By Terry Boehmker
NKyTribune sports reporter
Bo Schuh, a three-year starter on the Covington Catholic boys’ basketball team, will continue his playing career at Transylvania University in Lexington.
Transylvania competes on the NCAA Division III level and doesn’t award athletic scholarships, but Schuh received an academic scholarship. He is currently ranked 11th of 122 students in his senior class with a 3.82 GPA and scored a 30 on his ACT.
Schuh was a starting forward on CovCath’s 2014 state championship basketball team and helped lead this year’s team to the semifinals of the state tournament before losing to eventual champion Owensboro. During his three seasons as a varsity starter, the Colonels had a 91-15 record.
Schuh, who also played in five varsity games as a freshman, had career totals of 1,089 points and 677 rebounds in 111 games. In his senior season, he averaged 13.1 points and 7.3 rebounds. He was named to the 35th District, 9th Region and state all-tournament teams as well as voted one of the top players in Division I by Northern Kentucky high school basketball coaches.
He’ll be joining a Transylvania team that finished 12-13 overall and 9-9 in the Heartland Conference last season with a starting lineup that included Dixie Heights graduate Parker Stansberry.
Zack Pangallo, starting point guard on the Newport Central Catholic boys’ basketball team that won three consecutive All “A’’ Classic small-school state titles, has verbally accepted a full athletic scholarship from Carson-Newman University in Tennessee.
Pangallo was also being recruited for baseball before he made his commitment with
the Carson-Newman basketball team that earned a berth in the NCAA Division II playoffs last season by winning the South Atlantic Conference championship.
During his three-year varsity career at NewCath, Pangallo scored 952 points and dished out 377 assists, which ranks third in the team’s all-time record book. This season, he averaged 11 points and four assists for the Thoroughbreds and was named most valuable player in the All “A” Classic state tournament for the second consecutive year.
Pangallo was also voted one of the top Division II players in Northern Kentucky by local high school basketball coaches this season and he received the Mr. Hustle Award for his remarkable efforts on the court.
Bellevue could name its new head football coach next week, according to Jim Hicks, the high school’s athletic director.
Johnny Poynter, head coach of the Tigers the last two seasons, resigned in March and has been hired as the head football coach at Bath County. Bellevue finished 7-5 and won one game in the Class 1A playoffs in each of its two seasons under Poynter.
Hicks said interviews for the vacant coaching position were still being conducted this week and the administration “is hoping to name a coach by the middle of next week.”
Bellevue will compete in a Class 1A district with Beechwood, Dayton and Ludlow next season. Hicks said most of the returning football players compete in other sports during the spring and do their off-season weight training with those teams.
The Conner fast-pitch softball team and Covington Catholic baseball team both lost their first games of the season on Thursday.
In softball, Ryle edged Conner, 5-4, to hand the Cougars their first loss after starting the season with 11 straight wins. The score was tied, 4-4, going into the final inning when rain began to fall. Ryle scored the winning run on a wild pitch.
Last year, Ryle defeated Conner twice during the regular season, but Conner eliminated Ryle in the district playoffs.
The CovCath baseball team that got off to a 10-0 start this season lost to Glen Este of Ohio, 7-4, in the pool play round of the Doc Morris Invitational. It was the most runs given up by the Colonels in their first 11 games.
The Doc Morris Invitational will continue through out the weekend with games scheduled at Campbell County, Dixie Heights, Scott, Simon Kenton and Ryle high schools as well as Pioneer Park.
Proceeds from the tournament provide scholarships for former Northern Kentucky high school baseball players and family members of coaches.
Holmes senior guard James Bolden and Newport Central Catholic senior center Drew McDonald were two of the top 10 boys’ high school basketball players in Kentucky state last season, according to the all-state team published by the Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper last Sunday.
Bolden, a West Virginia recruit, averaged 19.2 points and 4.8 rebounds during his senior season at Holmes. His varsity career totals include 2,024 points, 464 rebounds, 402 assists and 227 steals.
McDonald, who accepted a scholarship from Northern Kentucky University, is a
dominant inside player who averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds for the NewCath team that won its third consecutive All “A” Classic small school state title. He set a team record with 985 rebounds during his varsity career and scored a total of 1,724 points.
CovCath sophomore guard Cole VonHandorf was a second-team selection on the Herald-Leader all-state team.
The newspaper also named a girls’ all-state team that included Holy Cross senior guard Deja Turner among the top 10 players. The Wright State recruit averaged 16 points and was named most valuable player in the state tournament after Holy Cross won the championship.
Holy Cross junior point guard Dejah McClendon was a second-team selection on the girls’ all-state team.