UNIONTOWN — Uniontown High’s Eagle boys left no doubt it was their night — senior night at UHS — Tuesday.
The Eagles dominated the first eight minutes, 21-6, against visiting Southern Coffey County High’s Titans. They cruised to a 55-44 win over the 1-18 Titans to end the regular season.
Southern Coffey County High’s Lady Titans were coming off a 43-42 loss to Lebo on Friday and stepping on the Eagle girls’ court on senior night. Trailing 40-33 going into the fourth quarter, it appeared the Lady Titans were going to lose to their hosts.
“This was a really tough one to lose. We felt like we had it and let it get away at the end,” said Ken Holt, Eagle girls’ head coach.
The Lady Titans pulled out a 54-51 win on a 21-11 surge in the final eight minutes.
Uniontown’s boys are 15-5 for the season and the girls are 13-7. Uniontown hosts a Class 2A substate tournament next week.
Seedings and pairings for the tournament come out later today.
Southern Coffey County’s boys and girls await the seedings and pairings for the Class 1A, Division I substate at St. Paul.
For the Eagle boys, Zach Travis fired in 17 points and Brenton Essling added 12.
“Our seniors played well tonight. I was proud of their effort,” said Nathan Hinrichs, UHS boys’ head coach.
Southern Coffey County was led by Scott Fischer and Aaron True with 16 points each.
The girls’ game was pretty close the whole way through. Uniontown led 34-30 at halftime.
Ashton Isch went 10 of 12 at the free-throw line in leading the Lady Titans with 24 points. Breanna Isch fired in 12 points.
Hayden Rathbun had 15 points and six rebounds for Uniontown. Jacy Ermel tossed in 15 points and pulled down nine rebounds.
Hope Jurgensen had seven rebounds. Tayler Shook dished out six assists.
