Harlan County swept a basketball doubleheader Wednesday against visiting Leslie County, winning 51-36 in freshman action and 65-51 in the junior varsity game.
Landon Brock scored 14 points and Cole Cornett added nine as HCHS evened its freshman record at 1-1.
Xavier Roark and Bronson Meyers led Leslie County with 17 and 15 points, respectively.
Harlan County rallied from a five-point halftime deficit with a 22-point third quarter to win in junior varsity action.
Cornett scored 18 and Brock added 12 to lead the 2-2 Black Bears.
Landon Hensley poured in 25 points to pace the Eagles.
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Harlan County (51) — Cole Cornett 9, Brady Freeman 5, Shemar Carr 6, Landon Brock 14, Gunnar Johnson 7, Bryson Bryant 5, Landyn Noe 5.
Leslie County (36) — Zach Couch 4, Xavier Roark 17, Bronson Meyers 15.
Leslie County 12 7 10 7 — 36
Harlan County 13 12 11 15 — 51
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Harlan County (65) —Brennan Blevins 6, Cole Cornett 18, Shemar Carr 6, Landon Brock 12, Gunnar Johnson 2, Bryson Bryant 8, Brady Freeman 2, Jacob Howard 1.
Leslie County (51) — Landon Hensley 25, Kaden Bell 9, Brody Collett 2, Matthew Lewis 8, Zach Couch 2, Xavier Roark 1, Bronson Meyers 2, Rylan Howard 2.
Leslie County 13 18 11 9 — 51
Harlan County 16 10 22 17 — 65
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Black Bears sweep Leslie County in freshman/JV doubleheader
By John Henson, Managing Editor
January 3, 2024
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John Henson, Managing Editor
John Henson has covered sports since 1985 for the Harlan Daily Enterprise, the Cats Pause and harlancountysports.com, winning numerous Kentucky Press Association awards during that time. He also served as managing editor for 15 years and now teaches writing at Harlan County High School as part of the Gear Up program.