The favorites lived up to expectations in the Logan County Middle School Basketball Tournament, played at Logan County High School February 2 ^nd, 4^th and 6^th. Not only did the top-seeded Olmstead Lady Rams and Lewisburg Rangers win championships, but every higher seed took home victories in the first four games.

Olmstead played with precision and skill in beating Adairville 43-8 in the girls finals. It was the second straight championship for the team coached by Daniel Alvis and Chris Wilcutt. The Lady Rams shot, rebounded, passed and defended effectively and fundamentally. They did all the little things that championship teams are trained to do.

Post player Rachel Barnett scored 6 of the Lady Rams' first 10 points, and guard Taleia Mason hit a pair of 3-pointers to give the champs perimeter firepower. Mason finished with 12 points. Logan Williamson, who has run the offense from her point guard position in both championship seasons and is still only a seventh grader, added 11 points while Barnet and Cierra Johnson each scored 8.

Adairville's Brianna Wooden ended a 20-0 Olmstead run with a goal at the 3:42 mark in the half. She had another bucket in the game with Laura Hendricks and Grace McLellan added a goal each. The Lady Cardinals never gave up, playing hard until the end for coaches Todd Webb, Bill Hendricks and Jennifer Webb.

The Lady Rams, who attended summer camp at a Georgetown College along with the Logan County varsity and junior varsity teams, had a great season. In addition to going 10-0 against county teams, they went 2-0 against County, 1-1 vs. Hopkinsville, 1-1 vs. Warren County schools Moss and South Warren, 2-1 vs. Owensboro Catholic, 7-0 against all other Owensboro schools, 2-1 vs. Breckinridge Middle, 1-0 vs. Butler County, 2-0 vs. Scott County, and 7-0 vs. Georgetown schools.

The boys finals was close to the end. Auburn was leading by a point when Lewisburg's Garrison Rosser hit a 3-pointer with 20 seconds remaining. Auburn's Michael Riley, who had scored all 13 of the Tigers' first-half points, hit a free throw as Rosser fouled out with 11 seconds. Tiger coach Josh Hall called a timeout between free throws, and Riley missed the second. Dalton Furlow grabbed the rebound and hit both free throws to make the lead three. Taylor Owens, who appeared to be Auburn's designated shooter, missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer. Owens' points in the game came from the foul line. He hit a pair of free throws twice within 11 seconds to pull the Tigers within two both times, and Riley hit two to tie the game at 28-28.

The Rangers, who were coached by Gerald Tabb, Ronnie Rosser and Travis Anderson, built a five-point lead to start the third quarter on a 3-pointer by Quinton Nash and a goal by Hunter Crafton. Nash had a super game, including blocking some of the Tigers' long-range shots.

Rosser, who had scored 14 in a close win over Adairville in the semifinals, scored 15 in this one. Crafton added 10 and Nash 6.

The Saturday afternoon semifinal games matching Adairville and Auburn were both close. The Lady Cardinals won 27-22 in overtime with Laura Hendricks hitting a 3-pointer and Lauren Batten and Brooke Barnes also scoring in OT. Batten led Coach Todd Webb's winners with 10 points. Kaitlynne Fisher led Auburn with 12 points while Sierra Morrow had 6. Fisher hit a pair of 3-pointers in the third quarter, and Morrow scored on a drive to pull Auburn to within one at the break.

The fourth quarter was very low scoring. Morrow gave the Lady Tigers the lead by hitting a 3-pointer with 4:30 remaining, but Auburn didn't score again in regulation. Lady Card Batten hit the only other field goal of the quarter to tie it with 50 seconds remaining.

In overtime, Batten hit a shot and Hendricks hit a 3-pointer with 57.2 seconds. Auburn's Fisher responded with her third trey of the game to pull her team to within two, but Barnes scored on an assist from Batten, and Ann-Meguiar Bouldin sealed it with a free throw at 11.7 seconds.

Riley of Auburn and sixth grader Austin Rayno of Adairville each scored 17 in the boys game, but Riley got more help in the Tigers' 36-31 win. Rayno, who had scored 19 points in a game the year before as a fifth grader, hit four 3-pointers, all but one in the 2nd quarter, to bring the Cardinals back from a 23-12 halftime deficit to a 29-25 lead, but Owens made two steals and hit a layup and a 3-pointer to put the Tigers up. Point guard Jackson Allen hit a pair of treys for the Cardinals, but his foul trouble hurt his team. When he was in the game, Adairville fared much better than when he was on the bench. He was good at getting the ball to Rayno or hitting the open shot himself. With him out, Rayno had to do more ball handling and less shooting.

In the nightcap Saturday, Olmstead beat Lewisburg 48-29 with eight girls scoring, led by Johnson's 10, Taylor Borders' 8, Williamson's 7 and Mason's 6. Breanna Baptiste topped Coach Anderson's LMS team with 8. Lauren Burnett and Brittany Wilhelm each scored 4.

The Lewisburg boys led 10-0 after a quarter with Rosser scoring 7. Then Furlow scored the first 5 points of the second period to make it 15-0. Olmstead roared back with Garcia scoring all 11 of his points in the second half. OMS trailed only 27-17 when Coach Tabb's Rangers rebuilt their 15-point lead. Quentin Nash hit a 3-pointer and Jordan Hendrix scored two quick buckets; LMS led 34-19. The Rams' Andrew Martin hit a trey and Garcia put in two quick buckets, but the Rangers finished the game 12-3 for a 46-29 win. Rosser led the winners with 14, Nash 12 and Furlow 9. Dalton Nash finished second to Garcia with 7 for OMS.

