Baseball Nut 24

The bad part is that this one play in the final second of the half is taking away from the high-level of championship game that BOTH teams put on display. Jacob Meyer was huge with 40 points. Marquez Miller with 28 was tremendous. Both teams will be a tough out come district and regional tournament time.

I misunderstood you. My apologies. And we agree on the initial whistle.

So no technical foul on Kinney for kicking #30? Not sure how you miss that. Refs did a good job giving the double technical in my opinion but again it depends on which side of this game you were on. And I mentioned above BOTH players were at fault. None of this determined the outcome of the game. Refs trying to determine what happened in real time. They don't have benefit of video and pausing a video to determine anything. HC played good, Newport came back and played good to make it a game. HC won the game.

People will view that last play before half differently depending on which side you were rooting for. It did not determine the game. I “thought” they had a foul initially on Kinney on the rebound as HC kid went to the ground. Kinney kicked the player then some pushing took place by both teams as they tried to separate them. Refs got together and gave a double technical. Both kids were probably in the wrong. Newport kids then came off the bench and onto the floor. Not one HC kid did. The refs tried to sort it out as best they could. There was no reason for any free throws because it was called a double technical. it was a hard fought game between two really good teams. Give both teams credit for putting on a great finals for the sellout crowd.

Final from Beechwood. Holy Cross advances to their second straight All "A" State Tournament. The Indians jumped out to a 24-9 first quarter lead and never trailed in the game. Give Newport a ton of credit they made 3 runs at Holy Cross from that first quarter on and HC was able to fend them off each time. Newport tied the game at 72-72 (first tie of the game) with about 16 seconds left. After a timeout, Senior Jacob Meyer would drive to the right of the lane near the baseline and get up a shot with 3 Newport defenders on him and would put in the winning basket with 5.6 seconds left. Newport got off a desperation corner 3 at the buzzer but it was no good. Meyer would finish with a game-high 40 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists for Holy Cross. Javier Ward added 18. Newport was led by Senior Marquez Miller with 28 points. Freshman Tay Kinney had 16 points and 6 assists. James Turner had 12 and Jabari Covington added 10. Holy Cross will advance to the state tournament to take on Danville out of the 12th Region on Thursday, January 26th at EKU at 5:00 pm. Holy Cross 24 13 20 17 - 74 Newport 9 21 17 25 - 72 Holy Cross (11-5) - Meyer 40, Ward 18, Smith 6, Ambrocio 5, Dreas 3, Gibson 2. Newport (14-4) - Miller 28, Kinney 17, Turner 12, Covington 10, Silverton 5.

Solid win for Coach Arlinghaus and the Lady Indians.

9th region All "A" Championship is on the line tonight as the Holy Cross Indians look to go back-to-back and make a return to EKU in a few weeks. The Newport Wildcats are young and talented and come into this game on quite a roll. Should be a great game and atmosphere tonight at 7:00 pm at Beechwood. If you can't make the game in person you can catch the game live on Holy Cross Radio starting at 6:45 pm. http://vcloud.blueframetech.com/holycross/widget?I'd=145

I would have said yes. They were ranked #5 in the state this week. Huge upset for sure!

Semi final matchups on Friday night at Beechwood - 6:00 pm - St. Henry (6-8) vs Newport (13-3) - Clearing gym 8:00 pm - Holy Cross (9-5) vs Ludlow (11-5) * Finals set for 7:00 pm on Saturday

Wait I thought Cov Cath was going to……never mind. Congrats to Conner & Coach Otte. Their starting 5 are really good and can shoot.

Tremendous young lady who is always smiling. And I agree can't wait to see what she can do at Washington.

Last night in a loss to Christian Academy-Louisville (68-60), Holy Cross Junior forward Julia Hunt went over 1,000 career rebounds. She went over 1,000 career points late last year and will be close to 500 career rebounds by the end of this season. I don't recall many players on the girls or boys side in recent years to compile 1,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 500 blocks. I'm sure it has happened but has to be kind of rare. She still has her senior left to play so who knows how much she can add to these career totals. Kudos to a tremendous player and even better young lady!

Congratulations to Covington Holy Cross Junior forward Julia Hunt. She went over 1,000 career rebounds in this one. She has already gone over 1,000 career points late last year and will be close to 500 blocks by the end of this year. She still has a year left so who knows how much she can add to these totals. I don't recall a lot of 1,000/1,000/500 players recently. Kudos to her !

