By Terry Boehmker

NKyTribune sports reporter

The first day of preseason practice for Kentucky high school basketball is Wednesday and the Cooper teams that won boys and girls 9th Region championships last season will have new head coaches running the show when they take the court.

After the 2024-25 season ended, Cooper school officials did not renew boys head coach Tim Sullivan’s contract and put girls head coach Justin Holthaus in charge of that program. A few weeks later, former college assistant coach Christian Prohaska was hired to replace Holthaus, who compiled a 128-30 record, won four consecutive 9th Region championships and made it to the state tournament semifinals twice.

Prohaska has four returning starters on the Cooper girls team, including point guard Addyson Brissey and s

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