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Rumor has it that the mass exodus is not done yet. Couple more maybe transferring out. Tough to see.

Right, the whole holding the ball for 3-4 minutes is annoying. Both Holy Cross and Newport did that the other night. I would not be shocked for a low scoring last minute shot to win.

Newport vs Cooper in championship. Big Newport guy here but would love to see Coach Johnson continue his success at Holy Cross with a nice run. Newport has too much for them in my opinion.

Update On New News: Newport Superintendent shut it down. But apparently Tay would still like to enroll at Newport.

Would be wild for Jasper to head home as well.

Sure Newport would think so.

New News! Word around is that Taylen Kinney is suppose to be enrolling tomorrow at Newport. He was at the school today. Looking to get him eligible to play this season.

Week 2 Will keep it short and sweet this week. 1. Lloyd Welcome Juggernauts to the top spot. EJ Walker is handling business. Lloyd will take on St X this week who has some good resume wins. Solid test 2. CovCath Cov Cath received its first L of the season against Great Crossings. Not a bad lose but good to see what they need to work on. McGillis still shooting the ball well. 3. Holy Cross My biggest watch team pick of the season. Coach Johnson has done an amazing job with the team. Tough loss against Winton Woods. let's see if they can stay top 5. 4. Highlands Highlands cracks the top 5. Still looking for a resume win. 4 players averaging double figures in scoring. 5. Cooper Cooper with what I believe is a shocking loss to South Oldham in overtime. Johnson went for a double double with 30 points and 14 boards. No Stats updated yet for South Oldham to see how they played. 6. Beechwood 4-0 Tiger team shooting 54% from the field. 3 tigers averaging double digits 7. Ludlow 4-2 Panther team with also 3 boys averaging double digits. 8. NCC Ian Mann averaging 18 points per game. Have Cooper this week, solid test. 9. Dixie Dixie is a bit behind on stats but Derry is scoring 20 points per game. 10. Newport 3-3 Newport has 3 early losses this year. Trying to figure out things without Kinney seems to be taking longer than expected. Still going to be a tough team as the year progresses. Defense is lacking a bit. 11. St Henry 12. Conner 13. Ryle 14. Heritage 15. Holmes 16. Villa 17. Bellevue 18. Boone 19. Dayton

Same was said the last two years. Record books show Cats.

From what I am hearing could be soon. But the team is preparing for longer if needed. We have to understand that this team is trying to figure things out without Tay. He was such a factor to this team and with his departure they are trying to figure out what combinations will get the same results. There is not a player on that team who can give you what Tay did. I think of it as moneyball. You can’t replace the player but you can replace his stats with a few solid players with decent stats.

Tough loss. Yamil is out. They are still working on personal and who meshes well with each other. Let’s not forget that Covcath was the best team the last two seasons and have been bounced the first rounds each year and Newport won the region. We will have a solid grasp of Newport in the next 3 weeks with who they are playing. Newport plays Campbell County this week who is tough. Let’s see how the play before over reacting.

