By John Lachmann
Kypostsports@yahoo.com
Senior guard A.J. Collins hit the game-winning shot with time running out to lift Cooper to a 59-57 win over Ryle on Tuesday.
Collins pulled up and hit the game-winning fade-away jumper from just inside the 3-point line with 1.3 seconds left.
Raiders junior guard Tanner White had knocked down a trey with 30 seconds remaining to tie the score at 57.
Cougars senior forward Louis Maniacci finished with 27 points – 10 in the fourth quarter – 12 rebounds and four blocked shots.
Senior forward Mark Fussenegger paced Ryle with 19 points, all of which came in the second half and 14 were scored in the third quarter. Senior guard Drew Mays added 17 points for the Raiders.
RYLE 10-12-19-16—57
at COOPER 11-16-15-17—59
RYLE (5-3): Mays 7 2 17, King 1 0 2, Fussenegger 6 4 19, Pavy 0 1 1, Bellew 2 1 5, White 2 0 5, Stuhr 4 0 8. Totals 22 8 57.
COOPER (5-2): Morgan 3 1 8, Holland 2 0 4, McNeil 3 1 7, Collins 3 1 7, Hathorn 0 2 2, Maniacci 11 5 27, Shelton 1 2 4. Totals 23 11 59.
3-pointers: C—Collins, Morgan. R—Fussenegger 3, Mays, White. JV: Cooper, 40-25.
CONNER 75, DIXIE HEIGHTS 61 – Cougars juniors forward Drew Barker and guard Landon Lamblez poured in seven points each in the fourth quarter to ice the game.
Barker finished with a game-high 26 points, and Lamblez added 12, hitting 5-of-6 free throws in the final period.
Junior forward Samuel Hemmerich chipped in 16 points for Conner, which snapped a four-game losing streak.
Junior guard Brandon Hatton notched a team-best 20 points for the Colonels, who had won their previous five games.
D. HEIGHTS 18-16-13-14—61
at CONNER 20-14-20-21—75
DIXIE HEIGHTS (5-2): Schreck 2 0 4, Rabe 5 0 10, Daria 6 0 13, Bolin 1 0 2, Hedger 0 2 2, Hatton 6 5 20, Niehaus 4 0 8, Milligan 1 0 2. Totals 25 7 61.
CONNER (3-4): Riddle 1 1 3, Ruholt 1 0 2, Watts 0 2 2, Padgett 4 2 10, Way 1 2 4, Lamblez 3 6 12, Barker 8 7 26, Hemmerich 5 4 16. Totals 23 24 75.
3-pointers: C—Barker 3, Hemmerich 2. DH—Hatton 3, Daria. JV: Dixie Heights won.
HOLMES 66, SIMON KENTON 57 – With the score tied at 54, the Bulldogs finished with game on a 12-3 run over the final three minutes.
Holmes sophomore point guard James Bolden scored 10 of his game-high 29 points in the fourth quarter, hitting all five of his free throw attempts.
Senior forward Chris Englemon added eight points and six rebounds in the final period alone for the Bulldogs, who won their 10th straight game. He finished with 15 points.
Simon Kenton was led by senior guard Andrew Sampson, who racked up 27 points.
S. KENTON 12-14-18-13—57
at HOLMES 16-15-10-25—66
SIMON KENTON (5-4): Kuntz 1 0 2, Barnes 4 1 10, Montgomery 1 0 2, Morrison 3 0 6, Sampson 10 2 27, Robinson 2 0 4, Bowling 3 0 6. Totals 24 3 57.
HOLMES (10-0): Bolden 10 8 29, Coston 3 0 6, Palmer 3 4 11, Glover 0 1 1, Hill 1 0 2, Chames 1 0 2, Englemon 5 5 15. Totals 23 18 66.
3-pointers: H—Bolden, Palmer. SK—Sampson 5, Barnes. JV: Holmes won.
CAMPBELL COUNTY 66, AMELIA (Ohio) 62 – The Camels scored the final four points of the game with time winding down in the fourth quarter.
Sophomore guard Blake Losey hit a shot to break the tie, and junior guard Corey Holbrook sank a pair of free throws in the final seconds to seal the game.
Holbrook finished with 31 points, including 19 in the third quarter. He hit all five of his 3-pointers in that stanza.
CAMPBELL 13-8-26-19—66
at AMELIA 19-9-19-15—62
CAMPBELL COUNTY (3-5): Losey 2 2 7, Geiman 2 0 5, Wilson 1 3 5, Jackson 2 1 5, T. McGovney 2 2 7, L. Franzen 2 0 4, Holbrook 11 4 31, J. Franzen 1 0 2. Totals 23 12 66.
AMELIA (5-1): Carson 3 1 7, Moeves 2 0 5, Lugibuhl 5 2 12, Crowder 2 0 4, Simon 4 1 11, Weaver 3 3 9, Hacker 5 0 10, Dean 1 2 4. Totals 25 9 62.
3-pointers: CC—Holbrook 5, Losey, Geiman, T. McGovney. A—Simon 2, Moeves. JV: Amelia, 51-45.
NEWPORT 74, VILLA MADONNA 60 – Junior guard Jaquan Short and senior forward Marquis Commodore led five Wildcats in double figures with 13 points each.
Senior guard Cody Pearson added 12 points, senior forward Jasean Short 11 and senior forward Arroyal Wright 10 for Newport.
Senior guard Andy Piccirillo led all scorers with 22 points, and eighth-grade guard Cole VonHandorf rolled up 21 in the losing effort for the Blue Lightning.
V. MADONNA 11-16-10-23—60
at NEWPORT 19-22-21-12—74
VILLA MADONNA (4-4): Piccirillo 9 3 22, Smith 0 1 1, Steinkoenig 0 4 4, VonHandorf 8 3 21, Hillenmeyer 1 0 2, Lund 0 2 2, Phelps 2 4 8. Totals 20 17 60.
NEWPORT (5-3): Jas. Short 4 3 11, Jaq. Short 5 1 13, Parker 4 0 8, Wright 4 2 10, Snapp 1 0 2, Witherspoon 2 0 4, Commodore 5 2 13, Pearson 6 0 12, Covington 0 1 1. Totals 31 9 74.
3-pointers: N—Jaq. Short 2, Commodore. VM—VonHandorf 2, Piccirillo.
NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC 58, LLOYD 28 – Thoroughbreds senior guard Michael Bueter scored 17 of his 23 points in the second quarter to blow the game open.
NewCath led by three after
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