The Shadow
The Covington Cougars varsity boys and girls basketball teams won on Thursday night against the Craig County Rockets.
The boys team, defeated the Rockets by the final score of 48-47.
The Cougars held off the Rockets comeback attempt in the fourth quarter.
As the game was winding down in the closing seconds, Nathan Fisher, had a chance to win the game, but attempted a three-pointer from beyond half court.
Ashton Cook, led the Cougars with a team-high 14 points. Cook, was also a defensive nightmare for the Rockets, as he grabbed down a team-high of eight rebounds.
Matthew Lucas, scored 14 points to lead the way for the Rockets.
In the girls game, the Cougars narrowly escaped with a 49-46 victory.
Down 46-45 with just over 30 seconds left in the game, Cristi Persinger, found an open Christina Terrell, who knocked down a go-ahead three-pointer that put the Cougars ahead for good 48-46.
Persinger, led all scorers, with 15 points.
Both teams are hosting the first round of the Pioneer District tournament this evening.
The girls are the number four seed and host the Rockets. While the boys locked up the number three seed and host the Bath County Chargers following the girls game.
Rockets at Cougars
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Ttl
CCH 11 8 8 18 47
CHS 10 11 13 14 48
Rockets Statistics
Player Pts Reb Ast Stl
Lucas 14 1 2 –
Moore 2 3 1 1
Peters – 6 7 1
Crawford 13 9 3 1
Fisher 12 5 1 –
M. Huffman 6 2 – 1
Cougars Statistics
Player Pts Reb Ast Stl
Cook 14 8 2 6
Turner 9 6 3 3
Dressler 5 2 1 1
Rodgers 9 3 – 1
Williams 7 – 5 –
Weinger 2 – – –
Maloney 2 – 3 –
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Cougars at Rockets
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Ttl
CHS 5 18 15 11 49
CCHS 11 7 13 15 46
Cougars Statistics
Player Pts Reb Ast Stl
Persinger 15 7 5 10
L. Bragg 13 10 – 2
Terrell 10 3 2 1
H. Reynolds 3 2 2 –
Bartley 6 13 1 2
Rose 2 4 – –
