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*Teams on this list with any losses are still undefeated against Kentucky competition. As of 3/2/22 there is only 1 undefeated team. Region 10 George Rogers Clark - (31-1)

Found it interesting that the Final Four of the 2nd Region outside of Lyon County, being played at Hopkinsville, is Madisonville North-Hopkins, Hopkins County Central, and Hopkinsville.

Haha...I just knew that you wouldn't be able to resist, and I'm glad that you couldn't. Thanks for the file as it's a pretty cool breakdown of how all of the team faired against each other. 👍 Honestly I bailed this week trying to rank them, because as you can see by studying your chart there's just too many variables to ever have an exact take on it all. I can see many various ranking possibilities, and as you know I've already lost too much sleep this season trying. 🤣 Thanks for your rankings, and I'd love to also see how others might rank them. Bring it on Bluegrass Prepers!!!

I don't think that I understand the gripe about it being held at Holmes, a location within Kenton Co where two of the teams from the 37th district are located, and are not big enough to hold it. Last time I checked it's the exact same distance from Montgomery Co. to Covington as it is from Covington to Montgomery Co. If it rotates yearly from district to district then everyone also gets their turn to travel (the 37th have indeed had their share of travellig to the 10th Region Tournament). Even if you had it in the same location every year folks will have to travel. If distance is a big problem in the 10th Region (which it pretty much is) then the only solution would be to one day have the powers that be realign the surrounding regions for it to make more sense.

That's cool...didn't know this...thanks!

Y'know I got thinking that you might like to see the W/L records of the remaing 8 teams heading into the 9th Region Tournament. This will not be presented in ranking form. That's still your job. 33rd Conner - (20-9) Cooper - (22-6) 34th Dixie Heights - (20-6) Lloyd Memorial - (21-7) 35th Covington Catholic - (25-4) Holy Cross - (20-9) 36th Highlands - (22-8) Newport - (9-18)

In my haste this morning I spelled a word here in there in my native tongue of “Goofy” instead of English, so allow me to translate; Tieing = Tying Busines = Business Prevaild - Prevailed Squaker = Squeaker BTW you might’ve noticed that I did not rank the 8 teams heading into the 9th Region Tournament. Since we’re nearing the end of the season, I wanted to give all of you the privilege of doing that for a change. Perhaps there’s still that nagging issue of who is Number 2, but regardless, let’s hear how you guys would rank them. Feel free to rank all 20 teams in the 9th Region, or simply just the remaining 8 teams. Go!

