8th Grade Middle School Championships

2018KBA8GB

2018 Mingua Beef Jerky KBA 8^th Grade Middle School Championships

KBA, LCA, LTMS, Fredrick Douglas, Sayre

Lexington, KY

February 2-4, 2018

There were eighty three teams entered in this event. They were placed into twenty eight pools as follows: Pool A: Millard, Christian County, and James T. Alton, Pool B: Crosby, Frankfort, and Meece, Pool C: Lyon County, Johnson County, and Meyzeek, Pool D: Barret, Dorton, and West Jessamine, Pool E: North Oldham, Elkhorn, and Georgetown, Pool F: Noe, Barbourville, and Casey County, Pool G: James D. Adams, Bernheim, and KY Country Day, Pool H: Drakes Creek, Anderson County, and LCA, Pool I: Butler, EJ Hayes, and Bourbon, Pool J: Robert Campbell and Beaumont, Pool K: Knox, Scott County, and Tates Creek, Pool L: Northern Pulaski, Conner, and Eastside, Pool M: Clay County, Newburg, and Spencer County, Pool N: Rockcastle, Mt. Washington, and Taylor County, Pool O: Farnsley, Whitley County, and Duff Allen Central, Pool P: West Perry, Bell County, and East Oldham, Pool Q: Hopkinsville, Bate, and Morton, Pool R: North Laurel, Model, and Saint Peter and Paul, Pool S: Paintsville, CAL, and Corbin, Pool T: Lincoln County, Woodford County, and Westport, Pool U: McCreary, East Perry, and Southern, Pool V: Pikeville, Royal Springs, and East Jessamine, Pool W: Muhlenberg North, Clinton County, and Jackson City, Pool X: Pineville, Southern Pulaski, and Johnson Traditional, Pool Y: Middlesboro, Oldham County, and RW Combs, Pool Z: St. Henrys, South Laurel, and Whitesburg, Pool AA: Shelby East and TK Stone, Pool BB: Hazard, McNabb, LTMS, and Shelby West.

Friday February 2^nd (Pool Play)

Scott County	50	Tates Creek	30
LTMS	60	McNabb	44
LCA	56	Anderson County	30
Morton	48	Bate	33
Royal Springs	41	East Jessamine	34
EJ Hayes	43	Bourbon	27
Johnson County	57	Meyzeek	41
Newburg	53	Spencer County	32
Woodford County	39	Lincoln County	38
KY Country Day	44	Bernheim	34
Northern Pulaski	49	Conner	34
Elkhorn	53	Georgetown	31
South Laurel	40	St. Henrys	38
LTMS	42	Shelby West	29
Muhlenberg North	65	Jackson City	47
Robert Campbell	44	Beaumont	33
Shelby East	49	TK Stone	47
Hazard	52	McNabb	48
Morton	15	Hopkinsville	0
EJ Hayes	46	Butler	37
Millard	49	Christian County	46
James D. Adams	47	Bernheim	27
Paintsville	50	CAL	25
Newburg	50	Clay County	26
St. Henrys	42	Whitesburg	34
North Oldham	45	Elkhorn	37
Eastside	60	Conner	59
Bate	15	Hopkinsville	0
Meece	65	Frankfort	45
Hazard	59	Shelby West	32
Duff Allen Central	43	Whitley County	21
Scott County	58	Knox	52

Saturday February 3^rd (Pool Play)

Barret	56	West Jessamine	22
Drakes Creek	46	LCA	41
Muhlenberg North	50	Clinton County	47
Southern	60	East Perry	28
Middlesboro	47	Oldham County	32
Pikeville	48	East Jessamine	15
CAL	55	Corbin	51
Spencer County	50	Clay County	49
Westport	39	Woodford County	34
Pineville	47	Southern Pulaski	45
Farnsley	46	Whitley County	27
Rockcastle	52	Taylor County	25
Millard	47	James T. Alton	31
Bell County	44	West Perry	19
Barret	55	Dorton	24
Saint Peter and Paul	45	Model	36
Middlesboro	55	RW Combs	38
Northern Pulaski	52	Eastside	40
Crosby	50	Meece	36
Butler	48	Bourbon	38
Drakes Creek	42	Anderson County	40
Meyzeek	51	Lyon County	46
Pikeville	44	Royal Springs	27
Rockcastle	63	Mt. Washington	35
North Oldham	54	Georgetown	25
West Jessamine	57	Dorton	29
West Perry	34	East Oldham	31
Farnsley	48	Duff Allen Central	24
Christian County	53	James T. Alton	41
Pineville	15	Johnson Traditional	0
Southern	37	McCreary	34
Taylor County	52	Mt. Washington	44
South Laurel	48	Williamsburg	23
Lyon County	65	Johnson County	58
Knox	59	Tates Creek	34
Clinton County	56	Jackson City	37
Lincoln County	41	Westport	36
Oldham County	52	RW Combs	29
Paintsville	55	Corbin	33
Noe	60	Casey County	20
James D. Adams	40	KY Country Day	25
Bell County	53	East Oldham	28
Southern Pulaski	15	Johnson Traditional	0
North Laurel	48	Saint Peter and Paul	25
McCreary	44	East Perry	27

