SUMMIT — Boyd County’s girls used an balanced offensive explosion to rout Johnson Central, 80-56, on Saturday night at Boyd County Middle School.

Six Lady Lions cracked into double figures — Taylor Wheeler, Logan Fraley and Caitlin Coburn each poured in 15 points while Emily Stewart tallied 12, Hunter Reeves had 10 and Morgan Kenser chipped in 10.

Lauren Delong led Johnson Central (9-9) with 20 points. Amber Shepherd accumulated 15 points.

Boyd County improved to 12-4 on the season.



J. CENTRAL    15    11    14    16    —    56

BOYD CO.    12    21    18    29    —    80

Johnson Central (56) — McPeek 1, Watson 6, Taylor 6, L. Delong 20, Shepherd 15, Spurlock 2, Blair 4, Daniel 2. 3-Pt. FG: 5 (Taylor 2, Delong, Shepherd 2). FT: 23-35. PF: 20.

Boyd County (80) — Stewart 12, Wheeler 15, Fraley 15, Hu. Reeves 10, Coburn 15, Goins 3, Kenser 10, Ho. Reeves, Lunsford. 3-Pt. FG: 6 (Stewart, Fraley 2, Coburn 2, Goins). FT: 18-26. PF: 24.



Bath County 54

Russell 46

RUSSELL Bath County’s girls overcame a sluggish start to beat Russell in the opening round of the 16th Region All “A” Classic on Saturday at Russell High School.

The Lady Cats (9-5) head into the semifinal round as winners of eight of their last nine games. They will face West Carter at Raceland on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Taylor Rogers, a sophomore point guard, led the way for Bath County on Saturday with 23 points and six assists.

Sarah Price contributed nine points, 11 rebounds and four blocks.

Only two players — Madison Darnell and Lexi Berry — were able to attain double digits in scoring for Russell, with 10 apiece. The Lady Devils shot just 27 percent form the field in the second half after having a seven-point lead at halftime.



BATH COUNTY    7    17    21    9    —    54

RUSSELL    14    17    9    6    —    46

Bath County (54) — Rogers 23, Price 9, Porter 6, Sparks 6, Martin 8, Howard 2, Leach, Walters, Jamison. 3-Pt. FG: 4 (Porter 2, Martin 2). FT: 8-20. PF: 15.

Russell (46) — Darnell 10, Gross 9, Parsley 8, Berry 10, Huddleston 3, Hanson 6, Carter. 3-Pt. FG: 4 (Darnell, Gross, Berry 2). FT: 12-18. PF: 19.



West Carter 45

Raceland 35

RACELAND Neither team had an easy time scoring, but West Carter had just enough to beat Raceland in the first round of the All “A” Classic.

Brooke Callihan led the Lady Comets (5-9) with 14 points.

Savannah Mackie netted 15 points, including three 3-pointers, for Raceland (3-13).



WEST CARTER    14    15    6    10    —    45

RACELAND    7    12    5    11    —    35

West Carter (45) — Adkins 4, Ziegler 4, Callihan 14, L. Berry 6, Centers 6, Easterling 2, M. Berry 9. 3-Pt. FG: 2 (Callihan, L. Berry). FT: 15-21. PF: 16.

Raceland (35) — Mackie 15, Keeton 5, Cotton 6, Penix 7, Vanderhoof 2. 3-Pt. FG: 3 (Mackie 3). FT: 12-19. PF: 20.



BOYS

Russell 76

Bath Co. 44

RUSSELL The Red Devils pulled away in the second quarter and didn’t look back in the All “A” Classic opener on Saturday.

They will take on West Carter, which topped Raceland, at Raceland on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the semifinals.

Kyle Skaggs put in a game-high 23 points and Jacob Porter scored 16 for Russell (14-4), which is riding a six-game winning streak.

Johnny McGuire pitched in 11 points.



BATH CO.    10    9    16    9    —    44

RUSSELL    15    19    25    17    —    76

Bath County (44) — Johnson 2, Sammons 9, Maze 9, Snedegar 2, Dailey 4, Bell 9, Ramos 2, Becraft 2, Winburn 1, Ratliff 2, McFarlin 2. 3-Pt. FG: 1 (Sammons). FT: 13-19. PF: 21.

Russell (76) — Hayes 2, Lane 5, Evans 9, Porter 16, Skaggs 23, Smith 2, Mullins 4, D. Campbell 2, Kennedy 2, McGuire 11, Tackett, B. Campbell, Miller, McKnight. 3-Pt. FG: 6 (Porter 4, Lane, Skaggs). FT: 18-28. PF: 16.



Morgan Co. 80

Rose Hill 28

WEST LIBERTY Morgan County routed Rose Hill to move on to the All “A” Classic semifinals on Saturday.

The Cougars (13-4) will face the winner of Menifee County-Elliott County on Monday night at Raceland.

Jordan Perry tallied a game-high 16 points for Morgan County, while Samuel Aguirre scored 14 in the winning effort.

Travis Dudding led Rose Hill (1-12) with 10 points.



ROSE HILL    8    5    8    7    —    28

MORGAN CO.    27    23    23    7    —    80

Rose Hill (28) — Dudding 10, Senters 4, Thomas 9, Hamilton 3, Daniel 2, Wilcox, Meredith, Shelton. 3-Pt. FG: 2 (Thomas, Hamilton). FT: 4-7. PF: 17.

Morgan County (80) — Aguirre 14, Whitt 13, Collins, Sparkman, Adams 5, Burton 11, Whisman 4, Prater, Perry 16, Vanhoose, K. Ross 5, M. Ross, J. Henry 2, Moore 9, W. Hembry. 3-Pt. FG: 3 (Burton, Perry 2). FT: 10-21. PF: 11.



Tug Valley 78

Ashland 62

NAUGATUCK, W. Va. Ashland headed into Tug Valley for its fourth game in five days and came out victims of a 16-point loss.

The Tomcats (11-7) fell to the West Virginia Class 2A defending state champions.

They will next host Rose Hill on Tuesday.