Poll looks accurate to me at this point in the season....Great job But the bigger question is does "Double Deuce" know "Baseball Nut"? ?

Appreciate the kind words DD!

Holy Cross Radio will be there tonight to cover the Holy Cross/St. Henry game at 6:00 pm. Pregame around 5:45 pm. If Holy Cross wins we will also be there tomorrow night for the finals at 7:00 pm. http://vcloud.blueframetech.com/holycross/widget?I'd=145

Instride is correct. It was a great bounce back win for Coach Sorrell's team after Tuesday night vs Conner. This Holy Cross team can score. Most people know that. Give Conner credit when they held them to 62 points. They average nearly 80 on the year. The difference last night was Holy Cross played much better defensively (especially in the first half) holding a talented Bluebirds offense to only 32 points. As far as Jacob Meyer I'll say this. Some people "outside Latonia" who do not watch the games and just see box scores always seem to want to criticize Jacob Meyer instead of ever giving him any credit. All star players are going to take the most shots on teams. I don't think he gets the credit he deserves to be honest. He has gotten his teammates involved probably more this year than any of the previous 3. He is averaging 8 rebs per game and shooting well over 50% from the field and 40% from 3. Those #s are fantastic for a kid averaging 35 ppg. For this Holy Cross team to be like last night and compete/beat teams like Highlands, they need to buy in and play better overall defense and continue to share the ball. Last night, Meyer with 27, and 23 and Smith 22. That will win a lot of games. End of rant...

4 Quarters almost spot on in his prediction of Holy Cross by 7 in the other game thread. Very nice!

Thanks for listening AYG. Two really good teams went at it last night. My voice needs a day off. ?

Fun game to call on Holy Cross Radio as the home team bounces back from last night’s disappointing game (vs Conner) to beat a really good Highlands team. The Indians never trailed in the game racing out to a 30-13 first quarter lead. They would eventually build a 20 point lead in the 2nd quarter. The Birds cut the lead to 12 at the half 44-32. Holy Cross started the 4th with an 11-pt lead but Highlands would get as close as 2 points with about 3:00 to go before Holy Cross closed it out making 6/6 FTs in the final minute. HC Senior Jacob Meyer led all scorers with 27 points and added 8 assists. Seniors Javier Ward had 23 and Jacob Smith had 22 (5/10 from 3). Sam Gibson with 7 pts and 14 rebs. Matt Dreas had 9 assists. Highlands had 5 in double figures led by Junior Nathan Vinson with 20 pts and 11 rebs. Senior William Herald had 18 points and Brayden Moeves had 14. Highlands 13 19 20 25 - 77 Holy Cross 30 14 19 20 - 83

Would like to think Holy Cross will score more than 62 tonight. Lol

Give Conner credit they passed the ball well all night and found the open man and were able to knock down 3s. Hamilton, Lohr & Kramer combined 11/14 from 3 in the first half. Holy Cross tried to make a few runs in the 3rd getting as close as 8 but couldn’t get any closer. The Cougars finish 15/26 from long range. Senior Jacob Meyer led all scorers with 28 points. Conner had 3 players with 20+ with Ayden Lohr leading the way with 23. Dalton Kramer had 22 and Landon Hamilton added 20. Conner 28 20 13 21 - 82 Holy Cross 14 17 7 24 - 62 * The Indians will need to rebound quickly as they welcome in the Highlands Bluebirds tomorrow night.

Looks pretty spot on to me heading into the new year. Well done!

Holy Cross with a nice bounce-back win over a good Bracken County team. The Indians improve to 7-3 while the Polar Bears drop to 9-4. Holy Cross Senior Jacob Meyer led all scorers with 42 points. He is averaging 45.5 ppg in the 2 games thus far at Lex Cath. Senior Javier Ward added 31 points and Senior Sam Gibson had 19 rebounds and 7 blocks. Bracken Co was led by Blake Reed with 24 points. Cayden Reed had 23. HC 17 21 25 26 - 89 BC 13 19 22 22 - 76

Opening round game tonight at 7:00 pm of the White, Greer & Maggard Holiday Classic at Lex Cath. This should be a very entertaining game with both teams in the top 5 in the state in scoring offense. Also get Jacob Meyer (35 ppg) and Travis Perry (30 ppg).