Cole leads Harlan in win over Middlesboro

Led by 21 points from Trent Cole, Harlan improved to 8-3 in seventh- and eighth-grade basketball action with a 66-52 win Thursday over visiting Middlesboro.
Will Shepherd and Baylor Varner added 15 and 14 points, respectively, for the Dragons.
Thomas led Middlesboro with 26 points.
Jimmy Lawson scored 20 points and Jerome Ferguson added 17 as Middlesboro won 45-23 in fifth- and sixth-grade action.
Cooper Thomas and Jaxson Perry led the 2-5 Dragons with six points each.
Harlan returns to action Monday at Pineville.
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Harlan (66) — Dylan Cox 6, Trent Cole 21, Jake Brewer 4, Will Shepherd 15, Baylor Varner 14, Eli Freyer 4, Brayden Howard 2.
Middlesboro (52) — Thomas 26, Coots 2, Killian 11, Cox 7, Chorum 6.
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Middlesboro (45) — Tommy Burchett 4, Jimmy Lawson 20, Timmy Lawson 4, Jerome Ferguson 17.
Harlan (23) — Cooper Thomas 6, Jaxson Perry 6, Brody Brock 4, Elijah Caudill 2, Carson Osborne 2, J.J.Forester 3.