This past Saturday was the last day of this year’s National City/KHSAA Boys’ Sweet 16® State Basketball Tournament at Rupp Arena. The Semifinals were decided by two matches earlier in the day, at 10:00am and 11:30am. The final took place at night at 8:00pm, and was definitely a match to remember. Hit the jump below to read the results of Saturday’s games.

Session 7 started with West Jessamine (28-8) vs. Central (18-14). West Jessamine had already knocked out Hazard in the first round, and Grayson County in the second round, and had the better record of the two teams. Although Central’s season record wasn’t quite as pretty, they knocked out Graves County and the ever-powerful Eastern. The game was well fought on both sides. Both teams had fought hard to get to the tournament, and fought hard while there to get to the semifinals. In the end, Central came through with the win, netting 52 points to West Jessamine’s 48. The game following that one was Holmes (34-2) vs. Elliott County (32-2). Holmes proved last year that they are a force to be reckoned with, making it all the way to the finals only to come up short. They have come back this year as strong as ever, with the best record going into the tournament. Elliott County is no stranger to winning either, tied for the second best record coming into the tournament. Holmes once again proved their strength and knocked out Elliott County by scoring 67 points to their 57.

Later that night, the finals kicked off at 8:00pm. It was the underdog Central (19-14) vs. the team with the best record, Holmes (35-2). Not only did both teams do an amazing job throughout the tournament, but they really brought it all for the final game. In easily the best game of the tournament, Holmes ended up coming out with the win scoring 67 to Central’s 63. The most amazing thing is that the game went into double overtime! Congratulations to Holmes on winning the tournament! Also congrats to Central for an amazing game and for being the runner up.

Stay tuned for next year’s coverage. Same blog time, same blog channel.