Lady Cats Take Care of Butler County in Final Regular Season Match of Year

Edmonson Wins 67-45

Edmonson County senior shooting guard Kennadi Swihart (12) shoots a 3-pointer against host Butler County Friday Feb. 14 in Morgantown.

Story and photos by Joseph Barkoff.

​It was a little like a dam failing, the way the Edmonson County Lady Cats faced off against Butler County  on Friday, February 14th in Morgantown for a makeup game between the two district rivals.
 
Dams are generally pretty solid, and so is Butler County, but Edmonson County flowed like water, and once the Lady Cats made their first puncture with a layup off a steal by senior shooting guard Jenna Cook just over a minute into the first quarter, like properties of water, the Lady Cats never let up.
 
Butler County is always going to be a physical game. Boys, girls, doesn’t matter. They are neighbors, and as such, no matter the sport, playing against Butler County is like playing against family.

Edmonson County senior shooting guard Jenna Cook (3) shoots a layup against host Butler County Friday Feb. 14 in Morgantown.

Edmonson County sophomore point guard Shelby Sowders (50) drives into the paint against host Butler County Friday Feb. 14 in Morgantown.

Edmonson County junior power forward Cariann Williams (30) is fouled while shooting a short jumper against host Butler County Friday Feb. 14 in Morgantown.

​Edmonson County just flowed. 
 
Flowed into full court press. 
 
Flowed into at least one steal for every starter by half time.
 
Flowed into Edmonson County Lady Cat sophomore point guard Shelby Sowders shooting down 16 with 5 boards after 16 minutes of play.
 
It was 26-14 in favor of the Lady Cats at the halfway point. 
 
Water always wins.
 
Edmonson County flooded Butler County 67-45 when the last buzzer sounded.
 
“It’s a Butler-Edmonson game,” Edmonson County Lady Cats head coach Jodi Booth said after the game on the Edmonson Voice Live Post Game Show. “It’s always gonna be physical. It’s always tough to play here.”

Edmonson County senior power forward Julie Norris (21) shoots a long jumper against host Butler County Friday Feb. 14 in Morgantown.

​Booth was proud of his bench players and their abilities to go from bench to the floor, and back a couple times, he said.
 
Those were huge minutes and seconds they took over for the four starters in foul trouble, Booth said.
 
Cook, Sowders, junior power forward Cariann Williams and senior Kennadi Swihart all earned four fouls each by the third quarter.
 
Swihart was the leading scorer on the night with 20 points, Sowders shot down 18, Williams scored 17 and was 9 for 9 from the free throw line, according to unofficial stats curated by Granville Meredith on the WildcatsLive broadcast.

It was the final regular season District 12 game of the season, which puts Edmonson and Grayson in a tie for the top seed, each with a record of 5-1. The seeding will now be determined by each team's RPI, or "Ratings Percentage Index," according to KHSAA. It is a number that supposedly rates the strength of each team's schedule.
 
Don’t sit down too long, the Lady Cats take to the court again today at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15th against visiting Caverna at the Edmonson County 5/6 Center for the annual Edmonson County Throwback Game. The Wildcats will take on the Owensboro Knights home school team after.