9th Region Week 4 Rankings and Review

No significant changes in ranking this week as the teams of the 9th mostly participated in holiday events that presented some difficult challenges. One more week of tournament heavy play before we get more in-region games.

1. Covington Catholic - The Colonels had two close ones in the Queen City Classic in Cincinnati, beating Archbishop Hoban of Ohio by 3 and losing to McNicholas of Cincinnati by 3. Brady Hussey had 21 points in the win over Hoban. They travel to Florida this week for the Battle at the Villages.

2. Newport - The Wildcats went .500 in the King of the Bluegrass with wins over Washington County and Spencer County and losses to Great Crossing and Trinity. Great Crossing, the number one team in the state, defeated Newport by just 2. Taylen Kinney averaged 22.75 points per game in the tournament and picked up an offer from Tennessee this week. The Wildcats now travel to Lawrenceburg, Indiana to play in the Ray Furney Classic.

3. Cooper - The Jaguars went 2-1 in the Scott Winter Classic, defeating Oldham County and Dixie Heights but falling to Aiken of Ohio. Andy Johnson is still not back but Shaun Pouncy is and he averaged over 16 points per game in the event. They open with Madison Southern this week in the White Greer Maggard Holiday Classic at Lexington Catholic.

4. Lloyd - Lloyd travelled to Lexington Christian for the Jim Rose Classic where they defeated the host school in their first game behind 24 points from Isaiah Sebastian and 20 points by Anthony Blaackar as EJ Walker was held to just 8. They proceeded to lose the next two games in the tournament to Henderson County and Baylor (TN) but came back home to defeat Belmont of Ohio in a stand-alone game. They host Hamilton of Ohio this week.

5. Boone County - The Rebels defeated Holy Cross behind Maddox Jones’ 20 points before playing in the Capital City Classic in and around Frankfort. They defeated Franklin County in overtime as well as South Oldham before falling to Bryan Station. They play in the Henry County Invitational this week where they open up with Thomas Nelson.

6. Highlands - The Birds hosted the Carespring Holiday Classic where they were blown out by Walton Verona before defeating Ashland by 3 behind Nathan Vinson’s 17 points. They travel to Florida this week to play in the Innisfree Hotels Pensacola Beach Holiday Classic.

7. Dixie Heights - Dixie was another participant in the Scott Winter Classic, earning a win over the hosting Eagles behind Griffin Derry’s 20 point performance before losing to Oldham County and Cooper. They play in the Henry County Invitational this week.

8. Ryle - The Raiders made it to the championship game of the Beth Haven Holiday Classic before falling to the hosting Bearcats. They play a standalone game at Milford (OH) this week.

9. Holy Cross - Holy Cross played two normal games this past week, losing to Boone and defeating Bracken County. They play in Estill County’s Railroad Classic this week.

10. Conner - The Cougars went 1-2 in the Scott Winter Classic, defeating Simon Kenton and losing to Aiken and Oldham County. They play three Ohio schools this week.

11.  St. Henry

12. Newport Central Catholic

13. Beechwood

14. Ludlow

15. Bellevue

16. Villa

17. Dayton

18. Heritage

19. Holmes

20. Covington Latin