Best Ballers in NKY

From QueenCityHigh.Rivals.com

8. Luke Maile- F- CovCath- 6'3" 200lbs SR - Maile had said that he was not going to play basketball this year to focus on baseball (committed to UK), but at the beginning of practices a few weeks ago Maile decided he wanted to come back and his coach and fellow seniors allowed him to. Maile provides the Colonels with size and athleticism that can't be found elsewhere in the program, who without Maile might have been an afterthought in the Ninth Region this year. Maile will have to work on bringing this team together and playing within the team concept; something he has been known for struggling with.

I like this list, but I think Maile should be a little higher. He's a great athlete and very fun to watch. You won't be surprised to see who #1 is.

Hug Your Kids!

This past week, my two step children (ages 11 & 13) lost their father to a sudden death at the very young age of 41. I usually use this forum to discuss sports and the like, but this time I'm using it to send another message. Hug your kids and tell them you love them! Not tomorrow or next week . . today . . every day! You never know when your life will end, and most of us take everyday life for granted. Go to their ball games, events, etc. and show them your support, encourage them and show them how much they mean to you.

Thank you for spending the time to read this.

2008-09 Grade School Basketball Tournaments

I'm trying to compile a list of all the Northern Kentucky grade school basketball tournaments. If you have any to add please email me at ben@nkysports.com.

Silver Grove HS Tournament
When: 1st and 2nd Weekends of November
Contact: John Ruck - jruck2754@yahoo.com

Campbell County MS Tournament
When: November
Contact: Karen Henderson - camelbasketball@zoomtown.com

St. Henry Grade School Tournament
When: November
Contact: Jeff Grayson - jgrayson@vintage-vfi.com

NKU Women's Basketball Tournament
When: Thanksgiving Weekend
Contact:

St. Catherine Grade School Tournament
When: Early December

Dayton HS Tournament
When: Mid-December
Contact: Tom Dilts tld@fuse.net

St. Mary Grade School Tournament
When: End of December

St. Thomas Grade School Tournament
When: January

St. Joe Cold Spring Tournament
When: January

St. Therese Grade School Tournament
When: February

St. Peter & Paul Grade School Tournament
When: February

Holy Trinity Grade School Tournament
When: Early March

Great Rivalries

Ryan Ernst breaks down the great rivalries in the area. This is in lieu of the Highlands-CovCath bout coming up this weekend.

Beechwood vs. Newport Central Catholic, football

It seems almost impossible for these two squads to play a bad game against each other. Six of their last eight meetings have been decided by one touchdown or less.

Boone's Quainoo Is Making Heads Turn

And Quainoo did get better as the game went on turning those 44 carries into 330 yards and three touchdowns in Boone County's 28-18 win.

"It is not about records or anything like that, it was just what you have to do to win the game. We gave the ball to Cory (Farris) 40-some times in a playoff game before. It just kind of depends on the way things are going in the game, but certainly we didn't go into the game anticipating handing him the ball 44 times," Thompson said.

When I saw the story about this kid I was taken back. Are you serious? 44 carries and 330 yards, plus 3 TD's. Now that's a star in the making. Wow!

A Late Bloomer Waits

John Erardi- Enquirer/ NKY.com

"It was rough at first," Eten recalls. "The coaches were just starting to install the offense when I was told that not only couldn't I practice, I had to go home. I couldn't stay at the university. ... I'm making up for it now, but it definitely hurt me at the time."


A very well written article by Erardi. The most important piece of information in the article is to make sure if you're a HS senior or prospective college athlete that you double check your transcript and be aware problems may arise during the transfer phase.

Josh Conner Out 4-6 Weeks

Josh Conner, the starting running back from Highlands HS broke his tibia (part of the leg) bone last night in a scrimmage against Louisville Male. The senior running back recoreded 20 rush TD's and 1,189 yards running last year for the 'Birds. He is expected to miss 4-6 week. Hopefully, Josh has a quick and successful recovery.

Eten Cleared To Play For Morehead St.

Three days into summer workouts at Morehead St. University, incoming Freshman TE Ryan Eten was notified by his coaches at MSU he was not an eligible player per the NCAA clearinghouse and had to go home until things got sorted out.

Another Morehead St. Freshman and Northern Kentucky native DT Alex Koski (Dixie Heights) was also deemed ineligible as well. The reasoning for Eten's three week dismissal. One high school class credit not transferring over to the NCAA. A minor, but costly error on the part of CCHS. Eten and Koski had to miss their whole training camp.

