Dixie Heights wore black shooting shirts with “Beat Yesterday” on the front. Lloyd Memorial, however, beat the Colonels. The Juggernauts rode an 18-2 third quarter run in Tuesday’s 52-31, 34th District win at Scheben Gymnasium. Lloyd (14-6, 3-0), ranked fourth in the LINK nky poll, not only emphatically snapped No. 8 Dixie’s (12-4, 1-1) eight-game winning streak, the Juggernauts won their third straight and […]
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Wednesday NKY boys district semifinal roundup: Blank buzzer-beater lifts Dixie Heights
Hudson Blank hit a lay-up at the buzzer to lift second-seeded Dixie Heights to a 61-59 win over St. Henry in the 34th District semifinals at Villa Madonna. Blank finished with 16 points for the Colonels. Griffen Derry led Dixie Heights with 19 points and Jaxson Gray scored 10. The Crusaders saw four players score […]
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Friday NKY prep hoops roundup: Dixie boys edge Boone County
The Dixie Heights boys basketball team ventured to Boone County, built a double-digit lead, then held on for a 73-72 victory. Junior Max Rubemeyer scored all 17 of his points in the second half for the Colonels. He added a crucial three-point play in the fourth quarter. “I think it all comes from the basics,” […]
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Boys 34th district basketball preview: Lloyd Memorial the unanimous choice to repeat
It didn’t take coaches long to determine the favorite to win the boys 34th District title – Lloyd Memorial is the unanimous choice to repeat. “They return the most talent,” Villa Madonna coach Trevor Gould said. Jeremiah Israel graduated from a Juggernauts team that reached the 9th Region semifinals before falling to region champion Newport, but […]
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Fields elevated to head coach of Dixie Heights boys basketball program
Chad Fields talks about it as though he were destined to rise to this role years ago. The Dixie Heights Colonels named him the new head coach of the boys basketball program days ago. He’s been an assistant coach for many years under the three previous head coaches and also heads up the Social Studies […]
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Covington Catholic Takes Battle of Colonels for Sixth Region Crown in Nine Seasons
You had the 9th Region’s gold standard over the last 10 years for boys basketball on one side and one that made it back to the championship game for the second time during that span hoping to dethrone the arch-rival. Both happened to be nicknamed Colonels. When the game finished, the Covington Catholic Blue Colonels […]