This pre-season event will be held at Bullitt East High School on November 21st, 2009.

 

8:00 AM Bullitt East vs. Assumption (JV)

9:00 AM Bullitt East vs. Assumption (Varsity)

11:00 AM DuPont Manual vs. Clay County (JV)

12:00 PM DuPont Manual vs. Clay County (Varsity)

2:00 PM Louisville CAL vs. Owensboro Catholic (JV)

3:00 PM Louisville Cal vs. Owensboro Catholic (Varsity)

5:00 PM Sacred Heart vs. North Hardin (JV)

6:00 PM Sacred Heart vs. North Hardin (Varsity)

8:00 PM Mercy vs. Nelson County (JV)

9:00 PM Mercy vs. Nelson County (Varsity)

Some of the top players scheduled to appear in this event include the following:

Destiny Bramblett 5-11 Sr. North Hardin

Samantha Drake 6-3 Sr. Nelson County

Molly Ernst 6-0 Sr. Assumption

Becca Greenwell 5-11 Fr. Owensboro Catholic

Whitney Belle Jackson 6-1 Jr. Clay County

Zakiyah Martin 6-2 Sr. DuPont Manual

Therese Montano 5-9 Sr. Mercy

Antonita Slaughter 6-2 Sr. Louisville CAL

Jennifer Smiley 5-5 Sr. North Hardin

Autumn Miller 5-6 Sr. Sacred Heart

Kayla Thacker 5-10 Sr. Bullitt East

April Wilson 5-7 So. DuPont Manual

Additional top players scheduled to appear include the following:

Anna Marie Campbell 5-11 Jr. Sacred Heart

Morgan Clemons 5-10 Jr. Sacred Heart

Malisa Cruz 5-8 Sr. Mercy

China Dow 5-8 Fr. Louisville CAL

Jackie Hafele 5-11 Sr. Sacred Heart

Lacy Hagan 5-8 Sr. Nelson County

Allison Karst 5-10 Sr. Louisville CAL

Sara Minogue 5-9 Jr. Assumption

Jessica Philpot 5-5 Jr. Bullitt East

Shelby Romine 5-10 Sr. Bullitt East

Maddie Peabody 5-4 Jr. Sacred Herat

Kayla Styles 6-0 Fr. DuPont Manual

According to the roster I received from Assumption Sara Minogue is actually a Senior this season.

I wish she was a junior.

This should be an excellent day of pre-season basketball. Several of the top teams and players in the state will be there and these teams are very competitive and should be rounding into shape to start the season.

I might be at the SHA Varsity game.

Bullitt East 68 Assumption 56 - Bullitt East won the first half 35-23 and the second half was a 33-33 tie. 5-11 Sr. Kayla Thacker led the victors with 23 points and 12 rebounds. 5-9 Sr. Jade Troutman added 17 points including three three point baskets. 5-10 Sr. Shelby Romine added eight points and 13 rebounds. 6-0 Sr. Molly Ernst and 5-9 Jr. Maggie Hartlage led Assumption with 13 and 12 points respectively.

Manual 81 Clay County 68 - Manual won the first half 37-28 and the second half 44-40. 5-10 Jr. Mechael Guess led Manual with 19 points. 6-1 Fr. Kayla Styles, 5-10 So. Kara Wright, and 6-2 Sr. Zhakiyah Martin added 17, 14, and 10 points respectively. 5-5 So. Alisha Mitchell led Clay County with 22 points. 5-7 Jr. Kayla Smith and 5-9 Sr. Danielle Fox added 15 and 13 points respectively.

Christian Academy of Louisville 77 Owensboro Catholic 46 - This score was a bit misleading as the coaches elected to play four quarters instead of two halves. The third quarter basically consisted of the young players playing the entire quarter and CAL won that quarter 28-2. The sum of the other three quarters showed CAL holding a 49-44 margin. 5-10 Sr. Allison Karst, 6-2 Sr. Antonita Slaughter, and 5-8 Fr. China Dow led CAL with 17, 13, and 11 points respectively. 5-11 Fr. Becca Greenwell led Owensboro Catholic with 24 points. 5-11 So. Mary Kate Clemens added 11 points.

Sacred Heart 72 North Hardin 44 - Sacred Heart won the first half 38-22 and the second half 34-22. 5-10 Jr. Morgan Clemons led SHA with 17 points and 18 rebounds. 5-11 Sr. Jackie Hafele added 14 points and 10 rebounds. 5-9 Sr. Mary Gordon Stough and 5-11 Jr. Annamarie Campbell added 11 and 10 points respectively. Autumn Miller went down with a knee injury early in the game and did not return. The injury was not believed to be serious and hopefully Miss Miller can return soon. Sr. Jennifer Smiley led North Hardin with 15 points.

Mercy 84 Nelson County 50 - Mercy took the first half by a score of 53-17 with their press giving Nelson County problems. Mercy played zone most of the second half and Nelson County won that half 33-31. 5-11 So. Courtney Roush led Mercy with 19 points. 5-8 Sr. Ellen Sholtes added 15 points. 5-8 Jr. Juliann Miller, 5-10 So. Christine Roush, and 5-8 Jr. Emily Goetz also reached double figures with 11, 10, and 10 points respectively. Fr. A.J. Lewis led Nelson County with 13 points. Nelson County's Samantha Drake did not play tonight (recovering from an illness) and Therese Montano (Mercy) set out tonight with an injury.

This was an interesting day of pre-season basketball with a lot of talent on display today. The statistics noted above are not official but recorded by me personally to just give an idea of the flow of the game. The coaches did an excellent job of working on actual game situations and experimenting with various player rotations. It looks like another interesting year of girls' basketball in the state.

REH5 - who looked the best out there?

DerbyCity if you are talking about the 6th and 7th region schools which I assume you are from your screen name they all looked good.

Bullitt East played well and are very solid with Kayla Thacker, Jade Troutman, Jessica Philpott, Shelby Romine, etc. They were missing 6-2 Jr. center Lindey Young who was ill. Lindey gives them a presence in the middle.

 

Assumption is solid with Molly Ernst, Sara Minogue, Maggie Hartlage, etc. I wish Lexi Krall would have returned to the hardwood for her senior year. Lexi is around 6-1 and left the program 2-3 years ago to focus on volleyball. Coach Ferch will have a solid team.

 

DuPont Manual is absolutely loaded and if they play under control will be extremely hard to beat. They are still very young with only one senior and add 6-1 Fr. Kayla Styles who could be a special player.

 

Christian Academy of Louisville - They return Antonita Slaughter, Allison Karst, and Anna Hart which is a lot of talent and add a talented freshman class including 5-8 China Dow who is destined for stardom. Coach Rice will have them playing solid defense and this team will be difficult to beat.

 

Sacred heart Academy - This team is extremely solid and got excellent frontline play from Jackie Hafele, Annamarie Campbell, and Morgan Clemons. They played well today despite the absence of their backcourt Maddie Peabody and the early injury to Autumn Miller.

 

Mercy - The Jaguars have an excellent guard rotation in Malisa Cruz, Emily Goetz, Ellen Sholtes, and Juliann Miller. 5-10 So. Christine Roush and 5-11 So. Courtney Roush also played well today. The press is relentless and they looked great today despite the absence of one of the best guards in the state Therese Montano who was out with an injury.