And sports news.

High school and college hoops are back in action heading into the weekend.

Kentucky is still dancing, hoping to make it to the Elite Eight as a future Wildcat is making a name for himself in the high school arena.

Our Laura Rogers checks in with veteran sportscaster Dick Gabriel at the State tournament.

As we go inside Kentucky Sports.

Dick, it is a big weekend for boys high school basketball.

The sweet 16 quarterfinals taking place today, and there is a notable team that is not in play that is Saint X.

So you were just telling our Kelsey stories a couple of weeks ago.

What a strong team they are.

They've been top ranked all season.

So tell us more about that big upset Jefferson Town pulling that off.

I was going to say not only do they lose, they lose from another team from greater Louisville and Georgetown, which used to be in the seventh region, moved into the sixth.

They've had success.

They are coached by a gentleman who works at GE at Appliance Park, works a third shift overnight and by day is a basketball coach and a pretty darn good one.

So yeah, they take out the top team.

And now probably the team to beat is a team that plays later tonight.

Great crossing which has Mr. Basketball Malachi Moreno on it.

And they had a huge crowd last night.

He played really well.

So but there have been a lot of great games this year.

We've all been talking about that.

Only 1 or 2 blowouts.

All the rest of them have been really hotly contested.

It's been a lot of fun.

It is so much fun to watch when those games are close now.

Not really a close game last night.

Great crossing with that decisive victory over Davis County.

Any big takeaways from that game and do you consider them the new favorite to win this whole thing?

Yeah, I really do because of Malachi Moreno.

The biggest reason.

But, you know, he was just quietly awesome, you know, and he had good stats not great stats.

And after the game he said, I'd rather talk about my teammates.

It's a team game.

And to that end, he had five assists last night to go along with all the points and all the rebounds.

But that's the way they play.

And I was talking to the guy sitting next to me.

I didn't broadcast the game.

I've got that one tonight on the radio.

But I said, you know, they don't look at him on offense very much.

He can go get it off the backboard, of course.

But the other guys are capable of scoring as well.

He's got a teammate, Vince Dawson, going to Morehead State, a D-1 prospect.

So it's not just him.

It's a really good deep team that got to the semifinals last year.

Disappointed not to win at all.

So yeah, I think they're the favorite.

And a lot of people are watching Malachi of course seven footer as you said Kentucky Mr. basketball love to hear he has that humble spirit.

He's all about his teammates as well.

But yeah he has been I know a standout in the tournament.

And a future Wildcat is already on to play with the cats next season.

Yeah.

And a lot of Kentucky fans are showing up just to see him play here.

Yeah.

And it was a little bit in doubt, but I kind of had the inside track on him because my daughter teaches at his school.

She teaches special needs kids.

Malachi and some of his basketball teammates help her with the special needs children.

They're great.

I love that.

And she has met so many recruiters, you know, through the last couple of years.

She called me up, hey, I met the North Carolina coach or the Indiana coach.

Well, one day she said, I just met Mark Pope.

So, I had a pretty good idea that Malachi was going to Kentucky, and hopefully he's getting comfortable then playing there on the court at Rupp Arena throughout the tournament.

So let's talk more about the cats.

Of course, they take on Tennessee tonight hoping to advance to the Elite Eight.

They've already beaten Tennessee twice this season.

And I'll tell you, Dick, what my dad used to always say, which is it's hard to beat a team three times.

Do you echo that.

And what do you think are the chances of advancing in the tournament?

Well, I used to echo that fact right up until this point, but earlier this week that a buddy of mine texted me empirical data, information that said, and I don't know the breadth and scope of this, but he basically said teams that have won twice have a 72.6% chance of winning the third time.

We'll see it's case by case, I know, but here's what I do know.

Kentucky's playing defense better now than it did during the two wins over Tennessee.

In the first game, Tennessee helped by jacking up 45 three pointers.

Now, the Vols didn't do that.

The second game at Kentucky still won, but since that point, Kentucky has cranked up its defensive intensity and capabilities.

And I like Kentucky's defense against Tennessee's offense more than I like Tennessee's offense versus Kentucky.

So I do like Kentucky's chances at all.

I always feel like I can jinx him if I talk too much about it.

Well, it's March Madness.

Anything can happen.

But one thing's for certain it's going to be a fun game to watch, right?

So let's talk women's college basketball news from Morehead State this week.

They have a new leader at the helm of that program.

Tell us more about her.

Ashlyn Fieldhouse what a name on that end of the state.

And if she coaches her players.

And honestly I didn't see her play.

But I got to think she plays the way the Fieldhouse family plays and that is head down, nose to the grindstone.

Hard work.

Fundamentally sound Darren play that way.

Kentucky.

His father played their way.

Willie played there with the all the announcers.

So they have different skill sets.

But it all comes down to the same thing.

They worked their tails off.

I have a feeling that's what we will see at Morehead State.

Dick Gabriel, thank you for breaking it all down for as we sure appreciate your time and have an excellent weekend.

We know you have a lot of fun games to watch.

Thanks so much.