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The refs come onto the floor at the 15 minute mark. Typically, they do their pre-game routine with coaches and captains around 12 minutes. After that, if both teams go back to their locker and neither are on the court the refs will go back to their locker room for a few minutes. I assume that's what happened.

I heard Coach Pangallo got tossed from the JV game?

Heading to Transy.

I'd anticipate Conner moving up the rankings ladder after beating both Campbell County and Madison Central last week.

Heard/saw the Crazies broke the bleachers, again. Time to make an emergency withdrawal from the NKU Bleacher fund to get those fixed before the next home game!

Surprised I haven't seen this name yet.....Casey McGinness from Covington Catholic.

Very intense, chippy game. I'd say there were at least a dozen unsportsmanlike penalties between the two teams, and there were several blind "de-cleating" hits. And, I thought the two assistant coaches were going to come to blows after the West team blitzed on a FG attempt by the East, which apparently, is a no-no for this game. Great environment, and it was nice to watch some football in June! Congrats to the West Team on the W!

Coach Bowman will be taking the team to Georgetown.

This is spot on. I don't remember Nick throwing to 1B one time all game long. Once Volz entered he did lob a couple over there. Kudos to Beechwood. They either had it scouted to a tee, or made a very quick and successful adjustment.

The St. Henry pitcher "CJ" is Colin Johnson. Great kid. Happy to hear he got the W.

The "only" reason? That's a little strong. These two teams always play tough games each other. Yes, Cooper won both games during the regular season, but it's not like they were blowouts. Both games were decided by 5 points and Conner had the lead in both games late in the 4th Quarter. Yes, obviously, Cooper's chances of winning would have much greater at full strength, but, injuries are unfortunately a part of the game. I think Conner still had a good shot of beating them in the District even against a healthy Cooper squad, especially with the District game being played at Conner.

This is an interesting question/topic, and probably deserves it's own thread. I think there are several schools that could slide up and down tiers based on the criteria you are using. For example, is this based on the ability to win now vs the long haul? Open enrollment in Kenton County or in a private school setting? Based on salary expectations? Or, the whole ball of wax? And, so on.

Since we are talking specifically about the Conner job opening, some might disagree since Conner won the District Championship this year.

Believe he is/was the 2nd longest tenured coach in the 9th Region, behind Coach Faust at St. Henry.

Coach Trosper will be bringing 5 Conner players with him: Tanner Nyers Tyler Kunkel Isiah Ebarb Mitchell Blackfield Kyler Padgett* *assuming the baseball team doesn't make a deep run in the state playoffs

I love Max, and he's having a fine season, but IMO there's 2-3 other players on his own team that deserve more consideration for POY. Connley and Henry are having fantastic years offensively and defensively. And Padgett leads the team in almost every offensive category (average, hits, stolen bases, OBP, etc).

Conner takes 2 from Dixie. Borman gets the start and W in game 1. Sprague does the same in Game 2. Cougars move to 21-8.

I believe the first round games in the 33rd are both being played on Sunday, 5/22, to accommodate graduation dates at each of the schools.

Congrats, Adam! Great kid who I've known for a long time. MSJ is the big winner here, as I think Goetzy could play at the D2 level for a school.

Conner 10, Newport Central Catholic 2 W–Ware (4-1); L–Workman. Leaders: C–Padgett 4-5, 2 RBI; Connely 2-5, 2 RBI; Ware 2 RBI; Garnett 2-4; Borman 2-3; Ostertag 2-2. NCC–Wells 3-4. Record: C 19-8.

KyleR. That's as bad as spelling it Connor.

Ware starts for Conner and gets the win. Big 3rd inning for the Cougars. 17 batters in the inning resulted in 11 runs. Conner is now 18-5.

Nice article by Rick Broering about the 2016 Cougars. Seniors, atmosphere build strong Conner chemistry

Cody Ware goes the distance for Conner and gets the W. Conner scored 2 in the bottom of the 7th to win the game. Winning run was scored on a SAC fly by Borman. Conner is now 17-4 (2-1). Conner 2, Lawrenceburg (Ind.) 1 W–Ware (3-1); L–Bradley. Leaders: C–Padgett 2-3. L–Houze 2-3, 2B. Record: C 17-4

Yes, Craddock pitched. He did quit the team a couple of weeks ago. He immediately knew he had made a mistake and went to Arlo. Arlo let the seniors take a vote and they elected to let him return after serving a one-week suspension. The game vs Cov Cath was his first game back.