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the Kentucky Colonels of the old American Basketball Association. Clay County, meanwhile, had never advanced past the quarterfinal round in any of its 16 previous trips to the State Tournament. . . .
Hardware and hat tips: These players won the following awards after the championship game:
Most Valuable Player -- Wendell Quarles, Hopkinsville
Ted Sanford Award (basketball ability, academics, sportsmanship, citizenship) -- Spence Shipley, Doss
Boys' Sweet 16 Academic Scholarship (51,000, offered for first time) --Chip Nixon, Metcalfe County
All-Tournament Team -- Rex Chapman, Apollo; Richie Farmer, Clay County; Deron Feldhaus, Mason County; Mike Scott, Greenup County; Jeff Griffin, Oldham County; John Pelphrey, Paintsville; Wendell Quarles, Hopkinsville; Terrence Moorman, Doss; Lamont Ware, Hopkinsville; Woody Asher, Clay County; Jeff Quarles, Hopkinsville; Maurice Jones, Doss.
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a single basketball region (in this case, the 13th) both boys' and girls' state championships in the same year for the first time since girls' basketball was renewed in Kentucky in the 1974-75 season. Another 13th Region school, Whitley County, won the girls' championship Mar. 16 in Bowling Green.
Such an event nearly happened in two other years. Lexington Lafayette (11th Region) won the boys' title in 1979, beating Christian County in the final game. But, the Lafayette girls' team lost the following week to Laurel County in the girls' championship game. Then, in 1980, Louisville Butler (Sixth Region) captured the girls' title, but the boys' Sixth Region champ, Doss, barely lost the boys' tournament to Owensboro. . . .
Hopkinsville made only its second trip to the Sweet 16. In its first trip in 1969, Hopkinsville lost in the quarterfinals 79-51 to eventual champion Central. That Hopkinsville team was led by William "Bird'' Averitt, who later played at Pepperdine and with
Title Game Decided In Final Seconds...
Hopkinsville vs Clay County
being fouled by Pennington to pull the winners even at 59-59 with 2:11 left.
Sophomore Lamont Ware then hit a six-footer after Asher had missed two free throws to put Hopkinsville ahead 61-59 at the 1:35 mark. Asher then drew a foul from Peachers and executed a three-point play that gave Clay County back the lead with 1:08 left. But Ware jumped high for a rebound and scored 15 seconds later, and junior John Calvert sank two free throws after drawing a foul from Farmer to vault Hopkinsville to a 65-62 lead with 40 seconds left.
Pennington brought Clay County close with a driving layup at the 32-second mark. The losers then had their final chance when Wendell Quarles missed the bonus situation.
But it was not to be. Clay County fell one point short in its first trip to the championship game in 17 visits to the State Tournament. It finished its season with a 29-6 record.
Clay County had established its early lead by successfully breaking inside the Hopkinsville 2-3 zone defense for easy baskets by Asher and senior Eddie Smith, jsmith ended the game with 14 points, three less than Asher.
"We felt we could take it to them down low, no question about it," Clay County coach Bobby Keith said. ''But their press wore us down, and we obviously got tired. They are a great team. But we put out a super effort."
Jeff Quarles scored 18 points to lead Hopkinsville, which finished the year with a 27-5 record. Hopkinsville made the State Tournament despite losing to Christian County in the final of its district. Hopkinsville was one of five district runners-up to appear in this year's State Tournament.
Both teams stand a good chance of returning next season. Both lose only two starters. Farmer, who won praise from coaches throughout the State Tournament, will be only a sophomore next year.
"It's hard to believe Farmer's a freshman," Hallmark said after the final. "He may really do something up here someday. But tonight was our night."
Hallmark looked relieved. For Hopkinsville, the defense finally could rest.
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All year long, Hopkinsville coach Daryl Hallmark had said that his team had won ballgames with its defense.
Saturday night, Hopkinsville won a state championship with it.
For Hopkinsville, the final game ended in appropriate fashion. It led 13th Region titlist Clay County by a single point -- 65-64. Hopkinsville's Wendell Quarles, who could have iced the win, missed the front end of a bonus situation at the free throw line with 11 seconds left.
