The Knights defeated Little Miami, Tuesday night 59-21. This marks the third victory in as many games. The Knights sit in the third spot in the conference with an 8-6 overall record, and 6-5 in FAVC play. The Knights held Little Miami to 22% shooting from the field, and 0-8 from the 3 point line. Kings shot 81% from the free throw line, going 9-11 from the charity stripe. Nick Bird led all scorers with 13 points. Zach Brashear and Stephen Ayers both finished with 10 points. The Knights travel to Turpin this Friday night.

On Saturday January 28th, the KLKB team celebrated our SENIORS! HALEY WALTER, LAURA HARSNETT, MICHELLE BRUNS, ABBY BUSH, STEPHANIE WEHMER, and KATIE STEVENS.

The 3 teams faced the Turpin Spartans for the second time this season.  The FRESHMAN started out with a great victory, which featured LIBBY COLEMAN with her first 4 points of the season! Way to go team! Record improves to 11-4.

JV had a convincing win against the Spartans in December, but fell short at the buzzer, record falls to 8-7.

In their first OT game of the season in December, the Varsity lost to Turpin and looked to take revenge, but the zone and low shooting percentages were the challenges that kept the varsity from the win.  FINAL: 51-40.  Record falls to 8-8 overall, 7-5 in FAVC.

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On Saturday January 21, 2012, the first ice storm blanketed the area, but it was only the outside world that was cold.  Inside the K-house, the JV, coming off two losses in a row, was smokin’ hot as the entire team contributed to a dominant performance against the visiting Hurricanes of Wilmington.  The JV beat Wilmington earlier in December on their home court by 12 points.  This time around the margin of victory was 19 as the home team takes the orange and black 28-47.  Nice job KLK JV: Riley Brashear, Cara Thomas, Alyssa Johnson, Audrey Farber, Arden Jestice, Christine Harris, Mackenzie Kruse, Sarah Palmer. Record improves to 8-6.

The Varsity, coming off a 26 point loss from the Mason Comets, again, struggled against a strong shooting opponent in the Hurricanes.  The sophmore duo of Savannah Hooper and Brianna Camp combined for 32 points, which for a second time in as many games, outscores the entire KLK team.   The achilles heal of the game was the shooting percentages where the team went 31% from the field.  Of great note was senior Stephanie Wehmer also looked good going 4 for 4 at the foul line and hitting 3 for 5 from the field and ringing in 10 points and sophmore Claire Sichterman who flourished in the 4th quarter to shoot 2 for 2 outside the arc and with another FG to end with 8 points.  FINAL 57-29, record moves to 7-7 overall, 6-4 in the FAVC.  GAME STATS

In the first game of the day, the Freshman hosted Ross in the second meeting of the season.  In December the Freshman had an easy time with the Rams beating them by 12, but this time around the Rams had an answer for the hot young freshman team, fortunately, in the end, the 9th graders prevail to take a 31-36 victory and improve to 10-4 on the season.

NEXT UP: Weds January 25th finds the KLK teams split in two with the Freshman hosting Springboro at KHS with a 4:30 tip off, and then the JV/Varsity traveling to Little Miami, where the Panthers will seek revenge from earlier losses to both JV and Varsity from their December meeting at the K-House.  Tip 6:00/7:30 LMHS.

On Weds. Jan 18th, the power forwards from Mason, Brianna Glover and Kayla McDowell, at 6’1″ and 6’2″ respectively, managed to score more points than the entire KLK team  scored for the game.  Glover and McDowell combined for 29 points and the height, speed of the visiting team was simply no match for the Knights.  Despite a fairly tight 1st quarter, with 3 lead changes, once the Comets got into their groove, the KLK had no answer to any shots, going only 11-40 from the floor.  Varsity takes this on the chin and moves to 7-6 on the season. FINAL: 54-26.

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The JV had a strong start and gave the Comets a good run.  Scoring from Sarah Palmer, Kiley Maxwell, Brianne Gray, Arden Jestice, and Riley Brashear kept the hopes alive, but the fast breaks and layups caught up to the team at the end.  The JV streak of 2 losses in a row is the first of the season, moving to 7-6 with a 38-26 final.

The stars of the night were the freshman as they take out the Comets.  This defensive battle was so tight  with more passing and movement of the ball in the back court, that there was very little shooting to be had and not  single foul shot taken in the first half by either team.  The half time score was 6-6.  Sometimes a good halftime break is what a team needs to get ‘er goin’ and that’s what the Frosh did as they scored 9 points to only Mason’s 3 points in the third stanza and hang on to use up the clock as Mason tried to rally, but the KLK Freshman prevail and finish the game 17-20.  Kiley Maxwell gets high fives with 9 points followed by Brooke Renner with 5 and Jenna Machino and Brianne Gray with 2 each.  Freshman improve to 9-4 on the season.

With sophomore Matt James and junior Max Lehr out for the season with injuries, and sophomore Josh Woody and freshman Jared Wheeler out sick, the Knights still managed to defeat the Glen Este Trojans 56-47 last night. The Knights going into the half losing by 2 outscored the Trojans 20-11 in the 4th quarter to break the game open. Tommy Schnee, who missed the Milford game due to illness, scored a team high 15 points. Zach Hildebrand finished with 13 and Nick Bird scored 8. The Knights are now 5-5 on the season and 4-4 in conference play. The Knights travel to Loveland, Friday night.

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On January 7th, 2012, the Kings Knights Men’s Basketball program volunteered in the community to help fight against hunger. Here are pictures from the event.