Eten got the go-ahead this week to begin practicing. Koski was still waiting for word to start.

The NCAA certainly didn't do them any favors.

The Eagles start their season next Saturday, August 30th against S. Virginia.

Northern Kentucky Week 1 Schedule

The season kicks off next weekend and here is the slate.



A few games of interest include:


Beechwood Tigers vs. Dixie Heights Colonels @ Beechwood



Noel Rash's Tigers take on a gritty Dixie Heights team who could be a sleeper this year in Northern Kentucky. Dixie is young, after they lost key players last year including QB Joey Bricking and RB Marty Molony. However, Dixie brings back some strong senior leadership with LB Cody Godsey and RB Connor Brock.



NewCath Throughbreds vs. Simon Kenton Pioneers @ Newport High School



The 'Breds will begin their season facing a tough Pioneer team who went through some growing pains last year at the QB position. Their QB Patrick Bustle will look to keep working under center this season along side a breakout candidate in Jr. RB Miles Simpson. Simpson is expected to be a center piece to the Pioneer offense. If anyone has a lot of eyes on him this season, it's Miles Simpson.



NewCath brings back one of my favorite players to watch in QB Rob Kues. Kues led the 'Breds to a second place finish in the state tournament after losing to a tough Ft. Campbell team in Louisville. Kues has a couple offensive weapons returning as well, including Sr. RB Mark Kelly.


Another key player to watch out for is Mario Escalante at Safety. Escalante's hawk-like ability to get a bead on the football is second to none and he'll be a candidate for defensive player of the year.

Hopefully if you're a Northern Kentucky High School Football fan you can whet your appetite with one of these great matchups.

More to come...

NKY Football Pre-Season Top 10

Here are the pre-season rankings for the upcoming 2008-2009 season.

Highlands is your #1 team to start the year and I'm pretty sure they will remain there throughout the season. They've got a potential Mr. Football candidate in RB Josh Connor, one of the best OL in the state in Adam Dempsey, and a cast of several other great players like Austin Collinsworth.

Ryan Ernst notes that Highlands plays Colerain in the second week of the season, it'll be an ultimate test for the 'Birds among many other this season.

Beechwood Standout Commits to Central Michigan

According to www.hskentucky.scout.com, the Chippewas received a verbal commitment from offensive linemen Dominic Mainello of Fort Mitchell (Ky.) Beechwood High School.

The 6-foot-5, 250-pound Mainello said the Chippewas offered him a scholarship June 8 following a one-day camp he attended at CMU. He said CMU is recruiting him to play guard or defensive tackle.

Notes On Dixie Heights

From Ryan Ernst:

A lot of competition out on the field today. Seems like the coaching staff is still trying to figure out what it's working with. If one guy screwed up, another guy went in.

Dixie isn't nearly as big as it normally is.

If there's one guy in Northern Kentucky I'm really excited about seeing as an every-down back, it's Dixie senior Connor Brock. He's one of the fastest players in the area. And after being used as a slot back last year, he'll have to learn how to run between the tackles. But he should be fun to watch in the open field.

I talked to Brock after practice. Seemed like a good kid. Humble. When I asked him how fast he was, he kind of danced around the topic, obviously not wanting to brag. "Well," I said. "Is anyone on the team faster than you?" "Um," he said. "Well, uh, no."

Spritzky got a little help today at practice from his 4-year-old daughter, who stood next to her dad during various drills. Just made for an interesting image.

Spritzky is not a yeller. More of a teacher. It always amazes me how many head coaches are like that. I'll bet if you went to every high school practice in Northern Kentucky, you'd have a tough time figuring out which man is the head coach at quite a few. Defensive coordinators, they're the yellers.

Ryan Wilson will be the starter at quarterback. He's part of a very good junior class at Dixie. He's not huge (5-11) and he doesn't appear to have a huge arm, but he seems pretty athletic.

Former NKY football players at University of Louisville

The University of Louisville has been trying to make it more of a point to recruit the NKY/Cincy area. As the cardinals currently have two players from the NKY area and seven from the Cincinnati area. The first of the local standouts would be Newport Central Catholic graduate Zach Kiernan. He enters this season at defensive end, and looks very impressive on paper at 6'6" and 281 pounds. The biggest hurdle for Kiernan will be overcoming a season ending knee injury last season that has earned him a bright yellow (non contact) jersey and huge brace to start practice.

