Lloyd Memorial and Conner need more than 32 minutes to settle basketball games. The two played an overtime battle on February 17 and 10 days later did so once again. This time, the stakes much higher in the Ninth Region tournament quarterfinals. And for the second time, the Juggernauts got the best of the Cougars […]
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Newport razzles, dazzles into second round
If a couple of fans in the Newport cheering section had a dunk counter like they do strikeouts in baseball, they would have been busy Monday night at Truist Arena. The Wildcats dunked and alley-ooped their way into the Ninth Region tournament semifinals with a 74-46 victory over Beechwood, their first regional tournament win since […]
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Covington Catholic claims fourth straight district title
Beechwood pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the state on Wednesday by beating Holy Cross in the 35th District semifinals. They were close to doing it again on Friday, but the Tigers came up short in the championship against Covington Catholic, 61-53. Just over a month ago, the Colonels defeated Beechwood 70-52. The […]
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Newport tops Highlands for first district title since 2019
Newport’s athleticism and skillset was on full display Friday night in the 36th District Championship against Highlands in Fort Thomas. A couple of Marquez Miller dunks, the all-around play of backcourt mates Taylen Kinney and Jabari Covington, some blocked shots by James Turner, then DaSahwn Anderson’s one-handed dunk in the final minute to put the […]
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Cooper girls upend Ryle for second straight 33rd District crown
Only one Ninth Region team came within single-digits of the favored Cooper Jaguars girls basketball team (26-3) during the regular season. The Ryle Raiders (22-8) had their chances until the end in a 63-58 defeat on Jan. 13 at Cooper. The two met again Thursday for the 33rd District championship on the same floor Cooper […]
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Pandas claim fifth straight district title
By Josh Kalb | LINK nky contributor Since 2019, Holy Cross and Notre Dame have met in the 35th district championship every year. Each one of those ended in Notre Dame holding up the trophy…including the one on Thursday night. The Pandas avenged a regular season loss with a 53-49 victory in Park Hills. “It […]
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Camels do it again for No. 10
With an annual All “A” powerhouse and a prior state semifinalist in their district, Campbell County’s run of district titles in the 37th District is quite the feat. They added to that run of titles on Thursday, claiming their 10th straight district championship with a 50-44 victory over Scott at Campbell County Middle School. Camels […]
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Girls Ninth Region All-Region teams announced
The All-Ninth Region teams were released on Wednesday, voted on by the region’s coaches. Here are the teams: Ninth Region Player of the Year – Whitney Lind, Cooper First Team Anna Hamilton, Conner Whitney Lind, Cooper Julia Hunt, Holy Cross Noelle Hubert, Notre Dame Abby Holtman, Ryle Second Team Liz Freihofer, Cooper Sammy Berman, Dixie […]
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Beechwood stuns Holy Cross in 35th District semis
Holy Cross had defeated Beechwood 87-60, 19 days ago and entered the postseason hot, winners of 14 of 16 and the leading scorer in the state in Jacob Meyer. Beechwood was 10-18, still trying to figure things out from losing second leading scorer Cash Harney nearly a month ago and going 2-6 without him. None […]
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Grant outlasts Walton in 32nd District thriller
Only one other semifinal in the state had two teams with 44 combined wins with the season on the line in the district tournament. When Walton-Verona and Grant County met on Wednesday night in the 32nd District tournament semifinals, someone was having their season end. For the Bearcats, fate was not on their side as […]
