AND GREENWOOD WILL PLAY HOST
TO BOWLING GREEN ON MONDAY NIGHT.
Will McCoy, the sixth-year head coach for Greenwood High School’s boys basketball team, knows it’s been a long, drawn-out ordeal.
Snow. Ice. Impassable roads. No basketball.
Hurry up and wait.
The Gators were able to get back in the gym, late last week, with a couple ‘voluntary’ workouts. McCoy reports that nearly everyone on his varsity roster made it to to Greenwood. Then, over the weekend, the Gators got back in the gym.
For real.
And now, after 10 long days, the Gators are ready to get back on the court. Greenwood (16-4 overall, 2-2 in the KHSAA’s 14th District) will play host to Bowling Green High School in a boys/girls doubleheader on Monday night at The Swamp.
The girls game will begin at 6, with the boys game to follow.
‘OUR GUYS ARE READY TO PLAY …’
AND THE PURPLES ARE ON THE ROAD
TO FACE GREENWOOD ON MONDAY NIGHT.
SHOOTS AGAINST SOUTH’s JAX DECKER.
“Our guys are ready to play somebody,” McCoy said.
Greenwood’s last game took place on January 22, a game pushed up a day with the impending arrival of Winter Storm Fern. The Gators used a balanced scoring attack to avenge an earlier loss to South Warren High School, claiming an impressive 75-55 victory over the Spartans. Now McCoy’s bunch will be back on their home court, with Bowling Green making the short trip up Scottsville Road to tangle with the Gators.
Bowling Green, a young-but-still-promising squad with an 11-9 overall record, is coming off a signature victory of its own.
On January 22, the Purples used a season-high 23 points from BGHS senior forward Christian Muhuire, with freshman forward Anthony Davis adding 19 points and seven rebounds, to slip past Warren Central High School, 65-59, in an overtime thriller at the BGHS Arena.
Warren Central (15-2 overall, 3-1 in the KHSAA’s 14th District) is ranked sixth, statewide, by the Courier-Journal in Louisville. Veteran WCHS coach William Unseld has had plenty of time in the gym with his team, too, including a two-hour workout on Saturday afternoon.
Like the Gators, across town, the Dragons are anxious to breathe some fire again.
“You’ve just got to go with the flow,” Unseld said. “(Saturday) was our first full-scale practice, back with the guys. It felt more like a mid-November practice. After two or three (idle) days, your conditioning is off … You gotta shake off the rust.
“It didn’t take our kids long to get their wind back.”
ARE RANKED SIXTH STATEWIDE
BY THE COURIER-JOURNAL.
AND THE PURPLES FINISHED
AS THE SWEET 16 RUNNER-UP IN 2025.
TO FACE WARREN CENTRAL ON TUESDAY.
CROSSTOWN RIVAL GREENWOOD ON MONDAY.
Warren Central has a deep, quick team that has held its opponents to a scoring average under 60 points per game. The Dragons have a rising star in 6-foot-8 junior center Armani Byrd, who is averaging 14 points and eight rebounds per game. They have experienced scorers in senior guard Kaleb Prince, a transfer from Warren East High School, along with fellow seniors Dominique Anthony and K.J. Johnson.
“We’ve had three home games, all year,” Unseld said. “We’ve had a couple teams cancel (games) with us, and we’re trying to schedule another game or two before the district tournament.”
The 14th District Tournament will take place at Warren Central later this month.
In the KHSAA’s 15th district, Kyle Benge’s Warren East squad resumed its schedule on Saturday night, falling to Barren County, 86-48. It’s been a tough season for the Raiders, who are 1-20 overall and winless in six district games. Warren East will travel to Logan County to tangle with the Cougars (12-9 overall, 4-0 inm the KHSAA’s 13th District).
Logan County got back on the court for the first time in a week on Saturday night, and the Cougars traveled across town to knock off Russellville High School, 50-47. Logan County has a high-profile scorer in junior guard Davis Switzer, who is averaging 22 points per game.
In girls basketball, perennial KHSAA 4th Region contender Bowling Green gets back on the court on Monday night to square off with Greenwood. The Lady Purples have had a challenging, up-and-down season to date, and they’ll take a 9-9 overall record into the road game with the Lady Gators (9-9 overall, 3-1 in the KHSAA’s 14th District).
Bowling Green is unbeaten in four district games.
“We’ve been able to get in the gym,” BGHS coach Calvin Head said. “We didn’t have a game scheduled for last week, until (the postponed game with Greenwood). We’ve still got some things to cleanup, but we’re heading in the right direction.
“Tomorrow’s game is huge, for both of us.”
TO THE KHSAA TATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2023.
Bowling Green city schools will be back in class on Monday, while county schools will continue with NTI days. (Non-traditional instruction.) Greenwood boys coach Will McCoy said it’s been a challenge for some players to get to practice, across the county, and he’s hopeful a predicted warming pattern will make it easier for everyone involved.
“Some of those county roads are still pretty tough, getting around,” McCoy said. “When we got on the bus, over at South, in our last game, we had no idea we wouldn’t be playing again for more than a week …”
South Warren will play host to Warren Central in a boys/girls doubleheader on Tuesday, with the girls game scheduled for a 6 p.m. start. South Warren’s boys are 13-5 overall and 2-2 in district play.
“I think everybody is ready to get back out there,” Warren Central coach William Unseld said.
No doubt about that.
THE 2024-25 SEASON AS
THE SWEET 16 RUNNER-UP.
A NEW DAY ON MONDAY MORNING …