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I don't know that I would call it laying an egg exactly, Dixie is a really good team.

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Here's all that I know, or can assume for the 9th Region: The Semi’s and Finals will be videod by the Colonel Athletic Network for a fee, as well as the first round CovCath/St. Henry game. https://www.covcath.org/athletics/can Mark Wehry will also being doing free audio of the semi’s and finals as well as the first round Highlands/Ryle game. https://www.859sportsradio.com/ The 33rd District tournament was on the NFHS network for a subscription fee if that is any indication how Conner might handle hosting their first round game. https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/ Also since this is a Conner/Holy Cross game I suppose it’s possible that Terry Niehaus might be doing audio at http://vcloud.volarvideo.com/holycross/widget?id=145 Dixie has been broadcasting their home games free all season long on their Dixie Heights Athletics Youtube channel, so as of now I can only assume that that’s where their first round game vs. Newport will be aired. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVCx6p8zLauhGYVx7JecKiw/videos Aside from Mark Wehry doing audio of the first round Highlands/Ryle game there are two sites possible for video, first in Highlands youtube channel where they’ve been broadcasting their home games for free all season. https://www.youtube.com/user/HHSFilmAndBroadcast/videos Or at the Highlands Athletic site where I assume they can charge a fee if they go that route. https://www.highlandsathletics.com/

