Rubber game, region berth to Cards

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Tyrion Taylor (31), Spirit Smith (5), A.J. Vaught (22) and Austin Webster (23) try to figure out the direction of the ball during Taylor County's 62-41 20th District Tournament win over Campbellsville on Tuesday.

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Taylor County's Caleb Wigginton (14) blocks the shot of A.J. Vaught (22) of Campbellsville during 20th District Tournament first-round action.

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Quentin Goodin, who scored 16 of his game-high 26 points in the first half, drives against Campbellsville's Kendon Young in Taylor County's first-round district triumph.

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George Ray Bailey made the trek to Columbia with his buddy Clem Haskins to watch the Eagles and Cardinals in a distirct elimination contest.

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Justin Hazel, who plays baseball and golf for Taylor County, cheers on the Cardinal hoopsters vs. Campbellsville.

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Campbellsville superintendent Mike Deaton takes care of granddaughter Kadence while watching the Eagle boys battle Taylor County.

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Taylor County made it eight straight first-round wins and 12 in the last 13 years with a 62-41 victory over Campbellsville on Tuesday night in Columbia.
The Cardinals (15-14) trailed 7-3 after Eagle freshman A.J. Vaught hit a pair of 3-pointers. However, Taylor County, which led 29-24 at half-time, tallied the first nine points of the third quarter and never led by less than double digits from there.
Cards’ freshman Quentin Goodin tallied 16 of his game-high 26 points in the first half while Caleb Wigginton had nine of his 17 early in the third frame. Goodin also had 11 assists while Wigginton grabbed 10 rebounds.
Senior Bradley Bates had 13 for CHS (13-18) and Vaught 11.

Cards 62,
Eagles 41
20th District Tournament
at Adair County
First round
CHS    9    15    5    12    —    41
TCHS    11    18    13    20    —    62
Campbellsville (41)
Player, pos.    FG    FT    TP
Young, f    3    3-4    9
Hash, f    0    2-2    2
Caldwell, c    1    0-3    2
Vaught, g    4    1-2    11
Bates, g    5    2-8    13
D. Smith    2    0-0    4
Durham    0    0-0    0
Taylor    0    0-0    0
Barrera    0    0-0    0
Lasley    0    0-0    0
Dial    0    0-0    0
Horn    0    0-0    0
Hunter    0    0-0    0
Bailey    0    0-0    0
Totals    15    8-19    41

Taylor County (62)
Player, pos.    FG    FT    TP
Wigginton, f    5    6-9    17
Webster, f    3    0-0    6
Cundiff, c    0    1-2    1
S. Smith, g    3    1-2    8
Goodin, g    9    6-8    26
VanMeter    0    0-0    0
Gregory    1    2-4    4
Chewning    0    0-0    0
Quinn    0    0-0    0
Berry    0    0-0    0
Totals    21    16-25    62
3-pointers — CHS 3 (Vaught 2, Bates 1), TCHS 4 (Goodin 2, Wigginton 1, S. Smith). Officials — Glenn Spalding, Wayne Edwards, Mike Holt.