Henry Clay at Tates Creek (Boys)

Tates Creek High School
Lexington Kentucky
January 6, 2004

©2004 by Ron Harrison

Henry Clay (6-3) at Tates Creek (10-3) 

Henry Clay coach Kirk Chiles started the following lineup: 6-0 Jr. Bryan Turnage, 5-8 Jr. Noade Day, 5-10 Jr. Jarrod Gay, 5-10 Sr. Brandon Coles, and 5-9 Jr. Adam Carson.  Tates Creek coach Joe Pat Covington countered with 6-3 Sr. Justin Taylor, 6-3 Sr. Tyson Dixon, 6-5 Sr. Dwight Harris, 5-10 So. Jaron Thomas, and 5-10 So. Nash Baldwin.

Tates Creek ’s 6-2 Sr. Cameron Cross scored 31 points tonight, 26 in the second half to lead his team to a 73-57 victory over Henry Clay.  Henry Clay led 34-33 at the half but Cross, who had been sidelined with the flu and a knee injury, exploded in the second half to lead the Commodores to a big city victory.  Tates Creek outscored the Blue Devils 23-8 in the final period and shot 58.1% from the field.

Justin Taylor added 16 points, five rebounds, and six assists for the victors.   6-3 Sr. Aubrey White led Henry Clay with 18 points and five rebounds.  6-0 Sr. Chase Mitchell added 12 points and Brandon Coles chipped in with nine points.  

Henry Clay 

15

19

15

8

-

57

Tates Creek 

16

17

17

23

-

73


 

Henry Clay 

(57)

 - 

Turnage 5, Day 5, Gay 8, Coles 9, Carson 0, Mitchell 12, White 18.  

Tates Creek 

(73)

 - 

Taylor 16, Dixon 5, Harris 2, Thomas 2, Baldwin 8, Cross 31, Brown 7, Workman 2.

 

Other Games of Interest (Boys)

Lafayette

72

   Madison Central

55

 

Frankfort

85

   Western Hills 

70

 

Clark County 

81

   Powell County 

57

 

West Jessamine

64

   Lexington Christian 

47

 

Lexington Catholic

76

   Grant County 

40

 

Wayne County 

79

   Russell County 

53

 

Pulaski County 

74

   Rockcastle County 

60

 

Anderson County 

64

   Danville

55

 

Shelby County 

72

   Bullitt East 

69

 

Caverna

55

   Glasgow  

33

 

Corbin

87

   Middlesboro  

73

 

Simon Kenton

60

   Fleming County 

53

 

St. Henry

40

   Highlands 

37

 

South Floyd

72

   Johnson Central

61

 

Breathitt County 

77

   Letcher  

55

 

Mercer County 

56

   Garrard County   

53

 

South Oldham

62

   North Bullitt 

60

 

Ohio County  

55

   Russellville 

53

 

Perry County Central

59

   Whitley County  

45

 

Bourbon County 

53

   Nicholas County  

47

 

Butler

60

   St. Xavier

42

 

Jeffersontown

78

   Eastern 

63

 

Male

75

   Iroquois 

68

 

Muhlenberg North

57

   Grayson County 

54

 

University Heights

79

   Christian County 

42

 

Fairdale

61

   Southern

40

 

 

Acknowledgements

 

A special thanks to WL Stats for providing the statistics for tonight’s game. 

 

Please feel free to send your comments and questions to me at prephoops@yahoo.com

Ron Harrison’s reports on this and other basketball events appear on http://www.angelfire.com/ky/prephoops.