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Future Cat Alex Poythress garners another honor

Alex Poythress - photo from CatsIllustrated.com

Alex Poythress - photo from CatsIllustrated.com

Alex Poythress is hard at work preparing for the next phase of his career.  The Northeast High basketball phenom spends much of his day working out as he prepares to leave for Lexington, Ky. to officially begin his college career at the University of Kentucky on June 3.  But before he graduates, putting an end to his high school career, he has one more accolade to collect.  Poythress was been named to the Tennessee Sports Writers’ Class AAA All State basketball team for a second straight year.

 

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Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.

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On April 14, 2024, Mark Pope, a captain of the University of Kentucky’s 1996 National Championship team, is introduced as Kentucky’s new head basketball coach to a crowd of more than 15,000 fans inside of Rupp Arena. Pope replaces John Calipari, who left after 15 seasons at the helm of Kentucky basketball to become the head coach at Arkansas.

 

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