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Highlands is young and I think they will get better as the season goes on. They may be a year away from competing with the top teams again. It was 25-19 at half before Holy Cross opened it up in the 3rd quarter outscoring the Birds 25-4. Julia and Marissa both played well and both had several block shots.

Final From Ft. Thomas. Holy Cross improves to 4-1 on the season and will play their first home game of the season tomorrow night at the Finn Activity Center vs Campbell County at 7:30 pm.

Big win for the Camels. Thought this would be much closer.

Prayers for improved health B-Ball-fan. I hope you can catch a Holy Cross game on radio to keep you informed when we are playing.

Final from Great Crossing and the Billy Hicks Classic. Holy Cross improves to 3-0 on the season with a win over a "rebuilding" John Hardin team. They were led by Jacob Meyer with 29 points. Jacob Smith had 17 points and Javier Ward had 16 points and 6 assists. Senior Center Sam Gibson added 7 points, 20 rebounds and 7 block shots. The Indians advance to take on the home team Great Crossing on Friday night at 7:30 pm. Holy Cross Radio will be there to cover the game.

A week into the season and you've already seen most of the contenders. I'm impressed. I think we can all agree that CCH is always the team to beat every year that's not breaking any news. So I guess let's give Cov Cath the region in December. 🙂

Final from Lex Catholic. Holy Cross improves to 3-0 (all on the road). They will play 2 more road games Tuesday at Dixie and Thursday at Highlands before finally having a home game on Saturday vs Campbell County.

Final from Latonia. Holy Cross improves to 2-0 with a 91-62 win. They led from start to finish led by Senior guard Jacob Meyer with 35 points (29 in first half), 14 rebs and 7 assists. Javier Ward had 22 points and Jacob Smith added 15. Ryle was led by Logan Verax who had 18 points. The Indians hit 14/25 from 3 and had 21 assists as a team. Holy Cross will next play next Wednesday when they travel to take on John Hardin in the Billy Hicks Classic. Ryle 21 16 7 18 - 62 HC 32 23 19 17 - 91 Ryle (0-2) - Verax 18, Smith 12, Deatherage 8, D Davis 6, AJ Davis 5, Lorms 4, McKelvey 3, Coppola 2, DeGroff 2, Louden2. Holy Cross (2-0) - Meyer 35, Ward 22, Smith 15, Reinersman 8, Gibson 6, Arlinghaus 3, White 2.

Coach Arlinghaus has a very deep team this year. He can and probably will go 9-10-11 deep during most regular season games. When he plays the tougher teams maybe only go 7-8 deep. Once this team can develop into their roles and come together they will be a handful in my opinion.

Final from the Finn Activity Center Atherton 14 16 14 14 - 58 Holy Cross 22 15 20 23 - 80 Holy Cross was led by Seniors Jacob Meyer with 33 points (11 rebs) and Javier Ward with 28 points. Senior Sam Gibson added a double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds. Atherton was led by Junior Braylin Taylor with 16 points. * The Indians will welcome in the Ryle Raiders to the Finn Center this Friday, December 2nd.

Also heard it was a huge crowd at the Fenn Center for this one for a scrimmage game.

I couldn't attend due to the flu but heard it was a pretty solid game between two of the top teams in the 9th. I'm pretty sure the Pouncy kid played for Cooper. I don't have any stats for the game. Anyone who was in attendance know?

