{"id":36623,"date":"2025-12-30T22:49:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T03:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/?p=36623"},"modified":"2025-12-30T22:49:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T03:49:32","slug":"mountain-lions-continue-to-show-improvement-hang-tough-against-nicholas-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/?p=36623","title":{"rendered":"Mountain Lions continue to show improvement, hang tough against Nicholas County "},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PINEVILLE \u2014 Pineville didn\u2019t get the win, but the Mountain Lions continue to show improvement, and will be a tough out come postseason play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pineville held a 35-31 lead at halftime against Nicholas County before falling, 64-58.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noah Slone led the Mountain Lions with 14 points while Kenton Brock, and Preston Zachery both scored 12 points. Jacob Grubb finished with 10 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI thought we did a good  job in the first half on both ends of the floor executing our game plan,\u201d Pineville coach Brad Levy said. \u201cWe got away from some things in the second half that were working and stopped rebounding the way we needed to. They\u2019re a good team that will compete for the All \u2018A\u2019 and region tournament in March. \u201cThis is one of those nights that our young guys will have to learn and grow from and be better prepared for this type of situation in the future,\u201d he added. \u201cOur team is getting better each night out right now and we hope to keep that going in a positive direction heading into the new year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PINEVILLE \u2014 Pineville didn\u2019t get the win, but the Mountain Lions continue to show improvement, and will be a tough out come postseason play. Pineville […MORE]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":36622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-region"],"yoast_head":"\nMountain Lions continue to show improvement, hang tough against Nicholas County  - 13th Region Media Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/?p=36623\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mountain Lions continue to show improvement, hang tough against Nicholas County \" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PINEVILLE \u2014 Pineville didn\u2019t get the win, but the Mountain Lions continue to show improvement, and will be a tough out come postseason play. Pineville [...MORE]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/?p=36623\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"13th Region Media Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/878517228903648\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-31T03:49:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/untitled-8-38.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1859\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Les Dixon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@BoysGirls13th\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BoysGirls13th\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Les Dixon\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"SocialMediaPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/?p=36623#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/?p=36623\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Les Dixon\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bd5942c533785bde9e5fbf9767cd899d\"},\"headline\":\"Mountain Lions continue to show improvement, hang tough against Nicholas County \",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-31T03:49:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/?p=36623\"},\"wordCount\":193,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/?p=36623#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/untitled-8-38.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Basketball\",\"Region\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/?p=36623\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/?p=36623\",\"name\":\"Mountain Lions continue to show improvement, hang tough against Nicholas County  - 13th Region Media Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/?p=36623#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/?p=36623#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/untitled-8-38.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-31T03:49:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/?p=36623#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/?p=36623\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/?p=36623#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/untitled-8-38.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/untitled-8-38.jpg\",\"width\":1859,\"height\":2000},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/?p=36623#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mountain Lions continue to show improvement, hang tough against Nicholas County \"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"13th Region Media Network\",\"description\":\"Tri-County Sports\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"13th Region Media Network\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/13thregion300x300-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/13thregion300x300-2.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"13th Region Media Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/groups\\\/878517228903648\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/BoysGirls13th\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bd5942c533785bde9e5fbf9767cd899d\",\"name\":\"Les Dixon\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e912bb03b812b3a59bac6cfcae6b7b3bc36739bc7c771fab70d1d5484bf1ca53?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e912bb03b812b3a59bac6cfcae6b7b3bc36739bc7c771fab70d1d5484bf1ca53?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e912bb03b812b3a59bac6cfcae6b7b3bc36739bc7c771fab70d1d5484bf1ca53?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Les Dixon\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\\\/?author=3\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mountain Lions continue to show improvement, hang tough against Nicholas County  - 13th Region Media Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/?p=36623","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mountain Lions continue to show improvement, hang tough against Nicholas County ","og_description":"PINEVILLE \u2014 Pineville didn\u2019t get the win, but the Mountain Lions continue to show improvement, and will be a tough out come postseason play. Pineville [...MORE]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/?p=36623","og_site_name":"13th Region Media Network","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/878517228903648\/","article_published_time":"2025-12-31T03:49:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1859,"height":2000,"url":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/untitled-8-38.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Les Dixon","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@BoysGirls13th","twitter_site":"@BoysGirls13th","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Les Dixon","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","SocialMediaPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/?p=36623#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/?p=36623"},"author":{"name":"Les Dixon","@id":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bd5942c533785bde9e5fbf9767cd899d"},"headline":"Mountain Lions continue to show improvement, hang tough against Nicholas County ","datePublished":"2025-12-31T03:49:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/?p=36623"},"wordCount":193,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/?p=36623#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/untitled-8-38.jpg","articleSection":["Basketball","Region"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/?p=36623","url":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/?p=36623","name":"Mountain Lions continue to show improvement, hang tough against Nicholas County  - 13th Region Media Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/?p=36623#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/?p=36623#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/untitled-8-38.jpg","datePublished":"2025-12-31T03:49:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/?p=36623#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/?p=36623"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/?p=36623#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/untitled-8-38.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/untitled-8-38.jpg","width":1859,"height":2000},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/?p=36623#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mountain Lions continue to show improvement, hang tough against Nicholas County "}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/","name":"13th Region Media Network","description":"Tri-County Sports","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/#organization","name":"13th Region Media Network","url":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/13thregion300x300-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/13thregion300x300-2.png","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"13th Region Media Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/878517228903648\/","https:\/\/x.com\/BoysGirls13th"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bd5942c533785bde9e5fbf9767cd899d","name":"Les Dixon","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e912bb03b812b3a59bac6cfcae6b7b3bc36739bc7c771fab70d1d5484bf1ca53?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e912bb03b812b3a59bac6cfcae6b7b3bc36739bc7c771fab70d1d5484bf1ca53?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e912bb03b812b3a59bac6cfcae6b7b3bc36739bc7c771fab70d1d5484bf1ca53?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Les Dixon"},"url":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/?author=3"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/untitled-8-38.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36624,"href":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36623\/revisions\/36624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.13thregionmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}