North Laurel beats bitter rival South Laurel in 13th Region championship
Central Kentucky high school basketball highlights, scores: Mar. 7
North Laurel took it a step further by beating its bitter rival South Laurel in the 13th Region championship game, 49-44 in overtime on Monday night at The Corbin Arena.
The Jaguars lost to the Cardinals in both regular season matchups, but got revenge in a big way to advance to state and sending its county rivals home.
Two double-overtime games open boys 12th region tournament
In the 12th Region semifinals, Mercer County beat Pulaski County 53-49 and Danville Christian took down Southwestern 47-46 to set the stage for Tuesday night's region championship game.
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