Cooper boys basketball coach Tim Sullivan believes in having fun. The Ninth Region champion Jaguars meet Second Region champion Henderson County in the UK HealthCare Boys Sweet 16® at 8:30 p.m., Thursday at Rupp Arena in Lexington. “It’s been pretty fun,” Sullivan said Friday. “I wear my heart on my sleeve. I’m always trying to […]
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Weekend NKY prep hoops roundup: Johnson returns in Cooper boys win
Andy Johnson returned to the Cooper boys basketball team for a 71-50 home win over Grant County, while Conner continued their surge with a 66-47 win over Highlands, while Calvary Christian won their third in a row with a 73-57 win over Portland Christian.
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Rondon’s 20 leads Cooper past Lloyd
An upset stomach sent Yamil Rondon to Cooper’s locker room Wednesday. Rondon ultimately gave Lloyd Memorial some serious indigestion – his 20 points led the Jaguars to a 56-52 win. “I thought we played well tonight,” Rondon said. “We executed when we needed to, and I thought we got away with a great win.” Cooper […]
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Cooper learns lessons in loss to Legacy Charter
Legacy Charter defeated Cooper 63-40 Sunday afternoon in the Griffin Elite Showcase, but the Jaguars never backed down in the face of adversity. The Lions boast multiple 6-foot-9 interior players while also having multiple 6-foot-5 wing players. Despite their size advantage, Cooper battled and made Legacy earn every basket. “I thought every single guy in […]
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Dragan helped lead Cooper basketball team to district title — as a player and then as a coach
Patrick Dragan, an assistant boys basketball coach at Cooper High School, was not only a part of the coaching staff that led the Jaguars to a 33rd District title this year, he also played on the 2014-2015 Cooper team that won the 33rd District championship. It was Jan. 22, 2015, and the Cooper Jaguars Boy’s […]
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Cooper outlasts Highlands in quarterfinal thriller
Coaches talk about playing hard for 32 minutes for a reason. If it takes longer than that to earn the desired outcome, so be it. In the final quarterfinal of the Ninth Region boys basketball tournament on Wednesday at Truist Arena, that wound up being the case, Cooper outlasting Highlands 66-62 in overtime. Highlands led […]
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Cooper makes history as boys follow up girls with 33rd District crown for first time in school history
Tim Sullivan and a number of the players watched the state’s third-ranked Cooper Jaguars girls basketball team led by head coach Justin Holthaus, one of his former assistants, down the Union rival Ryle Raiders, 61-48 for the second straight 33rd District championship on Thursday at the home gym. About 24 hours later, the Jaguars boys […]
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Friday NKY HS Boys Basketball roundup: Cooper earns tough 33rd District win over Ryle
The Cooper Jaguars deflected the game’s final attempted pass making sure their cross-town rival Ryle Raiders did not have the chance to tie the game with 1.3 seconds left. Cooper (9-6, 1-1) earned the needed 33rd District seed win over the Ryle Raiders (5-8, 0-2), 51-48. Cooper will take on Boone County for the second […]
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Wednesday NKY HS basketball roundup: Balanced Cooper outlasts Newport Central Catholic, Holy Cross gets win at Billy Hicks Classic
Cooper boys’ basketball coach Tim Sullivan wants people to understand that while he despises losing, he is not as concerned about the team’s record as much as playing tough competition and finding ways to improve every game and practice. Cooper (2-2) has consistently displayed balanced scoring for years, typically slowing the pace down and working […]
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Boys 33rd District semifinals: Cooper, Conner build early leads, hold on to advance to title game
The teams that built leads in the first quarter ended up winning both games. But no lead in these games felt safe in the rugged 33rd District semifinals at Ryle on Wednesday. The Cooper Jaguars (22-5) took care of the host Raiders (13-20) in the first game and the Conner Cougars (19-9) bested the Boone […]