Marion sweeps CHS in boys' district basketball

Campbellsville High School’s boys fought back from a game-long deficit to grab the lead only to see Marion County’s DeShawn Douglas drain a three with less than eight seconds left for a 41-39 Knight win in Paul J. Coop Gymnasium on Friday night.
The Eagles had out-scored the visitors 10-2 in the final quarter before Douglas’ trey proved to be the game winner.
Jordan Percell paced Campbellsville with 14 points and 12 rebounds while Douglas led Marion County with 13 and Carlos Litsey added 11.
Neither squad shot well from the field as Marion County missed 29 of 43 shots (32.6 percent) and Campbellsville was 11-35 (31.4).
The loss was CHS’ second in two games this season with Marion County and dropped the Eagles’ district record to 1-2. The Knights are 2-1 with a loss to Adair County (2-0) while Taylor County is 0-2.
The Eagles visit Green County in a first-round game in the Touchstone Energy Fifth Region All “A” Classic. Monday’s victor plays the Fort Knox at Washington County survivor on Friday at Caverna. The championship game is set for Saturday.

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Jordan Percell, who had 14 points and 12 rebounds, slices between a pair of Marion County defenders

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Tevin Taylor drives to the hoop during the Eagles' district loss to Marion County

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Matthew Davis, who joined the 1,000-point club on Jan. 8, was presented his trophy-case basketball before Campbellsvile's home game vs. Marion County on Jan. 14.

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Carol Gossage was officially named as Campbellsville High School’s inductee for the Fifth Region Athletic Directors Hall of Fame at Friday night’s Campbellsville-Marion County game. Joining her at the pre-game ceremony are her husband, Ron, her son-in-law and daughter Brian and Cindy Brinkmoeller and her son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter Brian, Debbie and Riley Gossage.

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