SportsDecember 23, 2005
Members of the Scott County Central boys basketball team, from left: Front -- Toby Heeb, Josh Chamberlain, Avery Williams, D.D. Gillespie, Robert Jones, Zack Blackmon; Back -- Mark Freed, Drew Thomas, Pershard Owens, Josh Holman, Caleb Johnson and Curtis Avance.
Members of the Scott County Central boys basketball team, from left: Front -- Toby Heeb, Josh Chamberlain, Avery Williams, D.D. Gillespie, Robert Jones, Zack Blackmon; Back -- Mark Freed, Drew Thomas, Pershard Owens, Josh Holman, Caleb Johnson and Curtis Avance.
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  • Coach: David Heeb, first season
  • Assistant coach: Kenyon Wright
  • Last year: 20-9, won a district championship before losing to Bell City in the Class 1 sectional round
  • Last year in the tournament: As the No. 9 seed, beat Notre Dame, lost to Jackson in the quarterfinals, beat Bell City and then lost 68-38 to Charleston in the fifth-place game.
  • This year's record (through Dec. 18): 3-3
  • Players to watch: D.D Gillespie, 5-10, sophomore; Pershard Owens, 5-11, senior; Caleb Johnson, 6-0, sophomore; Drew Thomas, 6-0, freshman.
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