With fall sports over, it’s time to open the window the LINK nky Team of Week for winter sports. Thanks to our partnership with OrthoCincy Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, we’ve expanded the Team of the Week program to include three Team of the Season winners and one overall winner for Team of the Year.
LINK nky is once again excited to partner with OrthoCincy Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine and announce the highly popular Team of the Week, Team of the Season and Team of the Year awards!
Nominations and Voting
Each week, a call for Team of the Week nominations will be announced via LINK nky’s online and printed editions with links shared on all of LINK nky social media platforms. The inclusive nomination and selection process will highlight the team’s achievements from the prior week with a supported photo of the team to represent them.
Voting instructions along with each nominated team’s accomplishment(s) will be published online every Monday and posted in that week’s print edition. A link will be shared via social media as well. The voting process is open to the public through Friday at noon each week, and the newest TOTW will be announced with a featured article on Friday and featured in the following week’s print edition.
Participants can vote multiple times a day and can vote every day leading up to the close of voting. All are encouraged to share voting links to help promote the team of their choice.
Team of the Season and Team of the Year
Again this year, the program will include 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.
OrthoCincy Orthopeadics and Sports Medicine and LINK nky are again proud to partner and celebrate the remarkable achievements of our local high school athletes and teams!
Here are the nominees…(voting poll at the bottom)
BEECHWOOD BOYS BASKETBALL
Beechwood is off to a 3-0 start to the season including a 2-0 week last week with wins over Scott and Bishop Brossart.
They’ve got three players averaging in double figures their first three games led by Dylan Topmiller with 19 points per game. Owen McCormack and Quentin Knasel are also in double figures, with 13 and 11 points per game, respectively. Kingston Brockett leads the team in rebounding with 6.3 per contest. As a team, they’re shooting 42% from the 3-point line.
The Tigers will look to go to 4-0 on Thursday when they host Conner.
DIXIE HEIGHTS BOYS BASKETBALL
After a season opening loss to Campbell County, Dixie Heights has won four straight to get to 4-1 on the year. They eanred wins over Newport Central Catholic and Ludlow last week.
In their first five games they’ve been led in scoring by Max Rubemeyer and Tyson Metzger with 17.6 and 15.8 points per game. Hunter Seng is adding 8.4 points and tied for the team lead with Rubemeyer with 7.4 rebounds per game.
The Colonels will look to make it five in a row with a home tilt against Conner on Tuesday.
CONNER ARCHERY
The Cougars won the Holy Cross archery tournament with a score of 3,234, beating runner-up Walton-Verona by 15 points.
Scarlett Ashcraft, Cassidy Meyer and Jonas Lamping finished second, third and fourth to lead the team. They scored a 278, 277 and 275, respectively.
SIMON KENTON GIRLS BASKETBALL
It was a 4-0 week for the Lady Pioneers as they took home the Billy Hicks Classic in Scott County with wins over West Jessamine, Scott County and Paul Laurence Dunbar sandwiched with a win over St. Henry.
It improved Simon Kenton to 6-0 on the season with all six games won by 10 points or more for an average victory of 23.5 points per game. It also marked a week in which Haylie Webb and Anna Kelch hit the 1,000-point milestones. The two are posting 14.8 and 11.2 points per game, respectively while Brynli Pernell leads the way with 16.2 points per game.
They’ll try to make it 7-0 with a road game at Dixie Heights on Thursday.
BISHOP BROSSART GIRLS BASKETBALL
The Lady ‘Stangs are off to a 5-0 start to the season and went 2-0 last week with wins over Mercy McAuley and Dixie Heights.
They are led by Kylie Smith’s 20 points per game while Greylee Kramer is adding 11.6 points per game.
Four others are posting between 6.6 to 8.4 points a contest between Rachel Shewmaker, Lilee Meyers, Hadley Eviston and Avery Wietholter.
Can they get to 6-0? We’ll know Tuesday when they play at Lloyd Memorial.
VOTE BELOW!