The Beechwood girls basketball team handled the Newport, 59-18 in 9th Region action.
Beechwood had nine different players score in the season-opener for both teams. Riley Boyd led the way with 18 points and Emme Kelly scored 11.
Beechwood recorded 17 steals in the win. Charley Conarroe led the way with five.
Newport was led by DeAyjah White with 10 points and eight rebounds.
The Tigers play at Frankfort on Saturday at 2 p.m. Newport hosts the Donna Murphy Classic starting on Friday with Martin County at 8:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Notre Dame 56, Newport Central Catholic 46
Eight different Pandas scored in the season-opening win on the road.
Sophia Gibson gave NewCath issues inside, scoring 13 points and Maya Lawrie scored 12. Kendra Collins and Emma Holtzapfel added eight each.
Newport Central Catholic (1-1) saw seven different players score. Caroline Eaglin once again led the Thoroughbreds with 17 points and Alaina Albrinck scored 10.
Notre Dame plays Conner in the Donna Murphy Classic on Friday at 5:30 p.m. at Newport. NewCath travels to Lloyd Memorial on the same day at 7:30 p.m.
Paul Laurence Dunbar 58, Holmes 38
The Bulldogs dropped their home opener.
India Tye, Anjali Faher and Carlie Riley combined to score 35 of the 38 points. Tye had 15, Faher with 12 and Riley chipping in eight.
Holmes (0-2) will look to get their first win on Saturday at Carroll County at 1 p.m.
Other Girls Basketball Scores
Pendleton County 50, Boone County 43
Lawrenceburg (IN) 52, Lloyd Memorial 42
Boys Basketball
Campbell County 58, Dixie Heights 34
The Camels won their first game with Brent Sowder as head coach playing solid defense.
“(Dixie) is super disciplined and well-coached,” Sowder said. “I thought our defensive intensity was good. That’s what we talked about before the game. They’re going to play super hard. We set a tone in the first quarter when we held them to four points. I was really proud of our guys for being locked in defensively for sure.”
Connor Weinel led Campbell County with a double-double of 24 points and 15 rebounds with Garyn Jackson scoring 13 points to go with six assists.
“Our offensive ball movement is good,” Jackson said. “That’s how we’re going to score – no one-on-one ball. We push the ball off defensive rebounds. We do a good job filling the lanes and finding the open guy.”
Campbell County plays host to George Rogers Clark on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Dixie Heights travels to Simon Kenton (0-1) at the same time.
Holy Cross 59, Cincinnati (Ohio) Trailblazers 56
The Indians started the Ricardo Johnson era off with a win.
Nate Rominger led the way, posting a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Gavin Goetz added 14 points, Luke Arlinghaus with 11. The Indians hit 13-of-16 from the free throw line.
Holy Cross plays at Ryle on Friday at 7:30 p.m.