The ninth and final LINK nky Team of the Week (TOW) for the spring sports season presented by Ortho Cincy is the Covington Catholic tennis team.
A bonus for the Covington Catholic tennis team is that they are now eligible for Team of the Season (TOS) for the spring sports season. St. Henry’s boys cross country team won TOS for the fall, Highlands swim and dive team winning TOS for the winter. Simon Kenton boys volleyball team won the first TOW for the spring sports season, Campbell County’s softball team won the second TOW, Villa Madonna the third, St. Henry softball the fourth, Campbell County’s girls track and field team the fifth winner, Bellevue boys track and field the sixth, Cooper boys track and field the seventh and Covington Catholic’s track and field team the eighth. A vote will now come starting on Monday for TOS. Then we’ll turn to Team of the Year (TOY) voting in the latter part of June. Each TOS winner will receive a $500 scholarship that will go to an athlete of their choice and they will then be considered for TOY.
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.
COVINGTON CATHOLIC TENNIS
The Colonels made the state championship match in team tennis for the fourth straight year, coming up shy of a fourth straight state title in a 3-0 loss to St. Xavier.
They defeated Pikeville, North Oldham and Owensboro Catholic in a five-match thriller to get to the title game.
Earlier in the week, Blake Hussey was a state runner-up in singles while Jacob Kramer and William Tribble were semifinalists.
The rest of the players on the roster are: Gideon Bement, Nicholas Wagner, Shane Davis, Max Hildenbrand and Dylan Warner. Wagner and Warner are the lone seniors on the team.
Congratulations to our other nominees as well: Campbell County baseball, Highlands softball and Beechwood baseball.
That wraps up our Team of the Week winners for the springs sports season. Check online Monday for our Team of the Season voting!
