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23-04-2025
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Travis Perry enters the transfer portal
Lexington, Ky. (FOX 56) — Travis Perry entered his name just before the college basketball transfer portal closed on Tuesday night. The Eddyville native had been a fan favorite of Big Blue Nation, along with fellow freshman and Kentuckian Trent Noah. Perry had a storied career at Lyon County High School. He led Lyons to their first-ever state championship in 2024, and for his efforts, he was named Mr. Kentucky Basketball. Perry also owns the all-time KHSAA scoring record with 5,481 career points, which is the seventh-most all-time in the entire country, according to MaxPreps. Travis Perry enters the transfer portal Florida combo guard Denzel Aberdeen commits to Kentucky University of Kentucky ends identity-based graduation events under anti-DEI directives Coming out of high school, Perry's top five schools included Alabama, Cincinnati, Ole Miss, and Western Kentucky before ultimately committing to UK and former head coach John past season, the 6-foot-1 guard averaged 2.7 points in 9.7 minutes of action across 31 games. Perry even started in four contests toward the end of the season when the Wildcats were without a true point guard. Perry is just the second UK player on scholarship to enter the portal this offseason. Kerr Kriisa transferred to Cincinnati after missing the majority of last season with a foot injury. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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30-03-2025
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Great Crossing wins Sweet 16 boys state championship
LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — Great Crossing High School opened in 2019 and quickly became one of the best boys basketball teams in the state. Six years after opening, they can call themselves state champions. Great Crossing and Montgomery County are final four bound The Warhawks took down Bowling Green, 71-61 to win the KHSAA Sweet 16 boys state championship on Saturday night at Rupp Arena. 'I'd be lying to you if I thought six years in we were going to be hoisting the trophy. On day one, you know, April of whatever, 2019, when these guys showed up, we felt pretty confident that we had an opportunity, you know, to do what we're doing tonight,' Great Crossing head coach Steve Page said. Future Kentucky big man Malachi Moreno shined in his final high school game, scoring 24 points on 10-of-11 shooting and grabbed 15 rebounds for another double-double, adding three blocks while playing in all 32 minutes. Mr. Basketball winner and future Kentucky Wildcat Travis Perry leads Lyon County to glory Moreno followed in Travis Perry's footsteps by winning a high school state title at Rupp Arena before moving on to making Rupp his new home at Kentucky. Perry led Lyon County to a win over Trent Noah and Harlan County to cut down the nets, beating Great Crossing in the state semifinals. 'It's definitely a surreal moment because I wanted to end my high school career on this floor holding a big ol' trophy and I know it wasn't my last time on this floor but my last time in a Great Crossing uniform so it's honestly surreal and coach is gonna have a tough time taking this jersey away from me,' Moreno said. Great Crossing looks to finish the job this weekend in state tournament The Warhawks returned this season with one goal: winning a state championship. Fellow seniors Vince Dawson (18 points) and Gage Richardson (15 points) helped them achieve that goal. Great Crossing beat Montgomery County in the state semifinal earlier on Saturday, winning 70-49. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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26-03-2025
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Great Crossing looks to finish the job this weekend in state tournament
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (FOX 56) — The Great Crossing high school boys basketball team made its first trip to the KHSAA Sweet 16 state tournament last season, but lost in the state semifinals to Lyon County. The Warhawks will look to finish the job this year. Mr. Basketball winner and future Kentucky Wildcat Travis Perry leads Lyon County to glory Travis Perry was last season's Kentucky Mr. Basketball winner and led his Lyon County squad to the state title before moving on to play for the University of Kentucky the following season. This year, Malachi Moreno is looking to do the same thing this weekend before making Rupp Arena his new home next year. 'Every team there, they're there for a reason. So we can't go in a game expecting it to be a blowout, when we got to go in a game like it's going to be a dogfight and we got to play our best, play the hardest and be the winning team,' Moreno said. The Warhawks emerged from another difficult 11th Region, taking down Frederick Douglass in a nail-biting region championship game to punch their ticket back to the Sweet 16. Great Crossing wins 11th Region championship in thriller over Frederick Douglass Most of the core from last year's team is back for this postseason run, including Moreno, high-scoring guard Vince Dawson III and sharpshooter Gage Richardson. While that helps bring confidence on the court, that experience has helped this team stay composed off the court. 'I think our kids have stayed pretty levelheaded, we haven't gotten too deep into the weeds of what this means. I already know they were there last year. You know, every other year of our program, we've had multiple goals. This year, we had one goal to cut down the nets on Saturday night,' head coach Steve Page said. Danville Christian preparing for its first Sweet 16 appearance Great Crossing will face Daviess County in the first round of the state tournament on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Rupp Arena. Tournament action begins on Wednesday. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
