By Clayton Carroll

PINEVILLE, KY (WLAF)- For the Cougars’ Christmas tourney, the Orange-and-Blue traveled to Pineville, Kentucky, and played at Bell County High School on Friday, Saturday, and Monday.

On Friday, the Cougars played Jackson County, Kentucky, in game one of the Redmond Auto Classic.

It was a back-and-forth first three quarters between the Cougars and the Generals. The fourth quarter was all Campbell.

When the horn sounded the Cougars won game one 63-54.

Luke Browning led scoring with 24 points; Gavin Cox was right behind him with 17 points. Eight points came from Gavin Owens, seven from Jake Hatmaker. Will Croley and Keegan Nelson rounded out the scoring column with two points each.

In game two on Saturday, Campbell battled the host team. The Bobcats of Bell County stood in the way of a championship game for Campbell. That road block was one the Cougars could not get around.

Bell County blitzed Campbell in the first quarter scoring 25 points and leading by ten plus points. The ‘Cats maintained at least an eight point lead throughout the game.

Campbell rallied, cutting the lead to single digits at one point, but it would not get any closer.

Bell County defeated the Cougars by a final score of 76-66.

Four Cougars finished in double digits. Gavin Cox totaled 18 points, Luke Browning chalked up 15, Gavin Owens finished with 14 points, and Keegan Nelson scored 10 points. Also in the scoring column was Jake Hatmaker with six, and Will Croley totaled two.

From Berea, Kentucky, the Madison Southern Eagles were the opponent for your Cougars in the third place game on Monday evening.

Late in the game, the Cougars were down by as many as 18 points. Campbell again rallied, cutting the deficit to six points with 1:40 to go in the basketball game. Then the Orange-and-Blue found themselves down five with just over a minute to go thanks to a Jake Hatmaker three.

However, Southern sunk its free throws, winning by a tally of 75-68.

For a second game in a row, four Cougars finished with double digits. Tops in scoring for the Orange-and-Blue in game three was Luke Browning with 18 points. Will Croley finished with 15 points. Jake Hatmaker scored 11 points; Gavin Cox tallied 10. Gavin Owens contributed seven points. Keegan Nelson scored four points, Brady Hatmaker rounded out the column with 3 points.

Campbell, 8 & 6 in all games and 1 & 1 in District 3, is away from game action until January 3rd when it hosts the Clinton Dragons. Stay connected to the WLAF-Doyle’s Tire Sports Network for all the action which consists of AM 1450, FM 100.9, Alexa on your Amazon enabled devices and live televised coverage over WLAF-TV Channel 1089, 1450wlaf.com, Roku TV, YouTube, Facebook, Amazon Fire TV, and Twitch.

Results:

Tue., Nov. 19 H Lady Cougars 51 William Blount 44 .. William Blount 61 Cougars 59

Thu., Nov. 21 A Lady Cougars 52 Oliver Springs 12 .. Cougars 75 Oliver Springs 47

Mon., Nov. 25 N Lakeway Christian Academy 58 Cougars 50 – Claiborne Tourney

Tue., Nov. 26 N Lady Cougars 67 Carter 22 – Gibbs Tourney

Fri., Nov. 29 N Lady Cougars 45 Morristown East 42 – Gibbs Tourney

Fri., Nov. 29 N Cougars 66 West Greene 54 – Claiborne Tourney

Sat., Nov. 30 N Lady Cougars 57 Gibbs 21- Gibbs Tournament Champions

Sat., Nov. 30 N Cougars 63 Hancock County 60- 3rd Place Claiborne Tourney

Tue., Dec. 3 A Lady Cougars 50 Clinton 26 .. Cougars 61 Clinton 54

Sat., Dec. 7 A Lady Cougars 56 William Blount 54 .. William Blount 59 Cougars 43

Tue., Dec. 10 H Lady Cougars 63 Knoxville Central 36 .. Knoxville Central 52 Cougars 51

Fri., Dec. 13 A Lady Cougars 67 Karns 46 .. Cougars 58 Karns 47

Mon., Dec. 16 A Heritage 52 Lady Cougars 36 .. Cougars 66 Heritage 64 (OT)

Tue., Dec. 17 H Lady Cougars 57 Oneida 39 .. Cougars 74 Oneida 46

Fri., Dec. 20 N Cougars 63 Jackson County, Kentucky 54– Bell County Tourney

Sat., Dec. 21 N Bell County, Kentucky 76 Cougars 66– Bell County Tourney

Mon., Dec. 23 N Madison Southern, Kentucky 75 Cougars 68– Bell County Tourney

Campbell County High School 2024-2025 Boys’ Basketball Roster

1 HATMAKER, Jake

2 NELSON, Keegan

3 DOTSON, Hunter

4 PERKINS, Tyler

5 HATMAKER, Brady

10 BROWNING, Luke

11 SEXTON, Sam

12 COX, Gavin

13 HEATHERLY, Caden

14 OWENS, Gavin

24 CROLEY, Will

30 WALKER, Hunter

55 GRAHAM, Braydon

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Alco Builders & Realty

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Local Realtor Gage Dople

La Follette Nutrition

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Mills Doors & More

E.E. Hill & Son Insurance

Community Trust Bank

Bullock Law Firm

Greeneview Farms Market

Lindsay’s Carpet & Paint Center

Hensley Tire & Service

Citizens Bank

Clayton Homes

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Cumberland Equipment Rentals

Smith Metals and Dock Sales

Be.you.tiful MedSpa

Jeffrey Coller- Attorney at Law

Holston Gases

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Hearthside Bank

Hammer’s Dry Goods

Gray Insurance Group

C & C Concrete

TCAT

Builtwell Bank

(WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 12/24/2024-6AM)

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