The second local player suiting up for the cardinals is true freshman and preferred walk-on Drew Davis. Davis graduated from Beechwood high school and lead the Tigers to a state title last season. Davis is listed on the roster at 6'1" 275 and will be playing the defensive line at Louisville. Last year Davis weighted in at 238, so its a true sign of his dedication to see him put on almost 40 pounds this past off season. I think both of these players will have great career's in Louisville.

On a side note former Covington Catholic standout Mike Donoghue is still apart of the team after last years career ending injury. Donoghue, a former offensive lineman on the University of Louisville football team, was diagnosed with congenital spinal stenosis, making it too risky for him to ever play football again. Donoghue has since taken a job as a student assistant coach for U of L.

Heres a good story about Mike making the transition from player to student coach.

http://media.www.louisvillecardinal.com/media/storage/paper964/news/2007/10/30/Sports/From-Gridiron.To.The.Sideline-3065558.shtml

I'll be working on interviews with all three of these players in the near future, and will also have college updates of other former local standouts.

Rowe Reaches 200

Brossart Varsity Coach Bob Rowe picked up his 200th win yesterday as his Mustangs defeated Bellevue 4-2. Rowe is the winningest coach in Brossart history with a 200-152-1 record overall in eleven season.

Sorrell and Henderson to Square Off Against Indiana

Corey Sorrell and Arrez Henderson both played their way on to the Kentucky All-Star team that will play against Indiana in the annual basketball series taking place on June 13th in Indianapolis and June 15th in Louisville. Last year two of Arrez's former teammates, Austin Hill and Greg Rice both made the team representing Northern Kentucky.

NewCath Headed to State for All A Classic

Newport Catholic defeated Brossart 5-3 in the All A Classic Sectional advancing them to State for the All A. Jeramie Connor pitched all 7 innings for the Breds to get the win. NewCath will face Owensboro Catholic on May 3 for their next game in the tournament.

Click here for the NKY.com Article

Holmes Makes it to State Championship Game

*** SWEET 16 UPDATE ***
Holmes loses in the Championship game to Mason County 57-48. Congratulations to the Holmes Bulldogs for making such a great run in the Kentucky State Sweet 16 Basketball Tournament.

*** SWEET 16 UPDATE ***
Holmes defeats LexCath 57-50 to advance to the Kentucky State Sweet 16 Championship game being played Saturday night at 8:00 PM.

Tornado Delays UK's Tournament Game

And it may have cost them an NCAA tournament bid . . . some people think that b/c of Kentuckys's RPI of around 60, the Cats needed at least one SEC Tournament win to solidify a NCAA tournament bid. Well, they did not get that win as they lost in OT to Georgia 60-56. But, under the circumstances will this game be overlooked by the selection committee?

Consider this . . Georgia played Thursday night and was supposed to play again against UK the following night. Well, that doesn't happen b/c of the inclement weather in Atlanta. So, Georgia gets some extra rest and Kentucky, the only SEC team NOT to play in the tournament yet has to wait until Saturday afternoon to break a sweat in the tournament. It seems like everything that could go wrong for Kentucky this past weekend did go wrong . . 1) Their first tournament game gets postponed due to the tornado activity in Atlanta 2) The game gets moved to Saturday afternoon at Georgia Tech where only select people can attend the game, meaning the estimated 16,000 Kentucky fans would not be able to watch and cheer on the Cats at the game (and imagine how frustating this was to UK fans, not able to watch any UK games in person for this tournament) 3) They start the game off against Georgia very badly as it seemed like the previous night's events really affected them and were down by 12 at one point 4) After battling back and sending the game into OT a freshman from Georgia, Swansey, drains a three pointer with 1.2 second left to give the Bulldogs a one point lead (he had 5 points in the game, all in OT) and 5) Kentucky runs the typical base line play where they try to get the defender to charge, they execute it perfectly (Bradley does) and the ref swallows his whistle!!

So, now the Cats will have to wait until Selection Sunday to see if they make it to the Big Dance! I personally think they deserve a bid despite the Georgia loss, they were 12-4 in the conference and 10-2 in their last 12 games (before the GA loss). I know they had a loss to Gardner-Webb but how long ago was that, and some people keep bringing up that they lost to San Diego, but for those who do not know, San Diego won the WCC by beating Gonzaga, so San Diego is a good team. Kentucky was depleted earlier in the year with injuries, they started getting healty, and then started winning games. They've beat Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Florida, Arkansas and almost beat Miss St on the road.

