Favorites advance in county tournament quarterfinals

By John Henson, Managing Editor

The top four seeds advanced with little trouble in the seventh- and eighth-grade county tournament Saturday at James A. Cawood Elementary School.
Top-seeded Rosspoint coasted past Wallins 45-25 as Jacob Schwenke led the Wildcats with 11 points.
Aaron Johnson paced the Purple Devils with seven points.
Aidan Reynolds poured in 20 and Ashton Sizemore added 16 as Evarts downed Black Mountain 43-22.
Reggie Cottrell led Black Mountain with 12 points.
Brennan Blevins scored 13 as James A. Cawood downed Green Hills 33-8
Cawood, seeded second, downed Cumberland 36-17. Brady Smith led the Comets with 13 points.
Kayden Adams led Cumberland with nine points.
Rosspoint will play Evarts at 5:30 and James A. Cawood will take on Cawood at 7 in semifinal action Tuesday at JACES. The championship and consolation games will be played Thursday at Harlan County High School.
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Rosspoint (45) — Jacob Schwenke 11, Gunnar Burkhard 6, Chance Sturgill 5, Brayden Morris 4, Drew Sergent 4, DaShaun Smith 4, Cole Cornett 3, Brody Hensley 2, Gunnar Johnson 2, Braxton Cornett 2, Aiden Lewis 2.
Wallins (25) — Aaron Johnson 7, Jaelen Miller 6, Noah Howard 3, Brayden Goins 3, Trey Ball 2, Jaxon Daniels 2, Isaiah Lawson 1, Austin Miller 1.
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Evarts (43) — Ashton Sizemore 16, Aidan Reynolds 20, Grayson Grills 3, Brady Freeman 2, Caleb Payne 2.
Black Mountain (22) — Reggie Cottrell 12, Shemar Carr 5, Blake Short 2, Dylan Madden 3.
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James A. Cawood (33) — Brennan Blevins 13, Kaden Jones 5, Landon Brock 6, Jacob Sage 1, Bryson Bryant 2, Elijah Moore 2, Cooper Blevins 2, Tucker Mills 2.
Green Hills (8) — Ethan Huff 2, Garrett Wilder 2, Gibson Wilder 4.
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Cawood (36) — Brayden Smith 4, Ethan Shular 4, Brady Smith 13, Brayden Fultz 8, Gage Peck 5, Masyn Stewart 2.
Cumberland (17) — Kayden Adams 9, Zayden Casolari 3, Bo Eldridge 2, Colston Boggs 3.