Lexington Catholic
High School,
Lexington,
Kentucky
February 22, 2003
© 2003 Ron Harrison
This event is named after the famous University of Kentucky basketball coach Adolph Rupp, who compiled an 876-190 record in his 41 years at Kentucky. Mr. Rupp won NCAA titles in 1948, 1949, 1951, and 1958, an Olympic Gold Medal in 1948, and the 1946 NIT Championship. Adolph Rupp was named National Coach of the Year four times and was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 1969. He was also named SEC Coach of the Year seven times. Rupp had 23 different players voted to the All-American team.
Today’s slate of teams includes No. 10 Highlands vs. No. 23 Rose Hill Christian (Boys) at 2pm, No. 16 Warren Central vs. North Laurel (Boys) at 4pm, Scott County vs. No. 2 Lexington Catholic (Girls) at 6pm, and No. 21 Scott County vs. No. 2 Lexington Catholic (Boys) at 7:45pm.
Game
No. 1 Rose Hill Christian (21-5) vs.
Highlands (22-2) (Boys)
Rose Hill Christian coach Jeff Hall started the following lineup: 6-5 Sr. Marques Dawson, 6-4 Sr. Mark King, 6-3 Sr. Josh Magnusson, 6-5 8th grader O. J. Mayo, and 5-10 So. Zach Gillum. Highlands coach John Messmer countered with 6-5 Sr. Kevin Gilles, 6-1 Sr. Ryan Gross, 6-8 Sr. Ross Neltner, 5-10 Jr. Nathan Hall, and 5-10 Sr. Jon Klingenberg.
Rose Hill Christian led Highlands 22-16 at the half, but Highlands blitzed the Royals 54-26 in the second half to gain a 70-48 victory. Highlands shot 53.2% from the field including 62.1% in the second half, while Rose Hill Christian could only manage 30.4%. Rose Hill did not have an answer for Highlands’ Ross Neltner, who tallied 32 points, seven rebounds, and four blocked shots. Neltner was 11 of 13 from the field and 10 of 12 from the free throw line. Kevin Gilles added 18 points. Rose Hill Christian was led by O. J. Mayo with 16 points. Marques Dawson added 10 points, 12 rebounds, five assists, and recorded five steals.
|
Rose Hill Christian |
13 |
9 |
16 |
10 |
- |
48 |
|
Highlands |
9 |
7 |
26 |
28 |
- |
70 |
|
Rose Hill Christian |
(48) |
- |
Dawson 10, King 6, Magnusson 4, Mayo 16, Zach Gillum 8, Frazier 4. |
|
Highlands |
(70) |
- |
Gilles 18, Gross 8, Neltner 32, Hall 4, Klingenberg 4, Witte 4. |
Game
No. 2 North Laurel (15-7) vs. Warren
Central (19-3) (Boys)
North Laurel coach Ken Woods started the following lineup: 6-1 Sr. Erik Deaton, 6-2 So. Michael Robinson, 6-7 Jr. Oliver Mansour, 6-6 Sr. Aurimas Silys, and 6-3 Sr. Magnus Pallson. Warren Central coach Tim Riley countered with 6-3 Jr. Brock Whitney, 6-6 Jr. Lonnell DeWalt, 6-8 Jr. Matt Maresca, 6-2 Sr. Brandon Cummings, and 6-0 Jr. Ryan Anderson.
Warren Central trailed North Laurel 24-15 at the end of the first quarter but outscored North Laurel 67-32 the rest of the game to gain an 82-56 victory. Warren Central held a 48.5%-33.3% edge in field goal shooting and outrebounded North Laurel 40-33. Warren Central also scored 25 points off 18 North Laurel turnovers. The victors were led by Lonnell DeWalt with 25 points, nine rebounds and six steals. Matt Maresca added 15 points and eight rebounds, while Brandon Cummings chipped in with 14 points. Aurimas Silys led North Laurel with 14 points and nine rebounds.
|
North Laurel |
24 |
11 |
9 |
12 |
- |
56 |
|
Warren Central |
15 |
26 |
21 |
20 |
- |
82 |
|
North Laurel |
(56) |
- |
Deaton 5, Robinson 6, Mansour 9, Silys 14, Pallson 8, Jones 4, Asher 3, Brown 2, Allen 5. |
|
Warren Central |
(82) |
- |
Whitney 9, DeWalt 25, Maresca 15, Cummings 14, R. Anderson 8, Goff 2, McFarland 4, Hall 2, Smith 3. |
Game
No. 3 Scott County (13-8) vs.
