
Cumberland Gap sophomore guard Emily Daniels pulls up in the lane for two of her 16 points during Thurday’s 67-28 win over Carter.
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CUMBERLAND GAP — The Cumberland Gap Lady Panthers turned in a strong showing Thursday night as they improved to 2-0 on the season with a 67-28 victory over Carter.
Senior guard Chelsea Graves scored 21 points and sophomore guard Emily Daniels added 16 to lead the way for Cumberland Gap.
“I’m very pleased with the way their playing as a team, obviously,” said coach Tracy Brooks. “There’s still things we need to work on like rebounding and not turning the ball over. Chelsea and Emily shot the ball extremely well and everybody came out focused in ou first home game.”
This one was over early as Graves scored seven first quarter points, Daniels and Jonna Adkins added six each and MacKenzie McFall five as the Lady Panther jumped out to 24-7 lead and never looked back.
It was 44-17 by halftime and CGHS continued to pull away.
Chelsea Hurst, starting inside for senior forward Courtney Crowder, scored all seven of her points in the second half. Nasya Beeler scored five off the bench while Brook Fuson and Scarlett Sweet added four each as the Lady Panthers went on to the 39-point win.
“I love games like this where everybody gets to play,” Brooks added.
The Lady Panthers defeated Coalfield 58-55 Tuesday.
They’ll return to action Monday in the Gibbs Thanksgiving Tournament.
The Cumberland Gap boys were originally scheduled to host Clinch Friday, but will instead have their home opener tonight.
Why not get the Middlesboro Daily News involved? Broaden and deepen community involvement. Organize a county-wide local history essay contest open to high school students from the county's high schools. Expand the historical vision to include the full geographic scope of the county: Cumberland Ford and The Narrows, South America, Yellow Creek, Straight Creek, the Cumberland. Invite essays on the history of the region's economy and its evolution, on specific individuals and companies that have had an impact.
Develop and publish guidelines for the annual essay contest, establish categories of essays, get local businesses to sponsor prizes for the essay winners (cash, modest scholarships, etc.).
Obtain commitments from area high school history teachers and English teachers to participate by incorporating local history research into their classes and serving as advisors to students who want to research and write essays. Teachers might consider allowing students to do a term paper on some aspect of Bell County history as a senior project--for extra credit.
H.H. Fuson's HISTORY OF BELL COUNTY, KENTUCKY could be a summer reading project and a topic of discussion in history classes at county high schools. Both volumes are easily available online--at no cost to the students.
Get the Bell County Historical Society involved. The Society (or the College, or the library) could archive all essay submissions and maintain them in digital files available to the public to read, and for future essayists to use as research resources. The Society might work with the college to sponsor an annual awards event to celebrate first, second and third prize winners in various categories.
Such a project would help focus young people on the history and heritage of which they are a part, challenge them to improve their writing and research skills, while providing a legacy for the future.
And the Middlesboro Daily News might play a significant role, as the community's cheerleader for the project--publish the guidelines, promote participation, publish information about the annual winners, and where the public can access the essays online.
Why not?