Courier Journal's Top 25 State Rankings - Team Region 2021-22 record 1. Sacred Heart (64) 7th 36-3 Sweet 16 three-peat? Valkyries were last to do it in 2002-04 2. George Rogers Clark (1) 10th 31-3 Sisters Brianna Byars (Cincinnati signee), Ciara Byars lead way 3. Mercy 6th 23-9 Can Leah Macy get Jaguars back on top of Sixth Region? 4. Cooper 9th 25-10 Lehigh signee Whitney Lind leads 2022 Sweet 16 semifinalist 5. McCracken County 1st 31-2 Murray State signee Destiny Thomas a Miss Basketball dark horse 6. Bowling Green 4th 29-8 Two D1 signees lead – Meadow Tisdale (NKU), Saniyah Shelton (EKU) 7. Southwestern 12th 27-8 Kinsley Molden, Ayden Smiddy back for 2022 Sweet 16 semifinalist 8. Manual 7th 22-7 Buffalo signee JaKayla Thompson one of state’s top guards 9. Meade County 3rd 29-7 Sophomore Peyton Bradley hit 116 3-pointers last season 10. Pikeville (1) 15th 31-3 Panthers seek fifth straight Sweet 16 trip behind Trinity Rowe 11. Ryle 9th 21-10 Cincinnati signee Abby Holtman, junior Quinn Eubank lead Raiders 12. Franklin County 11th 28-8 Flyers seek fourth straight Sweet 16 trip behind Jazmin Chambers 13. Bullitt East 6th 33-5 2022 Sweet 16 runner-up rebuilding after three straight Sweet 16s 14. Henderson County 2nd 24-5 Colonels seek fifth straight Sweet 16 trip behind Jarie Thomas 15. Mercer County 12th 24-8 Buffalo signee Timberlynn Yeast one of state’s top scorers 16. Anderson County 8th 30-5 Bearcats rebuilding behind stellar sophomore Lainey Johnson 17. Christian Academy 7th 22-10 New coach Byron Wilkins will lead on junior Mariah Knight 18. Bethlehem 5th 23-8 Carlie Thurmond, Emma Filiatreau give Banshees solid 1-2 punch 19. Boyd County 16th 21-12 Lions must overcome ACL injury to top player Audrey Biggs 20. Corbin 13th 25-7 Kallie Housley looks to lead Redhounds back to Rupp Arena 21. Notre Dame 9th 23-4 Pandas hit hard by graduation but do return Noelle Hubert 22. Russell 16th 26-6 Red Devils have one of state’s top juniors in Shaelyn Steele 23. Central 7th 18-13 Destiny Jones, Amaya Asher give Yellow Jackets two solid scorers 24. Male 7th 21-6 MaKiya West leads Bulldogs squad that plays scrappy defense 25. Covington Holy Cross 9th 19-14 Indians return several top players, led by junior Julia Hunt

Courier Journal's Top 25 State Rankings - Team Region 2021-22 record 1. George Rogers Clark (65) 10th 37-1 Three starters back for defending champs, led by Jerone Morton 2. Warren Central (23) 4th 29-4 Dragons return four starters from state runner-up squad 3. Trinity (15) 7th 17-16 Rocks added two key newcomers in Drae Vasser, Jayden Johnson 4. North Laurel (3) 13th 28-6 Kentucky signee Reed Sheppard appears to be a lock for Mr. Basketball 5. Covington Catholic (3) 9th 30-5 Point guard Evan Ipsaro (Miami, Ohio signee) makes Colonels go 6. Male (1) 7th 28-6 Jack Edelen solid guard, but transfer of Kaleb Glenn hurts chances 7. Great Crossing (1) 11th 27-7 Malachi Moreno, 6-foot-11 center, leads talented group of sophomores 8. Western 6th 23-5 Senior guard Trent Hinkle leads big and talented Warriors 9. Ashland Blazer 16th 26-6 Tomcats will have different look led by sophomore guard Zander Carter 10. Lyon County 2nd 29-7 Junior guard Travis Perry is early favorite for 2024 Mr. Basketball 11. Evangel Christian 6th 22-11 Cyr Malonga, 6-11 East Carolina signee, leads talent-rich Eagles roster 12. Lexington Catholic 11th 26-6 Reece Potter, 7-foot Miami (Ohio) signee, a force in paint for Knights 13. Woodford County 8th 27-6 Yellow Jackets have one of state’s top sophomores in Jasper Johnson 14. Madison Central 11th 20-12 Senior Jaylen Davis gives Indians chance in rugged 11th Region 15. North Oldham 8th 19-13 Dallas Roberts is one of state’s top senior point guards 16. Frederick Douglass 11th 19-15 Broncos lost talented Tyson Barrett to out-of-state transfer 17. Ballard 7th 28-7 New coach Greg Willis must overcome Gabe Sisk’s transfer 18. DeSales (1) 6th 14-14 Brothers Crew Gibson (6-8 senior), Will Gibson (6-4 junior) lead Colts 19. Pikeville 15th 32-3 Tennessee Tech signee Rylee Samons, 6-7 senior, leads Panthers 20. Lincoln County 12th 31-8 Tramane Alcorn, Colton Ralston return from Sweet 16 semifinal team 21. Bowling Green 4th 26-7 Purples must replace 2022 Mr. Basketball Turner Buttry 22. Murray (1) 1st 26-7 Bellarmine signee Grant Whitaker (17.5 ppg) leads way for Tigers 23. Pleasure Ridge Park 6th 23-7 Hard-nosed Keith Robinson among Sixth Region’s top players 24. Manual 7th 21-7 Silky smooth guard Damone King is among state’s top juniors 25. Covington Holy Cross 9th 21-10 Senior Jacob Meyer led state in scoring last season (38.2 ppg)

