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Corners in and middle of infield at DP depth would have been my call.

How has Nick Jackson played this weekend? I think with a big time summer he can develop into a really good player for Scott next season.

Who is playing this weekend for the Bombers?

I am one of those that think the SWOL gave up the right to call itself "select" when they started opening up to so many American League and Continental league teams. However, with that being said these "glorified knothole teams" still have the opportunity to schedule National League teams and compete against them in sanctioned tournament play which raises the level of the competition that they play above the level of knothole. The fact that they are willing to play more games gives them the opportunity to develop deeper pitching staffs to be able to compete versus a typical knothole pitching staff. Even with all of the issues with the SWOL it is still significantly better than Knothole as far as developing baseball players.

Another Northern Kentucky player ends up in the GLIAC! Good pick up for Ohio Dominican!

Nice mention of Crons Basketball Club and their run to final four. After watching Justin Saunders this weekend any N Ky or 10th Region top 10 player list needs to have his name on it!

Crons 16U has some nice players and they are extremely well coached. Somebody in this area needs to get Mike Hester on staff as soon as he is done playing at NKU. Still can't figure out why Kellen Jenkins didn't get many varsity minutes at the PG position for CovCath last year. He does a good job for the Crons team at the point. He plays extremely hard and defends well? Tate Mullins (Shining Star/Ryle) played well in the games I saw and think he is going to be a top 5 player in N Ky next year. He has really stepped up his game this summer and without all of those seniors will be able to showcase his game. Jake Burger (Shining Star/Holy Cross) also played well in the game that I saw. He was taking the ball to the basket and not settling for jumpers and also played a solid game on both ends of the floor.

For him to get the scholarship the second half of the year there had to be an event to open up that scholarship. Athletic Scholarships are a year to year contract. WKU has a good sized recruiting class coming in and my guess is that in his year end meeting with the coach future playing time was discussed.

The AAU State Tournament at the KBA has become a very good event. This carries with it some bragging rights by going against most of the best players in the state. There will be some good media coverage along with a lot of your small college coaches who aren't bound by the NCAA Recruiting Calendar.

So CCH is going to by pass a successful varsity coach who also happens to be an alum because when he was coaching at another school he competed really hard against them and ruffled some feathers? Would you want a head coach who backed down from a challenge just because he was playing his alma mater? Shumate is a tough hard nosed competitor who did a great job at Beechwood in his first varsity head coaching job. It's thinking like this that makes CCH a tough job. Hope the CCH faithful likes the GCL style of basketball with lots of 45-42 scores and grind it out possessions. If there is one thing the Listerman era has shown is that sometimes just winning isn't enough.

McCubbin is a nice player. Part of that young group at Walton that is going to give Coach Trame a few good shots at winning the 8th over the next couple of years!

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Crons 17U advanced to the final with a win over the Shining Star Kentucky team.

I think Shumate would do an outstanding job at CovCath. I think the administration at CovCAth will take their time and do a great job with the hire. Just like the Holmes job I would think there would be significant interest outside of the Northern Kentucky area.

To me it's more about the continued decline of the Enquirer in covering Northern Kentucky High School sports and high school sports in general. There was just very little effort in putting this list together. POY and 1st team you could have small debates and that is what makes it fun and interesting but when you get to the HM list it makes no sense. I know that losing Ernst did not make it easier but my expectation is that a major metropolitan newspaper would put forth a better effort.:isurrender:

That might explain some of the names but Roberts from Scott and Hodges from Conner were not recognized by the coaches association? It just seems like the Enquirer took the easy way out just to get this published instead of actually researching the list. I am all for recognizing the outstanding students that also play basketball. However that needs to be in another manner other than in print as a "Basketball All Star"

Congrats to all the players who made the teams:ylsuper: With Ernst leaving and Dyer doing the compilation not sure how many coaches take part. On the boys side I don't think you could go wrong with Giesler or Kellen Smith as POY and Thelen had a heck of a year statistically as well. The rest of the first teamers are pretty solid even though I think a pretty strong case could be made for Tyler Fangman to be a first teamer. However, just my opinion it starts to lose it's credibility when you start looking at the players who made Honorable Mention. Beechwood gets 4 players and Dayton gets 3 while CovCath gets Thelen (1st Team) and Connelly? Tyler Hodges doesn't even start for Conner and gets HM? Frank Muntis is a great student & kid at Dixie but HM over Hassell and Stansberry? Ryle only gets Stauffer (1st Team) and Perkins (HM)? Where is Mullins from Ryle? Campbell County only gets Losey as a 1st Teamer? How does McGovney not get a HM? Eli Reese from Holmes....great student but doesn't even start at Holmes? Walton Verona is still Northern Kentucky? How are they not represented at all after the season that they had? Still a little bias for our 8th and 10th Region Teams?? Not sure about the nominating criteria but if it is supposed to represent the best basketball players regardless of class from Northern Kentucky there were a swings and misses.

Just a great kid! Will be an outstanding addition to Alice LLoyd!

Not enough of the student athletes and parents are familiar with all of the options available thru the recruiting process. Their high school coaches typically do not get involved with the process and the majority of the summer coaches in the N Ky area are not as well connected as their counterparts across the river.

Shumate would be a great hire at CCH. AS an alum he understands everything that goes on outside the court at CCH and I think he has the personality to deal with it. Good fit and good timing as I think he has done about as much as he can with the Beechwood program.

Brossart is loaded with talent in the lower classes and have a chance for a couple of trips to Rupp over the next couple of years. Got a pretty good gig there with an excellent support staff. Just don't see this one happening.

With apologies to Clyde.:notworthy:...Jacksonville University in Florida , home of Artis Gilmore, and what has always been Jacksonville U!!!

Clyde...showing your age as I think it was Jacksonville State back in the days of Artis Gilmore. :lol: It is now Jacksonville University!

With everyone wanting to point at AAU for players lack of individual development lets remember that AAU is just a brand. Nothing more than a sanctioning body that provides tournament operators some structure if they want to affiliate with that brand. Very little of what goes on in the summer has to do with AAU. If you want to place blame on the system you need to look at Sonny Vaccaro, Nike and adidas. The NCAA has also contributed to the situation by structuring the current recruiting calendars. Whole system needs an overhaul and books have been written as to how we got to his point but there are some very big corporate players with a whole lot of money tied into the current camp and tournament structure.

Congrats to Jake and his family. Good player and even better person!