Morton Middle School boys’ basketball team finishes historic season

Morton Middle School’s 2016 basketball A-team includes, from left: head coach Jeremy Jones, assistant coach Rod Givens, Malik Hobbs Powell, William Hundley, Silas Shake, Luke Stone, Nick Warren, Jackson Phillips, Nakwan Joyce, Wilson Hampton, Luke Duby, Marcus Bosley, Naykir Joyce, Ben Young and assistant coach LaVon Williams. Photo provided

Morton Middle School boys’ basketball team has completed an historic season. The team’s accomplishments include the Superintendent’s Award, KBA Fall League champs, sixth-grade city champs, seventh-grade 11th Region runner-up, eighth-grade 11th Region runner-up, eighth-grade state runner-up, eighth-grade undefeated A-Team regular season champions and eighth-grade A-Team tournament runner-up.

Head coach Jeremy Jones is in his first year coaching at Morton and has been in Lexington for five years. He was formerly the director of athletics at Cincinnati Christian University.

This story was originally published March 28, 2016 at 11:26 AM with the headline "Morton Middle School boys’ basketball team finishes historic season."

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