Colerain Basketball RED HOT!!!!

Lady Cards down No. 1 Oak Hills; boys 2nd in GMC
(article by Tony Meale, Community Press)

Some very special things are happening with the basketball programs at Colerain. Coaches Mack (girls) and Higgins (boys) have the programs at a combined 15-3 and BOTH in second place in the GMC. We, as Colerain fans and alumni, need to take notice!

For the girls, this started back during the Coach Nikki Drew days when the girls turned the corner and started really competiting at a high level. However, Coach Mack has continued and improved upon that base. After beating previously GMC-unbeaten and #1 team in the city Oak Hills, the Girls have a home game tomorrow, Saturday Jan. 9 @ 2:30 against city-power Lakota West, who is 7-2 overall, 4-2 in conference. If you can be there to watch some great basketball and support our girls, be there! You won't be disappointed.

As for the boys, what can you say other than WOW!!! In 2006, the boys program won 2 basketball games THE ENTIRE SEASON while going winless in the GMC (0-14). From '05-'09, the most wins this program ever had in a single season was 11 ('05). Today, they currently sit tied for SECOND PLACE IN THE GMC at 7-1 overall, 3-1 in conference. Coach Higgins, in only his second season, has got our program on the right track. Which, if you listen to WeAreColerain.com's exclusive pre-season interview with Coach Higgins (CLICK HERE), you will hear the optimism and his belief that Colerain was going to surprise some folks. Well they certainly have! Tonight, the boys take on Middletown (5-3, 3-1) AT HOME at 7:30PM in "The Cage" at Colerain High School.

If you've been snowed in for two days and are looking for something to get your blood pumping again, get up to the High School tonight and/or tomorrow and watch these teams defend their home court and represent our school and community with the utmost effort and pride! You will NOT be disappointed you made the trip!

Basketball is in full swing and the Cardinals of Colerain should keep all fans, alumni, and the community engaged well into the beginning of Spring!

Continued well wishes to both Coaches Mack and Higgins and all the assistant coaches and parent volunteers for the rest of the season!

We Are...COLERAIN!!