Kentucky High School Boys
42nd District Championship

Lexington Christian Academy, Lexington, Kentucky
March 3, 2000

Copyright © 2000 Ron Harrison

West Jessamine (14-15) vs. Lexington Catholic (25-4)

Lexington Catholic will be playing for revenge tonight as well as a district title.  West Jessamine upset the Knights 88-87 in late January. Travis Spann led West Jessamine in the victory with 36 points.

West Jessamine coach Tim Peterson started the following lineup:  5-8 Sr. Corey Bullock, 6-1 Sr. Yancy Marcum, 6-1 Jr. Travis Spann, 6-1 Fr. Cameron Jackson, and 6-3 Fr. Scott Tarvin.  Lexington Catholic coach Danny Haney countered with 6-5 Sr. Will Harris, 6-2 Sr. Kip Wellman, 6-4 Sr. Matt Heissenbuttel,  5-11 Sr. David Hewitt, and 6-3 Sr. Ben Wilson.

Lexington Catholic took no chances tonight as their defensive pressure allowed them to take a 14-0 lead and the game was basically over.  Catholic led at all quarter stops: 30-12, 58-31, 79-52, and 97-70.  Catholic was led by Will Harris with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Kip Wellman added 17 points and Matt Heissenbuttel chipped in with 16 points and 9 rebounds.  Ben Wilson tallied 15 points.  West Jessamine was led by Scott Tarvin with 14 points.  Cameron Jackson and Yancy Marcum each added 13 points.
 
West Jessamine  12 19 21 18 - 70
Lexington Catholic 30 28 21 18 - 97
West Jessamine (70) - Marcum 13, Spann 6, Jackson 13, Tarvin 14, Durham 2, N. Johnson 6, Zunker 2, Burton 7, Morton 5, Miller 2.
Lexington Catholic (97) - Harris 18, Wellman 17, M. Heissenbuttel 16, Hewitt 7, B. Wilson 15, Woody 9, Morton 6, J. Heissenbuttel 5, Rose 4.

Boys All Tournament Team
 
Stephen Horn  Lexington Christian
Chris LeMaster  Sayre
Tim Jenkins East Jessamine
Cameron Jackson  West Jessamine
Scott Tarvin West Jessamine
Will Harris Lexington Catholic
Ben Wilson Lexington Catholic
Matt Heissenbuttel  Lexington Catholic