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Highlands is not in with CCH/Ryle etc?

 

Obviously, Nic Simpson is not just a baller.

 

Who is Ben Schneider's dad? Tim?

Highlands is in the ninth in Golf and CovCath/Ryle is in the 8th. Needless to say a huge pass for HSS

Tim is Ben's Dad

To answer your question old guy after seeing him in person do all of these, no there is nothing he can't do if he wants to. He is playing on one of the best teams in the state and has virtually played no golf in the last two years and shot 37 at Kenwood and then 34 at Ft. Mitchell this past week, Unbelievable !!!!

As we've said before about Mailie, he will be a good one IF he plays.

I think in the long run he plays, but there may be some merit there to everyones comments

Currently he's playing on the golf team, a sport he loves. I think the biggest reason he's doing it is to get a break from basketball and baseball which have become year around sports if you let the coach determine your schedule. If you play golf and baseball you get a break over the winter to train, workout and just get a break(mentally and physically) from the pounding of an organized sport on a daily basis.

LaSalle in a big way, same old story with GCL school they have over 1000 boys to pull from and CCH has 500. Last year would have been different but this is an extremely inexperienced CCH squad with losing 18 starters and their best player(Buckley is out for 6 weeks). I hate to say this but this will be a long year unless they move forward quickly over the next month or so

LaSalle 42

CCH 7

So Luke has'nt played the last two games ? I guess he must be concentrating on the Golf team he's coming back to on Monday( a little comic relief) !!!!

Golf season in Kentucky was always spring until about 15 years ago. When I played in the 80's tryouts were usually the first week of March and twice we played in the snow after not playing for 4 months. Then once the season started in late March you generally got 1/4 to 1/2 your matches rained out. Then after you graduated and high school was over you went to the state tournament in June ? Spring golf was horrible and will never be back, with dates in August and Sept. you have about 1 rainout every 2 years, the players have been playing all summer and should be in better form and the whole thing wraps up by the 1st week in October.

yes....pulled him after one pitch.

Thought that was crap, and obviously so did Shane as he was not happy as he headed into the dugout

Not sure who did. I know he had an offer from EKU before his senior season. Since it was evident early that he wasn't overly interested in playing college football, I'm not sure how serious schools got with him.

From my understanding he was receiving high interest from UK, UL, Miami of Ohio amongst a good size group of D1 schools, allong with multiple 1AA schools. From everything I know those schools became disinterested fairly quick when Pete starting talking about not playing college ball, probably not the enthuisiasm D1 or 1AA is looking for.

After taking a long, long, long time to make a decision and turning down a few nice offers in I-AA(Brown, Holy Cross, Dayton) Brandon Brown from Covington Catholic has chosen to continue his football days at Washington University in St. Louis

I root against Highlands at all times except when they play Cincy schools and I want them to represent NKY well

No one was happier to see them get beat by 40 or whatever it was to Male or St. X over the last few years, keeps old Dale and all the Ft. Thomas folks a little more on the humble side since they usually don't know what that word means

Not sure how many of you are familiar with X being from all over the state but being from NKY and having season tickets to Xavier I cannot see a 6-5" forward having much effect on X's team. I know everyone in KY thinks the sun rises and sets on UK and everyone else is way below but X and UK are pretty dead even today on talent. That will probably change dramatically in quick order if Gillespie can continue his impressive recruiting. But for now if he can't play at UK he can't play at X. Not sure why miller has offered other than to help fill out practices. Same thing with Austin Hill, have seen him play 20 times in the last 3 or 4 years and there is no way a 6-2" shooting guard with a power forward body can play for X. Especially not with Dante Jackson, and the other two or three guard recruits heading towards X over the next 2 years. I know Austin signed with a JUCO with those hopes but maybe he winds up at a MAC school or another nice smaller DI

Cov Cath will have the player of the year in NKy in Brent Buckley as he will have a Monster year for the Colonels

Not sure who was there for but Paul Daugherty from the Enquirer ran into Sean Miller from Xavier who said he was there to watch a couple kids

Exactly. Both teams played their tails off so no matter what the outcome was, neither team has anything to be ashamed of b/c win or lose they've both taught eachother lifelong lessons that they'll always remember.

Did you notice after the games the hugs and talking back and forth between the CCH guys and the Holmes guys. These kids come from very different worlds but I can tell you from Cov Cath's side that there's no one they respect more and have had more fun playing against. Durran gave big hugs to Bo, BB and TJ who he's played against and with on AAU and summer teams for a long, long time. Class game by the kids and class comments afterwards, Good luck Dawgs end the 9th Region draught !!!!!

1. One of the best H.S. games I've ever attended. You felt like, at 39-27, that it was about to be over...and then...as LABS and cshs81 chronicled...it turned.

 

2. I was sitting on the Holmes side, and their cheers were all positive and pro-Holmes. They were fun, enjoying themselves, and really thrilled to be in the moment. If a couple of them acted foolishly after the game, forgive them. Every school has its people who do dumb things when the emotion runs high. As cshs said, CCH wasn't without a rude cheer of their own.

 

3. Rice and Henderson were just too much for CCH. Athletically, vertically, from a quickness standpoint...just too much. Arrez' defense on TJ was huge.

 

4. Redundancy alert: the Luke Maile-era has arrived. Physically strong. Intense. Tough-minded. If he improves his perimeter game a little, which I'm sure he will, he will be a monster match-up for the next two years. As for now, he'll be busy being one of the best 5 or 10 catchers in America in his class.

 

5. Watching the development and maturation of Duran over the last 4 years has been fun -- I'll miss that. He evolved from a kid that protested every call to a young man that figured out there are better ways to "work the refs," be nice to them. I've really enjoyed the Duran era at Holmes...both the good times and the bad.