As for what happened in Atlanta Saturday night . . unbelievable!! Many have talked about how the OT game b/w Miss St. and Alabama may have saved lives!! If that game had gotten over at the regular time, you would have had some fans leaving and who knows what could have happened. If you have not seen the video coverage of what happened check out the video link below. It's pretty amazing that no one was hurt during this event!!

Oh, and one more thing, the referee reponsible for not making the charging call should never be allowed to work a tournament game again! I know it's at the end of the game, and I know the play is all the way from the basket, but it's a foul, call it . . even all the ESPN analysts have been saying the same thing.

Tornado Hits the Georgia Dome during the SEC Tournament

9th Region Semi-Final Holmes 70 Dixie 42

Game was over in the 2nd quarter. Jamal Riley hit four 3-pointers for the Holmes Bulldogs. Up next is CovCath for the 9th Region Championship and a chance to visit the Sweet 16 for the second year in a row.

9th Region Semi-Finals CovCath 63 St. Henry 44

CovCath pulls away at about the 5 minute mark in the 4th quarter. The Colonels jumped out to a 15-4 lead and never relinquished it. The Crusaders pulled to within 5 points at one point in the 2nd quarter. CovCath was just too much for St. Henry tonight. CovCath now awaits the winner of Dixie/Holmes.

Congrats to Conner and Simon Kenton!

The Conner (9th Region) and Simon Kenton (8th Region) girls' basketball teams won their respective Regions to move onto the Kentucky Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament.

Conner defeated Notre Dame Academy 79-64 to advance while Simon Kenton beat Anderson County 48-44.

Congratulations to the teams and good luck down state!

Regional Tournaments Pushed Back

Since Northern Kentucky got pounded with about 12" of snow over the weekend, it has caused all the tournaments (boys and girls) to be pushed back. The girls played their Semi-Final games on Sunday and their Championship games will be played tonight, March 10, each at 7:00 PM. This is for the 8th, 9th and 10th Regions.

For the boys, the Semi-Final games have been pushed back to tomorrow, Tuesday March 11, for the 8th, 9th and 10th Regions while their Championship games will be played on Wednesday, March 12.

CovCath Survives Highlands

This was the first time I'd seen either team in action and even though CovCath looked like the better team tonight, I believe if Highlands would have played some defense and showed some intensity they could have won.

The first half was pretty even, both teams hit some shots, both were a little sloppy on the passing, and it was even 20-20. The second half started badly for Highlands as CovCath had an early 7-0 run, which the Bluebirds couldn't respond to. With CovCath up 22-20, CovCath missed a jumper and with 2 Highlands' players going for the rebound, the ball gets knocked right to a CovCath player for an easy layup. Right afterwards, Nic Simpson gets picked on the press, the CovCath player goes in for the score and Simpson commits the foul. 27-20 CovCath, and they never looked back.

Greg McGraw of Highlands was the only reason Highlands still kept the game close. He made shots from all over the court, had a few steals and several assists. McGras finished with 25 pointes. The Highlands defense gave up way too many easy baskets. There did not seem to be any intensity of the Bluebirds' side, especially on defense. For CovCath, Luke Maile played a great game finishing with 14 points and 12 rebounds. It did not seem like Highlands had any answers to Maile.

Highlands pulled to within 4 points with about 30 seconds left but CovCath scored on an easy layup with about 19 seconds to make it 58-52.

Final
CovCath 60
Highlands 56

Villa Madonna Almost Pulls Upset

I was expecting another 20+ point victory for the Crusaders, but to the surprise of myself and many others, the Blue Lightning of Villa Madonna not only made a game of this, they could have really won the game! Villa Madonna was leading by 9 points at one point in the 3rd Quarter and they kept on hitting shots. St. Henry chipped away at the lead slowly in the 4th quarter. Villa Madonna had several chances in regulation to take the lead towards the end of the game but could not capitalize.

A few observations about this game: 1) St. Henry did not come ready to play -- I've seen them play on 2 other occassions and they scrapped, they did not scrap tonight and if they want to beat CovCath they better pick their instensity up a lot! 2) Villa Madonna looked very poised and did not look like a 20 point underdog, they hit several 3 pointers and if they could have handled St. Henry's pressure in the last quarter they would have won this game!

