Basketball Recap: Hart County Comes Up Short

Hart County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They came up short against the Caverna Colonels, falling 71-47. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky basketball rankings (they are ranked 176th, while the Colonels are ranked 36th).

Hart County's loss dropped their record down to 7-15. As for Caverna, the victory (which was their 12th in a row) raised their record to 17-5-1.

Coming up, Hart County won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Edmonson County at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Raiders will need to watch out since the Wildcats have now posted at least 55 points in their last three contests. Caverna has already played their next matchup (against Warren East), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.