9th Region - District Tourney Wrap Up & Regional Tourney Preview AND THEN THERE WERE EIGHT… The 33rd, 34th, 35th, & 36th District Tournaments have all completed, and while some of the district champs are who most might’ve expected, there were also a couple of dramatic close calls and shake ups to remind us how unpredictable post season play can be, and sometimes it’s these surprises that make it all the more exciting. Let’s take a look at the tourneys district by district… The 33rd District Tournament, played at Boone County High School, pitted top seed Conner Cougars (15-6) against the hosts the Boone County Rebels (8-11), and in the other semi-final game the 2nd seed, the Cooper Jaguars (5-11) faced off with the 3rd seeded Ryle Raiders (9-12). Boone County had a challenging season plagued by 13 COVID cancellations that took them out of their rhythm, and while they struggled with a 3-10 start to the season, they ended their regular season strong with a 5 game winning streak which included a signature win against Newport Central Catholic, but their season sadly came to a close in a nail biter against the top seeded Conner Cougars 57-55, which came within an inch of going into overtime with a layup that held on the rim, but just didn’t quite fall. The Rebels were heartbroken to have come so close to being giants killers, and the Conner Cougars, wiping their brow, were awarded to move on to the finals to face the winner of the Cooper/Ryle game where Cooper had won in the regular season between the two in low scoring affair that didn’t get out of the 30’s. Both Cooper & Ryle were also riddled by cancellations this season due to COVID with 7, and 8 cancellations respectively, but thankfully both were eligible to compete in the district tourney, and this time the Raiders avenged their regular season loss the Jaguars in convincing form 55-41. The finals were no obstacle for the Conner Cougars as they easily got past the Raiders 73-47 in a game that was never in question, and the Conner Cougars are your 2021 33rd District Champs for the 2nd season in a row. The All Tournament Team included Leon Cleary from Boone County, Jacob Deere from Cooper, Donovan Robinson, and Graves Fryman from Ryle, and Spencer Couzins, and Cole Skiles for Conner with Riley Osterbur as the tournament MVP. The 34th District Tournament played at Lloyd Memorial High School firstly had the Ludlow Panthers (18-10) vs. the Villa Madonna Vikings (7-19) in the play-in game where the Panthers advanced to the semi-finals after beating the Vikings 68-57. The semi’s were all set to have the Ludlow Panthers vs. the top seed St. Henry Crusaders (17-3), and the 3rd seeded hosts, the Lloyd Memorial Juggernauts (7-11) vs. the 2nd seeded Dixie Heights Colonels (20-5). The Crusaders easily took care of business beating the Panthers 95-51 ending Ludlow’s productive 18 win season. In the 2nd semi-final game the Colonels erased any doubts about whether or not the Juggs had improved well enough this season to be a threat, and the answer was emphatically NO as they took care of business there winning convincingly 72-49 setting up the championship game between them and St. Henry where the Crusaders were the slight favorites. This fast paced game was chock full of excitement with both teams having nice runs with multiple lead changes, but when the final horn sounded, your 2021 34th District Tournament Champs were the Dixie Height Colonels while also reaching their 20th victory of the season. There were big implications in this victory for Dixie for now they’d either face Ryle, Newport, or Holy Cross in the first round rather than CovCath, Highlands, or Conner, and that’s a big deal if you’re hoping to make it into the semi-finals. In the 9th Region draw, which we’ll discuss further later in this article, Dixie was selected to face the Newport Wildcats. The All Tournament Team included Noah Hoffmeister from Ludlow, Colin Chillo from Villa Madonna, Dameion Mitchell from Lloyd, Wyatt Vieth and Cody Teeten from St. Henry, Ian Snelling and Kiernan Geraci from Dixie with Billy Wogenstahl as the tournament MVP. The 35th District Tournament played at the Holmes High School Fieldhouse with a field of 4 where the top seeded Covington Catholic Colonels (24-3) faced off with the hosts the Holmes Bulldogs (5-16), and the 2-3 seed game matched the Holy Cross Indians (14-9) with the Beechwood Tigers (23-6). The 9th Region favorites, the Colonels didn’t have any trouble with the Bulldogs ending their season with a 75-44 win. The next semi was a game where the Beechwood Tigers were hoping to avenge their regular season 18 point loss to the Holy Cross Indians, and in a very heated battle again the Indians prevailed winning 67-60 setting up the 35th District Championship game between them, and the Covington Catholic Colonels. The Indians surely came to play, and gave the Colonels a nice battle for the better part of 3 quarters until the wheels began to fall off, and the stronger CovCath Colonels prevailed 84-62 and adding another 35th District Championship trophy to their case along with the many other district champions pieces of hardware from their very productive and historic past. The 36th District Tournament played at Dayton High School in the Stan Steidel gymnasium firstly had the Dayton Greendevils (9-15) vs. the Bellevue Tigers (5-20) go at it in their 4th battle of the season where the Greendevils had won the previous 3, but for the Tigers the 4th time was the charm as they took this one 63-59 setting up the semis where they had to face the top seed Highlands Bluebirds (24-4), and in the other semi-final game the Newport Central Catholic (9-10) Thoroughbreds played the Newport Wildcats (7-16) hoping to avenge their 77-44 loss to the Breds earlier in the season. As expected the Bluebirds had no trouble with the Tigers winning that one 89-25, but in the other semi-final game most everyone expected NewCath to move on into the regional tourney, but the Newport Wildcats had other plans, and really made an impressive showing over the Breds considering their previous 33 points loss, and taking down their neighborhood rivals 46-39, and advancing to the finals to face the Highlands Bluebirds where they lost that one 86-55, making the Highlands Bluebirds your 2021 36th District Champions. 