Final / OT
St. Henry 59
Villa Madonna 56

Holmes 72 CCH 65 (OT)

Let me start off by saying what a game! It doesn't get any better than this. The first quarter was all Arrez Henderson. The second stanza, however, was CovCath's shooting on display at it's finest. Maile hit a three, and then Shover hit back to back threes to give CovCath a six point lead. They would lead by as many as seven. They led most of the quarter until Holmes went on an 8-0 run, capped off by a Jamel Riley basket to close out the half. CCH came out in the second half firing once again on a Schmerge three and a Maile basket to give them a four point lead. However, Ricardo Johnson and the Bulldogs came storming back and would push the lead out to six before another CovCath three would cut the lead down to three to end the quarter. Holmes would extend their lead to as many as seven in the final period, before CCH's hot shooting would bring them back. Schmerge hit a big three and Shover hit two including the tying one with 20 seconds left. Maile had a huge block and Holmes never scored before time expired. Holmes was out to a four point lead before an and one three point play converted by Bondick would cut the lead back down to one with around a minute and a half remaining. Arrez Henderson then went to the line and made eight consecutive free throws to seal the deal.

A Couple Notes:
- Holmes is so much more athletic than CovCath it's mind boggling that this is even a 20 point game.
- CCH is by far the best outside shooting team in NKY right now and that will take them far in the regional tourney.
- Is it just me or does it seem that Elijah Pittman is capable of much more than what he's doing right now? He always impresses me with his drives to the basket.
- Luke Maile seemed to be the only Colonel who had a prayer of converting a basket in the paint against Holmes.
- Arrez Henderson is going to be a nice addition to a team at the next level in some capacity. He just has way too much ability to not contribute somewhere.
- Mitch Shover really impressed me during this tournament both games. He has a good shot, but most importantly he is so clutch with it.

Scoring Leaders:
Holmes- Henderson 30 Ricardo Johnson 11 (9 reb) Clark 12
CCH- Shover 20 Bondick 16 Schmerge 13

CCH VS HOLMES Prediction

Well this is starting to become a theme with the 35th district tournament; quite possibly the two best teams in the region battling it out first in their district finals. Last year it was CovCath who prevailed in the district, but Holmes stole the show in the regional tournament and made the trip down to Rupp for the State Tournament. While CovCath is really playing well right now, and proved that last night with their play against Holy Cross, I don't see them beating Holmes. They would have to shoot as well as they did last night if not better and against a much tougher defense in Holmes. I just don't see it happening. Holmes' athleticism is unparalleled in NKY and will really prove to be the difference in this one. Expect a big night out of Arrez Henderson (20+ points). I say Holmes in a close one.
Final Score- Holmes 57 CCH 53

CCH 61 HC 51

If you've seen these teams play in the past few years then you've pretty much seen this one already. Big Crowd, great atmosphere, lots of emotion, great game..... for three quarters. Sorrell was pretty much what you'd expect out of him, 28 points 13 rebounds. Sorrell had to force a lot to try to make things happen. Other than Giwa, he didn't get much help. CovCath on the other hand shot the ball well all night. Shover, Bondick, and Grimes all had nice nights from the field. Holy Cross kept it close til about the five minute mark in the fourth quarter. HC made a bizarre decision to go to a 2-3 zone and paid for it. CCH went on a big run and never looked back. Colonels advance to the finals to face Holmes. I'll post my predictions tomorrow.

CCH-61- Shover 21, Roll 2, Bondick 14, Maile 6, Grimes 11, Schmerge 7.
HC- 51- Sorrell 28, Volpenhein 2, Giwa 10, Roenker 5, Eastin 6

9th Region Tournament at Bank of Kentucky Center Next Year

Article just posted on NKY.com this morning. Looks like the boys and girls 9th Region Tournaments will be hosted by the Bank of Kentucky Center for the next 3 years starting in 2009.

NKY.com Article

Blue Lightning and Bluebirds Advance

Well it turns out I was half right in my two predictions for yesterday. Villa did manage to beat Ludlow again and gain their first 9th region tournament bid. I was pretty close on the final score as well (60-59). Stephen Love had 19 including the game-winning three. Blake Bryan chipped in with 16. The score of that Highlands Newcath game really surprised me (60-40). Beiting did guard Simpson instead of Pangallo and was able to hold him to nine(Three of them coming on a huge halftime buzzer beater). The 'Breds went zone a fair amount in the second half, and McGraw is who really killed them. He finished with a game-high 25 points. There weren't any 'Breds in double figures.

1st Round District Matchups and Predictions
There are some very good first round matchups at hand this week for the opening round of the district tournaments. Newcath and Highlands matching up in the first round is case and point why we need to get away from blind-drawing the district matchups, but that argument's another time another place; here's a good link to an enquirer article about it http://news.nky.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20080225/SPT0302/802250367. Anyways here's my thoughts and predictions on a couple of the better first round matchups.

