Holmes to host preseason Tipoff Prep Classic
Two Northern Kentucky teams are featured in the 18-team, nine-game, all-day Step Higher Preseason Tipoff Classic Saturday, Nov. 28, opening at 10 a.m. with the final featured game between Cincinnati Princetown and Expression Prep at 7:45 p.m.
The two games involving Northern Kentucky teams have Holmes facing North College Hill at 11:15 a/m. and Covington Catholic against Lakota West at 6:25. Lima (Ohio) Senior will meet Cincinnati Moeller at 5:05 p.m.
Kent State game time change for NKU women
After crushing Defiance, 84-49, in their season opener Monday, the NKU women’s basketball team has a time change for Saturday’s home game against Kent State. Game time is now 11 a.m. with gates opening at 10 a,m. Tickets are available by calling the NKU Athletics Ticket Office at 859-572-7848 or norsetickets@nku.edu.
NKU then heads to Lexington Monday for a matchup with No. 14 UK in Memorial Coliseum.
College basketball NKY hoopsters here
With college basketball opening this week, it’s great to see so many Northern Kentucky high school alums playing Division I basketball all over the nation. Thanks to Greg Spencer of the Northern Kentucky High School Basketball Facebook Group for doing the research here.
For the men, you have Cooper’s Andy Johnson at Illinois-Chicago, former Covington Catholic teammates Caden Miller at High Point and Evan Ipsaro back from knee surgery at Miami of Ohio, Holmes’ Eian Elmer now at Wisconsin, Holy Cross’ Jacob Meyer at Georgia State, Lloyd’s EJ Walker at Western Kentucky, Newport’s Taylen Kinney at Kansas and DeShaun Jackson at South Carolina State, Simon Kenton’s Gabe Dynes at Louisville (although out with a shoulder injury), Villa Madonna’s Henry Thole at Xavier and Walton-Verona’s Aaron Gutman at Evansville.;
For the women, there are Conner’s Anna Hamilton at NKU Eastern Kentucky’s Liz Freihofer, Lehigh’s Whitney Lind, Liberty’s Maleah Alexander and Radford’s Logan Luebbers Palmer, all from Cooper; Morehead State’s Marissa Green from Highlands; NKU’s Caroline Eaglin from Newport Central Catholic; Yale’s Sophia Gibson, Bellarmine’s Emma Holtzapfel and NKU’s Noelle Hubert, all from Notre Dame Academy; Western Kentucky’s Teagan Moore from Owen County; and Youngstown State’s Sarah Baker, Belmont’s Quinn Eubank and Western Illinois’ Jaelyn Jones, all from Ryle.
Six new November inductees for the NKSHOF
It’s a diverse half-dozen inductees for the Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 1 p.m. at The Gardens of Park Hills. Leading the way is do-everything support person for CovCath athletics, Bob Morris. Joining him are two other Colonels, multi-sport athlete and coach Mark Riedinger and baseball great Tom Justice. Softball star and longtime basketball official Bob Wright, Ryle track great and high school coach Robbie Hartman and Dayton hoops great Wendell Rumford complete the November honorees. The event is open to the public and there is no charge.
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