Campbell Jr. High wraps up exciting basketball season
Published 5:12 pm Friday, February 21, 2020
RDC’s eighth-grade basketball team with its state tournament runner-up trophy. From left, front row: Cooper Wasson, Zaydin Turner, Sam Steele, Caden Spicer, JP Gaines, Carter Maynard. From left, back row: Liam Parido, Ty Miller, Brady Davis, Jacob Smith, Jace Patrick and head coach Dwain Gay. (Photos by Steve Craycraft/Spectrum Photography)
The RDC seventh-grade boys basketball team. Front row, from left: Kamden McAlpin, Gunner Hanson, Taylor Hampton, Eli Craig, Tylan Wilburn, Drake Barrinaeu. Back row, from left: head coach Bo Harris, James Scarborough, Ryland Crockett, Maddox Campbell and assistant coach Brandon Jones. (Photo by Steve Craycraft/Spectrum Photography)
The RDC sixth-grade boys basketball team. From left, front frow: Ryland Dixon, Wyatt Johnson, Luke Puckett, Wade Johnson, Haddon Cecil, Robby Howard and Braxton Martin. From left, back row: Head coach Eric Williams, Haden Johnson, Adrian Alfaro, Tybee Flannery, Tajade Hooten, Montez Gay and assistant coach Joe Chenault. (Photo by Steve Craycraft/Spectrum Photography)
Montez Gay was selected to the 2020 sixth-grade All-State Tournament first team.
Wade Johnson was selected to the 2020 sixth-grade All-State Tournament third team.
Brady Davis was selected to the 2020 eighth-grade All-State Tournament first team.
Cooper Wasson was selected to the 2020 eighth-grade All-State Tournament first team.
Robert D. Campbell Jr. High had successful basketball seasons in all three grade levels.
The sixth-grade boys team went 20-8 and made a trip to the KBC State Tournament Elite 8. The team had two players selected to the All-State Tournament Team. Montez Gay was named to the first team and Wade Johnson was named to the third team.
The seventh-grade team picked up 13 wins in their 25 games on their way to a second-place finish in the Bluegrass Middle School Athletic Conference South Division.
The eighth-gradeR team finished the season 33-5, the best record of RDC’s three teams. The eighth-grade Cardinals picked up a first-place finish in the 2019 Franklin County Holiday Tournament. The Cards then went on a deep run in the state tournament, winning seven games in three days to finish in as the runners-up in the state tournament. Brady Davis and Cooper Wasson were both named to the All-State Tournament first team for their efforts in the run.
“It was an exciting season. All of our kids improved throughout the season and were able to win some games in the process,” Dwain Gay, head coach of the eighth-grade team, said. “I’m super proud of every kid in the program!”
