Twotoplace

Thanks for looking into this. I've exchanged emails in the past with the Enquirer's asleep-at-the-wheel sports editors over reduced coverage of post-season high school tournaments, but I never thought that I'd see no coverage, if only for one day, of a major new sports event taking place just 10 miles or so from the Enquirer's office. In a nutshell, this is why I joined BGP a couple years back.

In Friday's Enquirer, there was zilch on the Girls Sweet 16. No roundup of yesterday's games. No advance stories on NKY teams Campbell-Holmes vs. Franklin-Mercer. Not a line of agate on times for the four games today. Absolutely pathetic.

Holmes lost the game in the first half. You knew Bulldogs were going to make a run late like they did against Ryle, but being down 15 or whatever the largest deficit was in the third quarter was just too much to overcome against a quality foe like Mercer County.

Thanks to Lawnboy13 for his updates. I liked his drama on the final shot at the buzzer ... leaving us hanging for a few seconds. Did Ryle run out of gas late? Was the bigger floor a factor?

Believe Conner only had two first-half field goals. Holmes was very efficient offensively in the halfcourt game.

Holy Cross announcers tonight mentioned the good sportsmanship displayed both last year and this year by both teams after the district championship games were decided. Like to hear that.

When doc put family member on a fairly expensive Rx a few years back, we started getting calls and letters from the wellness folks -- "Hi, this is Nancy, your personal nurse." Of course, the intent of these calls and letters was simply to get said family member off of the pricy Rx, so insurance company could make more money.

Disagree. Holmes and Ryle combined are 20-1 in the region, with Ryle's only region loss coming at Holmes by 4 points. I would be real surprised if the region winner isn't one of these two teams.

Overuse of "rising" jumped out at me, too. All programs and athletes are "on the rise" during the off-season. Speaking of cliches, let's add "will be just fine" to the irritation list. That one is my pet peeve. Nobody knows if the team "will be just fine" until the lads "strap on the war bonnets."

I hate when these ACT lists pop up. "Gee, my little Johnny goes to the 'best' school in the 9th District." Fact is, the two most academically challenging programs in the area are probably Cov Latin and the IB program at Holmes.

Highlands only scored 15 after halftime. Similar to how Holmes beat Ryle -- second-half defense.

Holmes down 8 with 1 minute remaining in 2nd quarter. Bulldogs then reeled off 6 points lickety split to gain much needed momentum before half. Ryle did real nice job of limiting Bulldogs to one shot and denying offensive rebounds. Ryle's height definitely was a factor. But Bulldogs' defensive pressure was a bigger factor, especially in second half.

Ryle led by 2 at half, 21-19. By the time Raiders got their second wind in second half, it was too late. Ryle only hit three field goals from halftime until 3 minutes to go in game. Late free throws by Ryle made this a closer score at end. Holmes didn't shoot the ball well either.

Is game still on tonight at Holmes? Covington schools were closed today because of bomb threat made in social media.

Seriously, folks, the fact that Highlands made the state semifinals without beating a team with a winning record all year underscores how weak some of these six Kentucky football classes are.