Lincoln County Patriots extend record to 18-4

The Patriot basketball team has gone 4-0 over the last 4 games against Danville, Wayne, Monticello, and Mercer. Lincoln now sits at 13-1 in the region, with the only loss to McCreary. McCreary lost last week to Rockcastle, who Lincoln plays this Friday in Lincoln County Lightning Arena. This has been a great year, and I hope it only continues as we look to invade Rupp for the second straight year. Ryan Young has already eclipsed 1000 career points this season and Noah Keeton and Daniel Ralston aren't far behind. It is really something to have three guys make this milestone in the same year. I understand that the school board has approved plans to turn the ridge behind Death Valley into a Mount Rushmore type of memorial to Young, Keeton, and Ralston.

Basketball is HUGE right now!

The mighty Patriots downed a great squad in Madison Central Saturday night 75-59. The Patriots fell behind early as the Indians took a commanding 18-5 lead, but Jackson's boys showed heart and fought back for the big victory. Lincoln is now undefeated in District and Region play and they run their regular season mark to 14-3. Tonight they will face another tough opponent in McCreary Central, that brings a 18-2 overall record in to the matchup. The Patriots have 5 common opponents so far this season, with Lincoln going 5-0 against Pulaski, West Jessamine, Wayne, Danville, and East Jessamine, and McCreary Central going 4-1. McCreary lost to West Jessamine 64-60 and Lincoln beat them 55-49. Lincoln scored a total of 382 points against those 5 common teams and had 276 points scored on them, McCreary scored 367 points and had 273 scored on their defense.
The Patriots are currently ranked 16th in the state (here is the link to Cantrall's rating the state http://media.kentucky.com/smedia/2008/01/27/22/080128Cantrall4pdf.source.prod_affiliate.79.PDF, let's keep on rolling and go back to Rupp. Good luck Patriots.