It is not just the Covington Catholic basketball team that will be making the trip to Lexington this weekend. The Chamber Choir and a Covington Catholic student will be on the floor in Rupp Arena as well.
Covington Catholic sophomore Coire Thomas Ayres is the Secretary of State’s annual essay contest 10th grade winner. In its 25th year, the purpose of Secretary Alison Lundergan Grimes’ contest is to expand civic awareness with an emphasis on election issues. Coire will receive a $1,000 prize during an awards presentation with Secretary Grimes on Friday, March 21st at 1:30PM during half time of the KHSAA Boys Basketball Game #2.
The Covington Catholic Chamber Choir has been invited back to the State Tournament this year to sing the National Anthem at the Championship game on Sunday at 2:00PM. This is a repeat performance for the Choir who also performed the National Anthem at last year’s Championship.
In a salute to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Chamber Choir provided the recording of My Old Kentucky Home which was used as the background music for a video of Kentucky scenes to be aired at the Sweet 16.
Related Sweet 16 Information
Pep Rally On Thursday, March 20th at 9:30AM, the Covington Catholic community will host a pep rally prior to the basketball team leaving for Rupp Arena. The pep rally will be held in the gym.
Tickets Tickets for Thursday night’s game against Clay County can be purchased at RuppArena.com. Tickets for subsequent games must be purchased either at Rupp Arena or through RuppArena.com. The possible future game times include the Elite Eight game at 8:00PM Friday, Final Four game at 8:00PM Saturday, and the Championship Game 2:00PM Sunday.
Sweet 16 T-shirts T-shirts are available for purchase in the school lobby Wednesday and during the pep rally in the gym on Thursday. These commemorative t-shirts are $15. Other Road to Rupp t-shirts in blue and gray for sale in the Spirit Shop Thursday between 11:30 AM and 1:00 PM.
Follow the Colonels You can listen to the Colonels on CCH Internet Radio through the CCH website CovCath.org. The game also will be telecast on the KHSAA website khsaa.org/boys-basketball. Updates, news, pictures and stories of the Road to Rupp can be found on our Facebook page Covington Catholic High School and you can follow us on Twitter @CovCathColonels. Go Colonels!