To be the winning team, fan votes play a heavy role, along with consideration from our sports team here at LINK.
Nominations are reader-submitted or recommended by our sports team. Our Team of the Week program honors all local sports at all levels, whether it’s youth or adult-oriented recreation, high school or college, professional or amateur.
The new school year has added to the awards program. OrthoCincy Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine and LINK nky are excited to expand in addition to the weekly winners, the program will be including three winners for Team of the Season and one overall winner for Team of the Year for the 2024-25 sports seasons.
New this year for the program is the addition of the Team of the Season (TOTS) and Team of the Year (TOTY) awards. Sports seasons are considered fall, winter and spring for the purpose of this awards program. At the conclusion of each sports season, an overall TOTS winner will be chosen from all previous TOTW winners for that season. Their school will also receive a $500 scholarship to be presented to the athlete of their choice at the end of the school year.
Finally, the program culminates by selecting one TOTY from the three TOTS award winners. 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.
This week’s nominated teams are listed below with some information provided by the submitter or LINK nky staff. The poll where you can vote follows at the end of the article.
Voting is open until Friday at 11:59 a.m.
BISHOP BROSSART BOYS BASKETBALL
It has been quite the turnaround season for the Mustangs.
After winning just three games in the 2023-24 season, Bishop Brossart is already at 10 wins in the 2024-25 season as they just won the 10th Region All “A” championship and punched their ticket to Owensboro for the All “A” state tournament.
The Mustangs mowed through the competition last week, defeating Robertson County, Augusta and Paris on their way to their 17th All “A” regional title since 2001.
Alex Combs, Dom Hadden and Beckett Kuntz were named to the All-Tournament team while Parker Mulberry was named to the All-Academic team.
Brossart meets 13th Region winner Pineville at 10 a.m. CST on Thursday at the Owensboro Sportscenter.
BISHOP BROSSART GIRLS BASKETBALL
The Lady ‘Stangs joined the party in Mt. Olivet on Jan. 16 as they won the girls 10th Region All “A” title with a 60-51 victory over Bracken County.
It’s their 14th regional All “A” title since 1997 and their fifth since 2019.
They took down Robertson County, Augusta and Bracken County on the way to the title.
Named to the All-tournament team were Rachel Shewmaker, Kylie Smith and Zoee Meyers while Zoey Woosley was named to the All-Academic team.
Brossart meets Sixth Region champion Louisville Holy Cross in the first round of the state All “A” at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in Owensboro.
BEECHWOOD BOYS BASKETBALL
Beechwood won their second 9th Region All “A” title in program history when they took down Newport 59-57 on Jan. 18 at Dayton High School.
The Tigers defeated St. Henry, Holy Cross, Newport Central Catholic and Newport on their way to the title.
Jack Sullivan was named tournament MVP while Carson Blackburn and Ayden Way were named to the All-Tournament team.
Beechwood (11-5) advances to the All “A” state tournament, where they’ll face Owensboro Catholic at the Owensboro Sportscenter on Thursday at 11:30 a.m. CST.
HOLY CROSS GIRLS BASKETBALL
The winning just continues for the Lady Indians. After winning a fourth straight 9th Region All “A” title, Holy Cross won two more games last week and have now won 15 games in a row to improve their record to 18-1.
Holy Cross defeated Newport Central Catholic in the All “A” title game on Jan. 13, then followed it up with victories over Beechwood on Jan. 16 and Mason County on Jan. 18.
Aumani Nelson, Alyssa Arlinghaus, and Jai Johnson earned all-tournament team honors, while Aniyah Carter was named tournament MVP.
Holy Cross now looks for a third straight All “A” state title. They open up with Bethlehem on Wednesday at 10 a.m. CST.
WALTON-VERONA BOYS BASKETBALL
The Bearcats won their seventh regional All “A” title since 2017 on Jan. 17 with a victory over Owen County. It capped off a tournament in which they beat Trimble County, Eminence and Owen County.
The Bearcats won each game by double-digits and followed up the championship victory with another win over Anderson County on Saturday at the Henry County Classic.
Aaron Gutman leads the team in scoring with 24.1 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. Jonathan Strunk, Adam Gutman, Wyatt Shearer and Justin Hester all average at least five points per game.
Walton-Verona will face Ballard Memorial on Thursday in the first round of the All “A” state tournament at 9:30 p.m. CST at Brescia University.
WALTON-VERONA GIRLS BASKETBALL
A day after seeing the boys win the 8th Region All “A” title, the Walton-Verona girls followed suit with a dominating victory over Eminence. It was their sixth regional All “A” title since 2018.
Braylin Terrell was named Tournament MVP while Campbell Christy, Ava Fuller, Elin Logue and Ava Hargett made the All-Tournament team.
It improved their record to 12-5 and will head to Owensboro to take on Danville Christian in the first round of the All “A” state tournament on Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. CST.
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