The LINK nky Team of the Week for Dec. 8-14 presented by Ortho Cincy is the Ludlow girls basketball team.
The Panthers won the fan vote, pulling away from the Highlands girls basketball team, collecting 3,800 votes.
A bonus for the Ludlow girls 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 and now Ludlow’s girls basketball team the first two 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.
LUDLOW GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM
After an 0-3 start in the first week of the season, Ludlow’s girls basketball team bounced back with wins over Oldham County (69-53) and Villa Madonna (57-42) the week of Dec. 8-14.
Addy Garrett exploded for 36 points in the win over Oldham, knocking down four 3-pointers and hitting all eight free throw attempts. Alex Adcock posted 19 points, hitting 7-of-11 shots while Kiley Huff and Ashtyn Huff added 10 rebounds apiece.
Garrett continued her scoring rampage in the win over Villa, going off for 37 points on 12-of-21 shooting and hitting 11-of-13 from the charity stripe. Kiley Huff had 10 points with seven rebounds while Zoey Wilson added nine points with five rebounds and Ashtyn Huff had another double-digit rebounding game, pulling down 13 rebounds.
The Panthers followed it up with a 1-1 week, losing to Bellevue (56-34) on Dec. 17 and defeating Boone County (41-31) on Dec. 19. They currently sit at 3-4 on the season.
Congratulations to our other nominees as well: Highlands girls basketball, Beechwood boys basketball, Calvary Christian boys basketball, Ryle boys wrestling.