Gold Bracket

East Jessamine	66	Dorton	49
Corbin	56	Anderson County	54
Georgetows	53	RW Combs	48
Jackson City	53	Tates Creek	40
Mt. Washington	46	Model	36
Shelby West	34	East Oldham	33
Woodford County	54	Bernheim	35
Conner	15	Johnson Traditional	0
Meyzeek	43	East Perry	24
Clay County	15	Hopkinsville	0

Championship Bracket

Elkhorn	72	Casey County	61
Rockcastle	58	Royal Springs	33
Beaumont	52	South Laurel	38
Bell County	40	Oldham County	31
Noe	55	Lyon County	40
Christian County	48	Meece	33
Newburg	66	McCreary	39
North Laurel	52	Westport	33
Morton	59	CAL	43
Northern Pulaski	51	TK Stone	25
EJ Mayes	50	Southern Pulaski	47
Lincoln County	56	Saint Peter and Paul	34
Farnsley	62	Clinton County	43
Paintsville	52	Bate	23
Butler	45	Middlesboro	27
Robert Campbell	44	St. Henrys	27
Taylor County	48	Pikeville	46
Southern	54	Spencer County	38
Muhlenberg North	42	Duff Allen Central	27
Hazard	40	Scott County	26
Eastside	43	Shelby East	35
LCA	46	West Jessamine	40
Pineville	48	West Perry	34
Beaumont	34	Drakes Creek	32
Knox	58	KY Country Day	44
Noe	55	James D. Adams	32
Johnson County	51	Elkhorn	37
Hazard	44	Taylor County	24
Newburg	58	Morton	45
Farnsley	51	Bell County	47
EJ Hayes	40	Lincoln County	32
Northern Pulaski	49	Southern	28
Robert Campbell	47	Pineville	18
Paintsville	57	Muhlenberg North	52
Rockcastle	55	North Laurel	51
Crosby	47	LCA	43
Butler	55	Millard	42
Barret	48	Christian County	22
North Oldham	58	Eastside	50
Knox	41	LTMS	40

Sunday February 4^th

Gold Bracket

Meyzeek	41	Clay County	27
James T. Alton	38	Whitley County	32
Corbin	15	McNabb	0
Shelby West	15	Frankfort	0
Woodford County	36	Bourbon	26
Georgetown	32	Jackson City	31
Conner	46	Whitesburg	28
East Jessamine	51	Mt. Washington	48
Meyzeek	46	Conner	43	Quarterfinal
Shelby West	43	Woodford County	42	Quarterfinal
East Jessamine	55	Georgetown	29	Quarterfinal
Corbin	48	James T. Alton	37	Quarterfinal
Corbin	44	East Jessamine	38	Semifinal
Shelby West	49	Meyzeek	38	Semifinal
Shelby West	49	Corbin	43	Championship

Gold Bracket (Final 8)

Meyzeek 46 Conner 43 (Quarterfinal) – Austin Carr-Cole led Meyzeek with 23 points and Conner was paced by Hammonds with 17 points.

Shelby West 43 Woodford County 42 (Quarterfinal) – Aaron Thompson led Shelby West with 12 points and Woodford County was led by Logan Taylor with 15 points.

East Jessamine 55 Georgetown 29 (Quarterfinal) – Kennedy Hayden led East Jessamine with 35 points. Tucker Hawkins scored 12 points for Georgetown.

Corbin 48 James T. Alton 37 (Quarterfinal) – Trey Longmire led Corbin with 19 points while James T. Alton was paced by Queshaun Davis with 11 points.

