CHRISTIAN COUNTY WINS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!

VEONTAE LEWIS HIT A FIELD GOAL AS TIME EXPIRED IN THE SECOND OVERTIME AS CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED ROWAN COUNTY 65-63 IN THE BOYS SWEET SIXTEEN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT RUPP ARENA IN LEXINGTON.  IT IS THE COLONELS FIRST STATE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. TENTATIVE PLANS ARE FOR A WELCOME HOME CEREMONY AT COLONEL GYM AT 1:30 SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

COLONELS IN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY COLONELS DEFEATED LOUISVILLE EASTERN SATURDAY MORNING 46-43 IN THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE BOYS SWEET SIXTEEN STATE TOURNAMENT AT RUPP ARENA.  CHRISTIAN COUNTY WILL PLAY ROWAN COUNTY, A 51-49 WINNER OVER BULLITT EAST IN THE DAYS SECOND SEMI FIANL CONTEST.  IT WILL BE CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL'S FIRST TRIP TO THE BOYS BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SINCE 1979.  THE COLONELS LOST TO LEXNGTON LAFAYETTE THAT YEAR AND TO EDMONSON COUNTY IN THE FINAL IN 1976.

THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BETWEEN CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND ROWAN COUNTY BEGINS WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE-GAME SHOW AT 6:45PM SATURDAY ON NEWS/TALK 95.3 FM, 1230 AM AND ON WHOPAM.COM

CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATS LEXINGTON CATHOLIC 67 TO 62 IN THE QUARTER-FINAL'S OF THE PNC/KHSAA SWEET 16 FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN LEXINGTON. THE COLONELS NOW MOVE INTO THE SEMI-FINALS SATURDAY MORNING AT 9:00AM AGAINST THE STATE'S NUMBER 1 TEAM IN LOUISVILLE EASTERN. OUR COVERAGE BEGINS AT 8:35AM SATURDAY MORNING ON NEWS/TALK 95.3 FM AND 1230 AM WHOP AND ONLINE AT WHOPAM.COM.

LEXINGTON CATHOLIC vs CHRISTIAN COUNTY
03/18/11 1:30 pm ET at Lexington, KY - Rupp Arena
At Lexington, KY - Rupp Arena
CHRISTIAN COUNTY 67, LEXINGTON CATHOLIC 62
LEXINGTON CATHOLIC (27-8)
SCHUETTE, Scott 10-20 0-0 25; MARTIN, Taylor 5-9 5-8 15; BECKHAM, Seth 6-17
3-4 15; WOOMER, Bryan 2-3 0-0 6; FLOYD, Craig 0-2 1-2 1; KELLER, Patrick 0-0
0-0 0; WHITMAN, Jack 0-0 0-0 0; PORTER, Hunter 0-1 0-2 0; MUNCY, Ross 0-0
0-0 0. Totals 23-52 9-16 62.
CHRISTIAN COUNTY (23-9)
HICKEY, Anthony 13-22 4-5 31; KATES, Donovan 8-18 6-6 26; LEWIS, Veontae
2-10 0-0 4; RILEY, Nick 1-3 2-3 4; WHEELER, Kenyon 1-1 0-1 2; TANDY,
Marcoreyon 0-0 0-1 0; IRBY, Jarvis 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-54 12-16 67.
LEXINGTON CATHOLIC............   22   16    7   17  -   62
CHRISTIAN COUNTY..............   10   17   19   21  -   67
3-point goals--LEXINGTON CATHOLIC 7-20 (SCHUETTE, Scott 5-14; WOOMER, Bryan
2-3; BECKHAM, Seth 0-2; PORTER, Hunter 0-1), CHRISTIAN COUNTY 5-15 (KATES,
Donovan 4-7; HICKEY, Anthony 1-6; RILEY, Nick 0-1; LEWIS, Veontae 0-1).
Fouled out--LEXINGTON CATHOLIC-SCHUETTE, Scott, CHRISTIAN COUNTY-None.
Rebounds--LEXINGTON CATHOLIC 36 (MARTIN, Taylor 13), CHRISTIAN COUNTY 24
(HICKEY, Anthony 8). Assists--LEXINGTON CATHOLIC 10 (MARTIN, Taylor 4),
CHRISTIAN COUNTY 12 (HICKEY, Anthony 7). Total fouls--LEXINGTON CATHOLIC 16,
CHRISTIAN COUNTY 14. Technical fouls--LEXINGTON CATHOLIC-None, CHRISTIAN
COUNTY-None. A-14373