The LINK nky Team of the Week for Dec. 29-Jan. 5 presented by Ortho Cincy is the Scott High swim and dive team.
Wow, talk about a close race! Scott edged out the Holmes boys basketball team by 19 votes. The Eagles collected 48.2% of the vote to Holmes 47.1%. It’s been our tightest vote yet.
A bonus for the Scott High swim and dive 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, Ludlow’s girls basketball team, Conner’s boys basketball team, Dixie Heights boys basketball team and now Scott’s swim and dive team are the first five team of the week winners for the winter sports season that will run up through February. A vote will follow for TOS when the winter sports season is wrapped up to determine the winner. 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 TOY once the spring sports TOS is determined.
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.
SCOTT HIGH SWIM AND DIVE
The Scott High swim and dive team took home first place at the Simon Kenton Invitational on Jan. 4 with 338.5 points scored. Out of 14 schools, the boys team finished first and the girls finished third, winning the combined team championship.
Congratulations to our other nominees as well: Holmes boys basketball, Covington Catholic basketball, Simon Kenton girls basketball.