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Correct. Next man up? Halftime Newport 27 Cooper 21 Kinney - 16 pts. S Pouncy - 7 pts.

Cats on the prowl. Kinney 🔥. End of Q1 Newport 24 Cooper 7 Link to @859Radio livestream ~ 🔗 meridix.com/event/Newport_at_Cooper

♣️ 🐶 🦉 H | Four teams from across the Commonwealth made notable advances in Professor Massey's Ratings this week. ✅ "Power + Regional Rankings" Sweet 16® preview of potential Round 1 pairings. Teams featured this week ~ ♣️ Owensboro Catholic - The Lady Aces defeated two Top 25s: Central, 3rd Region #2 Meade Co., and avenged an earlier loss to crosstown District rival Owensboro. OC lands at #7 this week (+3). 🐶 Corbin - The Lady Redhounds picked up a signature win at Gilliam Gym over #4 Pikeville. Corbin moves up five pegs to #17. 🦉 Owsley County - In the "Power + Regional Rankings," Professor Massey now agrees with @The Professor, that the Lady Owls are the best team in the 14th. Great minds ... Owls. Hoot, Hoot! H Highlands - The Bluebirds have graduated from the "+" standings in the 9th to be counted as a "Power," now ranked fifth in the state's toughest Region. 📝 Yesterday's Sweet 16® draw promises to further focus our attention on likely matchups at Rupp Arena. WOPR has once again ranked the Regions. For the final weeks of the season, we'll also pair "Power" teams (Top 5) from each Region's Round 1 game to see who's most likely to meet at the big dance. 👇 Link to this week's Ratings for games through Saturday, February 10. 🔗 masseyratings.com/KY_Girls 1️⃣6️⃣ "Power + Regional Rankings" 1. 9th Region (67); 2. 7th Region (104); 3. 13th Region (145); 4. 3rd Region (160); 5. 12th Region (168) 6. 8th Region (193); 7. 11th Region (199); 8. 16th Region (202); 9. 4th Region (212); 10. 10th Region (226) 11. 5th Region (229); 12. 6th Region (266); 13. 15th Region (278); 14. 1st Region (348); 15. 14th Region (368); 16. 2nd Region (415). 🏆 The Sweet 16® • Upper Bracket ~ 1️⃣4️⃣ vs. 4️⃣ 14th Region: 63. Owsley Co, 68. Perry Cent, 70. Knott Cent, 75. Letcher Cent, 51. Jackson Co 4th Region: 12. Franklin-Simpson, 31. Bowling Green, 43. Barren Co, 53. Warren E, 73. Metcalfe Co 1️⃣6️⃣ vs. 1️⃣ 16th Region: 5. Ashland, 13. Russell, 16. Boyd Co, 82. Rowan Co, 86. Bath Co 1st Region: 10. McCracken Co, 58. Marshall Co, 61. Graves Co, 72. Calloway Co, 147. Mayfield 8️⃣ vs. 6️⃣ 8th Region: 8. Anderson Co, 25. S Kenton, 48. Spencer Co, 54. Grant Co, 57. S Oldham 6th Region: 18. Butler, 41. Bullitt E, 48. Mercy, 56. Whitefield Acad, 103. N Bullitt 1️⃣1️⃣ vs. 1️⃣3️⃣ 11th Region: 14. Franklin Co, 21. F Douglass, 42. H Clay, 45. Madison Cent, 77. Madison South 13th Region: 11. N Laurel, 17. Corbin, 30. S Laurel, 36. Knox Cent, 51. Jackson Co • Lower Bracket ~ 7️⃣ vs. 1️⃣0️⃣ 7th Region: 1. Sacred Heart, 19. Central, 22. Manual, 29. Assumption, 33. CAL 10th Region: 2. GR Clark, 27. Montgomery Co, 59. Campbell Co, 62. Brossart, 76. Scott 1️⃣5️⃣ vs. 5️⃣ 15th Region: 4. Pikeville, 39. Johnson Cent, 71. Lawrence Co, 80. Martin Co, 84. Paintsville 5th Region: 28. Bethlehem, 40. Bardstown, 44. Taylor Co, 59. N Hardin, 67. Elizabethtown 1️⃣2️⃣ vs. 9️⃣ 12th Region: 20. Pulaski Co, 26. Southwestern, 32. Danville Christ, 35. Rockcastle Co, 55. W Jessamine 9th Region: 3. Cooper, 6. Cov Holy Cross, 9. Ryle, 15. Notre Dame, 34. Highlands 2️⃣ vs. 3️⃣ 2nd Region: 24. Henderson Co, 74. Madisonville, 95. Christian Co, 105. Lyon Co, 117. Union Co 3rd Region: 7. O'boro Cath, 23. Meade Co, 37. Breckenridge Co, 46. Owensboro, 47. Daviess Co 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Trefnwyd gan WOPR.