Corbin 44 East Jessamine 38 (Semifinal) – Allen led Corbin with 14 points and Kennedy Hayden scored 14 points for East Jessamine.

Shelby West 49 Meyzeek 38 (Semifinal) – Austin Thompson led the victors with 14 points and Austin Carr-Cole led Meyzeek with 19 points.

Shelby West 49 Corbin 43 (Championship) – Mark Hutzel, Evans, and Austin Thompson led Shelby West with 15, 10, and nine points respectively. Micah Engle and Trey Longmire led Corbin with 16 and 14 points respectively.

8^th Grade Gold Bracket All-Tournament Team – Kennedy Hayden (East Jessamine), Aaron Thompson (Shelby West), Logan Taylor (Woodford County), Micah Engle (Corbin), Trey Longmire (Corbin), Wyatt Stum (Meyzeek), Brycen Hubbard (East Jessamine), Mark Hutzel (Shelby West), Tucker Hawkins (Georgetown), and Queshaun Davis (James T. Alton).

Championship Bracket

Robert Campbell	66	Butler	37
Hazard	59	North Oldham	55
Northern Pulaski	41	Knox	33
Rockcastle	58	Johnson County	57
EJ Hayes	53	Noe	51
Farnsley	42	Beaumont	34
Barret	57	Newburg	37
Crosby	46	Paintsville	39
Rockcastle	51	Northern Pulaski	46	Quarterfinal
Robert Campbell	54	Crosby	40	Quarterfinal
Barret	37	Hazard	21	Quarterfinal
Farnsley	59	EJ Hayes	51	Quarterfinal
Robert Campbell	58	Rockcastle	52	Semifinal
Barret	41	Farnsley	36	Semifinal
Barret	51	Robert Campbell	45	Championship

Championship Bracket (Final 8)

Rockcastle 51 Northern Pulaski 46 (Quarterfinal) – Matthew Chasteen led Rockcastle with 15 and Northern Pulaski was paced by Zach Travis with 16 points,

Robert Campbell 54 Crosby 40 (Quarterfinal) – Jerone Morton led Robert Campbell with 21 points and Bryant led Crosby with 11 points.

Barret 37 Hazard 21 (Quarterfinal) – Tilford and Miles Franklin led Barret with 11 and 10 points respectively. Ridge Beverly led Hazard with seven points.

Farnsley 59 EJ Hayes 51 (Quarterfinal) – Terrance Cump and Juwan Northington led Farnsley with 23 and 20 points respectively. Cameron Dunn and Basson led EJ Hayes with 14 and 13 points respectively.

Robert Campbell 58 Rockcastle 52 (Semifinal) – Jerone Morton led Robert Campbell with 22 points and Matthew Chasteen led Rockcastle with 22 points.

Barret 41 Farnsley 36 (Semifinal) – Selah Brown led Barret with 13 and Farnsley was paced by Terrance Cump with 14 points.

Barret 51 Robert Campbell 45 (Championship) – Selah Brown and Miles Franklin led Barret with 16 and 11 points respectively. Jerone Morton and Jeremiah Mundy led Robert Campbell with 16 points each.

8^th Grade 1^st Team All-Tournament Team – Drew Hopkins (Rockcastle County), Selah Brown (Barret), Jerone Morton (Robert Campbell), Matthew Chasteen (Rockcastle County), Terrance Cump (Farnsley), Jeremiah Mundy (Robert Campbell), Juwan Northington (Farnsley), Caleb Sloan (Northern Pulaski), Cameron Dunn (EJ Hayes), and Miles Franklin (Barret).

8^th Grade 2^nd Team All-Tournament Team – Daniel Mullins (Rockcastle County), Zach Travis (Northern Pulaski), Cameron Caudill (Hazard), Hagan Harrison (Robert Campbell), Jumane Dorsey (Farnsley), James Lindsay (EJ Hayes), Tyson Turner (Hazard), Chavion Ashby (Crosby), Colby Fugate (Paintsville), and Ridge Beverly (Hazard).

Coach Edelen’s Barret squad finished their trilogy by capturing the title this year as they won the 6^th grade crown in 2016 and added the 7^th grade title in 2017.

This was an excellent event run by the KBA. A special note of thinks to their staff for providing the up-to-date scores, schedule, all-tournament teams and for providing info for the coverage of the elite eight on both the championship bracket and the gold bracket competition.