BluegrassPreps.com 9th Region Week 13: (District Tournament Wrap Up - Regional Tournament Preview) ...And then there were 8 It's Christmas time for Kentucky High School B-Ball fans. Junkies everywhere know exactly what I mean. We live for this time every year for the district, regional, and state tournament excitement like no other, and right here in the best state in the nation for it with its rich storied history. KENTUCKY!!! In Week 13 we saw in the 9th Region the 33rd, 34th, 35th, and 36th District tournaments play out with much excitement, and while things went "mostly" as predicted by "most", going into the tournies a fairly close 33rd District was in question, and while many thought that the top seeded Cooper Jaguars would be cutting down the nets, the Conner Cougars ended the night with scissors in hand with their 55-45 victory. Conner struck first knocking down shots, and playing with an intensity that Cooper could not manage to equal, and even with the Jags lockdown 'D', the Cougars took a commanding 30-17 lead into halftime. The Jags would not rollover, and started the second half on the back of 6'7" junior Caleb Brooks with an 11-1 run, tieing the game at 31 before the Cougars once again began to very slowly pull away behind the sharp shooting of Landen Hamilton and Ayden Lohr, and the reliable and powerful rebounding of Daniel Campbell and Alex Castrucci. This is the 3rd season in a row that Conner has been crowned the 33rd District Champs. Good luck to both teams next week in the 9th Region Tournament at the BB&T at NKU as we know that both district champs and runner-ups get to advance. 33rd District at Ryle: First Round on Monday, Feb. 21: Ryle 83, Heritage Academy 47 Semifinals on Wednesday, Feb 23: Conner 73, Boone County 62 Cooper 49, Ryle 33 Title Game on Friday, Feb. 25: Conner 55, Cooper 45 The 34th District tournament began with probably the most anticipated 2/3 seed game in the whole region with the Lloyd Juggernauts taking on the St. Henry Crusaders to see who would be playing in the 9th Region tournament, and who would be going home. St. Henry won the first regular season match 60-47, but when it counted most the Juggs took care of busines winning 68-55 with the chance to advance to the 34th District Championship game to face top seeded Dixie Heights where the Red Colonels prevailed as district champs 64-52 thanks to an all around balanced team effort lead by senior Keirnan Geraci who conneted on 20+ points, and big buy Billy Wogenstahl who guarded the paint. 34th District at Ludlow: First Round on Monday, Feb. 21: Ludlow 73, Villa Madonna 48 Semifinals on Wednesday, Feb. 23: Lloyd Memorial 68, St. Henry 55 Dixie Heights 84, Ludlow 43 Title Game on Friday, Feb. 25: Dixie Heights 64, Lloyd Memorial 52 The 35th District tourney went mostly as anticipated with top seeded Covington Catholic meeting 2nd seeded Holy Cross in the district championship game, and while the Colonels dominated the whole way, winnnig 96-57, the Indians put up a fight that by all accounts got pretty chippy with countless fouls called as well as a decent share of techinals served. For those keeping track of Jacob Meyer of Holy Cross, he conneted on 33 points even in the face of a very tough Colonels 'D'. 35th District at Holy Cross: Semifinals on Wednesday, Feb. 23: Holy Cross 85, Holmes 75 Covington Catholic 84, Beechwood 54 Title Game on Friday, Feb. 25: Covington Catholic 96, Holy Cross 57 The 36th District tourney began with the big question: Would NewCath Thoroughbreds avenge its regualar season loss to the Newport Wildcats, and make it to the 9th Region tournament despite a pretty challenging 10-18 season, or would the young Newport squad with a promising future get the Breds again. Newport prevaild in an exciting squaker 64-62 earning their way into 36th District Finals against the Highlands Bluebirds as well as into the 9th Region tournament for the 4th season in a row. The Birds became 36th District Champs beating the Wildcats 82-64. 36th District at Bellevue: First Round on Monday, Feb. 21: Dayton 76, Bellevue 46 Semifinals on Wednesday, Feb. 23: Newport 64, Newport Central Catholic 62 Highlands 100, Dayton 58 Title Game on Friday, Feb. 25: Highlands 82, Newport 64 9th Region Tournament Preview: Mathups & Schedule: While the Kentucky Sweet 16 is the cherry on top of each season, it's hard to top the excitement of regional tournament play. The brackets are now set, and personally I could not have asked for better, and more intriguing matchups. Let's take a look at the matchups. In the upper bracket that ensures that CovCath potentially will play two games against teams they didn't face in the regular season, right out of the gate we have a rematch of the Highlands Bluebirds vs. the Lloyd Juggernauts game, where in their regualar season contest the Juggs shocked the world and won 91-78 at a game played in Ft. Thomas. Can they do it again and advance, or will the Birds have their act together and keep their run alive with hopes to make it back to Rupp? In the 2nd game of Round 1 we have: Covington Catholic Colonels vs. The Cooper Jaguars It'll be a tall task for the Cooper Jags to take on the 5th rated tough as nails Colonels, but can their lockdown 'D' give the Colonels troubles? We didn't have chance of seeing this in the regular season, but the 9th Region fans will get the chance to see now! In the lower bracket in the 3rd First Round game we have the Dixie Heights Colonels vs The Newport Wildcats Can the young and talented Newport Wildcats squad beat Dixie, or will the Red Colonels' experience just be too much for them? In the 4th and final First Round game we have a rematch of Conner Cougars vs. Holy Cross Indians where in their regular season matchup the Cougars won 71-69. I expect to see another very exciting and close game! 9th Region Tournament Schedule @ BB&T Arena at NKU Quarterfinals - March 5th: Session 1 - 1:00, 2:30 Highlands vs. Lloyd at 1:00 Covington Catholic vs. Cooper at 2:30 Session 2 - 6:30, 8:00 Dixie vs. Newport at 6:30 Conner vs. Holy Cross at 8:00 Semifinals - March 6th Session 3 - 6:30, 8:00 Finals Session 4 - March 8th at 7:00 Good luck to all the teams!!!