He clearly knows more than anyone about this team. Lol

B-Ball fan - great job with the breakdown. I think the 9th region is more open this year than it's been in several years. Cov Cath will always be good. Lloyd is rising. Cooper will be right there in the mix especially if the one kid is ruled eligible. I think Highlands could drop back a "little" bit but Herald is a stud. I will say that Conner at #2 and Holy Cross at #6 shocked me. If there are 5 better teams than HC this year in the 9th I'll comeback in February and say how wrong I was. Good luck to all the teams it should be a great year to watch and follow.

We can certainly revisit this in February but if there are 5 better teams than Holy Cross girls this year in the 9th region I'll come back on here and say how wrong I was. I can make an argument with what they have coming back, along with the additions that they could be #2 or more likely #3 behind Cooper and probably Ryle. I'll take them over Conner, ND and Dixie heading into the season. Can't wait for the start of the season...

I don't have the bracket but know on the boys side, Holy Cross drew opposite of Beechwood, St. Henry, NCC and Newport. I've looked for the bracket on the AllAClassic.org website but they don't have anything posted for this upcoming year.

Preseason "Northern Ky" - Coaches Poll 1. Cov Cath 2. Cooper 3. Lloyd 4. Conner 5. Holy Cross 6. Highlands 7. Newport 8. Campbell Co 9. Simon Kenton 10. St. Henry 1. Jacob Meyer, Holy Cross (180) 2. Evan Ipsaro, Cov Cath (174) 3. EJ Walker, Lloyd (123) 4. Jeremiah Israel, Lloyd (122) 5. Landen Hamilton, Conner (102) 6. Will Herald, Highlands, (87) 7. Caleb Brooks, Cooper (76) 8. Cam Boyd, Beechwood (40) 9. Ayden Hamilton, Campbell Co (35) 10. Brady Hussey, Cov Cath (23)

Spot on. I got Cooper here!!!

Don’t think anyone that has followed them this year would disagree with you. Meyer is a unique talent that this area hasn’t seen in quite a long time.

That isn’t my point. You said if they didn’t have either they would win 8/9 games. I agree with that and also saying if we take top 2 scorers from every team off those teams they win maybe 8/9 as well. Nothing more not trying to start anything. Maybe I’m wrong…

For sure but to be fair take the top 2 scorers and (56 pts in this case) off any team and they wouldn’t win many games. I get what you are saying but that’s a comparison you can make with 95% of all teams.

Courtesy of the Statman Holy Cross 26 14 21 19 - 80 Conner 10 18 23 23 - 74 HC (21-9) - Meyer 41, Ward 27, Z. Arlinghaus 4, Hoffman 3, Gibson 3, Lehmkuhl 2. Conner (20-10) - Lohr 18, Castrucci 18, Kramer 15, Campbell 14, Hamilton 5, Cook 4. FTs - HC 15/21, Conner 12/16 3s - HC 11/23, Conner 6/18 Rebs - HC 35, Conner 27

Conner played great in 2nd half. Give Holy Cross credit too. They built a big lead. Saw it fade away then took back over last 2-3 minutes. Ended on a 13-7 run after it was tied 67-67.