It’s a matchup of the top two softball teams in the Ninth Region. It also carries more weight than bragging rights on the softball diamond. When Notre Dame (10-3) and Highlands (19-5) meet on Thursday at 5:30 p.m., it will also represent a game for breast cancer awareness. Highlands junior Morgan Pompilio has been thinking […]
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Ryle’s Savage chooses Indiana to continue football career: ‘No doubter’
Since he first walked in the door at Ryle High School, Jacob Savage has been a standout on the football field. By the time his junior year hit, college coaches started taking notice. The Raiders junior made his college commitment choice on Friday in the high school library, deciding to continue his academic and football […]
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Longtime St. Henry boys basketball coach Dave Faust to retire
There’s not many Dave Faust’s out there anymore. Mainly because he’s one of a kind. On Monday, the longtime St. Henry boys’ basketball coach decided it was time to retire. “It’s time,” Faust said. “People told me you will know. This season didn’t have anything to do with it, just had time to sit and […]
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Great Crossing too tall a task for Cooper in Sweet 16 quarterfinals
Cooper knew the task would be a tall one. Great Crossing’s seven-footer and University of Kentucky commit Malachi Moreno was just too much in the Warhawks 49-36 victory over the Jaguars Friday night in Lexington at the UK Healthcare Boys’ Sweet 16 quarterfinals at Rupp Arena. Moreno scored 13 points to go with 16 rebounds, […]
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Stingy Cooper shuts down Henderson County in Sweet 16 victory
Cooper didn’t give an inch. The Jaguars opened up their UK Healthcare boys’ basketball Sweet 16 journey with a 50-35 victory over Henderson County on Thursday in Lexington at Rupp Arena. Cooper did it with their signature defense, locking down the Colonels. For those that like high-scoring affairs, this wasn’t your game. But to Cooper, […]
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For the culture: Cooper claims 9th Region crown
Whatever the culture may be at Cooper High School, it has come with a lot of success. From the boys basketball program to the girls, the Jaguars are at the pinnacle of the 9th Region, each winning region titles in the same season for the first time since 2012 when Boone County accomplished the double. […]
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Cooper can’t slay the dragon, falls in Sweet 16 quarterfinals
The Cooper girls’ basketball team has been able to beat pretty much anyone in their way over the last four years. Except Sacred Heart. The Valkyries ended the Lady Jaguars season once again for the third time in four years in the Clark’s Pump-N-Shop girls’ Sweet 16 quarterfinals Friday night at Rupp Arena in Lexington, […]
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Cooper adds another Sweet 16 victory, Sacred Heart looms in quarterfinals
Playing like a team that’s been here for four straight years, Cooper’s girls basketball team rolled in their Clark’s Pump-N-Shop girls’ Sweet 16 first round opener over Mercy. The red and yellow Jaguars spread it around among their starting five, playing unselfish basketball in a 70-45 victory over the blue and white Jaguars on Thursday […]
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Frederick Douglass ends Simon Kenton’s season in Sweet 16
It was a blistering start for the Simon Kenton girls’ basketball team. Then it turned into ice cold, much like the temperature on the Rupp Arena floor. The Lady Pioneers opened their Clark’s Pump-N-Shop girls’ Sweet 16 first round contest with a 21-8 lead, but couldn’t continue from there as they lost to Frederick Douglass […]
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Humphrey’s buzzer-beater sends Lloyd to first region final in 29 years
Sometimes it’s not the first shot in the closing seconds that beats you. It’s the second one. Jayden Humphrey’s putback at the buzzer put Lloyd Memorial into their first region championship game since 1996, taking down Newport 41-40 in Tuesday’s St. Elizabeth Healthcare 9th Region boys basketball tournament at Truist Arena. What was an efficient […]
