Panthers fall by 8 pts in Class A Wed.

The Panthers were eliminated from the first round of the Eighth Region Class A tournament on Wednesday, Jan. 19. In a game played at Owen County, Carroll was upended by Trimble County by a score of 49-41. Carroll senior Ethan Stewart led the Panthers with 25 points.

Kristin Sherrard

Senior Ethan Stewart was named the North Central Kentucky Conference player of the week for the week of Jan. 17-23. The senior guard was named to the honor following his 25-point performance against Trimble County in the 8th Region Class A Tournament, held at Owen County. Despite Stewart's offensive performance Trimble eliminated the Panthers from the Class A by a 49-41 score.

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The two teams have each defeated the other once, with Trimble falling at Carroll 56-51 in the Raiders’ season opener on Dec. 2. Trimble advanced to play Eminence in the Class A second round last night. Carroll and Trimble will square off for a third time on Feb. 1 at Bedford.

In other action the Panthers dropped another seven-point decision at Kentucky Country Day on Monday, Jan. 24. The 56-49 loss was Carroll’s second in three games with a seven point deficit at the final horn. They fell to Cooper 45-38 on Jan. 13.

Carroll County will try to end a seven-game losing streak Friday when they return to the friendly confines of Panther Gym to face Owen County. The 6 p.m. tipoff is the opening game of a varsity double-header as Carroll County’s Lady Panthers will entertain Owen’s Lady Rebels in the 7:30 p.m. nitecap.

Owen (11-4) handed the Panthers their first loss of the season back on Dec. 9.

On Saturday, the Panthers will take on Eminence in the 7:30 p.m. nitecap of another varsity double-header. The girls’ varsities will tip off at 6 p.m.