The Covington Catholic Colonels (30-4 overall) have been through this a lot in recent years. The 9th Region champion Colonels finished ranked third in the latest Associated Press poll. They may have to beat a few ranked teams to bring another gold ball back to Park Hills. CovCath escaped a huge battle from the 2nd […]
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CovCath escapes as hobbled Ipsaro returns for the Sweet 16 win
LEXINGTON – They’re still standing. Although the heart of this Covington Catholic team, point guard Evan Ipsaro, is limping. More like standing on one leg. But if you thought Ipsaro was hurt badly enough to stay in the locker room after a painful ankle injury left him lying at the bottom of a pile on […]
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Boys Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament Notebook: George Rogers Clark-Covington Catholic Final Still Possible
The phrase, “That’s why they play the games,” came up large in one game in the first round of the Kentucky Boys Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament on Thursday. The pre-tournament consensus put the 10th Region champion George Rogers Clark Cardinals (34-1) against one of three teams in the title game Saturday night. That included […]
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CovCath gets it turned around the 2nd half in Sweet 16, lives to play another day
LEXINGTON – If you’re going to win a state championship, this is the game you must win. A game you easily could lose. Maybe one that for a half, you should lose. Only you don’t. Now of course, you have to win every game in the Sweet 16, you gotta’ go four for four. One […]
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Kansas City, here come the Saints
It’s taken three shots for the Thomas More men’s basketball team to finally make it to Kansas City for the NAIA National Basketball Championships. Covid blocked the Saints on their first try after qualifying for the trip when the championships were canceled. Then a year ago even after getting to host the regionals, Thomas More […]
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CovCath will have to come from the bottom at Sweet 16
Scott Ruthsatz has one goal every season. Win a state championship for his Covington Catholic Colonels. For a Ninth Region and a Northern Kentucky that didn’t win one for 64 years until Simon Kenton did in 1981, that’s some out-of-the-box thinking. But for Ruthsatz, and his Colonels who will head off to Rupp Arena Thursday […]
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Thomas More goes 2 for 2 on the way to the NAIA nationals
Say goodbye – and good luck – to the nationally ranked Saints. They’re off to the shores of the mighty Missouri. For the Thomas More women, with two NCAA basketball championships in the past decade, it’s a return trip to Sioux City, Iowa, for the NAIA 16-team national championships. For the TMU men, it took […]
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Cooper Girls State Tournament Run Ends in Semifinals Against Sacred Heart
One has heard the saying, “In order to be the best, you have to beat the best.” The Cooper Jaguars basketball team (25-10 overall) had that challenge playing in the Girls Sweet 16 semifinals on Saturday. Their opponent in the defending state champion Louisville Sacred Heart Valkyries (35-3) had been there a number of times […]
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Thomas More men and women advance in NAIA basketball tournament
As expected, host Thomas More’s two top-seeded teams will play another day in the NAIA Men’s and Women’s first-round regional basketball tournaments Saturday for the right to move on to the 16-team national finals next week in Kansas City and Sioux City, Iowa, respectively. But while the No. 3 nationally ranked women, as expected, had […]
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Trailblazing Cooper Ousts Bowling Green to Earn Spot in State Semifinals
The trail blazers continued their path in history once again leading from start to finish in a second state tournament win in just their second game ever on the grand stage. It only took seven seconds longer than the first game. But the 9th Region champion Cooper Jaguars (25-9 overall) scored the game’s first 12 […]