9th Region Tournament Preview So with the district tournaments all wrapped up, the biggest thing on everyone’s mind was the 9th Region Tournament Draw, and how things would go now that Dixie had beaten St. Henry, and the possibility that the Number 1, and Number 2 teams in the region (Covington Catholic, and St. Henry) could theoretically be pitted against each other in the first round. Well just as people wondered, that theory became a law, and sure enough they indeed are scheduled to go at it in the first round. All of the first round games will be played at the home of the 4 District winners on Monday, March 22nd at 7:00. Covington Catholc has opted to surrender their home court advantage, and hold their first round game with St. Henry at the Holmes fieldhouse which is 2 ½ times larger than CovCath’s gym which will allow for more people as Holmes is allowing 25% capacity because of COVID precautions, which equates to 750 spectators. In the top bracket: Highlands vs. Ryle Covington Catholic vs. St. Henry In the lower bracket: Dixie vs. Newport Conner vs. Holy Cross Whereas in the district tourney games there were upsets that very few expected, I’ll be hesitant to do any predicting for the 9th Region Tournament for fear of eating my words. Sometimes things go as planned, but we all know that in tournament time anything can happen, and oftentimes the unexpected does. The Semi-Finals and the Finals will be held at the Holmes Fieldhouse: The Semi’s will be played Wednesday, March 24th at 6:00 & 8:30 The Finals will be played Friday, March 26th at 7:00 In the Highland/Ryle game most expect a certain outcome, but nonetheless, Ryle, a team that sat in the final rankings before the district tournament in the 15th spot, but now we see that 7 teams ahead of them have been sent packing. They knew what the stakes were in the district tournament, and they did what they had to do to get to the regional tournament, so you gotta hand it to them for that. The Raiders are led by Donovan Robinson, Graves Fryman, and Tyler Bush, and they intend come prepared to do whatever they can to get past the high flying Bluebirds led by invincible Sam Vinson, and his supporting cast of sharp shooters Luke Muller, and William Herald, along with the dependable play of Oliver Harris, Zac Barth, and Leyton Read. The Covington Catholic/St. Henry game is by far the matchup that has everybody talking. The Crusaders narrowly won their first meeting by the score of 61-60 when many didn’t think that the Colonels could be beaten by anybody in the 9th Region. The two are the top ranked teams in the region where most would’ve guessed that we would have seen them either in the semi’s or finals, but here they are ready to go at it in the first round. Will the senior heavy experience led by Wyatt Vieth, and Jude Bessler help the Cru prove that their first encounter was no fluke, or will the Colonels, who will certainly be in tournament time form avenge their loss to move on to the semi-finals with their talented and loaded starting 5 of Evan Ipsaro, Mitchell Rylee, Donovan Stocks, Chandler Starks, and Colin McHale, and a healthy long bench that includes the dependable play of Reece Murphy and James Wilson. The Dixie Colonels, Oh My have done themselves a terrific favor in getting to the 9th Region Tournament as 34th District winners, because firstly they get to play their first round game at home, and more importantly they had the privilege to avoid other district winners CovCath, Highlands, or Conner. The options for them for winning was either Ryle, Newport, or Holy Cross, and I’d say that if they had a choice they’d like to avoid Holy Cross because they’d certain matchup better with Ryle and Newport, and sure enough they got Newport. The Wildcats weren’t expected to be here, and just like Ryle, they ended ranked 14th, but guess what...they’re still alive. Kudos to them because they did what they needed to do to be here. They have a tough road ahead of them in the Dixie Colonels, but win or lose, they can still feel mighty proud for still being in the thick of things when nobody expected them to be. The Wildcats are led by Alex Greene, and KeAndre Nelson, and Dixie is loaded with a starting 5 all capable of scoring the ball, along with a couple of very dependable bench players. Ian Snelling, Kiernan Gerachi, Jason Summe, Jay Flynn, Billy Wogenstahl, Logan Landers can really get at it with dynamic ball movement, and reliable explosive scoring. The Wildcats have their hands full. Conner vs. Holy Cross is a particularly interesting matchup, and probably the other more intriguing game outside of the CovCath St. Henry game because while arguments could be made for either team, I think you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who could predict this one with any certainty. Holy Cross really likes to get up and down with a fast paced attack led by two 20 ppg scorers in Jacob Meyer, and Brandon McClendon along with the mighty Jeramiah Hicks who is a beast on the boards, and Blake Robinson who is lights out from the 3. The Cougars have strong abilities themselves with the strong all around play and great 3 point shooter Spencer Couzins, good leadership of Riley Ostebur, and Cole Skiles, and another dynamic sharp shooter in Ayden Lohr. It’s certainly going to be an exciting 9th Region Tournament to cap off an exciting season in the 9th where the Top 5 teams at one point or another all made it into the State’s Top 20 with 2 in the Top 5, not to mention a repeat for St. Henry as All ‘A’ Classic State Champs, and Scotty Draud of Beechwood becoming the All-time Leading Scorer of the 9th Region. Good luck to all of the teams! As far as the broadcasting of the games go, I can give you a bit of what I know, and a little of what I’m assuming. The Semi’s and Finals will be videod by the Colonel Athletic Network for a fee, as well as the first round CovCath/St. Henry game. https://www.covcath.org/athletics/can Mark Wehry will also being doing free audio of the semi’s and finals as well as the first round Highlands/Ryle game. https://www.859sportsradio.com/ The 33rd District tournament was on the NFHS network for a subscription fee if that is any indication how Conner might handle hosting their first round game. https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/ Dixie has been broadcasting their home games free all season long on their Dixie Heights Athletics Youtube channel, so as of now I can only assume that that’s where their first round game vs. Newport will be aired. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVCx6p8zLauhGYVx7JecKiw/videos Aside from Mark Wehry doing audio of the first round Highlands/Ryle game there are two sites possible for video, first in Highlands youtube channel where they’ve been broadcasting their home games for free all season. https://www.youtube.com/user/HHSFilmAndBroadcast/videos Or at the Highlands Athletic site where I assume they can charge a fee if they go that route. https://www.highlandsathletics.com/

