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Raiders Claim Top Spot in District Tourney Seeding
With a 75-47 win at Monticello last Wednesday the McCreary Central Raiders wrapped up the number one spot in the 48th District regular season standings.
The win gave McCreary a 5-0 mark in district play with only one game, at Wayne County, left to play.
The Raiders game at Wayne County has now been postponed by weather twice after the Friday night snowstorm prevented the teams from tipping off Saturday night.
A date to make up this weekend’s postponment has not yet been set.
With the top seed going into the tournament McCreary will face Monticello in the opening round with the winner gaining an automatic entry in the 12th Region tournament which will be played at Pulaski County High School.
Monticello is currently winless in district play with only one game left against Wayne County and is already guaranteed to finish last in the district race regardless of the outcome against the Cards.
Wayne and Southwestern are still trying to settle the second and third seed between themselves but that battle is esentially only for the right to be listed as the home team when the two face off in the opening round of the district tournament.
In Wednesday’s game McCreary got off to a somewhat slow start and led the Trojans by only four points, 15-11 at the end of the first quarter.
The Raiders were able to shift into high gear through the middle quarters though outscoring Monticello 23-6 in the second and then expanding the 38-18 halftime lead with a 22-13 advantage in the third to make the score 60-30 going into the final period of play.
Senior Zack Roark led McCreary with 23 points while Ben Wright and Jacob Dixon added 15 each to help the Raiders improve to a regional best 16-5 and 11-1 against teams from within the 12th Region.
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Turnovers hamper Raiders in 42-6 loss in season opener
The McCreary Central football season kicked off Friday night along with the coaching debut of new Raider head coach Derek Smith. Coming into the season Smith was aware of the challenges that lay ahead after the graduation losses the Raiders
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Raider Football Season Kicks Off Friday
After a seemingly short month and a half on the practice field the McCreary Central Football team will step on the gridiron for real Friday evening as the season begins with the Raiders hosting Pineville.
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Raiders Battle Casey & Heat in First Scrimmage
After some 45 minutes of waiting until the searing heat index dropped to a playable level McCreary Central’s football team finally got to experience some action Friday night in their first preseason scrimmage at Casey County.
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Lady Raiders Open With Win
The McCreary Central Volleyball Team got their season underway on with a two games to one win at Burgin on Thursday night.
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Volleyball and Football Teams Ready For Action
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Saturday Night Short Track Action
Just as they do nearly every sweltering summer Saturday night racers and race fans from around the region converged on Burnside’s Lake Cumberland Speedway for a night of dirt track racing. Some 50 + cars competed in five different classes including one from McCreary County. James
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Gearing Up for Elementary Football Season
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Raider Baseball Team Sends Two More to College Ranks
Following one of the most successful seasons in the schools history the McCreary Central Baseball team placed two of it’s 2010 senior class into the college ranks this past week.
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Local All-Stars Continue Successful Summer
McCreary County’s 7-8 year old coaches pitch all-star team continued their summer tournament play over the weekend in a twelve team event in Columbia.
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McCreary All-Stars Take 2nd Place
McCreary County’s 8 years of age and under “A” All-Star team brought home a runner-up trophy after competing in a seven team coaches pitch tournament Saturday at Russell Springs.
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