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Had the good fortune to coach AJ at middle school basketball level. All the above is true. Great kid and family.

HAVE to hit nail-down Free Throws as that 3-ball always seems to fall on other end.

Clutch Shot there !!

1 Corbin 1 Scott Co 1 Warren Central 1 John Hardin 1 Campbell Co. 1 Oldham Co. 1 CovCath 1 Fern Creek Semi-Finals 2 Scott Co 2 John Hardin 2 Campbell Co 2 CovCath Finals 3 Scott Co. 3 CovCath 2018 Sweet 16 State Champion 5 CovCath Colonels TB 137

I had the good fortune at ST.Pius to coach young Aiden Ruthsatz when he first moved to the area. That year began the "rivalry" between he, AJ Mayer and a scrappy blonde headed guard for Conner MS named Adam Kunkel. Ironically, Conner also had a big kid who eventually grew to 7-feet & will be playing at Xavier next year. These four & their teammates, a bunch of other good players, proceeded to have great NKMSAA battles over a (3) year period. At the time, Pius & Conner were in same district, thus played multiple times. Each has had turns getting the better of the others. To see the progress they have made in the last 7 years is unreal. My hats off to them & thanks for all the hard work & entertainment provided. Good luck fellas. Go Colonels.

Bummed for all involved with Newport program. Have to look at it as a good year even though they left a little meat on the bone. As someone said earlier, HC does not pass the eye test, but they play well together. Congrats to them "Play for Clay". Newport will have (3) solid, experienced Seniors next year, looking forward to another fun ride. Go (blue) Colonels !

Been to most Newport games this year & a good sampling of CCH games; would love to see them on Monday. One game at a time though. McKell & CJ on floor together would be a treat, no matter what the outcome.

Dixie hit some early 3's in the first meeting allowing them to dictate pace. Once CovCath hit go ahead 3's in the 3rd quarter, they were able to play at their speed. Dixie has to keep it slow & close, hoping blue Colonels tighten down the stretch. I'm calling Dixie will get an "A" for effort, but come up short in the end. 52-45 BLUE .

Yep.

Big 2 are opposite. Thats good.

Just got to read this thread. Enjoyed playing game in my head again, thanks. It was a great one, Burriess deserved all the "wows' for sure, but Hall & Co. are so solid.

Newport wins in a tight one with a late bucket by Burriess.

Newport has the talent to take this one. Question is . . . have they matured enough to compete for the full (4) quarters. Hall lit them up in 1st meeting. 2nd meeting, Newport contains Hall, but NCC center had terrific game.

Newport goes 14/14 on FTs Great contribution from the Williams brothers. Burries, Harding, Miller are talented players that have made steady improvement all year. Newport is fun to watch. Next hurdle . . . NCC.

As Clyde mentioned, Luke Lenihan hit 2 big 3-pointers in the 3rd qtr to give CovCath a lead & thus they could dictate tempo. Lenihan replaced Nowak early on; he missed a couple open 3's in the first half that would have put CovCath up earlier. Great job Lenny bouncing back. Shreck was fantastic in 1st half controlling the speed of play favoring Dixie.

2nd game in a row McGuire out for Newport. They're going to need him back & contributing to have any chance v. Highlands in districts. Team is not deep enough to overcome losing one of its four key players.

First time seeing cooper this year. They are very good. Runion killed Newport in this one, as Kunkel had an off game. Both McNeils played & looked good. The older McNeil kind of went with the flow early on, but in 4th qtr. became more active. He'll be ready. This Newport team is young & they will improve & physically mature. Seem like good kids, but they can't just rely on getting more experience. They will need to develop a more mature focus & hustle.

Very well Said BBFan. This reminds me when the "talking heads" on national sports shows bash the relevance of college football bowl games outside the playoffs or NY day games. Don't tell me there's not countless more freshman, sophomores, juniors & especially seniors that cherish every moment of playing these final games. 99% will never step foot on an NFL field. It's all relative. And there's not one of us out there who ever played competitive sports that wouldn't want to lace them up again.

NCC by 5

Yes, just passed Nick Ruthsatz (1,980 pts) this past weekend.

Great job Colonels. The outcome was larger than I predicted, but as mentioned, game was closer than final score. Listened on CCH broadcast. They were complimentary all night of how hard the Camels play. Sounded like Camels struggled some handling the ball & couldn't rebound with AJ Mayer & Jake Walters. Congrats Cole on 2,000 points

Agree. My biggest question (to be seen) - Is Dixie a realistic Top-3 contender, or are they #3, just better than NCC, et al?

I have not seen the Camels this year, but heard some really good things. I'm thinking this might be tighter than some of the predictions thus far. Can't pick against my guys . . Colonels prevail in last minute.

How do you mean?

The two boys (Kunkel / Walter) went to grade school together. I would imagine they consider each other friends. Does anyone really want to project the feelings in this kids head based on an initial reaction. Please!