https://www.859sportsradio.com/ will be handling the Highlands/Ryle game, and I believe it will be audio only, but I'm not completely sure about that. You posted here that Highlands will be broadcasting from: https://www.highlandsathletics.com/ I can’t confirm this, but during their regular season they broadcasted from their Youtube channel, but perhaps from the site you provided they can charge a fee. https://www.youtube.com/user/HHSFilmAndBroadcast/videos The 33rd District tournament was on the NFHS network for a subscription fee if that is any indication how Conner might handle hosting their first round game. https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/

In years past when it was CovCath’s turn to host the district tournaments they opted to have them played at Holmes to allow for more fans. This year especially with only allowing for 25% capacity, having it at Holmes, a much bigger gym, is a no brainer.

6...I mean 3 feet apart guys. 🤣

Who was it that painted Dixie as the region's dark horse in his last review, and has been singing their praises all season long when others doubted him that they were a Top 5 team? 🤫

My pleasure

Billy Wogenstahl for the Colonels was the tournament MVP Joining him from Dixie on the all tourney team were Ian Snelling and Keirnan Geraci For the Crusaders it was Wyatt Vieth, and Cody Teeten. Congratulations to these guys as it was well deserved. A little disappointed that Jay Flynn was slighted here. 21 points in this huge win should be a no doubter.

And what a game it was!!! The Red Colonels of Dixie Heights have had an incredible season, but the one thing that eluded them was a signature win over a Top 4 team, and when it really mattered the most they finally prevailed. From the start of this battle you just knew that it was anybody’s game that could go either way, with much of the game it did just that. The 1st quarter was evenly matched, but the Red Colonels showed a bit more balance in the scoring, and Billy Wogenstahl for Dixie established himself early as an inside threat. Teeten and Vieth were both big for the Crusaders doing most of the scoring in the first quarter. At the end of 1 the score was St. Henry 18 Dixie Heights 17 In the 2nd period the Crusaders were just off of their game, they’re energy wasn’t quite there, and their shots weren’t dropping. On the other hand Dixe was playing like a championship team, owning the boards, making their shots, and point guard jr. Jay Flynn was lights out connecting on 4 or his 5 3’s in the first half. They move the ball so well, and are so quick in transition. At the Half Dixie was up by 13 with the score 40-27. At the beginning of the 3rd quarter the Colonels extended that lead to 15 when it was 44-29, but then the Crusaders went on a 15-0 run tying the game at 44. Finally Dixie stopped the bleeding and both teams continued to trade baskets until Dixie managed once again in the 4th quarter a 7 point lead when it was 61-54, but the Cru weren’t going to go away and made back-to-back plays that also included a steal and got it back to 3, 61-58 with about 2:30 to play. The Colonels stayed the course and didn’t fold, and continued to make their free throws, both Summe and Flynn hitting 6-6 down the stretch. 2 for Summe, 4 for Flynn who ended the with 21 points. Any of the starting 5 for Dixe are capable of taking the scoring load on any given night, and while you still got great contributions from Summe, Snelling, Geraci, and Landers, tonight’s game was led by Flynn and Wogenstahl. In a season that had the St. Henry Crusaders win just about every big game they were in, your 34th District Champs are the Dixie Heights Colonels. There are big implications in this victory for Dixie for now they’ll either face Ryle, Newport, or Holy Cross in the first round rather than CovCath, Highlands, or Conner, and that’s a big deal if you’re hoping to make it into the semi-finals. At the end of 1 it was St. Henry up 18-17 Halftime Dixie 40-27 After 3 St. Henry 54-51 Final: Dixie 67-61

