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18- November 28, 2013
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Photos by Ron Weaver
Kyndall Tiller (1) spikes one during the All Star game, and Mikayla Ray (2) returns the ball to set up the offense. Both Kyndall and Mikayla played in the underclass-
man 16th Region All-Star game.
Bethany Bell (3) records one of her 5 blocks in the second game of the Senior 16th Region All-Star game. Bethany had another 10 blocks in game 3.
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The Bath County High
School boys' basketball
team is less than two
weeks away from tipping
off its 2013-14 season
and continues to prepare
for the upcoming cam-
paign.
"We are progressing
slowly, it's a process try-
ing to rebuild a program
tradition," Bath County
Coach Larry Tiller com-
mented. "We are truly
building a foundation to
rebuild a tradition."
Bath County will open
the 2013-14 season at
non-district rival Brack-
en County on Dec. 3.
The Wildcats are sched-
uled to compete in the
Bart Rison Classic (at
Montgomery County),
Kentucky Bank Chal-
lenge (at Rowan County)
and Kentucky Christian
Athletic Conference
Tournament (at Beth
Haven) in the first half of
the season as well. The
month of December will
offer the Wildcats plenty
of tough competition.
Additional early-sea-
son opponents on the
December portion of the
Bath County basketball
teamts schedule include
Bourbon County, Nich-
olas County, Menifee
County, Riverside Chris-
tian, Belfry, Burgin, Rus-
sell and Williamstown.
The Wildcats will get
a preseason test versus
Bluegrass United on
Saturday, Nov. 23 in the
JET2Sports Basketball
Convention at Jackson
City. The upcoming high
school panorama will
feature boys' and girls'
basketball teams from
throughout Eastern
Kentucky.
Bath County conclud-
ed the 2012-13 season
with an 11-20 overall re-
cord.
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Once the 2013-14 boys'
high school basketball sea-
son tips off, the Bath County
Wildcats won't have to look
too far for tough competi-
tion. Bath County's district,
the 61st District, boasts
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'pion Fleming C0tttity and
former multi-time cham-
pion Rowan County.
"I believe that our district
is the toughest district in
the region," Bath County
Coach Larry Tiller com-
mented. "Fleming County
and Rowan County were in
the finals last year and both
have great coaching and re-
ally good talent on a yearly
basis. In addition, I think
that Menifee County has
great coaching as well - as
he gets the most out of his
players as shown by their
nail-biting loss in the first
round of the district tourna-
ment, I think that we need
to be more consistent but
were a really tough out at
the end of the season last
year with the exception of
Fleming County. If we keep
improving everyday I think
with the combination of our
two or three returning vet-
erans and our good young
talent we can be competi-
five."
Fleming County is
ranked first in The Cats'
Pause 2013-14 Kentucky
Basketball Yearbook's Pre.
season 16th Region Boysw
Basketball Poll. The Pan-
thers, under the direction
of head coach Mark Starns,
captured the 16th Region
rifle season and are favored
to repeat as the regional
champion despite senior
guard Darion Burns (17.4
ppg, 5.7 rpg) being out with
a torn ACL that he suffered
over the summer.
Healthy players back for
the Panthers include long-
time leaders Troy Steward,
Austin Crisp and Brady
Saunders.
Fleming County is
ranked ahead of Ashland
(2), Rowan County (3),
Boyd County (4), Greenup
County (5), Lewis County
(6), Elliott County (7),
Raceland (8), East Carter
(9) and Russell (10) in the
preseason regional poll.
It is not know when
Burns will return for the
Panthers. Fleming County,
however, also returns lead-
ing scorer and rebounder
Troy Steward (18.2 ppg,
6.4 rpg), Austin Crisp (10.9
ppg) and Brady Saunders
(10.8 ppg.
The Panthers, who set a
school record for wins last
season, exited the 2012-13
campaign 28-7 following a
loss to 5th Region cham-
pion John Hardin in the
opening round of the Boys
Sweet 16 State Tournament
at Rupp Arena in Lexington.
The veteran Fleming
County boysf basketball
team is picked to finish
ahead of Rowan County (20-
14), Bath County (11-20)
and Menifee County (4-24)
in the 61st District.
Rowan County is just one
season removed from cap
turing its second straight
16th Region championship.
The Vikings are hopeful
that senior Tyler Thacker,
the team's leading scorer
and son of head coach
Shawn Thqicker, returns
from atorn ACL suffered
in March. The younger
Thacker is expected to re.
turn in December.
After nearly knocking off
2011 state runner-up Rowan
County in the 61st District
Tournament last season,
Menifee County is poised to
make a stronger push dur-
ing the 2013-14 season.
Lady
The Bath County Lady
Cats will tip off the 2013-14
girls' high school basketball
season at Lexington Chris-
fian on Dec. 3. An opponent
from the llth Region, Lex-
ington Christian is expected
to be an improved giftsT high
school basketball team.
The Bath County and
Lexington Christian girls'
basketball teams did not
meet during the 2012-13
season.
Veteran head coach Troy
Lee Thomas and his coach-
ing staff have been busy
preparing Bath County for
the 2013-14 season. The
Lady Cats rank as one of the
16th Region's Top 5 teams.
Bath County is ranked
fifth in The Cats Pause
2013-14 Kentucky Basket-
ball Yearbook's Preseason
16th Region Girlsv Basket-
ball Poll. The Lady Cats are
listed behind Lewis County
(4), Boyd County (3)., East
Carter (2) and reigning
champion Ashland (1) in
the preseason poll, which
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month. The Lady Cats are
ranked ahead of Fleming
County (6), Rowan County
(7), Russell (8), Greenup
County (9) and Raceland
(10).
Following a loss to Row-
an County in the opening
round of the 61st District
Tournament, Boyd County
ended the 2012-13 season
15-11.
Bath County is favored to
win the 61st District. How-
ever, district rivals Fleming
County and Rowan County
follow closely behind the
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Lady Cats in the Preseason Nick Cann is set to guide
16th Region G'wlsw Basket- • the Lady Eagles. Returnees
ball Poll. for the Lexington Chris-
Lexington Christian istian girls basketball team
ranked 10th in The Cats' include senior point guard
Pause 2013-14 KentuckyKatelin Bundy (18 ppg) and
Basketball Yearbook s Pre- senior forward Holly Huelle-
season 11th Region Gh-ls' meier (13ppg, 10rpg).
Basketball Poll. The Lady The December portion
Eagles are listed behind of the 2013-14 schedule will
Madison Central (9), Lex-
ington Catholic (8), Bryan
Station (7), Woodford Coun-
ty (6), Paul Dunbar (5), Hen-
ry Clay (4), Franklin County
(3), Scott County (2) and
top-ranked IMayette (1).
Lexington Christian
ended the 2012-13 season
14-14. First-year head coach
afford the Lady Cats ad-
ditional games versus Wil-
liamstown, Menifee County,
Nicholas County, Augusta,
Rowan County, Burgin and
Daviess County.
Tipoff for the Bath Coun-
ty-Lexington Christian girls'
basketball game is set for
7:30 p.m.
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