The Adair County Indians were able to overcome an early deficit to win by double digits in the first round of the 5^th region tournament on Thursday. The Indians took down the Central Hardin Bruins by a score of 64-52.

“We played a great defensive game,” says head coach Deron Breeze. “I’ve been saying it all year, we have to keep the score low in order to give ourselves the best chance to win in the postseason.”

The Bruins had a great game plan that revolved around a stingy 2-3-matchup zone defense. The Bruins outrebounded the Indians in the first half, but the Tribe ended up outrebounding Central Hardin by double digits in the second half. Once the Indians started to hit a few jump shots, the Bruin defense had to speed up the game. The ACHS bench made an excellent adjustment coming out of halftime by running the “four corners” offense; an offense dedicated to spreading the floor, holding the ball, and forcing zone defenses to play man-to-man concepts.

“We wanted to slow the game down and make them come out and guard us,” says Breeze. “That was something we talked about in our preparation.”

Overall, the Indians were locked in on every single play on each end of the floor, leading to one of their best team performances of the season.

Zion Harmon led the team in scoring with 26 points, six assists, two steals, and two rebounds. Dre Boyd finished with 15 points and 9 rebounds while shooting seven of eight from the field; Boyd had two very nice two-handed dunks as well. Senior Hunter Cundiff brought energy and toughness, just like he always does, to finish with 15 points and seven rebounds. The Bruins did their best to shut down Corey Melton offensively, but Melton contributed in a big way defensively and by rebounding; Melton finished with three points, a team-high 11 rebounds, with one steal and one assist. Blane Frazier played great defense and hit his only shot, a three pointer from the left wing. Frazier also added two steals and two rebounds to the stat sheet. Late in the game, Byron Corbin came in and sunk two key throws to help secure the double-digit win for the Tribe.

“We were happy to get the win and now we have to start working on our game plan for LaRue,” says Breeze.

The Indians will play LaRue County in the second round of the regional tournament Monday night at Marion County High School at 7:45 CT. Be sure to come out and support your Indians as they look to return to the region championship for the second consecutive season.

 

By Adam Capps

Assistant Editor

adam@adairvoice.com

A large crowd came out to watch the Indians take down the Central Hardin Bruins in the first round of the 5th region tournament held at Marion County High School.

 

 

 

Zion Harmon fires a no-look pass to Dre Boyd who finished the play with a nice two handed slam at the rim.

The ACHS Indians and Lady Indians are set to take on Hart County tonight. The ladies are set to play at 5:30 while the boy’s team will tip-off at 7 p.m.

The location for this game has been changed to Hart Memorial Gymnasium located at 1400 North Jackson Hwy., Hardyville, KY, 42746

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The ACHS swim team had a great outing last week during their home match versus Barren County. On the boys side, the team finished first against Barren while the girl’s team finished second, however the ladies only competed with three swimmers.

“We did very well considering we only had three girls in the water,” says head coach Turk Dogruyol. “Most of our swimmers finished with their best time of the season and I was very happy about that.”

Cy Yarberry, Ryan Wilkerson, Michael Gold, Samantha Henson, and Patience Grubb all notched season best times in each of their respective events. Yarberry shaved four seconds in the 100 freestyle, Wilkerson dropped 10 seconds in the 100 freestyle, while Gold won the 100 freestyle while shaving his season best time by five seconds. Henson and Grubb each shaved two seconds off of all their times in each event they competed in.

“For our second home match of the year, I thought we did well,” says coach Turk. “We still have things that we can work on in practice to continue to get better both as individuals and as a team.”

Coach Turk is hopeful that he will be able to take at least one swimmer to the state finals this season and in the program’s inaugural season, this would be a fantastic accomplishment.

“We have some talented folks and I’m really hoping that we have some people who qualify for state,” says coach Turk. “To take members of our team to state would be an amazing accomplishment for this season and we could build on that in the future as well.”

The team’s next meet is scheduled for Dec. 16 at Elizabethtown at 3 p.m. CST; their next home meet is set for Jan. 9^th vs. Oldham County.

Good luck to the swimmers and congrats on a great season so far!

 

 

By Adam Capps

Sports Writer

adam@adairvoice.com

 

 

From left—Andrew Godsey, Garren Pearson, and Connor Anderson ready to dive into the pool for the 50 meter freestyle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cy Yarberry finished second in the 50 meter freestyle on Thursday against Barren County.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Several Swimmers Shine During First Home Meet

The ACHS swim team competed in the program’s first home match ever last week against Fort Knox and Hardin County Schools at the LWC Holloway Health and Wellness Center Natatorium. Coach Turk Dogruyol was excited to announce that all of the ACHS swim team finished with their season best times in each of their events; a great accomplishment for such a young and new team.

“The team performed well, especially considering that this is a new team,” says Coach Turk. “I did have to remind them of staying focused; they are not concentrating enough sometimes and that caused some of our kids to swim in the wrong heat or miss their events.”

It is normal for an inexperienced team to be out of the loop during their first few meets, but Coach Turk is also very pleased that each swimmer logged their best times of the year in each event they competed in.

“Everybody finished with their best times of the season and that is quite an accomplishment,” says Turk. “At our next meet, we will be focusing on staying alert and where we need to be to avoid further heat confusion in order to limit our mistakes outside of the pool.”

ACHS junior Camellia Pearson finished in first place in the 100 breaststroke while her younger brother, Garren, turned in a regional cut time in the 500 freestyle. In order to compete at regionals in the 500 freestyle, swimmers must beat a time of six and a half minutes; Garren easily qualified by finishing with a time of 5:50.

“We are already getting a taste of success and we just have to keep working and building off of each practice and each meet,” says Coach Turk.

The Indians next home swim meet is set for Thursday, Dec. 7 at 5:30 p.m. at the Holloway Health and Wellness Center Natatorium.

By Adam Capps

Sports Writer

adam@adairvoice.com