Wow, that was quick

Take a look at the calendar and compare it with the basketball schedule – or what’s left of the basketball schedule – and you’ll see what I’m talking about.

We’re staring the final week of regular season roundball play right in the face, and although weather predictions are for the coldest week of the winter this week, spring is right around the corner and basketball is fastly heading toward post-season time.

In fact, what’s left in regular season play can be counted on a single hand, with trips to Monroe County (double header) on Friday and South Warren next Monday (boys jv and varsity), followed by the traditional season ending matchup on Thursday when Barren County comes to town for what will also serve as senior night.

Whew – that was quick.

Radio auction slated for Friday, February 20, big changes in format

With next week’s season ending game against Barren County on Thursday night, that also means that the annual Basketball Boosters Club / WANY Radio Auction is set to be held the following night, Friday, February 20.

There is a big format change in this year’s program and more details will be made in an article planned for next week, but in a nutshell, here goes.

The radio auction itself will be shortened to a two-hour event, kicking off this year at 8:00 p.m. and based in the cafeteria. Preceding the radio auction will be a combination bar-b-que dinner and reverse raffle event that will also feature an in-house only auction of several items getting underway at 6:00 p.m.

Several door prizes will be given in addition to the auction items available, and the reverse raffle grand prize is promised to be significant.

Like I noted, more details are coming next week, but in the meantime, tickets for the bar-b-que/raffle are available from any Lady Bulldog or Bulldog player, or by contacting Cindy Choate at the high school. Tickets are $50 and include one raffle entry, and two bar-b-que dinners. Hunter’s Bar-B-Que will be featured.

Tournament line-ups

District tournament dates will be the week of February 23 – 27 with Metcalfe County playing host for this 2015 District Tournament. Seedings that are arrived at from regular season results (match-ups during mid-season events such as holiday tournaments aren’t used in setting seed positions) ended last week and will see our Lady Bulldogs with the No. 2 seed spot and facing Cumberland County, the No. 3 seed in 16th District play. Russell County earned the No. 1 position and will face Metcalfe County.

In boys’ play, Clinton County and Russell County split their two match-ups in district play, and for each team, that was the only district game each lost, meaning a tie for the No. 1 position.

A district meeting was held this Tuesday, and a coin-toss determined which team sits in No. 1 and No. 2 positions. Clinton County won that coin toss and will play Cumberland County, the No. 4 seeded team while Russell County (No. 2) will face Metcalfe County (No. 3).

On the injured list

It’s the time of year when teams want all of their players healthy and ready to contribute, but at the same time, the wear and tear of a full season of action means a higher likelihood that we will be looking at some bench time.

Two Clinton County players are facing just that. Bree Boils banged her knee pretty hard last Friday night against Glasgow, but thankfully it was nothing serious. Coach Thompson tells me she is sore, but good to go now. Kayla Dicken has been sidelined with mononucleosis and is on home-bound right now recovering.