Woody Asher, Clay County's 6-6 junior center, grabbed the rebound and fired a crisp outlet pass to junior forward Sean Pennington. Pennington drove the right sideline, surely with visions of Paul Andrews dancing in his head. Andrews, you'll remember, had hit a last-second shot in the State Tournament final three years ago that broke a 51-51 tie and gave Laurel County the state title in exciting fashion.
Sadly for Pennington, Andrews' magic was absent from Rupp Arena Saturday night. What's more, Pennington couldn't even get off a shot.
Thank the Hopkinsville defense for that. Quarles cut in front of Pennington along the sideline in frontcourt. Pennington stopped and turned as if to cut to the left. But as he did, Quarles' brother, Jeff, slapped the ball away from Pennington. A scramble ensued, with Hopkinsville's Mike Peachers knocking the ball away from a Clay County player as the buzzer sounded.
What made the loss all the more painful for Clay County is that it held a six-point lead (59-53) with 3:39 to play. Freshman Richie Farmer, who ended the tournament leading Clay County in scoring with 69 points, hit a driving layup at that point to establish that margin.
Hopkinsville obviously was unconcerned. "That's the way my kids have played all year," coach Daryl Hallmark said. "It doesn't upset them at all to be behind. They seem to play tougher defense when they know they've got to catch up."
The Quarles brothers helped Hopkinsville catch up immediately. Wendell hit a 17-footer, Jeff connected from eight feet after his own missed shot, and Jeff hit two free throws after
CLAY COUNTY 44 PUytr      min  la fga   ft H rtb    i  pf tp
Pennington.. 32    7   12    5    9    3    1    2 19
Smith........... 32    6   10    2    3    5    1    4 14
Asher........... 297938   10   03 17
Farmer........        32    7   13    0    0    3    23 14
Hoskins........ 32    0    0    0    0    1    7    1 0
Jackson......... 300001000
Team ........... 2
Totals .....        140   27   44   10   20   25   11    13 44
HOPKINSVILLE.................. 10 22  IS  18 -45
CLAY COUNTY................... It  17   17  14 -44
Shooting percentages  Hopkinsville 44.4, Clay County 41.4. Errors  Hopkinsville 8, Clay County 17.
HOPKINSVILLE 45
Playtr      min fg foa ft fta rtb s pf tp
W. Quarles... 32 5   13 0 1    2 8 ,1 10
Binkley........        24 2    5 0 0    4 0 1 4
Doerner.........         4 1    1 0 0    3 0 1 2
Ware............           30 8   18 0 2    7 1 4 14
J. Quarles... 32 8   14 2 2    8 1 4 18
Peachers......      28 4   12 1 2    6 1 3 13
Calvert........         10 0    1 2 2    1 0 0 2
Team ........... 2
Totals ----        140 3044 5 932 11 1445
Atttndanca
State Tourney Action
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Clay County 75-61 in the semifinal round of the State Tournament.
Doss had beaten one mountain school, Breathitt County, easily in first-round play. But after outlasting Mason County in overtime Friday, Doss met one mountain team too many in a talented Clay County club that pressed Doss into submission in the second half.
"We just had some trouble getting through the mountains," Mudd said. "We got past Breathitt County, but then we took a detour and ran into Clay County. We just couldn't get all the way through the mountains."
Doss ran broadside into the mountain during the second half.
A three-point play by Doss guard Terrence Moorman had given Doss a 45-36 cushion with 3:55 left in the third quarter. At that point, the Clay County press asserted itself, Doss appeared to run out of gas. The result? Fourteen straight Clay County points and a 50-45 Clay County lead with 6:45 to play.
