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Focused on Harlan County sports — today and yesterday

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Rosspoint, JACES advance to finals

September 30, 2025
John Henson
Rosspoiont’s Taylynn Napier worked inside against Evarts’ Riley Griffith in action from the county tournament Tuesday. Napier scored 10 points to lead the Lady Cats to a 43-13 victory.
Rosspoint guard Andrea Napier pulled up for a shot in action from the seventh- and eighth-grade county tournament Tuesday. (John Henson)

Rosspoint and James A. Cawood rolled into the finals of the seventh- and eighth-grade county tournament with victories Tuesday in the semifinals at the S.H. Rowland Gymnasium at James A. Cawood.
Taylynn Napier and Crissalyn Jones each scored 10 points to lead Rosspoint past Evarts 43-13 in the opening game.
Riley Griffith scored 12 to lead Evarts.
Natalie Moore poured in 14 points as JACES downed Cawood 38-28.
Bella Ford led the Lady Comets with 10 points.
Rosspoint will play James A. Cawood on Thursday at 6:30 at Harlan County High School in the championship game. Evarts will play Cawood for third place at 5:30.
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Rosspoint (43) — Taylynn Napier 10, Andrea Napier 8, Annie Burton 5, Morgyn Belcher 3, Crissalyn Jones 10, Jocelyn Miracle 4, Blakley Snelling 3.
Evarts (13) — Riley Griffith 12, Anna-Kayte Clark 1.
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James A. Cawood (38) — Natalie Moore 14, Addy Creech 3, Khloe Daniels 13, Embry Engle 8.
Cawood (28) — Emily Moore 4, Campbell Thompson 5, Bella Ford 10, Addy Cochran 7, Aislynn Engle 2.

 

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John Henson
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.