camels and the Bracken County Polar Bears posted wins in the quarterfinal round of the 10th Region Tournament tonight at the Mason County Fieldhouse and will meet in the semifinals Monday night.

Garren Bertsch scored 19 points and Cole Hegyi added 15 points in Campbell County's 55-45 win over the Clark County Cardinals in the opening game of the tournament.

Austin Crawford scored 21 points to lead Bracken County to a 52-40 victory over the Harrison County Thorobreds- the Polar Bears' first win  in the 10th Region Tournament since 1989.

Harrison County led 16-10 with Crawford on the bench with two fouls in the second quarter. Crawford returned to the game and Bracken County ended the half on an 11-0 run.

Campbell Co. (29-4)  Day 7, Bertsch 19, Hegyi 15, Clos 8, Jolly 6

Clark Co. (20-13) Williams 3, Taylor 1, Cooper 10, Graham 11, Philpot 20

Campbell Co. 10 09 14 22- 55

Clark Co.        14 10 06 15- 45

BC (17-14) Crawford 21, Engnes 9, Jones  6, Tanner Fisher 5, Tad Fisher 1, Appleman 2, Deaton 8

HC (6-26) Turley 10, Harris 6, Gilkey 10, Boyers 2, Price 8, Midden 4

BC 09 12 17 14- 52

HC 10 06 07 17- 40

Campbell Co. beats Mason Co. 91-70

The Campbell County Camels showed why they are the top-rated team in the 10th Region and ranked as high as 7th in the state with a 91-70 victory over the Mason County Royals tonight at Campbell County.

The Camels shot 57.4% from the field including 68% (17 of 25) in the second half, and Gerren Bertsch and Cole Hegyi combined for 50 points.

Campbell County jumped out to an 18-4 lead. Mason County rallied to within four at 25-21 with 5:05 left the second quarter, but the Camels ended the half on a 21-9 run.

Mason County cut the deficit to 12 at 59-47, but Campbell County pulled away with a 13-2 run and led by as many 24 on the way to its 11th consecutive win.

Bertsch scored 27 points, Hegyi followed with 23 points and Reid Jolly added 10 points.

Jaylen Lofton scored a career-high 25 points for Mason County.

Leevi Dunaway scored 13 points before fouling out with 4:55 left in the game.

Isaiah Garrison scored 12 points and Sam Kumler added 11 points.

Mason County was without 6-foot-10 junior center Dalton Perkins who suffered an injury in last week's loss to Lexington Christian.

The Royals host the Covington Bulldogs Holmes Saturday afternoon,

CC (13-1) Daay 6, Bretsch 27, Wilson 8, Hegyi 23, Jolly 10, Clos 4, Geiman 4, Russell 3, Lawrence 6

MC (9-6) Dunaway 13, Garrison 12, Lofton 25, Steward 6, Kumler 11, Mitchell 3

CC  23 23 19 26- 91

MC 14 16 20 20- 70

Pig Williams buzzer-beating 3-pointer gives Mason Co a 72-70 win over Campbell County

Antwavon "Pig" Williams buzzer-beating 3-pointer gave the Mason County Royals a 72-70 win over the Campbell County Camels tonight in the opening game of the 10th Region Tournament at the Montgomery County High School Arena.

Mason County trailed by 12 points early in the second quarter, but rallied to lead 64-58 with 3:21 left in the game.

Campbell County regained the lead with an 8-0 run. Conner Sweeney made a reverse layup to tie he game at 66-66. Matt Wilson scored to put the Camels back in front. Darren Williams hit a corner 3 to give the Royals a 69-68 lead with 17 seconds left. Trent McGovney hit a jumper from the free throw to regain the lead for the Camels with seven seconds left. Mason County called a timeout with 6.7 seconds to go. Leevi Dunaway drove into front court, passed the ball to Pig Williams who took one dribble before draining the deep 3-pointer for the win.

There were seven ties and 11 changes in the game. Nine of the lead changes were in the fourth quarter.

Pig Williams led Mason County is scoring with 25 points. Isaiah Garrison followed with 15. Conner Sweeney scored 13 and Darren Williams added 12.

Wilson had a double-double with 27 points and 10 rebounds. Cole Hegyi scored 19 points for the Camels before fouling out with 3:21 to play. Tanner Clos added 13 points.

The win is Mason County's first in the 10th Region Tournament since 2012. Campbell County was the two-time defending champion of the region.

Mason County will play the Paris Greyhounds in the semifinals Monday night. Paris defeated Harrison County 75-60 tonight.

MC (21-10) A. Williams 25, Garrison 15, Lofton 4, Sweeney 13, D. Williams 12, Dunaway 3

CC (19-13) McGovney 4, Bertsch 7, Wilson 27, Hegyi 19, Clos 13

MC 17 16 16 23- 72

CC 25 14 15 16-  70