With more than three decades shaping young athletes behind her, Laura Hall is stepping down as girls basketball coach at Dayton High School. Hall, a 1986 Dayton graduate, ends her two-year run as head coach with an 18–25 record. It’s the program’s strongest two-year stretch since 2018–20. Her departure marks a transition in a 33-year […]
Category: Basketball
Posted inBasketball
Red-hot St. X buries CovCath in heavyweight Sweet 16 matchup
St. Xavier’s Ethan Petter hitting a 3-pointer in mop up time pretty much summed up the day. The Tigers hit nearly everything in their 75-61 victory over Covington Catholic in the UK Healthcare boys Sweet 16 tournament opening round on Wednesday at Rupp Arena in Lexington. St. Xavier (27-7) hit 62% of their shots from […]
Posted inBasketball
Wednesday morning mayhem: CovCath, St. Xavier start Sweet 16 with a bang
The UK HealthCare Boys Sweet 16 comes out swinging Wednesday morning at 11 with Rupp Arena still waking up, and the basketball tournament wasting zero time easing anyone into the madness of March. The blind draw tossed subtlety aside and delivered the matchup most everyone was hoping to see days later: No. 2 Covington Catholic […]
Posted inBasketball
Boys Sweet 16 by the numbers
The UK Healthcare Boys Basketball Sweet 16 gets underway on Wednesday at Rupp Arena in Lexington. We take a deep dive inside the numbers from leading scorers, rebounders and shooters to team scoring, defense and average margin of victory for the 16 teams involved. Action begins on Wednesday when arguably the game of the tournament […]
Posted inBasketball
Hot start by GRC ends Simon Kenton’s historic run in Sweet 16 semifinals
Simon Kenton’s dream has ended two wins short. The Lady Pioneers came up short in the girls KHSAA Clark’s Pump-n-Shop Sweet 16 semifinals on Saturday at Rupp Arena in Lexington, falling 66-40 to George Rogers Clark. A nightmare start to the game was the key culprit in ending the Lady Pioneers season. The Lady Cardinals […]
Posted inBasketball
Fast start sends Simon Kenton to first Final Four in program history
It may have been a tale of two halves, but Simon Kenton’s girls basketball team made history Friday night. The Lady Pioneers advanced with a 63-50 victory over Owensboro Catholic in the girls KHSAA Clark’s Pump-n-Shop Sweet 16 quarterfinals. They can thank their first 16 minutes for moving on to their first Final Four in […]
Posted inBasketball
Pandas go cold at wrong time in state quarterfinal loss
A late rut did Notre Dame no favors. The Pandas went cold at the wrong time and ulitmately their season came to a close in the girls KHSAA Clark’s Pump-n-Shop Sweet 16 quarterfinals in a loss to Taylor County, 44-36. Going into the fourth with a 32-29 lead, the Pandas hit just 2-of-11 shots from […]
Posted inBasketball
Kabeya’s career-high 29 points helps Simon Kenton get over Sweet 16 hump
Not this time. Trying to erase past state tournament demons, Simon Kenton was able to prevail on Thursday afternoon at Rupp Arena in the girls KHSAA Clark’s Pump-n-Shop Sweet 16 over Ashland Blazer, 70-61. In a physical battle that featured 37 fouls, it was an eighth grader playing the role of hero as Angela Kabeya […]
Posted inSports
‘Be us’: Simon Kenton seeks first-round win over Ashland
Simon Kenton’s basketball philosophy is simple. Just Be Us. Those two words are working well enough. The Eighth Region champion Pioneers meet 16th Region winner Ashland in the Clark’s Pump-N-Shop Girls Sweet 16® first round at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Rupp Arena in Lexington. Simon Kenton (31-2) coach Jeff Stowers coined the phrase after Simon Kenton’s […]
Posted inBasketball
A 3-point barrage: Notre Dame sets 3-point Sweet 16 record in win over Pikeville
So much for teams shooting lower percentages at Rupp Arena. Notre Dame Academy burned the nets down on Wednesday night in the girls KHSAA Clark’s Pump-n-Shop Sweet 16. They hit 17 three-pointers on their way to a 77-38 victory over Pikeville to advance to the quarterfinals. The 17 triples made broke Mercer County’s record against […]