CCH LM | Final at Erlanger from the @859Radio livestream. The Colonels led by as many as 21 in a 3rd quarter that saw Athens McGillis drop 14 points. Leading scorers ~ LM: Blaackar 19, Walker 18, Scott 11. CCH: McGillis 32 (5/9 3 pt), Hussey 12 (8 rbs). CCH: 13-21-22-8 • 64 LM: 13-7-22-14 • 56 Archived video at the link below ~ 🔗 meridix.com/event/CCH_at_LM ☺️ If you have a chance, make a point to see the Down Syndrome Association cheerleading squad.

2️⃣5️⃣❓ How did Professor Massey's Top 25 fare last week? ⚔️ Sacred Heart has squelched any lingering doubts they are the best team in the Bluegrass with Friday's 61-49 win over #2 George Rogers Clark. Icing on the cake perhaps was provided by this afternoon's win at Mercy to run their win streak vs. Kentucky competition to 61. The Jaguars were the last team to beat SHA, almost two years ago to the day. 🛣️ The road was unkind to a handful of teams - #4 Pikeville, #6 McCracken Co, #9 Ryle, #14 Butler, and #19 Pulaski Co all took an L. The Lady Mustangs and Lady Raiders both lost to teams ranked outside the Top 50. 🤔 🐆 🏹 😺 The losses noted may provide openings for #3 Cooper, #5 Covington Holy Cross, and #7 Ashland to move up a notch or two. 💙 All in all, an exciting week of girls hoops! Link to this week's Ratings at the link below: 🔗 masseyratings.com/KY_Girls Expect the new Ratings tomorrow morning. 👇 Results for the week's games have been edited into a previous post. Link to the Riherds-KHSAA Scoreboard: 🔗 scoreboard/khsaa/kygbk23

2️⃣5️⃣ A review of last week's Top 25 ~ Most matchups last week went to chalk, with some intra-District minor upsets in the 42nd accounted for. 🦁 🟣 Game of the week - Last night's 90-89 double overtime win by #6 Lyon County over #10 Bowling Green. 🐎 Frederick Douglass, missing leading scorer Armelo Boone, went 0-3 last week. Toughest of them was a 60-62 overtime loss at #63 Sayre in District play. 😺 Upset of the week - #23 Ashland's 48-59 loss to #83 Fleming County at Flemingsburg. The Tomcats have been on a slow slide down the Top 25 of late. Does their loss to "The Battlin' Biggs'" nudge them out of elite consideration? ⚔️ Farewell Trojans, we hardly knew ye. North Hardin made a surprising, first time appearance at #25. They promptly lost games to Taylor County and Franklin County. 1. Great Crossing (2-0) W #21 H Clay 69-60; W #9 GRC 73-53. 2. Lex Cath (2-0) W Madison Cent 48-36; W PL Dunbar* 78-43. 3. Cov Cath (1-0) W Cov Holy Cross* 78-55. 4. St. Xavier (2-0) W Collins 81-72; W #14 DeSales 81-72 (OT) - runner-up GOTW. 5. N Oldham (2-0) W at Owen Co 68-50 ; W WEB Du Bois 77-48. 6. Lyon Co. (2-0) W at Trigg Co.* 92-36; W #10 Bowling Green 90-89 (2OT) GOTW. 7. Trinity (2-0) W at #31 Ballard 63-59; W Waggener* 78-35. 8. Newport (2-0) W New Cath 73-51; W at Conner 71-50. 9. GRC (2-1) W #19 F Douglass 56-50; W #30 Madison South 72-54; L at #1 Great Crossing 53-73. 19. Bowling Green (2-1) W at Owensboro 73-59; W at #40 Warren Cent* 46-41; L at #6 Lyon Co. 89-90 (2 OT) GOTW. 11. Manual (3-0) W at Fern Creek 80-71; W F Parker* 96-41; W at Shawnee* 86-60. 12. Male (3-0) W at Central 78-71; W at Lou Collegiate* 78-37; W at #27 CAL 64-61. 13. Evangel Christ (2-0) W at #44 S Oldham 85-79; W Christian Co 87-46 at Lyon Co. 14. DeSales (1-1) W at #44 S Oldham 85-79; L at #4 St. Xavier 72-81 (OT) runner-up GOTW. 15. Harlan Co (1-0) W at Harlan* 83-52. 16. Bryan Stn (1-1) W Scott Co* 64-55; L #21 H Clay* 58-63. 17. Oldham Co (2-0) W Gallatin Co 101-74; W #26 Lloyd 63-61. 18. Cooper (1-0) W at New Cath 63-42. 19. F Douglass (0-3) L at #9 GRC; L at Sayre* 60-62; L #20 Woodford Co 57-68. 20. Woodford Co (3-0) W Lafayette 66-44; Wat #19 F Douglass 68-57; W Harrison Co 63-54. 21. H Clay (2-1) L #1 Great Crossing 60-69; W #16 Bryan Stn* 63-58; W Sayre* 67-64 (OT). 22. Henderson Co (2-0) W Webster Co* 41-35; W at Union Co* 71-44. 23. Ashland (2-1) W at Magoffin Co 66-52; L at Fleming Co 48-59 UOTW; W at Menifee Co 85-50. 24. Boyd Co (2-0) W at Russell 93-65; W Perry Cent 88-72. 25. N Hardin (0-2) L at Taylor Co 68-74; L Franklin Co 73-75. * District game. Link to the current Ratings ~ 🔗 masseyratings.com/KY_Boys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🦉

