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