2 scenarios: 1. Buy 4 tickets online for you, your wife and two kids, then all of sudden a family emergency pops up preventing your family from attending. You're out $28. 2. You plan to attend with your wife and two kids, and pay cash at the door, then all of the sudden a family emergency pops up preventing your family from attending. You're out $0.

I'm glad the bracket turned out like it did. I couldn't ask for anything better!

Uh Oh!....No I didn't. That's crazy.

Ensures that CovCath plays teams that they didn't play in the regular season, and WOW, a rematch of Highlands and Lloyd! I'm loving these matchups!

Conner are 33rd District Champs with a 55-45 win over Cooper. I had the Cougars winning by 8, 57-49, so I'm pretty happy that the results were pretty close to this.

*Teams on this list with any losses are still undefeated against Kentucky competition. As of 2/24/22 there is only 1 undefeated team. Region 10 George Rogers Clark - (30-1)

Starting 5: Billy Wogenstahl - Dixie, Jacob Meyer - Holy Cross, Landen Hamilton - Conner, Will Herald - Highlands, Quantez Calloway - Holmes 3 Reserves: Kiernan Geraci - Dixie Jeremiah Israel - Lloyd Zac Barth - Highlands Rounding out a Team of Ten: Caleb Brooks - Cooper Donovan Robinson - Ryle I broke my own rules a little.

A friend of mine, and I were discussing in the form of a "What If?" the 9th Region put together an All-Star team to battle the almighty Covington Catholic Colonels, and if such a team could either give them a good game, or beat them. I have my ideas of who I'd have on that team, but for the sake of not taking the fun away from you, let's hear your starting 5, and up to 3 reserves for no more than 8 players. CovCath typically plays anywhere from 6-8 players, so you only get to select a total of 8. Go!!! (And feel free to add thoughts and comments regarding your picks)

33rd - Conner 57-49 34th - Dixie 58-53 35th- CovCath 80-61 36th- Highlands 74-48

Conner beat Boone 73-63, so got that "winning by 10-12" prediction out of the way. Now let's see if my hunch of a Conner 33rd District Champs is spot on or not. I'm seeing the Cougars lighting it up from the 3 with some versatility of some inside action, even in the face of a tough Jags 'D', and while Cooper will try to keep the score low, which has worked with teams struggling to consistently score on them, the Cougars will just be too much because they do know how to score, and Cooper, while they once in a while can get hot from the 3, still it just won't be enough to overcome the Cougars. Cougars win 57-49.

Peeking in from the curtain from 9th to the 10th, I'm seeing the Reed brothers create magic for the Big 'W'.

I see a kid naturally reacting to being held like, "Get off of me!" The only real issue that I see here is the obvious overbearing hold.

Hard to say, but they're tough enough to win out.

*Teams on this list with any losses are still undefeated against Kentucky competition. As of 2/22/22 there is only 1 undefeated team. Region 10 George Rogers Clark - (29-1)

For having only played B-Ball for 3 years, it seems that he has adapted to the game quite well. Interesting profile video of Bol Kuir...

In this his junior season, and leading the state with a 38.5 ppg average, 9th Region's Jacob Meyer of Holy Cross is 30 points away from being his team's all time leading scorer, and 38 points away from a 1000 point season. NIce Fox19 video highlight of him... https://www.fox19.com/video/2022/02/22/state-ment-season/?fbclid=IwAR2yzbeO-vXswBHr4XFS1ks8-ypJ7gmmcD7eM8tAUOORVmH49hRA9AeZ9Is

Not everyday that you see a team add a 7’3” player just before tourney time. I imagine that they’re excited by the prospects, but how does this affect team chemistry when all of the sudden you abandon the strategy that you’ve been working on all season? Not trying to throw any shade, but since he can dunk without jumping, how doesn’t he score 40 points a game? Not sure how much playing time he got in the last 3 games, but he got 4, 11, 6 points respectively.