The Knott County Central Lady Patriots are the girls 14th Region Basketball Tournament champions.
Friday night in the semi finals Hazard ended the season for the Letcher County Central Lady Cougars with a 58-35 win over LCC. The Lady Cougars finished a wonderful season at 20-13.
In the other semifinal Friday Knott County Central took care of Breathitt County 68-33.
Then in a very good championship game, Knott County Central held off Hazard 59-56 to win the 14th Region championship.
Knott County Central advances to the Girls Sweet 16 State Tournament that begins this Wednesday at Rupp Arena.
Knott Central will face Taylor County in the opening round at 1:30pm Wednesday afternoon.
Good luck to the Lady Patriots.
The other two mountain teams in the girls state tournament are 13th Region champion, North Laurel, who will face Ashland Blazer to open the tournament at 11:00am on Wednesday.
15th Region champion, Johnson Central, will play three-time defending state champion Sacred Heart in the opening round Thursday at 11:00am.