Dragons win two of three at Bell Showcase

Harlan won two of three games Saturday in the Bell County Showcase, defeating Barbourville 57-34 and Owsley County 49-41 before falling to Whitley County 36-35.
Trent Cole scored 22 points in the win over Barbourville. Dylan Cox added 10 points.
Cole scored 17, Cox tossed in 15 and WilL Shepherd added 10 in the win over Owsley County.
Shepherd and Cox scored 11 each against Whitley County.
The 7-2 Dragons return to action Monday at home against Williamsburg.
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Harlan (57) — Dylan Cox 10, Trent Cole 22, Will Shepherd 2, Jake Brewer 6, Baylor Varner 7, Eli Freyer 2, Dayjuan Forrester 2, Eric Evans 2, Brayden Howard 4.
Barbourville (34) — T Hinkle 11, M Roberts 2, E Moss 7, Q Monroe 4, N Popejoy 2, K Wilder 2, P Mills 2, L Iseral 4.
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Harlan (49) — Dylan Cox 15, Trent Cole 17, Will Shepherd 10, Jake Brewer 3, Baylor Varner 4.
Owsley County (41) — A Terry 19, C Peters 6, C Pryse 4, R Gay 3, T Whitaker 2, P Herald 7.
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Whitley County (36) — Mahan 4, Sharp 12, Cunnigan 5, Parker 7, Vann 2, Chafin 6.
Harlan (35) — Dylan Cox 11, Trent Cole 9, Will Shepherd 11, Jake Brewer 1, Baylor Varner 3.
 

Cole leads Green Dragons to victory at Stinnett

Trent Cole poured in 31 points to lead Harlan to a 54-45 win Thursday at Stinnett in seventh- and eighth-grade basketball action.
Harlan won 46-35 in fifth- and sixth-grade action as Jaxson Perry poured in 20 points for the Dragons. Body Brock scored 13, followed by Zach Boggs with five and Cooper Thomas and J.J. Forrester with four each.
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Harlan (54) — Trent Cole 31, Will Shepherd 7, Eli Freyer 7, Landon Myers 2, Luke Luttrell 3, Jacob Clark 4.
Stinnett (45) — K. Bell 6, D. Hoskins 4, X. Roark 13, R. Hacker 15, B. Meyers 7.

Four reach double figures as Dragons rout Pineville

The Harlan Green Dragons ran their record to 4-1 with a familiar formula to success as four reached double figures in a 59-21 rout of visiting Pineville in seventh- and eighth-grade basketball action.
Trent Cole scored 14 for the Dragons, followed by Dylan Cox with 12, Jake Brewer with 11 and Will Shepherd with 10.
Pineville won 42-23 in fifth- and sixth-grade action as Partin led the Lions with 11 points.
Jaxson Perry led Harlan with 11 points.
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Harlan (59) — Dylan Cox 12, Trent Cole 14, Will Shepherd 10, Jake Brewer 11, Baylor Varner 7, Luke Luttrell 3, Jacob Clark 2.
Pineville (21) — R. Partin 2, T. Slone 2, D. Partin 5, D. Rutherford 3, A. Howard 5, L. Robbins 2, C. Vaughn 2.
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Pineville (42) — J. Hayes 3, K. Partin 11, C. Turner 2, D. Jones 8, E. McDermitt 7, H. Johnson 1, D. Abner 6, N. Slone 2, C. Brock 2.
Harlan (23) — Cooper Thomas 5, Brody Brock 2, Zach Boggs 3, Jaxson Perry 11, J.J. Forrester 2.