Green Dragons shoot past Menifee County

Published 1:10 pm Friday, December 28, 2018

Harlan had no trouble shooting a lot of 3-pointers in just about every game this season. The Dragons have started making them at an impressive pace of late, including 12 on Thursday in a 77-46 rout of Menifee County in the first round of the Buckhorn Lake Christmas Classic.

Junior center Jon Eldridge continued his recent surge with a game-high 21 points. Senior guard Kilian Ledford hit five 3-pointers in a 17-point performance. Jordan Akal added three 3-pointers as he scored 14. Jared Hawkins added 10 points with two 3-pointers.

“Defensively, we played a good game. I thought we also did a good job of limiting them to one shot, which has been an issue for us this season,” Harlan coach Derrick Akal said. “Jon has been a load down low the last few games on the boards and its afforded us more opportunities to score.”

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Travis Trimble, a senior, scored 13 to lead the 4-9 Wildcats. Dalton Martin, a junior, added 11 points.

The 8-5 Green Dragons will play Jackson City in the semifinals on Friday.

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Harlan 77, Menifee County 46

HARLAN (8-5)

Jordan Akal 5 1-3 14, Cade Barnes 1 0-0 2, Jared Hawkins 4 0-0 10, Kilian Ledford 5 2-2 17, Jon Eldridge 8 3-6 21, Kaleb McLendon 0 0-2 0, Jaeden Gist 1 0-0 2, Carter Barnes 1 0-0 2, Caleb Adkins 0 3-4 3, Tate Bryson 2 2-4 6, Johann Gist 0 0-0 0, John Mark Bryson 0 0-0 0, Carl Pacholewski 0 0-0 0, Trey Barnes 0 0-0 0, Charles David Morton 0 0-0 0, Noah Lewis 0 0-0 0. Totals: 27 11-21 77.

MENIFEE COUNTY (4-9)

Drake Jenkins 1 0-0 2, Ethan Fugett 2 0-0 5, Travis Trimble 5 0-0 13, Dalton Martin 4 3-6 11, Trey Abner 2 0-0 4, Ben Rose 0 0-0 0, Ty Ledford 0 0-0 0, Tyler Abney 0 0-0 0, El Johnson 2 0-0 4, Jae Davis 0 0-0 0, Alex Craft 0 1-2 1, Zach Clemons 3 0-1 6. Totals: 19 4-9 46.

Harlan 19 20 25 13 — 77

Menifee County 9 16 13 8 — 46

3-point goals: Harlan 12 (Ledford 5, Akal 3, Hawkins 2, Eldridge 2), Menifee County 4 (Trimble 3, Fugett 1).

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Harlan fell 58-27 to Pikeville in previously unreported junior varsity action.

Kaleb McLendon and Charles David Morton each scored eight points to lead the 1-5 Dragons. Johann Gist added four points. Trey Barnes scored three. Carl Pacholewski and Jaedyn Gist scored two each.