OC LM | Final at Buckner via The Scoreboard. Would love to hear details from the Colonels and/or Juggernauts faithful. Monster games coming up for both squads ~ Lloyd (16-6, KY #26, R9 #4), Monday vs. #3 Cov Cath. Oldham Co. (21-6, KY #17, R8 #2), Tuesday at #4 St. Xavier.

Gomez: The Scoreboard says the Cru won today. Big, if true! Morticia: That old thing. Have you confirmed on social media darling? Gomez: nvm.

⚔️ 🏴‍☠️ | Final at Union per The Scoreboard. Nice win for the Cru. Congrats! 🤔 27 points. Didn't see this one coming. Up next ~ St. Henry (9-13, R9 #11), Monday at Eminence. Ryle (15-10, R9 #7), Wednesday at Bishop Brossart.

🐈‍⬛ SL | Final at London via The Scoreboard. The Lady Panthers bounce back from their upset loss last night to Corbin and split the weekend's 13th Region foray. Up next ~ Pikeville (KY #4, R15 #1, 20-4), Friday at Morgan County. South Laurel (KY #30, R13 #3, 17-10), Tuesday at Pineville. # Massey Ratings

♣️ 🐝 | Final at Breckenridge Co.'s "Kentucky Vintage Tees Classic." Very good win at Breck for the Lady Aces. Tuesday games for both ~ O'boro Cath (KY #11, R3 #1, 20-4) hosts #27 Bowling Green. Central (KY #18, R7 #2, 19-8) visits Fern Creek. # Massey Ratings

🐯 🏹 | 👀 Thriller last night at Fort Mitchell. Tigers' win ties the two (2-1) for second in the 35th District standings. The rubber game - semis at Holmes on 2/28 for a chance to make the 9th Region field. Terrific article by Evan Dennison and photos from Charles Bolton at the link below ~ linknky.com/sports/2024/02/10/beechwood-holy-cross-triple-overtime-win Holy Cross (14-9, R9 5-6) visits Edgewood tonight for a 6:00 game with Dixie Heights. Beechwood (12-12, R9 6-7) travels to Bedford Monday to play Trimble County.

We'll know a lot more about the Juggernauts by this time next week - tomorrow at Oldham Co., Monday vs. Cov Cath, and Thursday at Newport.

I would have guessed so, but Massey predicted a 63-62 Highlands win. 🤷 I was in and out of the livestream. Nathan Vinson scored 40(?) for the Bluebirds. I don't think Brayden Moeves, Highlands leading scorer played. Vinnie Listerman is a scrapper, which is to say - pure Listerman. Lloyd's EJ Walker had an atypically poor night at the charity stripe ~5/12, missed five in a row in the final minutes, which kept it interesting.

