Campbell County repeats as 10th Region Champion, 4th title in six seasons

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

Clark County outlasts Scott 60-57 in OT in region semis

The Clark County Cardinals pulled out a 60-57 victory over the Scott Eagles in overtime tonight in the semifinals of the 10th Region Tournament at The Fieldhouse.

Clark County trailed by nine points in the first quarter and by eight in the third quarter, but they rallied and took their first lead at 47-46 with 3:39 left in the game.

The Cardinals went up 53-50 with 37 seconds to play. Scott guard Chad Ohmer tied the game at 53-53 with 8.6 seconds to play by hitting a three-pointer from the volleyball line.

Clark County committed a turnover with 2.4 seconds left. Scott missed a long three-pointer at the buzzer.

Ohmer fouled out with 3:20 left in overtime. 

Down by a point in the closing seconds, Scott missed a baseline jumper. Clark County sophomore Jared Wellman got the rebound and was fouled with a half second left. He sank both free throws and Scott's desperation shot at the buzzer was way short.

Jordan Graham led Clark County in scoring with 15 points. 
Wellman tossed in 13 points and Brenna Canada scored 10 points before fouling out with 2:27 left in regulation,

Nathan Joyce led Scott in scoring with 19 points including 10 in the fourth quarter. David Hunter added 12 points.

Clark County advances to the championship game for the first time since 2012 when they won the region.

CC (26-7) Graham 15, Wellman 13, Canada 10, Jenkins 2, Morton 8, Rucker 2, Bush 9

S (19-12) Ohmer 8, Simpson 7, Meister 9, Hunter 12, Joyce 19, Allen 2

CC 10 11 18 14 07- 60
S    15 10 15 13 04- 53

Campbell Co, and Scott win in the semis, will meet in the championship game

The Campbell County Camels and the Scott Eagles will meet in the championship of the 10th Region Tournament for the second straight year.

In tonight's semifinals at The Fieldhouse, Campbell County blew a 16-point lead and trailed by three in the final minute of the fourth quarter, but pulled out a 76-71 victory over the Clark County Cardinals in overtime, and Scott outscored Paris 17-2 in the fourth quarter for a 46 -43 win over the Greyhounds.

Campbell County led 40-24 in the second quarter and was up 40-29 at the half, but Clark County rallied and took a 63-60 lead on an old fashioned three-point play by Will Philpot with 2:01 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Reid Jolly tied the game with a trey with 30 seconds to play.

The Cardinals played for the last shot and missed a three-pointer.

The Camels scored the first six points in overtime.

Clark County closed to within three points when Brennan Canada banked in a three-pointer with 1:20 to go.

Campbell County point guard Joel Day sank  2-of-3 free throws in a span of 13 seconds give the Camels a 74-68 lead with one minute to play.

After Clark County guard Chase Taylor drained a three-pointer with 20 seconds remaining, Day sealed the victory with two free throws with 15.9 seconds left.

Day scored a game-high 31 points. He hit four three-pointers and made 13-of-15 free throws, including 9-of-11 in overtime. 

Jolly scored 17 points and Drew Wilson added 12 points. 

Jordan Graham led Clark County in scoring with 24 points.

Philpot had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. He fouled out with 3:57 left in overtime.

Canada had a double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds.

Taylor added 10 points.

Graham and Philpot were named to the All-Tournament Team,

In the second game, Paris led 41-29 at the end of the third quarter, but Scott opened the fourth quarter on a 13-0 run.

The Greyhounds did not have a field goal in the fourth quarter. Their only points in the quarter were two free throws made by Jalen Byars to give Paris its final lead at 43-42 with 1:58 to play.

The Eagles regained the lead on a basket by Nathan Joyce with 1:35 remaining.

Scott junior guard Kyren Simpson  sank two free throws with 21 seconds left to give the Eagles a 46-43 lead.

Paris missed two three-point shots in the closing seconds.

The Greyhounds were 0-of-9 from the field and 2-of-7 on free throws in the fourth quarter.

The Eagles hit 9-of-12 shots from beyond the arc in the game 

Nelson Perrin was 4-of-4 on three-point shots and had a game-high 13 points for Scott.

Simpson made three treys and scored 11 points.

Eric Johnson led Paris in scoring with 11 points.

Byars had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds,

Travis Strings tossed in 10 points.

Johnson and Byars were named to the All-Tournament Team.

The championship game tips off Tuesday at 7 p.m. at The Fieldhouse.

Campbell County beat Scott 84-73 in the regular season and 58-57 in the championship game of the 37th District.

The Eagles edged the Camels 78-77 on Jake Ohmer's three-pointer at the buzzer in the 10th Region Tournament championship game last year.

Campbell County (27-5) Day 31, Clos 10, Wilson 12, Jolly 17, Schaefer 2, Lawrence 4

Clark County (29-5) Graham 24, Taylor 10, Cooper 8, Philpot 13, Canada 11, Johnson 2, Wellman 3

Campbell County 21 19 13 10- 76

Clark County        17 11 19 16- 71

Scott (23-9) Hunter 5, Meister 8, Perrin 13, Simpson 11, Pouncy 2, Joyce 7

Paris (23-8) Strings 10, Clark 2, Maggard 4, Byars 10, Johnson 11, Ashford 1, Adams 5

S 09 13 07 17- 46

P 16 11 14 02- 43