Week 1 We see Cooper having their first game this week, Newport in a rematch against Campbell County along with Ryle who is looking for something to prove. A Strong Lloyd team looking to handle business with NCC or can the Breds take down the Juggernauts. Holy Cross to be tested with Camels of Campbell County. Player Watch: EJ Walker- Lloyd James Turner- Newport Athens McGillis- Covington Catholic Cash Harney- Covington Catholic Jack Sullivan- Beechwood Griffin Starks- Newport Anthony Blaackar- Lloyd Week 1 Rankings 1. Covington Catholic 1-0 Cov Cath takes over the #1 spot this week. The Colonels take down Lex Cath while shooting 63%. 3 Colonels scored 20 or more point (McGillis, Harney, and Bradshaw.) I under its only one game but if these 3 can stay consistent this team will be very scary come Region. 2. Newport 3-1 Cats took their first loss of the season against a tough Princeton team. Cats were down as much as 17. Newport Sweeps at Hoopfest in Marshall County. All 5 Newport starters are closing in on averaging 10 points per game 4 games into the season. Yamil Rondon has yet to make his season start but be prepared for him to come out hot. Starks and and Turner will be a problem for all teams Newport Face. both Lowe's and Anderson will be key's on both sides of the floor. 3. Cooper 0-0 Cooper looks to have their first games of the season this week hosting Simon Kenton and heading to Henry County to play South Oldham. Looking forward to seeing the Jags get their feet wet. 4. Lloyd 2-0 We all knew Walker was going to be the man at Lloyd this year. He has some help in Blaacker who is currently averaging 20 points and shooting 68% from 3. Walker is averaging a double double which we will be seen a lot from him this season. 5. Holy Cross 1-0 Solid first W against Ryle. Holy Cross pulled down 35 rebounds in the win. Big test at Campbell County Friday. 6. Highlands 2-0 Birds have some shooters. 6 Birds are averaging 10 plus in scoring with Rickard shooting 70% from field Goal and Messmer shorting 60% from 3 point. 7. Beechwood 2-0 Sullivan is leading the way in scoring averaging 22 points and 9 rebounds in two games. Blackburn and McCormack will get their fair share of touches. 8. Ludlow 2-0 Ludlow will see their first real test at NCC on Wednesday night. We will see if Scott and Brandenburg can keep on the trend of averaging 20 points per game. 9. NCC We will see what the Breds are made of when they host Lloyd Tomorrow night. Mann is averaging 18 point per game. Can he get shots up against a tough Lloyd team. 10. Dixie Tough loss to Campbell County and and win at NCC keeps Dixie in the top 10. 11. Conner 12. St Henry 13. Ryle 14. Boone 15. Villa 16. Heritage 17. Bellevue 18. Holmes 19. Dayton

CovCath by a dozen or more.

Newport got down 8-0 to start the game, Princeton went 4-6 in the first quarter from the arc. Down 17 at half. Things started to turn as Newport cut the lead down to 9 at the end of the 3rd. The toughness was there in the 3rd that needed to be there from the start. Mid way through the 4th Newport cut the lead to 3 by stacking stops and getting baskets on the offensive end. With 1 minutes to go Newports Amontae Lowe missed open pull up mid range to cut the lead, there was offensive rebound on that shot that lead to a wide open 3 point attempt by Amontae Lowe was missed and rebounded by Princeton. This lead to Newport having to foul and Princeton made their free throws to end the game. Big takes from the game: -Yamil Rondon will be what Newport needs when he’s able to return from injury. -Newports fight in the second half was very impressive, this could be scary defensive team. At one point Princeton was held scoreless for 5:22 seconds. -James Turner and Griffin Starks will be a lot for teams in Kentucky to handle.

Its Timeeeeeeeeee! Week 1. let's get busy folks. Dec 2nd Holmes VS NCC at Holmes Dayton VS Newport at Dayton St Henry VS Cincinnati Trailblazers (Mason, OH) at St Henry Beechwood VS Grant County at Beechwood Highland VS Scott at Scott Dec 3rd Dayton VS Bishop Brossart at Bishop Brossart Heritage Academy VS Berea at Heritage Conner VS Simon Kenton at Simon Kenton Holy Cross VS Ryle at Holy Cross Dixie VS Campbell County at Campbell County Lloyd VS Dayton Early College Academy (Dayton, OH) At Lloyd Dec 4th NCC VS Boone County at NCC Newport VS Princeton (Cincinnati, OH) at Princeton. Dec 5th Dayton VS Nicholas County at Nicholas County Villa Madonna VS Bellevue at Villa Madonna St Henry VS Grant County at St Henry Ludlow VS Trimble County at Ludlow Beechwood VS Bishop Brossart at Beechwood Holy Cross VS Taft at Holy Cross Dixie VS Walton-Verona at Dixie Boone County VS Paris at Paris Dec 6th Holmes VS Gallatin County at Gallatin County St. Henry VS Conner at Conner Boone County VS Gallatin County at Gallatin County Lloyd VS Ryle at Lloyd Newport VS McCallie School (Chattanooga, TN) at Marshall County Dec 7th Vill Madonna VS Bracken County at Ludlow NCC VS Dixie Heights at NCC Ludlow VS Eminence at Ludlow Highlands VS Western at St. Xavier- Louisville Cov Cath VS Lex Cath at Cov Cath Newport VS Daviess County at Marshall County No Regular Season Games This Week: Cooper