The Cooper Jaguars girls golf team has a new standard finishing a program-best third in the state tournament that took place Friday and Saturday at the Bowling Green Country Club.
Cooper shot 341 on the par 72 course on Friday then came back to shoot 326 on the second day for a total of 667. Madison Central shot 634 to win the state championship and Marshall County shot 651 to take runner-up honors. The Jaguars placed the fifth the previous two years.
“Friday really wasn’t our best day,” said Joe Deters, Cooper head coach. “We kind of came out slow and a little bit sluggish I thought. The big thing (Saturday) to kind of solidify third place is we actually were neck-and-neck with Marshall County and Madison Central until the last five, six holes. Madison Central kind of pulled away from everybody later on. We actually played really well the first half, which was great to see.”
Sophomore Reagan Ramage shot a two-day total of 150 to tie for fifth overall leading the Jaguars. Marshall County’s Trinity Beth won the individual state honors shooting 143 including a one-under par 71 on the second day. Ramage has been to state four times.
Three juniors Eva Maley, Ava Finke and Kendall Brissey shot 168, 172 and 177 rounding out the scoring for Cooper. Senior Skylar Anderson concluded her career shooting 200. Maley and Brissey golfed at state for the fourth time. Anderson made her third appearance there and Finke golfed at state for the first time in her career.
One challenge Bowling Green has compared to other courses to the north is Bermuda grass. Cooper golfed there earlier in the season.
“With the rough there, you could see balls bounce a couple times then they would bury,” Deters said. “You could be 15 feet away from the ball and you would just lose them when they went down into that Bermuda grass. It’s always tough down there.”
Several others from Boone, Kenton and Campbell County schools participated in the final round of the state tournament. Notre Dame’s Didi Jiradamkerng and Natalie Lovell finished 50th and tied for 72nd out of 88 golfers shooting 176 and 186, respectively. Ryle’s Anika Okuda tied for 59th shooting 180 and Bishop Brossart’s Emma Laker took 67th shooting 182.
NKAC Cross Country Results
The annual race took place at Idlewild Park in Burlington. It featured two divisions.
Scott and Campbell County scored 55 points to tie for the top honors in the larger Division II girls race out of eight teams. But Scott won when the sixth runner took 24th compared to 29th for the Camels.
Ryle sophomore Allison Kopser won the race in 18 minutes, 57.8 seconds. Campbell County sophomore Olivia Holbrook finished second in 19:13.7 and Scott junior Maddie Strong took third in 19:16 out of 72 runners.
The Beechwood girls won the Division I race with 26 points out of six teams. Beechwood freshman Lily Parke won it in 20:47.9 and Bishop Brossart senior Amy Klocke took second in 21:03.3. The Tigers took seventh of the top 11 spots out of 47 runners.
The Villa Madonna boys won the Division I race with 34 points taking four of the top seven spots and St. Henry took second with 43 out of 10 teams. St. Henry senior Ryan Dixon won the race in 16:31 and Bishop Brossart junior Nathan Ruth took second in 16:40.5. St. Henry junior Luke Durrett took third in 17:11.5 and Villa Madonna senior Owen Kovacic took fourth in 17:13.3.’
The Conner Cougars won the Division II race with 35 points of 10 teams and Covington Catholic took second with 51. Ryle junior Tiger Barlett won it in 16:03.5 and CovCath sophomore Will Sheets took second in 16:09.1. Conner senior George Johnson took third in 16:15.3.
Soccer Region Tournament Drawings
The 9th Region boys held their drawing Friday and the girls held theirs Saturday at 10 a.m. at Dixie Heights. The 8th and 10th Regions also held their drawings Saturday.
The 9th Region girls quarterfinals games take place Monday at 7 p.m. at the home sites of the district champions. The top half is an interesting one. The 34th District champion Dixie Heights Colonels (11-7-3) plays host to the Beechwood Tigers (10-6-3) and the seven-time 36th champion Highlands Bluebirds (12-6-3) play host to the 33rd runner-up Conner Cougars (13-8-2). The winners play at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Dixie Heights.
The bottom bracket sees defending state champion and 35th District champion Notre Dame (15-3-2) playing host to 36th runner-up Newport Central Catholic (7-11-1) in addition to 33rd champion Ryle (6-11-2) playing host to 34th runner-up St. Henry (12-5-2). The winners face off Wednesday at Dixie Heights at 8 p.m. and the championship game is Saturday at 5 p.m.
In the 10th Region, the defending region champion and 37th champion Campbell County girls (11-3-7) drew 39th runner-up Montgomery County (11-9-3) on Monday at 6 p.m. The winner faces 38th champion and host Harrison County (6-12) on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
On the other side of the six-team bracket, 37th runner-up Bishop Brossart (10-8-4) drew 38th runner-up Pendleton County (8-11) at 8 p.m. The winner faces 39th champion George Rogers Clark (14-3-2) at 8 p.m. Wednesday. The championship game is Saturday at 1 p.m. back at Harrison County.
The 10th Region Boys Tournament games take place at Montgomery County. The 37th runner-up Campbell County Camels (9-9-2) drew the 38th champion Harrison County Thorobreds (10-6-1) on Tuesday at 8 p.m. The winner takes on 39th champion and host Montgomery County (13-9) on Thursday at 8 p.m.
Bishop Brossart (12-5-2) won the 37th District and drew a bye into the semifinals at 6 p.m. Thursday. The Mustangs take on either 39th runner-up George Rogers Clark (10-5-6) or 38th runner-up Mason County (5-10-3).
The Simon Kenton boys and girls soccer teams won 32nd District crowns earning the right to play host to 8th Region quarterfinal games on Monday. The Simon Kenton girls (12-4-4) play host to 30th runner-up Anderson County (12-7-1) at 6 p.m. and the Simon Kenton boys (9-8-4) play host to the 29th runner-up South Oldham Dragons (8-7-5) at 8 p.m.
The Walton-Verona girls (15-5-1) drew the 29th champion and region favorite South Oldham Dragons (16-2) on Monday. The Dragons finished 4-0 against region opponents.
The region semifinal and championship games take place at Carroll County. The girls semifinals take place Tuesday at 6 and 8 p.m. respectively and the boys semifinals take place at the same times Wednesday. The girls championship is 6 p.m. Thursday and the boys region title game is the same day at 8 p.m.