In the opening round Thursday, the Lewisburg girls eliminated Coach Nick Hildabrand's Lady Bears 42-13. Jordan Goss scored 17 and Breanna Baptiste 14 for LMS. Amber Carroll, Desirae Powell and Kaleigh Robertson led Chandlers.

The Olmstead Rams of Coaches Todd Gill and Justin Adams won 43-26 over Chandlers. Garcia had 16 for the winners. Coach Stanley Fleming's Bears were led by Tristan Armstrong with 10, Jordan Blick 7and Kaleb Justice 7.

GIRLS

FINALS

Score by quarters: 1) OMS 12-0, 2) 28-2, 3) 37-6, Final) Olmstead 43, Adairville 8

OMS (43) Taleia Mason 12, Logan Williamson 11, Rachel Barnett 8, Cierra Johnson 8, Taylor Borders 2, Claire Wilson 2, Keechera Palacios, Molly Latham, LeeAnn Coots, Kameron Higgins, Carlie Alvis, Haleigh Duncan

AdMS (8) Brianna Wooden 4, Laura Hendricks 2, Grace McLellan 2, Brooke Barnes, Lauren Batten, Ann-Meguiar Bouldin, Taylor Ward, Christian Lynch, Amanda Crutchfield, Jordan Woodard, Kristen Hendricks, Rachel Pitts, Hannah Mimms, Olivia Bouldin

SEMIFINALS

Score by quarters: 1) 2-2, 2) AdMS 9-7, 3) 17-16, 4)19-19, Final) Adairville 27, Auburn 22

AdMS (27) Lauren Batten 10, Brianna Wooden 5, Brooke Barnes 4, Ann-Meguiar Bouldin 3, Laura Hendricks 3, Taylor Ward 2, Lynch

AuMS (22) Kaitlynne Fisher 12, Sierra Morris 6, Courtney McGinnis 2, Teanna Gray 2, Reagan Cole, Sarah Beth Hale, Victoria Welsh

Score by quarters: 1) OMS 16-6, 2) 16-9, 3) 40-13, Final) Olmstead 42, Lewisburg 20

OMS (42) Johnson 10, Borders 8, Williamson 7, Mason 6, Barnett 4, Coots 3, Wilson 2, Palacios 2, Edwards, Alvis

LMS (20 ) Breanna Baptiste 8, Lauren Burnett 4, Brittany Wilhelm 4, Jordan Goss 2, Maleea Reno 2, Karla Inscoe, Hannah Goss, Brooklyn Ray, Caitlyn Hardison, Madison Collins, Kella Heltsley, Meridith Johnson

First Round

Score by quarters: 1) LMS 10-2, 2) 18-5, 3) 30-10, Final) Lewisburg 41, Chandlers 13

LMS (41) Jordan Goss 17, Breanna Baptiste 14, Brittany Wilhelm 2, Meridith Johnson 2, Burnett, Reno, Inscoe, Heltsley, H. Goss, Collins, Ray, Hardison

CMS (13) Amber Carroll 5, Desirae Powell 3, Kaleigh Robertson 3, Kaitlyn Storms 2, Madisyn Newkirk, Carlyn Abney, Shelbi Hyde, Dixie Shoemake, Chelsea cummings, Alexis Chick, Kassidy Justice

BOYS

FINALS

Score by quarters: 1) AuMS 7-6, 2) LMS 15-13, 3) LMS 24-21, Final) Lewisburg 36, Auburn 33

LMS (36) Garrison Rosser 15, Hunter Crafton 10, Quinton Nash 6, Dalton Furlow 4, Jordan Hendrix 1, Jarrett Hamilton

AuMS (33) Michael Riley 17, Taylor Owens 4, Easton May 4, Austin Bagby 4, Kenny Cornist 4, Jack Wright, Erik Williams

SEMIFINALS

Score by quarters: 1) LMS 14-0, 2) 18-9, 3) 32-14, Final) Lewisburg 46, Olmstead 29

LMS (46) Garrison Rosser 14, Q.uinton Nash 12, Dalton Furlow 9, Jordan Hendrix 6, Hunter Crafton 3, Blake Taylor 2, Jarrett Hamilton, Mykal Hampton, Easton Nash, Brilee Harris, Jonathan Furlow

OMS (29) Lorenzo Garcia 11, Dalton Nash 7, Andrew Martin 5, Billy Vick 4, Brendan Shanklin 2, Kenton Howard, Patrick Cruz, Will Bingham, Tanner Baldwin, David Coleman, Mason Parker, Noah Stahl

Score by quarters: 1) AuMS 12-6, 2) 23-14, 3) AdMS 29-25, Final) Auburn 36, Adairville 31

AuMS (36) Michael Riley 17, Taylor Owens 7, Austin Bagby 4, Easton May 4, Kenny Cornist 4, Jack Wright, Koby Wall, Kelby Epley

AdMS (31) Austin Rayno 17, Jackson Allen 7, Jackson Campbell 4, Sedale Shannon 3, Zach Caudill, Will Robey, Nick Wooden, Dayton Thompson

First Round

Score by quarters: 1) OMS 6-4, 2) 17-12, 3) 27-19, Final) Olmsted 43, Chandlers 26

OMS (43) Lorenzo Garcia 16, Andrew Martin 6, Kenton, Howard 5, Noah Stahl 4, Billy Vick 3, Will Bingham 3, Dalton Nash 2, Patrick Cruz 2, Mason Parker 2, Baldwin, Coleman, Shanklin

CMS (26)

Tristan Armstrong 10, Jordan Blick 7, Kaleb Justice 7, Devin Mayhugh 2, Dontavius Bland, Dalyn Chapman, Jadin Collins, Travis Collins, Connor Hopkins, Logan Houchens, Jesse Lashley, Matt Tinsley, Brian Webb