Lexington Catholic (19-4)
(Girls)
Scott County coach Steve Helton started the following lineup: 5-9 Sr. Rachel Reliford, 5-10 Sr. Anna Fraley, 5-9 Sr. Lauren Farmer, 5-6 8th grade Rebecca Gray, and 5-5 Fr. Chelsia Lymon. Lexington Catholic coach Greg Todd countered with 6-0 Sr. Chelsea Chowning, 6-0 Fr. Anaris Sickles, 6-1 So. Shannon Novosel, 5-8 Jr. Megan Mendenhall, and 5-11 Sr. Sarah Schell.
Lexington Catholic outscored Scott County 21-6 in the second quarter to take a 41-21 halftime lead but had to survive a spirited second half rally before claiming a 71-63 victory. Lexington Catholic held a 47-31 rebound margin and scored 22 points off 24 Scott County turnovers. Scott County scored 28 points off 26 Lexington Catholic turnovers. The victors were led by Shannon Novosel with 17 points and 13 rebounds. Chelsea Chowning added 14 points and seven rebounds. 5-7 Sr. Regina Carney added 10 points. Sarah Schell had only three points tonight but dished out 10 assists. Scott County was led by Lauren Farmer, Chelsia Lymon, and Rebecca Gray with 18, 14, and 11 points respectively. Lymon also pulled down five rebounds, dished out seven assists, and recorded four steals.
|
Scott County |
15 |
6 |
20 |
22 |
- |
63 |
|
Lexington Catholic |
20 |
21 |
13 |
17 |
- |
71 |
|
Scott County |
(63) |
- |
Reliford 5, Fraley 7, Farmer 18, Gray 11, Lymon 14, Howard 8. |
|
Lexington Catholic |
(71) |
- |
Chowning 14, Sickles 4, Novosel 17, Mendenhall 3, Schell 3, Server 9, Davis 6, Bell 5, Carney 10. |
Game
No. 4 Scott County (16-6) vs.
Lexington Catholic (18-7) (Boys)
Scott County coach Billy Hicks started the following lineup: 6-3 Jr. Alex Cassady, 6-1 Jr. Troy Harris, 6-8 Jr. Zach Van Guilder, 5-11 Sr. Nick Reed, and 6-1 Jr. Tyler Hicks. Lexington Catholic coach Bart Flener countered with 6-3 Jr. Harrison Morton, 6-3 Jr. Demetrius Green, 6-4 Jr. Mark Balthrop, 6-3 Jr. William Graham, and 5-11 Sr. Brian Smith.
Lexington Catholic led Scott County 35-33 at halftime and pulled away in the final quarter for a 72-56 victory. Lexington Catholic scored 29 points off 28 Scott County turnovers. Scott County shot 51.3% from the field while Lexington Catholic shot 51%. Lexington Catholic was 18 of 34 from the free throw line while Scott County connected on 11 of 20 from the free throw line. Scott County held a 35-21 rebound margin over Lexington Catholic. The victors were led by Harrison Morton with 20 points. Demetrius Green added 15 points, six rebounds, and seven assists. William Graham chipped in with 13 points. Brian Smith tallied six points, seven assists, and eight steals. Scott County was led by Troy Harris with 10 points. 6-10 Sr. Justin Lee added eight points and pulled down 10 rebounds.
|
Scott County |
12 |
21 |
11 |
12 |
- |
56 |
|
Lexington Catholic |
12 |
23 |
17 |
20 |
- |
72 |
|
Scott County |
(56) |
- |
Cassady 6, Harris 10, Van Guilder 6, N. Reed 5, Hicks 7, Jarvis 2, C. Grant 6, Nettles 6, Lee 8. |
|
Lexington Catholic |
(72) |
- |
H. Morton 20, Green 15, Balthrop 4, Graham 13, Smith 6, Wilson 3, D. Morton 5, Canter 6. |
Ross Neltner, one of the leading Mr. Basketball candidates, was very impressive today, leading Highlands to a convincing victory over Rose Hill Christian. Highlands is on a roll of late, picking up their 15th consecutive victory. Warren Central was impressive today in picking up their 20th victory of the season. The
Lexington Catholic Lady Knights won their 20th game of the season but had to withstand a second half charge by a very determined group of Scott County Lady Cardinals. Lexington Catholic pulled away in the second half to defeat Scott County and appears to be peaking at tourney time.
A special thanks to Athletic Director Greg Todd for the hospitality extended me during this event. Also a special note of appreciation to Glenn Gentry and Gary Long for providing the statistics for tonight’s games.
Please feel free to send your comments and questions concerning the event, teams, or players to me at prephoops@yahoo.com
Ron Harrison’s reports on this and other basketball events appear on http://www.angelfire.com/ky/prephoops.