	DOSS						
	mln fg-a		ft-a	rb	a	Pi	tp 18
Clark Carroll	21	7-14	4-5	4	0	4	
Maurice Jones ...	31	4-12	4-4	7	1	4	12
Mark Lyons......	27	1-2	0-0	4	0	4	2
Terrence Moorman	31	7-13	1-1	3	2	3	15
Spence Shipley ..	31	5-10	0-0	9	0	4	10
Charles Mudd	8	1-2	0-0	4	0	3	2
Chris Jennings ...	3	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0
Brandy Monks	4	0-1	0-1	1	0	1	0
Charles Wathen ..	1	0-0	2-2	1	0	3	2
Willie Hudgins . ..	1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0
Jerome Gootee...	1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
Mike Bigham	1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0
Team				3			
Totals	160 25-57 11-13 39				3-26 61		
CLAY COUNTY
Name............mln
Sean Pennington... 31
Eddie Smith.......30
Woody Asher......31
Richie Farmer.....31
Jamie Hoskins.....31
Mark Jackson ... David Collins Michael Walker. Kevin Jackson . Charlie Robinson Chester Wagers Team Total*
fg-a ft-a rb
4- 10 2-3 6 7-12 4-4 3
5- 8   8-10 13 1 7-21  6-6 6 0-1    7-10 0
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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0 3 0 1 '4
1
2 0 0
0 4
0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
pf tp
10
18 IS 20 7 0 0 0 0 2 0
160 23-52 29-35 29 5 11 75
Doss...................... 16 16 13 1661
Clay Co.................... 14 18 14 2975
Field-goal shooting: Doss. 43.9; Clay Co., 44.2. Free-throw shooting Doss. 84.6; Clay Co., 82.8. Turnovers: Doss. 19, Clay Co.. 6. Technicals: none. Officials Ernie Liggett. Jim Long. Attendance 17.000.
Semifinals
Hopkinsville vs Oldham
In the end, it was clear that Oldham County had played its hand too soon.
Desperately wanting to make the state championship game later Saturday night, Oldham County -- the Eighth Regon champion -- threw its aces on the table. It scored 17 straight points in the second half, which enabled it to rally from a 46-34 deficit to vault to a 51-46 lead with 4:32 remaining.
But Hopkinsville, knowing it wasn't in trouble, then played its trump card --and Oldham County could do nothing but fold.
Hopkinsville later scored 10 consecutive points of its own to squash Oldham County's momentum and assume a 60-55 lead with 47 seconds to play. Hopkinsville went on to post a 66-59 victory and advance to the final against Clay County.
Wendell Quarles, a 5-foot-11 senior guard, hit three straight baskets to fuel Hopkinsville's 10-0 run. He finished the game with 20 points on eight-for-20 shooting. Brother Jeff Quarles added 17 points for the winners.
Mat Slechter, a 6-5 senior forward, keyed Oldham County's pivotal comeback by scoring six of the 17 points. Slecter led all scored with 21 points for Oldham County, which finished its season with a 24-8 record.
HOPKINSVILLE
Name............mln fg-a ft-a rb a pf tp
Wendell Quarles ... 32  8-18 4-4 4 2 2 20
Jimbo Binkley.....21   2-9   2-2 1 13 6
Mike Peachers .... 30  4-8   0-0 6 0 4 8
Lamont Ware......23  5-14 1-2 5 0 5 11
Jeff Quarles.......32   7-12 3-4 8 1 2 17
John Calvert......17  2-4   0-0 1 00 4
Jens Doerner......         5   0-0   0-0 0 01 0
Team 3
Totals                 160 28-6510-12 28 4 17 66
OLDHAM COUNTY Name............mln fg-a ft-a   rb a pf tp
Ricky Oldham.....28   1-4   0-0   6   0 0 2
Man Slechter......30  7-9   7-8   10 1 2 21
Jerry Crosby...... 16  4-7   0-0   2   0 1 8
Jeff Griffin........32   7-15 4-8   5   2 4 18
Kelly Hoggard.....25   1-3   0-0   2   1 5 2
Craig Nold........ 9   1-1    1-1    1    0 1 3
Tim Griffin........ 7   0-1    0-0   1   0 0 0
David Hicks.......13  1-1   3-3   1   10 5
Team 1
Totals 1 SO 22-41 15-20 29 S 13 59
Hopklnsvllla................ 12 18 16 2066
Oldham Co................. 11 10 19 1959
Field-goal shooting: Hopkinsville 43 0. Oldham Co.. 53.6 Free-throw shooting. Hopkinsville. 83.3, Oldham Co. 75.0. Turnovers Hopkinsville. 12, Oldham Co 24 Technicals. Oldham Co bench. Officials: Angle Casey. Robert Hatfield Attendance 16.000