The Cooper girls hit the road and knocked off Ohio power Mount Notre Dame for the second straight year, 74-55 for their 10th straight win. Logan Palmer doubled up her team-high season average scoring 31 points to lead the way for the Jaguars. Liz Freihofer put up 17 and Bella Deere scored 11 with Haylee […]
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Cooper girls stymie Assumption with relentless pressure defense
Not enough can be said about the commitment to defense from the two-time defending 9th Region champion Cooper Jaguars girls basketball team. The Jaguars make every pass, shot and even dribble tough with their relentless man-to-man on-ball pressure, which includes unexpected double teams at various parts of the court. If anything is off by even […]
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An Exceptional Eight: Triple Threat teammates plan for college
The eight girls were at least a curiosity. When the Boone County contingent showed up for AAU basketball tournaments some six years ago, their opponents couldn’t believe they had anything to do with a Catholic school in Burlington. No, neither the squads who drew their rosters from all over Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana – nor their parents […]
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Cooper one win from repeating in the 9th after stifling Notre Dame
The Rocky movies may have come out before the Cooper Jaguars girls basketball players came into this world. But the reigning Ninth Region champs (28-3) played theme songs from those movies after smashing their way back to the region championship game with a sound 53-30 win over Notre Dame (19-11) on Friday at Truist Arena. […]
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Girls Ninth Region Preview: Cooper the target in a talented field
The talk in the preseason and all throughout the regular season has been about the defending Ninth Region champs and the team that has been the region’s standard for the last seven-plus seasons. They both happen to be located in the same town five miles from each other in Union. During the regular season and […]
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Friday NKY HS girls basketball round-up: Cooper pulls away from Conner in second half
The size, depth and length of the Cooper Jaguars girls basketball team (3-2, 1-0) will be talked about a lot this season. The Jaguars showed why opening 33rd District seed action with a convincing 62-39 road victory over the Conner Cougars (3-4, 0-1) using those strengths to pull away at halftime. Cooper led 34-20 at […]
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Saturday NKY HS round-up: Cooper girls hand Mount Notre Dame second loss in last 103 games
Justin Holthaus talked with a fellow 9th Region coach about a reality check earlier in the week. But the head coach of the Cooper Jaguars girls basketball team smiled with his assistants at the one they saw on their home floor. The Jaguars (2-0) showed they can not only knock off perennial state contenders with […]