BFritz21

Anybody know CovCath's schedule for next year?

I go into my class tonight, my teacher's like "I'm the Super-Intendant at Highlands High School," I'm like "Great, I don't feel akward at all." He's a pretty good guy though, and he joked about CovCath

I only played there as a young lad, and people probly won't mention this, but I always liked Dayton just cause you felt like you were in an arena (sorta)

Couple questions BFritz, if Dixie was on fire how did they only score 54 points in 36 minutes? Also, if they were on fire, why exactly didn't they come out on top? Thank you in advance for your insight.

Because of solid defense, turnovers, and Dixie usually doesn't shoot that well, so being on fire doesn't mean lots of points.

Thanks for the compliment on the insight and thank you even more for disrespecting me to such a large degree

Dixie was on fire, they should have come out on top.

Did anybody else notice how the rules for the game were "no blood, no foul"?

While CovCath lost a lot, they have a lot returning. Castanada and Brown have to make CovCath's d backfield one of the best in 06. Flynn, Sutton and Geisen also all return as lbers, which will make that a very good unit also. Their center returns to start his third year. The cupboard is certainly not empty at CovCath. While Highlands probably will be the favorite next year when they match up, the favorite in this series, as we were reminded this year, does not always win the game. If the Birds rest on their laurels and pay too much attention to all the talk about how good they'll be next year, CovCath will get them.

Agreed, they should be even better now that they're more used to the defense, it's designed for them to make plays

CCH will have a great defense. But i dont believe you will be seeing a Sutton on that side of the ball. Look for him to have a huge season. He has probably put on like 30 pounds since last season if he keeps his speed he has the hands and the jumping ability to go D1 as a WR or maybe even a TE. Also on Offensive how could you leave out 3 year starter and one the top WR in NKY Kurt Bovard. He had i believe 50 + receptions 700+ yards and 9 TDs....hes a stud.. and with a pocket passer there this year in Josh Bleser those numbers could even be higher... look for these 3 to have great seasons...if the get to solid athletic T's that is

If Kurt wasn't the best WR in NKY, he was top 2 or 3, but I think he was the best

Always!!! :ylsuper:

 

Thanks to Mr. Hinkle and Cincinnati Bell......

 

CovCath Internet Radio

And Big Elfers as the color-commentor (honestly, I'm not real sure what the color part means, I just always hear announcers referred to as that)

Would it tarnish Yeagle's reputation a bit, if he did step in as a head coach at an NKY 4A school, and still not get over the Louisville hump?

I don't think it's a question of being able to get over the Louisville hump, I just think it's a question of when. Even if it wasn't right away, when kids see what he can do, tons of talent will come rolling into Ryle, and more kids will sign up to play

Wow, I never thought I'd see a solid Beechwood basketball team. I guess they're for real

Without the pressures of having to have great teams who just dominated at Beechwood and without the pressures of being head coach, I think Yeagle will return to his prime and Ryle will start making noise down state.

Does anyone know or could anyone find out if Yeagle got the letter that I mailed to him about a week ago?

Dixie 59 Conner 46

It wasn't that close though, Dixie was up by over 20 just about the whole game til the fourth quarter

Don't know an exact score. Dixie looked solid, Chev had the offense moving around a lot more and players were making things happen and hitting shots. Lawson wasn't stuck on the block as much, and he drove, had a bunch of assists, 18 points, 14 boards, almost a triple-double. When Dixie moves a lot, drives, and sets screens, they're a lot better

Is it at Dixie?

If they let Lawson make some things happen and don't put him down on the block making him idle, then Dixie wins big

By the way, Highlands had a placekicker 2-3 years ago that has downs syndrome. He was an inspiration to everyone on the team and in the community. He graduated and is now an assistant coach for the Birds. So don't go breaking your arm patting yourself on the back for your "accomplishment".

And that has what to do with my comment? And if you don't think I've overcome anything, then that's your opinion, and I'm fine with it, but that has nothing to do with what I said. Alls I said was that the teachers at CovCath will do everything in their power to help a kid succeed.

The more I look at it, the more mad I am, if anything, I was patting CovCath's teachers on the back

In the 1967 State finals, with CovCath up by one point and with three seconds on the clock, Earlington High School takes the ball out from under the Colonels basket. One of the Earlington player took a shot from behind the center court line and hits the front of the rim. Now 99 times out of a 100 that ball bounces high into the air or comes down far from the basket, but not that night. Upon just skimming the front of the rim the ball falls straight down into a stunned and surprised Earlington player, who laid it back in as the horn sounds and a stunned CovCath team and fan literally cry in disbelief. I remember how the players said later that they were afraid to fight for the ball as it came down as they were afraid that the Ref was going to call a foul, and thus give Earlington a chance to win the game with no time on the clock from the foul line. I remember this night and game like it was yesterday.

 

The following year CovCath lost to the State Champion Glasgow in what the Coach of the Scotties called years later their toughest game of the State Tournament. He felt that if CovCath had won the game they would have been the State Champs and said that it was a shame that both teams played so early in the tournament.

