The Harlan Green Dragons will be making a familiar trip up Interstate 75 to compete for the Class A State Title after knocking off Jackson County, 78-46, in regional action Tuesday night. The Green Dragons cruised passed the Generals in the Championship game of the 13th Region All-A Classic Tournament at Barbourville.
Improving to 15-2 on the season, the #1 ranked team in the 13th Region will be making their fourth consecutive trip to Eastern Kentucky University in hopes of bringing home the school’s third Class A State title. The win is Harlan’s 13th Regional Class A Championship. The Green Dragons are off to arguably the best start in the last three decades as Head Coach Derrick Akal has his squad executing at a high level.
Akal is no stranger to the State Tournament atmosphere, having had great success guiding both the Lady Dragons and the Green Dragons to a combined 10 Regional Class A Championship appearance. Under his leadership, the Lady Dragons won six regional titles culminating in a runner-up trophy in 2017 (Akal served as both Boys’ and Girls’ coach in 2017). During the 2022 campaign, Akal guided the Green Dragons to a semi-final finish where the Dragons lost in overtime to Breathitt County.
Junior Kyler McClendon continued his dominating run averaging nearly 25 points per game throughout the tournament on his way to MVP honors. Eighth grader Trenton Cole heated up in the final game and knocked down five 3-pointers on his way to a 17 point performance and earned the Most Outstanding Player of the Game award. Will Austin, Kaleb McLendon, Jaedyn Gist, and Trenton Cole joined Kyler Mclendon on the All Tournament Team.
Harlan will take on the winner of Region 15 on Thursday, January 26th at 10:00 AM at Alumni Coliseum on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University. In order to allow the “Family of Dragons” to support the Dragons there will be no school at Harlan Independent on Thursday, January 26th , 2023. If the Dragons advance on Thursday there will also be no school on Friday, January 27th. Should the Dragon fall on Thursday, classes will resume on Friday.
Tickets of the game may be purchases in advance using following link: https://gofan.co/app/events/841935?schoolId=KY87384. PrePspin has exclusive broadcast/streaming rights for the All A Classic Tournament. Radio coverage will be available on both WTUK 105.1 and WHLN 1410.
🏀 It's GAMEDAY, Dragons! Tonight our Lady Dragons will travel to Pineville to take on the Lady Mountain Lions. This will be a Varsity only match with tip-off scheduled for 5:00 pm. Let's go, Green! #gobiggreen
📚📚📚 Good luck to our Harlan Middle School Academic Team today as they compete in FPS and Composition!!! 🐉🐉🐉
🏀 🐉 It's All "A" CHAMPIONSHIP GAMEDAY!
Tonight our Harlan Lady Dragons compete with the Jackson County Lady Generals for the 13th Region All " A" championship title. Tip-off is set for 7:00 pm. Wear your green and white and come out and cheer our Lady Dragons to victory!
#gobiggreen
🔥Firepit: Tonight's theme is a White Out. 🤍
Congrats to the Green Dragons Boys' Basketball team! They soared past Knox Central 95-48 to push their record to 12-2 on the season.
Harlan will defend their 13th Region All A championship on Sat., January 7th versus Lynn Camp at 4:00 PM at Barbourville. #FamilyofDragons
🏀 Lady Dragons Advance to the 13th Region All "A" Championship Game!
With a 68-30 win over Barbourville, the Harlan Lady Dragons advance to the championship game tomorrow night against Jackson County! The Lady Dragons' offense was led by Aymanni Wynn with 26 points and Kylie Noe with 22 points. Great job, Green! #gobiggreen 🐉
You can catch all the Green Dragon 🐉 vs Knox Central 🏀 Basketball action at https://m.facebook.com/VoiceofthePanthers/?mibextid=LQQJ4d
Tip-off is 7:30 PM.
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🏀 🐉 It's GAMEDAY, Dragons!
Tonight our Lady Dragons play the Barbourville Lady Tigers in the semi-finals of the 13th Region All "A" Classic being hosted at Harlan High School. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:00 pm. Come out and cheer on our Lady Dragons!!! #gobiggreen
Consistent attendance at school is a major factor in the success of all students. The Harlan Ind. School District has a goal of 95% for the 2022-2023 school year.
Today, we took a big step in the right direction with a 94% attendance rate across the district. Great Job!
🏀 Just a reminder that the 13th Region All "A" Classic continues tomorrow night with two semi-final games:
● Harlan Lady Dragons vs. Barbourville @ 6:00 pm
● Pineville vs. Jackson County @ 7:30 pm
Make plans to come out and cheer on our Lady Dragons! 🐉 #gobiggreen
Funeral services for Mr. David Davies will be streamed on the Harlan Ind. Schools YouTube channel @ https://bit.ly/HarlanYouTube.
Visitation is from 11-2 and the funeral begins @ 2:00PM at the Harlan Baptist Church.
Schools will begin dismissal at 11:30 AM today.
🏀 Congratulations to our Harlan Lady Dragons for their tournament win against Middlesboro. The Lady Dragons will advance to play Barbourville Thursday night at 6:00 pm.
The tournament will continue tomorrow night with a 7:30 pm game between Jackson County and Lynn Camp.
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🏀 Harlan High School will be hosting the 13th Region Girls' All "A" Classic January 2nd through January 6th. Check out the bracket for the tournament below:
🏀 🐉 It's GAMEDAY, Dragons!
Harlan High School will be hosting the Girls' All "A" Classic Tournament this week. Tonight the Harlan Lady Dragons will be taking on the Lady Yellow Jackets from Middlesboro in the first round of the tournament. Good luck, Green! #gobiggreen
In an effort to allow our students, staff and school community to attend the funeral services for longtime Harlan Independent Schools educator, the Harlan Independent Schools will dismiss early on Tuesday, January 3rd.
Visitation will be held at Harlan Baptist Church from 11:00AM -2:00PM with the funeral services beginning at 2:00PM.
There will be no preschool PM classes on Tuesday, January 3rd. Harlan Elementary will dismiss at 11:30 and Harlan Middle/High will dismiss at 12:00PM. There will be no 21st Century After School programming on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the school.
The full obituary for Mr. Davis is can be found her: https://www.aljfh.com/obituary/David-Davies
📢Harlan 21st Century Teen Club after school program will open back up for the new year on Tuesday January 3rd! The staff is excited to get back to working with these wonderful students!
Happy New Year from the Harlan Independent Schools!
All Harlan Independent Schools students will return on Monday, January 2nd, 2023.
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Green Dragons run record to 11-2 after knocking off Bath County 96-77 in the Dan Swartz Classic. Kaleb McLendon was named Player of the Game after throwing down two dunks in a 26 point effort. He also had four rebounds and 7 assists on the night.
The Green Dragons next game will be at Knox Central on January 5th, 2023
The KSR #14 Harlan Green Dragons move to 10-1 on the season with an 82-43 win over Bishop Brossart. Eighth-grade Trenton Cole scores 30 while knocking down a tournament record 10 3-point field goals.
Harlan will play KSR #20 Frederick Douglass Thursday night at 6:00PM.
🏀 🐉 It's GAMEDAY! This afternoon our Lady Dragons will face-off against Madison Central in the 2022 Berea Holiday Classic. Tip-off is scheduled for 3:30pm. Good luck, Green! #gobiggreen
