Kentucky Region 1 Basketball Championship; Cleaver: St. Mary poses dangerous threat to Lakers

MURRAY—Makenomistakeaboutit,CallowayCountyisenteringthisyear’sKentuckyRegion1BoysBasketballTournamentastheprohibitivefavorite.  Andithasearnedthatdistinction.Thiswasthefirstteamtodefeatpreviouslyundefeated4thDistrictrivalMarshallCounty—23-0andrankedfourthinthecommonwealthatthetime,afterembarrassingtheLakersearlierintheyearatJeffreyGymnasium.Againstoneofthetoughestschedulesimaginable,Callowaycompiledaschoolrecordformostwinsinaregularseason—26—and,yes,wontheprogram’sfirst-everstatetitleagainstastackedfieldintheKentucky2AChampionshipsStateTournamentinOwensboro.  However,allofthatdoesnotmatteratallnow,andthatincludesthe4thDistrictchampionshiptheLakers (now28-3)claimedlastweekatTheJeff,hammeringMarshallinthetitlegameforonlytheMarshals’secondlossoftheseason.Whatdoesmatteristonight’sregionalfirst-roundmatchup(about7:30)withwhatHeadCoachBradCleaveriswarningisaverydangerousopponent,onethat