The Cooper and Ryle girls basketball teams squared off against Boyd County and Ashland Blazer on consecutive days and the first day belonged to the hosts. Here’s how it happened. Cooper 64, Ashland Blazer 47 The Jaguars won their 10th game of the season with a sound win behind 12 steals. Liz Freihofer and Zene […]
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Friday NKY prep hoops roundup: Cooper wins Queen of Commonwealth Tournament
The Cooper girls basketball team fought through the difficult challenge of playing four games in four days defeating Meade County, 59-42 to win the Queen of the Commonwealth Tournament at Bullitt East. Cooper has held eight opponents to 42 points or fewer this season. The Jaguars (9-3) are 8-0 in those games and 1-3 when […]
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Wednesday NKY prep hoops roundup: Newport starts King of Bluegrass strong, sets up battle with Great Crossing
The Newport boys basketball team built a 34-15 halftime lead on Washington County to open the King of the Bluegrass Tournament at Fairdale High in Louisville and held off a charge in the second half for a 64-55 win. Newport made the most of its ball pressure forcing 14 Washington County turnovers while committing just […]
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Cooper sweeps doubleheader against Conner
Both Cooper basketball teams earned the legs up in 33rd District seed play in completely different fashion. The Cooper boys had to make two defensive stands in the final minute to pull off a one-point win over Conner after the Cooper girls blew out Conner in the second half. Here’s how it happened: BOYS Cooper […]
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Saturday NKY HS hoops round-up: Lind scores 2000th career point in Cooper win over Bowling Green
The Cooper Jaguars (15-2) took their talents to Louisville for the Raatz Fence/O’Shea’s Classic at Louisville Mercy to face the Bowling Green Purples (13-8) in a rematch of last year’s state quarterfinals. Cooper trailed 13-6 after the first quarter. But the Jaguars came back to win their 13th in a row as the dynamic 6-foot-2-inch […]
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Cooper girls run away from Holy Cross
This one had the chance to stay tight so long as the Holy Cross Indians girls basketball team slowed the tempo, worked the ball around patiently, made three-pointers and especially did not give the host Cooper Jaguars a lot of fast break opportunities. That strategy worked in the first quarter as Cooper led 18-13. But […]