High School Sports
From left, Rebecca Lopez, 16, and her sister Allyson Lopez, 15, cheered for Buckhorn in the second quarter of the Murray vs Buckhorn 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Murray beat Buckhorn 62-35.
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From left, Rebecca Lopez, 16, her sister Allyson Lopez, 15, and Abigail Griffith, 15, cheered for Buckhorn in the second quarter of the Murray vs Buckhorn 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Murray beat Buckhorn 62-35.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Buckhorn's Connor Hoskins (22) took a shot in the second quarter of the Murray vs Buckhorn 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Murray beat Buckhorn 62-35.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Jean Flener, age 85, the mother of Murray head coach Bart Flener cheered for her son's team in the second quarter of the Murray vs Buckhorn 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Murray beat Buckhorn 62-35.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
The Buckhorn section cheered for their team in the third quarter of the Murray vs Buckhorn 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Murray beat Buckhorn.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Buckhorn Connor Hoskins (22) was guarded by Murray James Boone (23) and Murray Preston English (3) in the fourth quarter of the Murray vs Buckhorn 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Murray beat Buckhorn.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Murray Coach Bart Flener led the Tigers to their first state tournament victory in nearly 40 years Wednesday. Flener is in his second season as Murray’s coach.
Pablo Alcala
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Murray's Tre Hornbuckle (4) took was guarded by Buckhorn's Shannon Blank (1) in the third quarter of the Murray vs Buckhorn 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Murray beat Buckhorn.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Murray's Preston English (3) scored a three point shot in the third quarter of the Murray vs Buckhorn 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Murray beat Buckhorn.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Murray's Tre Hornbuckle (4) took a shot at the basket in the third quarter of the Murray vs Buckhorn 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Murray beat Buckhorn.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Murray's Preston English (3) scored with Buckhorn's Donavan Engle (14) guarding in the third quarter of the Murray vs Buckhorn 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Murray beat Buckhorn.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Trinity fans tried to distract a free-throw shooter from the opposing team in a game in the first round of the boys’s state high school basketall tournament Wednesday at Rupp Arena. It didn’t help. Newport Central Catholic won 48-33. 4C
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Newport Central Catholic's Brennan Hall swiped at the ball as Jacob King passed in the second quarter of the Trinity vs Newport Central Catholic 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Newport Central Catholic's Brennan Hall (4) and Trinity's David Johnson (44) battled for a rebound in the third quarter of the Trinity vs Newport Central Catholic 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Newport Central Catholic beat Trinity 48-33.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Newport Central Catholic's Brennan Hall (4) and Trinity's David Johnson (44) battled for a rebound in the third quarter of the Trinity vs Newport Central Catholic 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Newport Central Catholic beat Trinity 48-33.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Newport Central Catholic's Ben Weyer (44) and Trinity's David Burton (10) reached for a rebound in the fourth quarter of the Trinity vs Newport Central Catholic 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Newport Central Catholic beat Trinity 48-33.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Newport Central Catholic's Eric Anderson (15) grabbed a rebound in the fourth quarter of the Trinity vs Newport Central Catholic 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Newport Central Catholic beat Trinity 48-33.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Newport Central Catholic's Ben Weyer (44) and Newport Central Catholic's Brian Anderson (11) bumped chests after they took the bench near the end of the fourth quarter of the Trinity vs Newport Central Catholic 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Newport Central Catholic beat Trinity 48-33.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Newport Central Catholic's head coach Ron Dawn and Newport Central Catholic's Ben Weyer (44) were all smiles in the fourth quarter of the Trinity vs Newport Central Catholic 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Newport Central Catholic beat Trinity 48-33.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Newport Central Catholic's Brennan Hall (4) attempted a three point shot over Trinity's Jacob King (1) in the third quarter of the Trinity vs Newport Central Catholic 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Newport Central Catholic beat Trinity 48-33.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Trinity's Juan Harris (23) blocked a shot by Newport Central Catholic's Austin Neff (24) in the third quarter of the Trinity vs Newport Central Catholic 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Newport Central Catholic beat Trinity 48-33.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Newport Central Catholic's Ben Weyer (44) drove to the basket in the third quarter of the Trinity vs Newport Central Catholic 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Newport Central Catholic beat Trinity 48-33.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Newport Central Catholic's Ben Weyer (44) scored in the third quarter of the Trinity vs Newport Central Catholic 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Newport Central Catholic beat Trinity 48-33.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Newport Central Catholic's Eric Anderson (15) reached for a rebound in the third quarter of the Trinity vs Newport Central Catholic 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Newport Central Catholic beat Trinity 48-33.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Newport Central Catholic's Brennan Hall (4) scored in the fourth quarter of the Trinity vs Newport Central Catholic 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on March 16, 2016. Newport Central Catholic beat Trinity 48-33.
Pablo Alcala
palcala@herald-leader.com
Bowling Green's Jarius Key shoots against Elliott Co. in game 3 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Bowling Green's Collin Jackson shoots against Elliott Co. in game 3 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Bowling Green's Perry Ayers defends the shot by Elliott County's Chase Porter in game 3 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Bowling Green's Thomas Booker shoots against Elliott Co. in game 3 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Bowling Green's Thomas Booker shoots against Elliott Co. in game 3 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Bowling Green's Deangelo Wilson shoots against Elliott Co. in game 3 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Bowling Green's Deangelo Wilson lays it in on the runout against Elliott Co. in game 3 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Bowling Green's Jamale Carothers battles for the loose ball against Elliott County's Chase Porter in game 3 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Bowling Green’s Terry Taylor puts up a shot over Elliott County’s Collin Howell (40) and Alex Robinson in Wednesday night’s game at the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet Sixteen. Taylor was 9-for-11 from the field and 5-for-6 from the free-throw line.
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Bowling Green's Trey Jones blocks the shot against Elliott County's Korbin Spencer in game 3 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Bowling Green's Thomas Booker shoots against Elliott Co. in game 3 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Elliott County's Collin Howell shoots against Bowling Green in game 3 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Bowling Green coach D. G. Sherrill against Elliott Co. in game 3 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Paul Dunbar's Taveion Hollingsworth shoots against Mercer Co. in game 4 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Paul Dunbar's Dontell Brown shoots against Mercer Co. in game 4 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Paul Dunbar's Dontell Brown blocks the shot against Mercer County's Trevon Faulkner in game 4 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Paul Dunbar's Taveion Hollingsworth shoots against Mercer Co. in game 4 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Mercer County's Will Hager shoots against Dunbar in game 4 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Paul Dunbar's Taveion Hollingsworth shoots against Mercer Co. in game 4 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Paul Dunbar coach Scott Chalk against Mercer Co. in game 4 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Paul Dunbar fans cheered their Bulldogs to a 58-55 victory over Mercer County in Wednesday night’s last game. Taveion Hollingsworth led the way with 32 points. 1C
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Paul Dunbar's Taveion Hollingsworth shoots against Mercer Co. in game 4 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Paul Dunbar's Justin Kelley shoots against Mercer Co. in game 4 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Paul Dunbar's Jordan Brown shoots against Mercer Co. in game 4 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Mercer Co. coach Josh Cook in game 4 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Mercer County's Will Hager shoots against Dunbar in game 4 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Paul Dunbar's Jordan Lewis shoots against Mercer Co. in game 4 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Paul Dunbar's Dontell Brown shoots against Mercer Co. in game 4 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Mercer County's Dylan James shoots a 3-pointer against Dunbar in game 4 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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Paul Dunbar's Taveion Hollingsworth shoots against Mercer Co. in game 4 of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
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