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Mike McClintic has seen a lot of success at Edmonson County. He announced this week that he is retiring at seasons end. Any front runners for this job, have heard the next coach is probably on staff.

Dawson Springs coach Jim Hicks resigned earlier last week and interim coach Charlie Pace will coach the remainder of the season. Any front runners for this job? Will pace take the reigns.

Ray Valentine is brother of former national champion player at Louisville Robbie Valentine. Ray was assistant at Eminence with Dale Brown as well as a former assistant at Georgetown College briefly. Most recently was middle school boys coach in Franklin County. He will treat Berea like it is the UK job and he should have a good group returning this season.

I had previously meant to ask this last weekend after going to the Bowling Green & South Warren game. Is the Ohio State committ, Jantzen Dunn for South Warren our with an injury or is he sitting out this season? If he played I must have missed him but don’t remember seeing him in the game while looking online at the stats he hasn’t played in a game this season but is on the roster. If he will play this season, I would like to go see him in person.

Long time assistant, Tony Moore has taken over as head coach of the Saints with Aaron Rigdons departure to Pike County Central as assistant coach.

welcome to two weeks ago

I don't know a lot about what Kentucky high school athlete plays for what AAU program but the kids twitter account biography does say "AAU: Manimal Elite". I would assume that is the same as Team Manimal or maybe it isn't?

Trinity in a running clock this year.

Eastern picked up the pair of transfers from Ballard earlier in the off-season, not sure how they will help in replacing Jewell.

According to reports over the weekend on twitter from Travis Gaf & Kentuckiana Hoops, the states top junior has left Eastern and went to Marion County.

Grant Whitaker, 6'2 guard from Murray High School, received his first division one offer over the weekend from Kennesaw State of the Atlantic Sun Conference. Whitaker is a sophomore to be at Murray.

Troy Lee Thomas?

If JCPS chooses not to play or not to start their season in September with the rest of the state, that doesn't mean they have to cancel their season. Rumblings are they could still begin their season in October, play their district games and participate in the post season in Kentucky.

Sam Vinson, 6'3-6'4 guard from Highlands has received offers from Toledo and Miami Ohio within the last week. Vinson will be a top contender for 9th region player of the year this season.

According to Prep Hoops Kentucky on Twitter, Frederick Douglass is now open. Where did Coach Young go?

WBKO out of Bowling Green is reporting Logan County has hired Nathan Thompson. https://www.wbko.com/2020/08/10/logan-county-names-nathan-thompson-as-boys-basketball-coach/

Derek Robinson, former Bourbon County star and current assistant in Lexington is the front runner.

Former coach at Hopkins County Central years ago. His son was Trigg County leading scorer last season as an 8th grader and will be moving to Christian County as well.

Josh Broadwell will serve as the new Dean of Students as well as the Head Basketball Coach for the Lee County Bobcats. Broadwell is a 2008 graduate of LCHS and graduated from EKU in 2013 with a degree in Middle Grades Education. He also worked as the FMD Assistant at LCMHS from 2013 to 2016 and was the LCMS boy’s basketball coach from 2013 to 2015. He was also Lee County High School boys’ basketball assistant coach from 2013 until December 2014, when he became the varsity head coach until 2016. From 2016 until now, he has been a 5th and 6th grade teacher at Buckhorn in Perry County, while also coaching elementary and high school boys’ basketball.

There has been a thread on this topic for a few days

Toohey from Winchester has informed me that the Times Tribune reported that Williamsburg Coach, Nick Napier, has stepped down after three years at the helm for the Jackets. Napier was 14-16, 16-14 and 17-13 in his three seasons, never getting out of the district.

Union County 2013 graduate, Quaid Girten has been promoted from within to the new head coach of the Braves. Girten was an assistant for previous coach Shane Smith.

Terrance Brooks or Tony Wise is what I have heard.

According to Prep Hoops Kentucky twitter this evening a Multi Year five Star is enrolling to play for the Colonels. A lot of speculation is that it is 2023 Rayvon Griffin from Taft High School in Cincinnati.

Ken Woods has resigned, this will be their third coach in three years.