 

6. Austin Hill and Brandon Brown are two young men that I find it impossible not to like and root for.

 

7. It was hot last night....really hot.

 

8. Greg Rice making those two free-throws was BIG TIME. HUGE. Tip of the hat to a young man that has been through a lot in his time at Holmes (much of it allegedly self-inflicted) but stepped up when the lights were the brightest.

 

9. If you can't be happy for Steve Lickert, seeing the Holmes community get excited about a h.s. sporting event last night, then I don't understand you. He has a tough job ahead of him, but you have to love seeing someone that happy about being given the chance to do something special. Red looks good on you Steve.

 

10. I will miss, as a CCH fan, Kurt's deep threes, Billy's solid play in the post and calming influence on his team-mates, Brandon's defense, grittiness, and basketball IQ, and TJ's all around floor play, unselfishness, and the class with which he handled himself. They have been a great bunch of ambassadors for CCH and for that I thank them. They have bright futures, doing different things, and they will be remembered fondly. They represented themselves, their team-mates, their school, and their families in such a way that I'm sure even non-CCH fans would appreciate them.

 

11. That game was begging for a CCH zone and it never came....begging.

 

12. I want to see Holmes play with the maturity and poise that I know they can in Lexington and bring back some hardware with draped nets next week. The drought for the 9th has gone on for far too long.

One of the best posts I've ever seen on here H.S., you summed up the night, the event, both schools, and their players perfectly.

As a parent of one of the CCH guys I'll miss watching them play, whether it was football or basketball it's been allot of fun for the last 4 years and it's very sad to see it end. I asked my step son last night if it had set in that since he was 5 he played football, basketball, baseball or soccer and that it might now be over forever. That sports fair or not were how allot of people see him and were such an important part of his life almost daily. All he could say was that it was "weird" or seemed strange that he would'nt be going to practice tomorrow. I'm sure that it will hit him after a few weeks that 12 years of something that was so big in his life may now be done.

Who was the MVP?????

Anez Henerson, I believe he had 27 tonight

Just walked in the door, unbelievable high school basketball game. Don't be fooled by the score as it did go into OT. CCH was down all night and had a tremendous 4th quarter to take the lead with under a minute. After Holmes tied it up CCH had the last shot to win. With 17 seconds left it was left up to Bovard who unfortunately got off a horrible off balance shot.

Cov Cath was hurt by poor point guard play all night and had numerous posession specificall in the first half where the ball was turned over before ever getting a shot off. Holmes came up huge though neer the end of regulation and OT when they must have made 20 free throws. This was one of their achilles heals all year but they were absolutely clutch tonight when it counted. Not seeing the official stats my guess is they were around 20 for 22 in the 4th and OT

Congrats Dawgs, represent the 9th well

Congrats to the Colonels as well and to the Seniors Todd, Kurt and Brandon who all played their heart out tonight and to Billy who unfortunately had to watch the season from the bench. You guys gave us a bunch of great memories over the last 3 years it's just a shame it did'nt end at Rupp

Sooner or later does'nt this team have to win a big game ? CCH has dominated the last 3 or 4 years against a team that everyone says is more talented and most seem to pick everytime. I think the number is around 8-2 in CCH's favor the last 10 so why change now.

CCH 62

Holmes 59

Yeah, Henley can't coach. Just a few weeks ago, he took a freshman/JV squad and nearly beat Holy Cross and Cov Cath in successive weeks.

People can talk about talent and what not, but CCH is loaded with players as well. Were they not the preseason #1 team this year?

Henley is an outstanding coach...he has keep the ship afloat in mighty tough waters this year. Essentially, GSK.

I agree, just throwing out ideas as to why this team has'nt gotten the job done. They've been there 3 years with an addition here or there to the core of Rice, Hill and Duran and yet they still can't beat a Cov Cath team that virtually the entire team was playing JV last year. I think Henley has done a fabulous job this year during a particularly difficult off the court year and has handled all of it with class. I just wanted some comments from the Holmes faithful on why they can't beat CCH and why they can't win a big game. You did'nt give me an answer either you just got mad about the Henley comment.

So why can't they win a big game ?

That's a great point but CCH beat Holmes in the district finals 66-47 last year.

I knew I heard part of it right and that's the 47, I was doing 4 things at once and thought I heard 50. That makes it even more impressive that the Colonels only had 11 of 66 return !!!!

Which game was the real tight one last year ? I guess that was the regular season game down at Holmes ?

Don't want to be the only dissenting vote but if you can beat them 3 times you can beat them 4

When is this team that everybody has been saying for 3 years is the best team in the 9th and is by far the most talented going to beat somebody ?

CCH I believe has now won 5 out of 6 and 8 out of 10 against this bunch. The CCH radio guys had a great stat tonight, last years district finals were won by CCH 50 to 47. Of that 50 CCH only returned 11 points from that game(Todd Jacobs and Kurt Bovard) the other 39 were made up by 4 graduated seniors( Tierney, Noll, Young, and Landrum) and injured Billy Schult. On the other hand Holmes had all 47 of last years points on the court tonight and still could'nt win. Sooner or later someone has to ask the question as to whether Henley can get the job done, has the off the court distraction just killed these guys or are they just not as good as everyone thought.

They will not beat them 4 times

That would be VERY VERY tough

that being said as I said on the prediction thread they own these guys over the last 3 or 4 years

I believe the record is somewhere around 8-2 over the last 10 against this talented bunch from Holmes

Game over

Cov Cath with a huge comeback down 7 in the 4th quarter for the win !!!!!

Jacobs hits 1 of 2

CCH 53

Holmes 50

timout Holmes 2 seconds remaining

Todd Jacobs steals it on the Holmes inbound