All 'A' regionals set to tip off Monday
The Sixth and Seventh region All “A” basketball tournaments will tip off Monday. Holy Cross will host the Sixth Region events, and Brown and Christian Academy will co-host the Seventh Region games....
View ArticleQ&A | Walden's Mike Harris Jr. averaging 34.1 ppg
Mike Harris Jr. is putting up some big numbers for one of the smallest schools in the state. Harris, a 5-foot-8 point guard at Walden, is one of the top boys’ basketball scorers in the state, averaging...
View ArticleLIT resumes Friday at Valley with quarterfinals - No. 5 Trinity, No. 6...
The 69th annual Republic Bank Louisville Invitational Tournament will resume Friday at Valley High School and feature four of the top 11 boys basketball teams in the state according to The...
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Big recruiting weekend on tap for U of L
Trinity’s Rodjay Burns (10) runs the ball during the second half of play against Male on Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, at Male’s Maxwell Stadium. The Louisville football team will kick off the first major...
View ArticleBoys LIT | Williams sparks Male past Doss, into semifinals
After an injury-plagued junior season, Deondrai Williams is healthy again and giving the Male High School boys basketball team one of the deepest backcourts in Louisville. Williams posted 10 points and...
View ArticleBoys LIT | Trinity hits boards, knocks off Eastern
Rebounding has been an issue in all three of Trinity High School’s losses this season, and even in Wednesday’s 73-62 victory over Valley the Shamrocks were outrebounded 36-23. So after his Shamrocks...
View ArticleBoys LIT | Bench delivers as Ballard defeats Fern Creek
With his starting lineup showing consistency, Ballard High School boys basketball coach Chris Renner is searching for depth as the regular season enters its second half. Renner liked what he saw from...
View ArticleBoys LIT | St. Xavier stuns Bullitt East in quarterfinals
January just keeps getting better for the St. Xavier High School basketball program. A week after knocking off archrival Trinity, the Tigers got another superb performance from Connor McKim and...
View ArticleMercy rallies, holds off Butler in upset - Jaguars use 29-point fourth...
Prior to Friday night’s game at Butler, Mercy coach Keith Baisch shared a quote from Pat Summitt with his girls: “You can either go in the game confident or scared.” Three and a half weeks after losing...
View ArticleBoys LIT | Trinity, Ballard advance to championship game
The Trinity and Ballard high school boys basketball teams posted victories to advance to Saturday’s 8 p.m. championship game of the Republic Bank Louisville Invitational Tournament at Valley High...
View ArticleBoys LIT | Defense lifts Trinity past Male in semifinals
Trinity’s defense was the difference in Saturday morning’s first semifinal of the 69th annual Republic Bank Louisville Invitational Tournament. Mixing some zone defense in with some man-to-man the...
View ArticleBoys LIT | Wilson leads Ballard past Trinity for 2nd straight title
That negative buzz about the Ballard High School boys basketball team back in December? Yeah, Jamil Wilson heard it. “They were saying we might not make .500,” he said. “The worst Ballard team ever.”...
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St. Xavier’s Connor McKim voted Metro Louisville Athlete of the Week
Fans voted St. Xavier senior guard Connor McKim the winner of The Courier-Journal Metro Louisville Athlete of the Week Award presented by Norton Sports Health after he scored 31 points – including 13...
View ArticleJason Frakes' ballot for AP polls
Here’s a look at how I voted today for The Associated Press high school basketball polls: BOYS 1. Mercer County (19-0) 2. Christian County (15-2) 3. Paul Dunbar (17-4) 4. Scott County (19-1) 5....
View ArticleCovington Catholic takes top spot in Litkenhous Ratings
Here are The Courier-Journal’s boys basketball Litkenhous Ratings for Monday, Jan. 18: The LITKENHOUS RATINGS 1.Covington Catholic (13-6) 102.7 2.Mercer County (19-0) 102.7 3.Paul Laurence Dunbar...
View ArticleMercer Co. boys, E'town girls stay on top of AP polls
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The top teams in the Kentucky Associated Press high school basketball polls, with first-place votes, records, total points and previous rankings: BOYS Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs...
View ArticleHicks, Mabrey reach coaching milestones - Hicks gets 900th win; Mabrey to...
For Billy Hicks and Dale Mabrey — the two winningest boys basketball coaches in Kentucky history — the past few days have provided notable milestones. Hicks, the head coach at Scott County High School,...
View ArticleTrinity's Tompkins, Butler's Dotson inducted into Hall of Fame
Former coaches Steven Tompkins of Trinity and Rick Dotson of Butler were among a five-member class inducted into the Kentucky High School Baseball Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame on Saturday....
View ArticleTrinity rallies, tops Oldham County in overtime
A furious fourth-quarter comeback helped the Trinity boys basketball team outlast Oldham County on Tuesday night in a matchup of two top-20 programs. The host Shamrocks, who are ranked No. 5 in The...
View ArticleWednesday's game cancellations
Here’s a list of Wednesday’s high school basketball games in the Louisville area that have been canceled: BOYS All “A” Sixth Region semifinals at Holy Cross (rescheduled for Thursday: Shawnee vs. Beth...
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