The LINK nky Team of the Week for Dec. 15-21 presented by Ortho Cincy is the Conner boys basketball team.
The Cougars won the fan vote, pulling away from the Campbell County boys basketball team with 64% of the vote.
A bonus for the Conner boys basketball team is that they are now eligible for Team of the Season (TOS) for the winter sports season. Bellevue’s football team won Team of the Season for the fall, Simon Kenton’s archery team, Ludlow’s girls basketball team and now the Conner boys basketball team the first three teams of the week winners for the winter sports season that will run up through February. Then we’ll turn to spring sports in the middle of March. Each TOS winner will receive a $500 scholarship that will go to an athlete of their choice and they will then be considered for Team of the Year (TOY). Voting will take place for that after each season.
For the team that is awarded TOY, online and print articles will again be published, a large commemorative plaque will be presented and the school will receive an additional $500 scholarship to be presented to the athlete of their choice at the end of the school year. The call for nominations, voting and winning announcement for each will follow the same format as the TOTW.
CONNER BOYS BASKETBALL
The Cougars posted a 4-0 week with wins over Dixie Heights (68-64), Beechwood (70-66), Whitehall (OH) (93-61) and Mason County (81-57) to turn a 1-3 start of the season into 5-3 really quick.
Three different Conner players hit double figures in the win over Dixie, Brady Bushman and Chase Huff leading the way with 19 points while Finn Louden put up 12.
In the win over Beechwood, Louden exploded for 34 points, Huff adding 14.
Conner continued to stay hot as they defeated Withrow (Ohio) on Dec. 23 to win their fifth straight game.
Through eight games with stat reports filed, Louden leads the team in scoring with 18.5 points per game. Landon Warner is posting 13.9 points and 6.5 rebounds a contest while Huff is also in double figures with 12.6 points per game.
Conner hopes to continue to stay hot this week as they head to Eastern in Louisville for the City of Middletown Holiday Classic, opening with the hosts on Friday.
Congratulations to our other nominees as well: Campbell County basketball, Dixie Heights girls basketball and the Cooper archery team.
Check the sports section on Monday for Team of the Week nominees for the week of Dec. 22-28!