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The Notre Dame Pandas are your 2021 35th District Champions!!! The Holy Cross Lady Indians faced the Pandas tonight in the 35th District Finals, and while it was close early tied at 7, the Pandas went on a tear for the rest of the 1st quarter going 14-3 to end the period up 21-10. The Pandas held the upper hand from that point forward, but the Lady Indians still played their hearts outs the rest of the game. In the 2nd quarter Jr. Lacey Bradshaw for the Pandas netted her 1000th career point, so what a nice prize to celebrate for her, her family, and teammates on the same night as being district champs! At the end of 1 it was ND up 21-10 Halftime ND 36-17 After 3 NC 41-25 Final: Notre Dame 62 Holy Cross 36 Good luck to both teams as they both advance to the 9th Region Tournament beginning Thursday, March 25th. I will try to get some MVP and tournament team info if I can.

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No problem, looks like you're right and that it was only 31, or maybe 33. Here's a link to the entire game... https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=441323907077619&ref=watch_permalink

Oh ok Thanks...on another site. I was thinking that you meant it was discussed here.

Wow I must've missed this already having been discussed. I can't locate Wireman's thread regarding this, and looking at his profile it doesn't look like he's posted anything for quite a while. If by chance you can locate the thread where this was discussed could you link it up here. I'd be interested in what was said in that thread. Thanks.

I haven't seen all of that stats for that game, but now seeing what he's about it wouldn't surprise me that he posted a triple-double in that game if you throw in blocks.

Video made after the 42 Rebounds.

After some research on Bol Kuir, he's 7'3"

This happened on March 11th, so I'll guess it's the same.

The last time a player had 30 or more rebounds in a game was in 1999 when George Potter of June Buchanan had 30 boards on Jan. 22, 1999 against Cordia. Brian Sayler of Red Bird also had a 30 rebound game in 1999 against Jackson City on Jan 5th, 1999

He just missed breaking the all time single game record for rebounds by 3 as Russ Milton of Fredonia High School pulled down 48 rebounds in a game against Marion High School on January 21st, 1957. Bol Kuir moves into 2nd place in most rebounds in a game past King Kelly Coleman of Wayland High School who had 41 boards against Maytown High School in 1956.

Back on March 11th in Belfry’s last regular game against another 15th Region team Lawrence County, Jr. Bol Kuir, who is leading the state with 14.3 rebounds a game, posted a double-double of 25 points and 42 rebounds in their double overtime win 78-77 over the Bulldogs of Lawrence County. Yeah you heard right 42 REBOUNDS! This has to be some kind of record. I have never heard of anyone getting anywhere near 42 rebounds. 20 would be considered outstanding, and we rarely ever hear of that. The Belfry Pirates are still alive as they will face the Pike County Central Hawks in the 60th District Finals Friday night. Belfry won their regular season matchup with the Hawks 67-62.