On Saturday Jan 14, the future Kings Lady Knights players were recognized during the halftime of the Varsity game against Loveland.  Players in grades 2-8 adorned the gym to watch the very girls who started their basketball careers with the KBA program.  The KLK came out strong as this game became quickly reminiscent of the first meeting at Loveland in November, when the red and blue won 50-34.

Standout play from seniors Abby Bush (14 pts, 4-5 FTM/A) and  Steph Wehmer (10 pts, 2-4 FTM/A) and junior Haley Delaney (10 pts 1-1/FTM/A) led the home team to a 34-49 victory and the KLK are on a 3 game win streak, improve their record to 7-5, 6-3 in the FAVC.

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In the earlier games of the evening, the JV had their first OT game of the season. The KLK JV struggled to capitalize on a couple of opportunities and fall to the black and orange by 6.  Record drops to 7-5.

The freshman opened the evening of games with dominant play and repeat the victory of November by beating the Tigers 28-46, record improves to 8-4.

NEXT UP: MASON comes to the K-HOUSE on WEDS. JAN 18th! Last year the RED SEA filled the Black Hole in their gym and even the Mason coach was impressed with the Knights fans.  Let’s go fans, we need to do it again! Come fill the RED SEA and cheer on your KLK’s!! 4:30 Freshman/6:00 JV/7:30 Varsity. GO KNIGHTS!

Weds. Jan 11, the Glen Este Trojans at KHS: How important is it to make your free throws? Laura Bruns went to the line with 1 minute left in the game and made 2 free throws to give the KLK’s a 1 point lead.  With a quick GE score and now trailing by 1, the KLK drove down the court and then Haley Delaney was fouled and sent to the line.  BOOM and BOOM, Kings back to a 1 point lead.  With .2 seconds left on the clock, GE’s Katie Gaskill was fouled and sent to the line with the Trojans down by one.  As a result of 2 missed free throws, the Varsity completed the sweep of the trio of games on this night, winning 48-49.

How important is it to make your free throws? Abby Bush went 4-4, Michelle Bruns 2-2, Laura Bruns 3-4, Haley Delaney 2-3, Steph Wehmer 1-2.  As a team the KLK went 12 for 15, where GE went just 15-32. Games are won and lost at the line, and we’ll take them any way we can get them.  Record improves to 6-5 on the season and 5-3 in the FAVC.

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In the middle game of the night, the JV came out strong against a slower GE team and entered the lockerroom with a 6 point lead.  But GE’s adjustments slowed the KLK’s production in the third to take a brief lead.  However, the fourth quarter reignited the spark that has helped the JV do so well all season and Riley Brashear, Alyssa Johnson, Arden Justice and Sarah Palmer, poured on the heat to close this story 25-36.  Record improves to 7-4.

The Freshman saw a rematch with a young Western Brown team.  In the first meeting in December, the 9th graders had no troubles with the Bronco’s and sailed to an 18 point victory.  And the game from Weds would be nearly identical.  Brooke Renner’s speed and finesse landed her 12 points to lead the team, followed by Patrice DiPasquale 8, Brianne Gray 6, Jenna Maschino, Colleen Reising and Grace Wolf all match 4 points each.  Final 22-40, records improves to 7-4.

Next UP: THE LADY KNIGHTS ARE ON THE RADIO! and KBA YOUTH GIRLS BASKETBALL NIGHT!

WKNG RADIO BROADCAST ALERT!!! MARK THE DATES: The broadcast team from WKNG Radio will be broadcasting LIVE from the K-house on SATURDAY Jan. 14 with LOVELAND Tiger’s. Game times 4:30/6:00/7:30

 WKNG RADIO LINK

The Knights snapped their two-game losing skid in 2012, by defeating the Anderson Redskins 54-49 at home last night. After a nip and tuck 3.5 quarters, the Knights pulled it out to the close the game. The Knights were led by senior Zach Brashear with 17 points. Tommy Schnee added 12 points. The Knights as a team shot 75% from the free-throw line going 22-29. The win improves the Knights to 4-4 on the season and 3-3 in the FAVC . The Knights are currently in a 3-way tie for third place in the conference along with Milford and Loveland. The Knights face Milford Jan 13, 2012, at Milford.

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The Eagles of Milford soared into the K house on Saturday Jan 7th with an 8-1 record, tied for first in the FAVC , and one of the top shooters in the conference, Morgan Wolcott.  The Eagles took quick flight with a 6 point lead going into the lockerroom at half . But the adjustments that the Varsity made allowed the Eagles to only score 5 points in the third and to rally in the 4th to close the gap. At the buzzer, a 3-pointer by HALEY DELANEY  inked the deal for the Lady Knights and the home team stunned the visitors by winning the game with one point to spare, 36-37. Varsity improves to .500 on the season with a 5-5 record.

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In the earlier games, the Freshman allowed the Eagles to score the first 5 points unanswered, but turned on the intensity and entered the lockerroom tied at 10.  But the battle wore the Knights at the end as they lost this contest by 15.  Record is now 6-4.

The JV had most of their production from Riley Brashear, Sarah Palmer, Christine Harris and Arden Jestice, but couldn’t manage to hang on at the end losing 28-21, bringing record to 6-4.

NEXT UP: The Purple Trojans from Glen Este will come for a visit on  WEDS JAN 11, games at 4:30/6:00/7:30

WKNG RADIO BROADCAST ALERT!!! MARK THE DATES: The broadcast team from WKNG Radio will be broadcasting LIVE from the K-house on SATURDAY Jan. 14 with LOVELAND Tiger’s.  This is also KBA Girls Youth Basketball Night; and SATURDAY Jan. 21 with  WILMINGTON Hurricanes.  WKNG RADIO LINK