Welcome to the last week of the regular season, at least for me, it feels like this season has flown by!  Some of our area teams have as many as 4 games jammed into this final week, others as few as one as they prepare for the post-season.    With that said, as you'll see below in the list of upcoming games this week, we have some GREAT ones to end the regular season.  Campbell County hosting Notre Dame (2/18) will be terrific, Cooper hosting Assumption (Sweet 16 Semi-final potential preview) (2/20) is high-level, Holy Cros at Brossart (2/18) is the game we all wanted at the All A State Championship, Ryle hosts Frederick Douglass (2/17), and Notre Dame hosting Sacred Heart (2/20), just to name several of the best ones this week.  If you haven't ventured out to many games this year because Mother Nature has been challenging, this is a great week to get out, support the local teams, and enjoy some high-level girls' basketball!

Last week had a slew of great games, and with the exception of one, every intra-area game went according to our rankings.  It was almost uncanny.  Cooper beat HC, HC beat Ryle, and Ryle beat Bishop Brossart, who beat NewCath.  The one very notable exception was the upset of the year in NKY Girls' Hoops, with Conner knocking off The Birds.  Beyond those games, maybe the two biggest wins in the entire state last week belonged to our top team, SKLP, who went on the road and knocked off Frederick Douglass and then Sacred Heart.  Wow!!!  I can't tell you how much I hope we get to see SKLP and GRC in the Sweet 16 Semi-finals, assuming GRC knocks off the Camels in the 10th.

Enjoy the last week of the regular season, it is sure to be a good one!!

1.  Simon Kenton (25-2 / 2-0 last week / 9-1 in the last 10):  vs #8 Highlands.

2.  Campbell County (19-4 / 2-0 / 8-2):  at #10 St. Henry, vs #6 Notre Dame, and at South Laurel.

3.  Cooper (18-6 / 3-0 / 7-3):  vs Grant County, and vs Assumption (2/20)!

4.  Holy Cross (23-4 / 3-1 / 8-2):  at #7 Brossart (2/18) and vs Holmes.

5.  Ryle (17-8 / 1-1 / 8-2):  vs Freddy D (2/17) and vs North Laurel.

6.  Notre Dame (17-7 / 2-1 / 7-3):  at #2 Campbell County (2/18) and vs Sacred Heart (2/20).

7.  Bishop Brossart (24-4 / 2-1 / 7-3):  vs Montgomery County and vs #4 Holy Cross (2/18).

8.  Highlands (14-10 / 1-1 / 4-6):  at #1 Simon Kenton (2/17) and at Beechwood.

9.  NewCath (18-9 / 1-2 / 7-3):  at Walton-Verona, and vs Dixie.

10. St. Henry (14-9 / 1-1 / 5-5):  vs #2 Campbell County, vs Gallatin Co., vs Conner, and vs Owen Co.

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*  Walton-Verona (15-11 / 2-1 / 5-5):  vs #9 NewCath, vs Bracken Co., and vs Holmes.

*  Dixie (9-15 / 0-2 / 6-4):  at Scott and at #9 NewCath.

*  Scott (9-16 / 1-1 / 3-7):  vs Dixie and at Mason County.

*  Grant Co. (13-11 / 1-2 / 7-3):  at #3 Cooper and vs Madison Central.

*  Conner (6-18 / 2-1 / 4-6):  vs Bracken Co., at #10 St. Henry, and at Bryan Station.

*Lloyd (12-13 / 2-1 / 5-5):  at Oldham Co., at Pendleton Co., and at Bellevue.

#1 Simon Kenton plays their final game of the regular season tonight, at home, against the Birds.  

Biggest game in the state tonight, however, is GRC traveling west to Louisville, to play Sacred Heart.  Worth keeping an eye on.

Two terrific games tonight in NKY, and they'll be occurring at the same time about 3 miles from each other (that is a guess, don't skewer me if I'm off a little).

#4 Holy Cross travels to #7 Bishop Brossart at 7:30.  

#6 Notre Dame travels a little further south on Hwy 27 to face #2 Campbell County at the same time.

Should be two great games as the best of the 35th visit the best of the 37th!

I'm excited for Monday morning, our final Top 10 of the year, and our District Previews, because we are sure to have a bunch of movement.  

Towards that end, I'm very interested to see how Campbell County responds to the double-digit home loss to Notre Dame, when they travel to South Laurel tonight!  The Lady Cardinals have won 13 of their last 14 games and haven't lost a home game all year!  They have lost to Cooper twice, and have a 1 point win over Highlands on a neutral site (ironically, at Campbell County).

 

The biggest game in the state tonight, much less the area, is Assumption at Cooper.  Will be AWESOME!

If you haven't seen Ashlinn James from Assumption yet, she, alone, is worth the price of admission.  Will be interesting to see how Cooper defends her.  Assumption also has a terrific, and very strong, point guard, and I assume Brissey will get that assignment.