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I thought it was interesting something I’ve never seen before. Right before the 6:00 mark before the game, all 3 refs left the gym to the lobby, Cov Cath came out and rattled the rims for almost exactly 1 minute. At 5:00 they stopped and the refs came back in.

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.

JV CovCath 64 NCC 49

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!

Where is this job posted as being open? KHSAA does not list it and I don't see it on the Boone County School web site as being open. I'm with an earlier post that Hicks coaches this team next year.

 

Summer camp is coming up and Conner usually attends the Georgetown team camp in June.

Coach Bowman will be taking the team to Georgetown.

I do agree with that. Allow me to clarify, I haven't seen many teams even attempt to run on him this season. Certainly not Max's fault.

 

I would say the biggest problem was that I don't think I saw a single pickoff attempt all game. Have to work them a little bit. Pitchers looks weren't good either. BW was running at will.

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 they won the District Championship is because McNeil and Kunkel did not play because of injury and Dante Hendrix went down with a broken wrist the beginning of the 4th quarter. Conner only beat them by one on a free throw with .08 left in the game. Hard to beat a team with 2 of the best players in the 9th region not playing.

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.

Ok let me breakdown my assessment of jobs in the 9th Region:

 

Tier 1

Cov Cath

NCC

Dixie

Holmes

 

Tier 2

Conner

Cooper

Ryle

St. Henry

 

Tier 3

Newport

Boone County

Lloyd

Holy Cross

 

Tier 4

Ludlow

Highlands

Beechwood

 

Tier 5

Dayton

Villa Madonna

Bellevue

 

Tier 6

Heritage Academy

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.

I won't argue that the other three might be better than Dixie but from a coach's perspective, Dixie is a tier 1 job. Also, Cooper is not a Tier 1 job. I think it is the cycle of Boone County schools. You'll see that each school goes through these ebs and flows of talent and right now it's Coopers turn.

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

Head coach for 12.

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

Conners Maxwell Sims...

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.

Nice article on Kyle handling 3 sports while being a top student.

 

 

Conner senior has been an impact player in three sports during his high school career | NKyTribune

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

Craddock pitched? I understand he quit the team previous week. Guess he is back?

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.