Cooper's Haylee Noel is the back-to-back 9th Region Player of the Year. Photo provided | Charles Bolton

Girls basketball in the Ninth Region is some of, if not the strongest basketball played in the state. Numerous teams have been ranked throughout the season, consistently having multiple teams ranked throughout the year.

The All-9th Region teams were released on Monday, voted on by the coaches in the region.

Cooper’s Haylee Noel was voted as Region Player of the Year for the second straight season.

All-9TH Region Girls Basketball Teams

(Voted On By 9TH Region Girls Coaches Only)

9TH Region Player Of The Year — Haylee Noel, Cooper

FIRST TEAM

Asia Carner, Dixie Heights

Emma Holtzapfel, Notre Dame

Jai Johnson, Holy Cross

Jaeyln Jones, Ryle

Haylee Noel, Cooper

SECOND TEAM

Alyssa Arlinghaus, Holy Cross

Addyson Brissey, Cooper

Addy Garrett, Ludlow

Kaylee Mills, Highlands

Jayden McClain, Ryle

THIRD TEAM

Mya Holden-Hopkins, Lloyd Memorial

Izelee Kerns, Conner

Joey Powers, St. Henry

Alivia Scott, Cooper

Kendall Thompson, Newport Central Catholic

Honorable Mention- Received votes: 

Emme Kelly, Emme Blackburn (Beechwood), Chloe Reed, Hayleigh Wight (Bellevue), Sarah Henson, Avery Jones, Avery Scott (Boone County), Rhys Everett (Conner), Peyton Gibson (Dixie Heights), Katie Bucher (Highlands), Riley Eberhard (Holy Cross), Kenya Williams (Lloyd Memorial), Brooklyn Cole (Newport Central Catholic), Sarah Young, Joslyn LaBordeaux-Humphrey (Notre Dame), Emerson Dowell (Ryle), Audrey Pieczonka, Kenadi Sieg (St. Henry), Addison Nine (Villa Madonna).

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