Prep Basketball: Former Burgin coach Irvine, Western Hills beat Burgin girls 61-55

Former Burgin coach Don Irvine scored a win against his old school Wednesday night, leading the Western Hills girls to a 61-55 victory over Burgin at Frankfort.

Irvine was coaching against a Burgin team for the first time since he retired from the school in May. He came out of retirement in September to take over at Western Hills.

Burgin (8-7) took a 42-41 lead into the fourth quarter, when Western Hills (6-7) outscored the Bulldogs 20-13.

Randi Burke and Liz Marcinek led Burgin with 20 points each.

Taylor Slade scored 26 points for Western Hills.

Irvine coached the Burgin boys from 1986-89 and 2003-12, and he coached the school’s boys and girls teams simultaneously from 2006-08.

Wednesday’s Area High School Box
GIRLS

Burgin               12    26    42    55
Western Hills    15    22    41    61
BURGIN (8-7) — R. Burke 20, Marcinek 20, Baez 3, Sanders 11, Shepherd 1.
WESTERN HILLS (6-7) — Sparkman 12, Ritchie 10, Leachman 6, Slade 26, Harrod 2, Hortenbury 5.