Highlands seeks its first boys 36th District title in nearly four years, while defending champion Newport copes with losing two more top players. Bellevue hired a coach from within, and Newport Central Catholic and Dayton deal with major graduation losses. District games to watch include: Highlands at NewCath, Jan. 24; Highlands at Newport, Feb. 6; and two Bellevue-Dayton meetings – Jan. 5 at Dayton and Feb. 3 at Bellevue’s Ben Flora […]
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Cincy Shoots for a Cure to feature 10 NKY teams
John Blackwell has been thinking about the idea for a while. One of Beechwood’s assistant boys basketball coaches wanted to combine his love of high school hoops and a fervent desire to raise money for cancer research. His solution: the inaugural Cincy Shoots for a Cure – a series of 20 games involving teams from […]
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Listerman’s 20 sends Highlands to boys 36th District final
Highlands gave Newport Central Catholic a lot of “L” on Wednesday. Junior Vinny Listerman’s 20 points helped the Bluebirds in a 71-53 “W” over Newport Central Catholic in the 36thDistrict semifinals on NewCath’s court. The Bluebirds’ reward: two-time defending Ninth Region champion Newport, a 69-43 mercy-rule winner over Bellevue, for the trophy at 7 p.m. […]
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Retired principal, basketball coach Ron Dawn points to relationships as most important part of successful career
Ron Dawn recently attended a boys basketball game in the John Turner Classic at Newport between Campbell County and Newport Central Catholic with his head coach John Gross. Gross’ grandson is Campbell County senior guard Jake Gross. John Gross and Dawn helped the Thoroughbreds to a second of three consecutive 9th Region titles during Dawn’s […]