Covington Catholic beat Highlands 61-32 in 1966.

Covington Catholic beat Conner 74-41 in 1968.

Covington Holy Cross beat Covington Catholic 51-49 in 1971.

Twenhofel beat Holmes 47-41 in 1976.

Covington Catholic beat Holmes 50-49 in 1989.

Highlands beat Covington Catholic 40-35 in 2001.

Covington Catholic beat Covington Holy Cross 48-41 in 2002.

1959 - Boone County
1960 -
1961 -
1962 - Boone County
1963 - Newport Catholic
1964 - Newport Catholic
1965 - John G. Carlisle
1966 - Covington Catholic
1967 - Newport Catholic
1968 - Covington Catholic
1969 - Covington Holy Cross
1970 -
1971 - Covington Holy Cross
1972 - Covington Catholic
1973 - Covington Catholic
1974 -
1975 - Covington Catholic
1976 - Twenhofel
1977 - Holmes
1978 - Simon Kenton
1979 -
1980 - Newport Catholic
1981 - Newport Catholic
1982 - Covington Catholic
1983 -
1984 - Newport Central Catholic
1985 - Highlands
1986 - Lloyd Memorial
1987 -
1988 -
1989 - Covington Catholic
1990 -
1991 - Covington Catholic
1992 - Covington Catholic
1993 - Covington Catholic
1994 - Covington Catholic
1995 - Highlands
1996 - Highlands
1997 - Covington Catholic
1998 -
1999 - Covington Catholic
2000 - Dixie Heights
2001 - Highlands
2002 - Covington Catholic
2003 - Covington Catholic
2004 - Covington Catholic
2005 - Covington Catholic
2006 - Ryle
2007 - Covington Catholic
2008 - Boone County
2009 - Boone County
2010 - Scott
2011 - Covington Catholic
2012 - Covington Catholic
2013 - Simon Kenton
2014 - Covington Catholic
2015 - Covington Catholic
2016 - Covington Holy Cross
2017 - Covington Catholic
2018 - Covington Catholic
2019 - Covington Catholic

New Cath 1967. Rieschberger, Noll, etc

Cov Cath 1968. Rippe, Derkson, Topmiller, etc

Holmes 1977. Dicky Beal, Rick Walton, Elliott Simpson, Todd Whatley, Mark Elmer, Joe Mardis, Kerry Humphrey, and more. Gets my vote for best frosh team in NKY history (Dicky played two years of Freshman basketball, made the decision not to play up JV or Varsity as a Frosh).

Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

1959 - Boone County
1960 -
1961 -
1962 - Boone County
1963 - Newport Catholic
1964 - Newport Catholic
1965 - John G. Carlisle
1966 - Covington Catholic
1967 - Newport Catholic
1968 - Covington Catholic
1969 - Covington Holy Cross
1970 -
1971 - Covington Holy Cross
1972 - Covington Catholic
1973 - Covington Catholic
1974 -
1975 - Covington Catholic
1976 - Twenhofel
1977 - Holmes
1978 - Simon Kenton
1979 -
1980 - Newport Catholic
1981 - Newport Catholic
1982 - Covington Catholic
1983 -
1984 - Newport Central Catholic
1985 - Highlands
1986 - Lloyd Memorial
1987 -
1988 -
1989 - Covington Catholic
1990 -
1991 - Covington Catholic
1992 - Covington Catholic
1993 - Covington Catholic
1994 - Covington Catholic
1995 - Highlands
1996 - Highlands
1997 - Covington Catholic
1998 -
1999 - Covington Catholic
2000 - Dixie Heights
2001 - Highlands
2002 - Covington Catholic
2003 - Covington Catholic
2004 - Covington Catholic
2005 - Covington Catholic
2006 - Ryle
2007 - Covington Catholic
2008 - Boone County
2009 - Boone County
2010 - Scott
2011 - Covington Catholic
2012 - Covington Catholic
2013 - Simon Kenton
2014 - Covington Catholic
2015 - Covington Catholic
2016 - Covington Holy Cross
2017 - Covington Catholic
2018 - Covington Catholic
2019 - Covington Catholic

 

Even with the blanks and the chance that those were NewCath wins, I'm surprised by how long it's been since NewCath won this last. Holmes too. Actually, I'm shocked that Holmes only shows one win thus far.

Finals are tonight. Highlands is vying for their first win in 19 years, and Cov Cath is shooting for a four-pete.

I think one should consider Carlisle's '65 title as part of Holmes' total. There was a span of years when Holmes was grades 10-12 only and one of the 5-10 largest schools in the state.

1965 would have been the first (?) year students from the recently closed William Grant HS would attend Holmes. I'm more surprised Grant isn't on the list. Jim Brock coached some powerhouse teams there, even though it wasn't a big school.

That’s a great post. Always cool to look backward 3 years to see how kids have developed .... well done.

1988-89 Covington Catholic won with Studer, Etler and Johnson. Studer banked in a three at the buzzer from the wing against Holmes. Probably the only intentionally banked 3 to win a championship in the history of the tournament.

1988-89 Covington Catholic won with Studer, Etler and Johnson. Studer banked in a three at the buzzer from the wing against Holmes. Probably the only intentionally banked 3 to win a championship in the history of the tournament.

 

Very cool. Thanks @Legacy26!

The 1975 champion Cov Cath Freshman Regional team, coached by Mike Listerman.

Standing L-R: Dave Macke, Mike Schneider, Pete Ganshirt, Bill Boemker, John Zembrodt, Kris Mohr, Dave Rechtin*, Craig Middendorf, Jim Volpenhein*, Eric Wichmann, Jim Behle, Doug Schlarman, Don Rolfson.

* Rechtin (Basketball) and Volpenhein (Golf) are both Cov Cath HoFs. Dave is in the Bellarmine HoF and Jim in the UK HoF as well.

On 2/13/2018 at 6:14 PM, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

As I understand it, the locations jumped around in early years because it was SUCH a pain to orchestrate everything around winter weather and the varsity/jv schedules, and no one would wrangle the project for more than a year or two at most. Then Cov Cath started hosting it annually, and Jack Kaelin headed up the effort. Cov Cath has operated on the same general cast of characters since the mid-70s.

A reporter from The Kentucky Post once shared that most of the first decade's tournaments were held at the old Wade YMCA down on Madison Ave. in Covington.

As the master list becomes more complete, I've been interested in which eventual varsity 9th Region champs also won as freshmen three years prior.

New Cath - '66, '84. Holy Cross - '72. Holmes - '80. Simon Kenton - '81. Highlands - '98, '99. Cov Cath - '69, '71, '92, '14, '15, '18, '20.

Getting to be that time of year.

Is there a draw yet?  Any favorites?