 

CovCath won the 9th region five straight times starting with the 66/67 season and were number one in the state on many occasion during that run. CovCath traveled all over the state in those days’s playing everyone from Hazard to Central to Male many times on the road. They played in the AIT, LIT and more. In those day’s if you didn’t get into the CovCath gym by the start of the JV game you didn’t get in as they had to close the doors.

 

BTW, CovCath is the cradle of NKU basketball coaches. Mote Hils, Ken Shields, and current asst coach Andy Listerman are all former players or coaches of CovCath. :thumb:

Apparantly, when my dad played, CovCath made the state finals, and should have won but the refs said he didn't get off a shot at the last second that went in to win. One of my teachers (from my 5th year at Dixie, not CovCath), my teacher said that he obviously got it off butt he refs wouldn't let them win because they were a Catholic school. Other people confirmed what he said, my dad didn't really comment

And this post has what, exactly, to do with mine? I'll wait...

you should ask them why they were unable to properly prepare those students for the rigors of High school academics.

That's what it has to do with your post. They could prepare anyone for high school academics, which is evident by them being able to help me, who has a brain injury which would make me much tougher to help than any normal kid.

You may stop waiting

Since you are such good friends with the teachers at Cov Cath, you should ask them why they were unable to properly prepare those students for the rigors of High school academics. It seems the teachers at Highlands were able to pull it off. All those players graduated and earned diplomas. Plus, as a bonus, they got State Championship rings!

From personal experience, I can tell you that the teachers at CovCath will do everything in their power to prepare kids for college as well as for life, alls it takes is the kids' willingness to be helped and succeeed. I have a brain injury, and it was much worse while I was in high school, I worked hard and succeeded. If you'd like to show me any student with something as bad or worse than a brain injury that tried to succeed at CovCath but couldn't, I'd be happy to listen......... I'll wait

Kinda wish I had gone now...............

In 2002 I think CCH knocked HHS out of the regional tournament or playoffs in every sport.

 

I believe they won "region" in everything except basketball? Maybe Cross country too?

 

It's tough to argue that CCH is not the #1 sports school in NKY; however, Highlands is the #1 football school.

R A, R A I, R A I D E R S........ RYLE........... RAIDERS

Although a little late, I have to come to BFritz's defense on this. Like I said earlier, I would expect Highlands players/fans etc. to be offended by this comment, but like BFritz said it was taken the wrong way. He was simply expressing his opinion not stating it as fact, and he isn't the only one who thinks that whether other people say it or not. Just thought I'd give my two cents.

Gracias, I feel like I'm on a boat in the middle of nowhere sometimes just getting bombs dropped on me.

I might go if I have a ride and all that............. I feel like I'm 13 again

BFritz - I'd encourage you to stop while you still MAY be able to get out. You're just digging yourself deeper & deeper.

Somehow something I said got taken the wrong way and the more I try to fix it, the deeper I get. I'll put it this way- kids left CovCath when they had no real reason to

:thumb: :thumb: :thumb: I'll agree with that ! Also Joseph Castaneda could on O !!! :thumb:

I've said that all along :thumb: He's fast, can cover, and he'll put a hit on anyone, no matter what size :ylsuper:

First of all, almost all high school boys have problems with academics at one time or another. If they were not failing, they would not have had to leave.

 

 

Secondly, due to federal privacy laws, if "just about every, if not every teacher at CovCath" discuss ANYTHING about individual students with a third party (YOU) they will have VERY serious legal problems.

It was other students who told me about it, actually, every teacher had no comment. Just because someone isn't failing doesn't mean they're not struggling, and on a side not, they were not forced out because of race

B - don't speak about how virtuous CCH is and then make a blanket statement that is 100% untrue. None of the boys that left CCH for HHS were failing. Period. One had discipline issues which seemed to have been corrected at HHS. Props to HHS. The others, especially the one with the highest profile, were not faililng.

 

Do not make a generalization and try to ruin reputations of boys that were 16 and 17 years old when they made their decisions. Its very unbecoming and, truth be told, should be followed up with an apology.

I never said they were failing, NEVER, I said problems with academics and/or discipline, which I am friends with just about every, if not every teacher at CovCath at the time.

b. Players go to Highlands when they can't make it at CovCath

 

Classless statement, and I have told him so. Also others have told him so and some of those were even CovCath grads. Just as I will support parents who choose sending their child/children to CovCath for academic/family/religious/sports reason, I have no problem in other parents sending their child/children to HHS.

 

Statement: False

OK, that's the only one that you said was wrong. I can only remember 4 players who switched and played football in recent times.

The first was somewhere between 96 and 98, he left for academic reasons as well as discipline problems (I know it was one of the two, but I think both).

The other 3 were from the most recent pronbems. One of them left because he was struggling academically, then another left because he hit a kid in the face, and from what I hear, it was specifically so he'd get kicked out so he could go to Highlands with the friend I just mentioned. The 3rd also left because it got too hard academically, they were not "forced out"

Excuse me nothing accurate about point #2.

Once again, if you'll look at every kid who switched from CovCath to Highlands and played football in recent times you'll find it to be true