34th District
Ludlow vs Villa Madonna
This game should be an interesting one. This strong Villa team has a legitimate chance to make it to the regional tournament for the first time ever. Ludlow is the host school for the 34th district tournament so the Panthers have the homecourt advantage. However, I think the homecourt advantage won't be enough and Blake Bryan will score 25+ leading the Blue Lightning to the finals.
Final Score- VMA 65 LHS 59
35th District
Holy Cross vs Covington Catholic
This one is a classic waiting to happen. First meeting between these teams Corey Sorrell willed his Indians into overtime, but came up short. There's no secret about it, Sorrell will have to carry this HC team and then some in order to pull off the upset. Fortunately, for the Indians the Colonels really don't have a good matchup for Sorrell. CovCath has been pretty strong this season but not very dominant. I expect CCH to let the Indians hang around until the 4th quarter, and despite 30+ from Sorrell, the Colonels advance to face Holmes in the finals.
Final Score- CCH 56 HC49
36th District
Newcath vs Highlands
A shame that one of these teams won't be playing in this year's regional tournament. However, it makes for an awesome first round matchup. In the first matchup between these two teams early in the year Highlands won by 16. It was one of the first games back for most of the football players on both sides which probably hurt NCC the most. The key to this game will be who NCC matches up with Nic Simpson. Last meeting 5'6" point guard Grant Pangallo tried to match up with him and it didn't work out. If the 'Breds plan on using that same defensive strategy expect Highlands to win. Newcath however is peaking at the right time with a big win over Holmes last week. I think Simpson, fresh off his hand injury, is slowed down by the 'Breds and Jeremie Conner gets off for 15+ in a NCC victory.
Final Score- NCC 51 HHS 47

Dixie Heights 66, Boone County 53
I had the opportunity to broadcast this game Friday night. It was originally supposed to be on Thursday but got pushed back due to weather. I was kind of shocked by the outcome, as I knew Dixie was good, but not this good. Here's some quick notes that came to mind as I was broadcasting:
- Luke Mace really didn't play a whole lot not sure if it was because of the tempo of the game (very fast) or Pompilio really stepping it up off the bench but I love Mace's agressiveness with the dunk. Every chance he gets he throws one down. Got to see two of them last night in the 2nd half.
- Where did Stephon Pompilio come from? This is only the second time I have seen Dixie play this year but I haven't heard his name at all. This kid looked like the real deal last night. Good mid-range jumper pulled Earls away from the basket and enabled him to drive past him several times and showed the ability to adjust his shot and finish around the basket.
Disappointing to not see Krohman have a big game on Senior Night he just wasn't on, and credit Dixie's defense for making him work hard just to get a shot off.
-Andy Earls has really developed as a player since last year. This is the second time I've seen him now and he looks like a completely different player from last year on the offensive end. He's going to get even better to watch out for him.
-Aubrey Carter might be the most underrated PG in NKY. He did an outstanding job last night controlling the ball for Dixie against a tough Boone press. He is a great drive and dish guy, and had three very good aggressive drives to the basket that really impressed me in the 2nd half. He could probably look to score more if he wanted to, but I don't think that's what he's being asked to do on this team.

2008 All "A" Classic State

The NewCath (girls), St. Henry (boys), and Bishop Brossart (boys) will represent NKY in the Touchstone Energy All "A" Classic the week of January 28, 2008. Games begin on Wednesday. I believe the NCC girls went last year and this will be Brossart's 6th straight trip from the 10th Region.

St. Henry stopped the NewCath's boys streak of three years with a 64-50 win. It was also Dave Faust's 250th win as a varsity boys coach in basketball. Congratulations to Dave! Dave was my varsity coach for baseball and JV coach for basketball at NewCath and I thought he was great!

Here's a video link to St. Henry's win over NCC:
9th Region All A Finals

Good luck to all the teams down state for the All A!!

Boone Cty vs St. Henry VIDEO Webcast

This is our first LIVE VIDEO production of an event for the general public. We did a test video broadcast last month of the CovCath/Holy Cross freshman game and we worked some of the issues out since then. The test webcast was not publicized we we really didn't have any live viewers. This game is on NKY.com as part of the Kentucky Enquirer's Game of the Week and a direct link to the broadcast (including it's archive) is Link to Broadcast