2016KBA7GC

2016 KBA KY 7^th Grade Girls Tournament

Kentucky Basketball Academy

Lexington, KY

October 21-23, 2016

© 2016 by Ron Harrison

There were 24 teams entered in this tournament and were placed into eight pools as follows:  Pool A: Robert Campbell Junior High, Mt. Washington, and Old KY Home, Pool B: Anderson County, McNabb, and Walton-Verona, Pool C: Barbourville, Eastside, and Lincoln County, Pool D: Southern Pulaski, Morgan County, and Leestown Middle, Pool E: Edyth J. Hayes Middle, Mason County, and Meece, Pool F: Georgetown, Jackson County, Campbellsville, and Valley, Pool G: Casey County, Elkhorn, North Laurel, and Wayne County, and Pool H: Frankfort Elite.

Friday October 21^st

Pool Play

Robert Campbell Junior High	50	Old KY Home	34
Anderson County	34	Walton-Verona	11
Eastside	20	Lincoln County	16
Lincoln County	51	Barbourville	22
Frankfort Elite	won	Leestown Middle	forfeit
Southern Pulaski	42	Leestown Middle	2
Meece	won	Edyth J. Hayes Middle	forfeit
North Laurel	won	Wayne County	forfeit

Saturday October 22^nd

Pool Play

Old KY Home	42	Mt. Washington	27
Robert Campbell Junior High	48	Mt. Washington	24
Walton-Verona	40	McNabb	23
Anderson County	30	Walton-Verona	11
Eastside	46	Barbourville	26
Morgan County	39	Leestown Middle	10
Southern Pulaski	44	Morgan County	25
Mason County	won	Edyth J. Hayes	forfeit
Meece	27	Mason County	10
Georgetown	won	Campbellsville	forfeit
Valley	47	Jackson County	25
Jackson County	43	Georgetown	13
Valley	won	Campbellsville	forfeit
Casey County	48	Elkhorn	33
Elkhorn	won	Wayne County	forfeit
North Laurel	46	Casey County	38

Tournament Play

Championship Bracket

Elkhorn	43	Robert Campbell Junior High	36
Jackson County	33	Casey County	27
Southern Pulaski	33	Walton-Verona	29
Meece	34	Lincoln County	30
Anderson County	won	Campbellsville	forfeit
Mason County	41	North Laurel	40
Eastside	38	Old KY Home	31
Valley	60	Morgan County	27

Sunday October 23^rd

Tournament Bracket

Gold Bracket

Leestown Middle	won	Edyth J. Hayes	forfeit	Quarterfinal
McNabb	won	Wayne County	forfeit	Quarterfinal
Barbourville	33	Georgetown	12	Quarterfinal
Mt. Washington	30	Leestown Middle	20	Semifinal
Barbourville	38	McNabb	22	Semifinal
Mt. Washington	40	Barbourville	13	Championship

Championship Bracket

Elkhorn	45	Jackson County	37	Quarterfinal
Southern Pulaski	32	Meece	18	Quarterfinal
Mason County	39	Anderson County	26	Quarterfinal
Valley	50	Eastside	27	Quarterfinal
Southern Pulaski	37	Elkhorn	24	Semifinal
Valley	43	Mason County	19	Semifinal
Valley	47	Southern Pulaski	16	Championship

All Tournament Team 1^st Team – Alyssa Elswick (Valley), Patience Laster (Elkhorn), Kylie Foreman (Southern Pulaski), Hayley Ranalli (Mt. Washington), and Jaylen Coomer (Meece)

All Tournament Team 2^nd Team – Emma Egan (Eastside), Kadence Walls (Old KY Home), Jalee Yocum (Casey County), Madison Belt (Jackson County), and Emily Sizemore (North Laurel).

Valley captured the championship and rolled through the competition with a 6-0 record.  They won their pool games with a 47-25 victory over Jackson County and had a forfeit victory over Campbellsville.  Valley opened tournament play with a 60-27 victory over Morgan County and defeated Eastside 50-27 in a quarterfinal game.  Valley defeated Mason County 43-19 in a semifinal contest and defeated Southern Pulaski 47-16 in the championship game.  Southern Pulaski was the runner-up and finished the week with a 5-1 record.  Mt. Washington captured the Gold Bracket Championship with a 40-13 victory over Barbourville.

A special thanks to my friend at the KBA for providing all the scores and up-to-date schedule for this event and to Brian Tribble for providing me with the all tournament teams.