🐪 🏴‍☠️ | Final at Alexandria via The Scoreboard. Another win vs. a ranked opponent for the Camels. Congrats ladies! Consistency ... 🤔 Ryle (KY #9*, 16-8) hosts #10 North Laurel tomorrow. Campbell Co. (KY #60*, 16-8) visits Dixie on Tuesday. * Massey Ratings

😺 DH | Final at Hebron from The Scoreboard. This was ... unexpected. Very nice win for the Lady Cougars. Congratulations! Good call by The Double Deuce predicted this as a "potentially very solid game." Conner (11-13, R9 3-6) travels to Louisville tomorrow for a game at Whitefield Academy. Dixie (13-11, R9 7-6) visits Campbell County on Tuesday.

Final at Fort Thomas from the 859 Sports Radio livestream ~ Lloyd Memorial 58 Highlands 55

⚔️ GRC | Final at St. Xavier via @ValkyriesBBall. Maybe the most anticipated game of the season in the Bluegrass. Sacred Heart started hot with an 7-0 opening run, per Jason Frakes. Game tied at 38 after Q3. Valkyries finished hot too, doubling up the Lady Cardinals in Q4. GRC: 10-14-14-11 • 49 SHA: 14-11-13-23 • 61 Up next ~ Sacred Heart (KY #1*, 18-7), Sunday at Mercy. GR Clark (KY #2*, 23-4), Tuesday at PL Dunbar. * Massey Ratings

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Coach Buddy Biggs lives!

🐈‍⬛ 😺 | Final at Flemingsburg via The Scoreboard. This is ... surprising? Massey predicted an 11 point Ashland win. First win by the Panthers over the Tomcats since the 2014 Regional title game. Up next ~ Fleming Co. (17-7, R16 8-1, D61 4-1), tomorrow at Menifee Co. Ashland (KY #23, 16-8, R16 3-3, D64 1-2), Saturday at Menifee Co.

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🦅 🪶 | Final at Frankfort per The Scoreboard. 🧹 Coach Thacker's crew complete a season's sweep in District and Region play. They've got challenges on the horizon, starting with Montgomery Co. on Monday, followed by games with Ryle, Bullitt East, and Dixie. Flyers (KY #15, R11 20-6, D41 6-0) Warhawks (7-16, R11 5-6, D41 4-2) visit St. Henry tomorrow night.

GRC 🦅 | Final at Letcher Norton Gym via The Scoreboard. No game details yet, however: The Cardinals are in the middle of their toughest week on the schedule; defeated #19 Douglass Tuesday and the #30 Eagles tonight, both at home. Big game coming up on Saturday in Georgetown to meet #1 Great Crossing. GRC (KY #9, 24-1, R10 11-0, D40 6-0) MS (15-8, R11 3-1, D44 1-0), Saturday at Somerset.

