Rosspoint, JACES advance to finals
Published 11:25 pm Wednesday, February 5, 2020
<p>John Henson | Harlan Enterprise</p> <p>Black Mountain’s Reggie Cottrell and Rosspoint’s Blake Hensley battled for the ball in county tournament action on Saturday. The championship game has been moved to Feb. 14 because of flooding across the county earlier this week.</p>
<p>Kim Henson | Harlan Enterprise</p> <p>Rosspoint’s Carter Howard was guarded by James A. Cawood’s Jaycee Carter in regular season action. The two teams will meet again on Friday in the county championship game.</p>
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James A. Cawood and Rosspoint advanced to the finals of the seventh- and eighth-grade county tournament with semifinal victories Tuesday at James A. Cawood.
Jared Rhymer scored 10 and James McMillian added eight as JACES edged Cumberland 39-33.
Jonah Mumford led the Redskins with 16 points. Steven Childers added 11.
Blake Hensley tossed in 13 and Samuel Henson added 11 as Rosspoint coasted past Wallins 60-32.
Trenton Cole led Wallins with 12 points.
Rosspoint will play James A. Cawood on Feb. 14 at 7 in the championship game at Harlan County High School. Wallins will play Cumberland at 5:30 for third place. The games were moved from Thursday due to flooding across the county.
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James A. Cawood (39) — Jared Rhymer 10, Ethan Rhymer 6, Caleb Johnson 6, Jaycee Carter 7, David Farley 2, James McMillian 8.
Cumberland (33) — Jonah Mumford 16, Junior Sanchez 2, Steven Childers 11, Hunter Cornett 4.
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Rosspoint (60) — Carter Howard 4, Bryan Howard 6, Brayden Howard 4, Samuel Henson 11, Brody Napier 9, Daven Johnson 2, Will Cassim 2, Blake Hensley 13, Brett Wes Johnson 2, Luke Kelly 2, Taelor Haywood 2, Brylee Harmon 1, Jace Brown 2.
Wallins (32) — Ethan Simpson 8, Evan Simpson 3, Trenton Cole 12, Brayden Hensley 4, Hunter Napier 5.
