Last season, OrthoCincy Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine and LINK nky expanded the Team of the Week program to include three Team of the Season winners and one overall winner for Team of the Year.
LINK nky is once again excited to partner with OrthoCincy Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine and announce the highly popular Team of the Week and Team of the Season awards are back for 2025-26 sports seasons!
Nominations and Voting
Each week, a call for Team of the Week nominations will be announced via LINK nky’s online and printed editions with links shared on all of LINK nky social media platforms. The inclusive nomination and selection process will highlight the team’s achievements from the prior week with a supported photo of the team to represent them.
Voting instructions along with each nominated team’s accomplishment(s) will be published online every Monday and posted in that week’s print edition. A link will be shared via social media as well. The voting process is open to the public through Friday at noon each week, and the newest TOTW will be announced with a featured article on Friday and featured in the following week’s print edition. Â
Participants can vote multiple times a day and can vote every day leading up to the close of voting. All are encouraged to share voting links to help promote the team of their choice.
Team of the Season and Team of the Year
Again this year, the program will include Team of the Season (TOTS) and Team of the Year (TOTY) awards. Sports seasons are considered fall, winter and spring for the purpose of this awards program. At the conclusion of each sports season, an overall TOTS winner will be chosen from all previous TOTW winners for that season. Their school will also receive a $500 scholarship to be presented to the athlete of their choice at the end of the school year.
Finally, the program culminates by selecting one TOTY from the three TOTS award winners. Online and print articles will again be published, a large commemorative plaque will be presented and the school will receive an additional $500 scholarship to be presented to the athlete of their choice at the end of the school year.
The call for nominations, voting and winning announcement for each will follow the same format as the TOTW.
OrthoCincy Orthopeadics and Sports Medicine and LINK nky are again proud to partner and celebrate the remarkable achievements of our local high school athletes and teams!Â
Here are the nominees…(voting poll at the bottom of the page)
BEECHWOOD GIRLS SOCCER
With wins over Ryle and Scott last week, Beechwood enters the postseason on a high note and a 10-6 record that includes a 9-3 record against 9th Region opponents.
They shook off a four-game losing streak with two wins in the final week of the regular season. They’ve been led this year by Ruby Fries and Macy Yelton in scoring with 16 and 13 goals respectively, Addyson Justice adding eight goals. Yelton, Chloe Kuebel and Winter Wyant have sparked the offense with four assists apiece to lead the team.
Kara Wells has been the force at goalkeeper, recording 94 saves and a 1.8 goals against per game average with four shutouts, two of them coming back-to-back against Ryle and Scott.
BELLEVUE GIRLS SOCCER
Bellevue entered the last week of the regular season with just one win and doubled that in the final week with wins over Dayton and Holmes.
In the 6-0 win over Dayton, they were led by Hayleigh Wright and Rose Manterfield with two goals each while Cynasia Lawrence and Mikoria Kirkland had one apiece. Chloe Meyers and Kylee Schehr had an assist each while Schehr earned the shutout in goal.
In the 2-0 victory over Holmes, Manterfield and Wright found the back of the net again, Meyers with another assist and Schehr with another clean sheet in net.
NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC BOYS SOCCER
The Thoroughbreds went 3-0 in the final week of the regular season as they head into their 36th District championship showdown with Highlands on Tuesday.
They defeated Grant County 5-1, Holmes 6-0 and Calvary Christian 5-1. Standouts in the three games include Brody Boyers and Ian Darnell with five goals each with Andrew Green and Grant Desmond recording three assists each. Andrew Verst tallied two goals and Logan Meyer added two assists. Mitchell Franzen had 16 saves in the three contests and allowed just two goals.
NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC FOOTBALL
NewCath got their first win over Campbell County since 2019, breaking a four-game losing streak to the Camels.
Eddie Bivens was pivotal in the 28-21 victory, rushing for 195 yards and three touchdowns. Emmanuel Miles threw for 84 yards and ran for a touchdowns.
The Thoroughbreds open district play this week against Newport.
HIGHLANDS FOOTBALL
A thrilling finish in a 31-28 victory over Covington Catholic improved the Bluebirds to 6-1 on the season and a 1-0 start in district play.
Rio Litmer found Tayden Lorenzen for an 18-yard touchdown with three seconds remaining to win the rivalry game. Lorenzen finished with four touchdowns, three on the ground and the receiving one. Litmer finished with 169 yards passing, Lorenzen rushed for 81 yards. Gabe Williams combined for 93 yards rushing and receiving and was also big in the return game as he returned two punts deep into Colonels territory. Kai Anderson was also key in special teams play, hitting all four extra points and a 23-yard field goal.
Highlands looks to go 7-1 with a game at Elder this week.
CONNER FOOTBALL
Conner’s 53-14 win over Boone County gave them their second win of the season to improve to 2-5.
It also improved them to 1-1 in district play with a critical game at Dixie Heights looming on Thursday. In the win over the Rebels, Grayson Montgomery threw for 151 yards and two touchdowns, his main target being Aydin Depenbrock with seven catches for 129 yards and two scores. Joesiah Hernandez led the way in the rushing attack with 81 yards and a touchdown, Tristan Campbell and Jasiah Lampkin also rushing in scores, Lampkin with two.
While the offensive numbers were impressive, the defense showed out as well by forcing three turnovers and scoring a touchdown on a Henry Krallman interception return. DeShawn Champ and Ethan Estvanko recovered fumbles, Estvanko tallying seven tackles, two of them for loss. Travis Keen led the way in the tackling department with eight tackles.
SIMON KENTON VOLLEYBALL
Simon Kenton posted wins over Campbell County and Walton-Verona last week to improve to 14-10 on the season.
In the season, they are led by Jenna Kitchens in kills (316), Taylor Jones in blocks (25), Faith Lockhart in assists (343), Allie Ross in digs (253) and aces (41).
They’ll look to make it three in a row on Monday when they host Highlands with the first of their three games this week.
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