Aaron Rigdon named boys basketball coach at St. Patrick

St. Patrick assistant boys basketball coach Aaron Rigdon has been promoted to head coach.

He succeeds John Kirkpatrick who resigned last month after one season.

Rigdon, a 1995 graduate of St. Patrick, is fourth on the Saints' all-time scoring list with 1,518 career points.

He is a member of the St. Patrick Athletics Hall of Fame and the 10th Region Boys Basketball Hall of Fame.

Josh Walton signs with Cincinnati Christian University

Today was the last day of school for St. Patrick seniors, and Josh Walton went out on a high note by signing to play basketball at Cincinnati Christian University, an NAIA Division II school.

"I've always wanted to play college (basketball), so I had to keep working harder and harder to get to that point," Walton said. "And I'm still going to have to keep working harder."

Walton said he will major in sports management.

"We talk all year about a variety of ways to define success and not necessarily just the win-loss column," St. Patrick coach John Kirkpatrick said. "And I think helping a fine young man get the opportunity to play college basketball is definitely a solid way to measure success. And so, we're very happy at what this is going to do for our program and what it's going to do for Josh and his family."

Kirkpatrick talked about Walton being a hard worker.

"With the injuries we battled a lot this year, Josh was asked to step up and really be a primary scoring threat and a primary leader for us on the basketball floor. And I think he handled that role extremely well."

St. Patrick coach John Kirkpatrick on SportsTalk

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New St. Patrick coaches Arn and Kirkpatrick on SportsTalk

New St. Patrick basketball coaches Andy Arn and John Kirkpatrick were my guests on SportsTalk this morning. Here is a link to the podcast.

Kirkpatrick and Arn hired as basketball coaches at St. Patrick

John Kirkpatrick, the 2016 KABC Region 3 Coach of the Year at Trinity High School in Whitesville, is the new boys basketball coach at St. Patrick. 

Andy Arn, who was the boys basketball coach at St. Patrick for four seasons, is the new girls basketball coach at St. Patrick.

Kirkpatrick had a two-year record of 24-35 as the boys coach at Trinity. He coached the Trinity girls team to a 12-17 record

 in the 2013-14 season. 

Arn coached the Saints from the 2009-10 season through the 2012-13 season and compiled a 42-66 record. He was an assistant coach for the Lady Saints last season.

Kirkpatrick succeeds Matt Taylor who left after three seasons to become the head coach at Fleming County.

Arn succeeds Beth Garrison who resigned after accepting a teaching position in Lewis County. Garrison was the St. Patrick girls coach for three seasons.