🦁 🐅 🐻 🐈‍⬛ Lyons and Tigers and Bears (and Panthers), Oh My! Last week's results shook up Massey's Top 10 and the 3rd Region has a new leader. 👀 The "Power + Regional Rankings" race tightens to two points between the traditional Bluegrass centers of hoops prowess. 🦁 Last week's #4 Lyon County, playing without guard Jack Reddick, took a home loss to then #24 Henderson County and slip to #6. 🐅 St. Xavier ran the table against CAL, Ballard, and Owensboro Catholic to put the Tigers at #4 this week. 🐻 Harlan County's Black Bears tasted defeat in consecutive outings for the first time this season, to Pikeville and then #22 Frederick Douglass, and drop to #15. 🐈‍⬛ The Panthers of Daviess County defeated 9th District rival Owensboro Catholic, and replace the Aces as the top team in the 3rd Region in the WOPR sorted "Power + Regional Rankings." Link to this week's Ratings for games through Sunday, 2/4. masseyratings.com/KY_Boys 🤜🤛 "Power + Regional Rankings" A way of measuring Regions, utilizing Top 5 teams (Power) and depth (+) against each other. 1️⃣ 11th Region (59) 1. Great Crossing, 2. Lex Cath, 16. Bryan Stn, 19. F Douglass, 21. H Clay ✓ 30. Madison South, 56. LCA, 63. Sayre, 71. Madison Cent, 81. Franklin Co, 113. PL Dunbar, 125. Scott Co, 133. Lafayette 2️⃣ 7th Region (61) 4. St. Xavier, 7. Trinity, 11. Manual, 12. Male, 27. CAL ✓ 31. Ballard, 33. Eastern, 62. Seneca, 82. WEB Du Bois*, 122. Central, 140. Atherton 3️⃣ 9th Region (97) 3. Cov Cath, 8. Newport, 18. Cooper, 26. Lloyd, 42. Boone Co ✓ 46. Highlands, 58. Ryle, 66. Cov Holy Cross, 67. Dixie, 75. Conner, 129. St. Henry, 134. Beechwood, 141. New Cath 4️⃣ 8th Region (109) 5. N Oldham, 17. Oldham Co, 20. Woodford Co, 32. Walton-Verona, 35. Spencer Co ✓ 44. S Oldham, 59. S Kenton, 88. Grant Co, 93. Collins, 96. Owen Co, 121. Shelby Co, 124. Gallatin Co, 128. Anderson Co, 143. Williamstown 5️⃣ 6th Region (163) 13. Evangel Christ, 14. DeSales, 29. Fairdale, 50. Butler, 57. Bullitt E ✓ 68. Fern Creek, 70. J'town, 74. Lou Holy Cross, 78. PRP, 80. Moore, 92. Beth Haven, 112. Western, 136. KCD 6️⃣ 5th Region (194) 25. N Hardin, 34. E'town, 38. Adair Co, 45. Cent Hardin, 52. La Rue Co ✓ 73. Washington Co, 79. Taylor Co, 105. Green Co, 106. Caverna, Caverna, 126. B'town, 131. Hart Co, 152. Glasgow, 156. Bethlehem 7️⃣ 13th Region (245) 14. Harlan Co, 41. S Laurel, 49. N Laurel, 54. Corbin, 87. Clay Co ✓ 90. Bell Co, 102. Whitley Co, 138. Knox Cent, 147. Harlan 8️⃣ 2nd Region (267) 6. Lyon Co, 22. Henderson Co, 35. Uni Hts, 100. Hop'ville, 104. Christian Co ✓ 108. M-NH, 114. Webster Co 9️⃣ 1st Region (289) 37. McCracken Co, 39. Marshall Co, 61. Murray, 76. Calloway Co, 77. Graves Co ✓ 119. Tilghman, 132. Mayfield, 151. Carlisle Co, 155. St. Mary 1️⃣0️⃣ 10th Region (305) 9. GR Clark, 28. Campbell Co, 55. Mason Co, 95. Scott, 118. Augusta ✓ 120. Harrison Co, 139. Montgomery Co 1️⃣1️⃣ 16th Region (312) 23. Ashland, 24. Boyd Co, 83. Fleming Co, 84. Rowan Co, 98. Morgan Co ✓ 127. Russell 1️⃣2️⃣ 12th Region (315) 47. Pulaski Co, 48. Danville Christ, 65. Lincoln Co, 69. Wayne Co, 86. Boyle Co ✓ 89. Somerset, 99. Mercer Co, 101. Rockcastle Co, 148. E Jessamine, 157. Southwestern 1️⃣3️⃣ 3rd Region (338) 51.(New #1) Daviess Co, 60. O'boro Cath, 64. Butler Co, 72. O'boro, 91. Ohio Co ✓ 144. Grayson Co, 154. McLean Co 1️⃣4️⃣ 4th Region (346) 10. Bowling Green, 40. Warren Cent, 94. Barren Co, 97. Warren E, 109. S Warren ✓ 116. Franklin-Simpson, 123. Greenwood, 130. Russell Co, 135. Clinton Co, 145. Monroe Co, 153. Cumberland Co 1️⃣5️⃣ 15th Region (481) 43. Pikeville, 103. Martin Co, 107. Pike Cent, 111. Magoffin Co, 117. Lawrence Co ✓ 137. Johnson Cent, 146. Floyd Cent, 149. B Layne, 150. Paintsville 1️⃣6️⃣ 14th Region (521) 53. Hazard, 85. Perry Cent, 110. Knott Cent, 115. Breathitt Co, 158. Estill Co ✓ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Trefnwyd gan WOPR.