See below from the Week 2 that was. Each week, we’ll provide the standouts from Friday night. The top passers, rushers, receivers, defensive and kicking standouts. We’ll also look at 10 things to take away from the week. Here goes… 10 takeaways from Week 2 — Dayton’s Malachi Kennedy reported final stat line in the […]
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Highlands: ‘Just the beginning’ in revenge victory over Cooper
For two straight seasons, Highlands saw its postseason hopes cut short at the hands of Cooper in the state semifinals. On Friday night in Union, the Bluebirds flipped the script with a 28-14 victory. It wasn’t just about revenge on their former district rival, but it also signaled that its 2025 campaign has come with […]
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Seasoned Ryle takes down youthful Conner in straight sets
It was a tale of experience versus aspiration on Thursday night in Union, experience winning out. Ryle (3-1) swept Conner (2-3) in straight sets, 3-0 (25-23, 25-21, 26-24), in a 33rd District volleyball matchup where every point mattered and each set came down to the wire. The Raiders, with their poise in critical moments, outlasted […]
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Prep football standouts from Week 1
What you need to know Each week throughout the 2025 KHSAA prep football season, we’re going to recognize the standouts from Friday night. We’ll also provide 10 takeaways from Friday’s contests. The key categories offensively are 200-yard passers, 100-yard rushers and 100-yard receivers. On defense, we’ll look at the top tacklers and players who forced […]
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Ryle rushes past CovCath in season opener
What you need to know The buzz of Friday Night Lights. A very unseasonably cooler August night. Two teams with state title aspirations and a preseason top 15 ranking, regardless of class. You really couldn’t ask for much more on the opening night of the KHSAA prep football season in Park Hills at Covington Catholic […]
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Nothing decided between the preseason top two in the 9th
What you need to know In a matchup of the Northern Kentucky High School Boys Soccer Coaches Association preseason favorites, No. 1 Covington Catholic and No. 2 Ryle played to a 1-1 draw Thursday night in Park Hills, leaving the race for 9th Region supremacy wide open. Both teams are still trying to find their […]
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Arena football coming to NKY
What you need to know Football is coming to Northern Kentucky University. No, it’s not for the Norse, but the Kentucky Barrels, an Arena Football One team, will play their home games at Truist Arena on the campus of NKU starting in April 2026. A press conference was held Monday morning for the announcement. It […]
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Who is playing Division I football from NKY this season?
While these guys have certainly had their spotlight on the prep football scene during Friday night lights, they now have their focus on Saturday’s in the fall. There’s 21 NCAA Division I football players (apologies in advance if we missed someone) on rosters from Northern Kentucky that are now playing their football on Saturdays. Here’s […]
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Still icons, but just missed our top 50 list
We know you’ve seen the 50 NKY sports icons list we produced from early June all the way through July. We get it, we didn’t put some folks on the list you thought who deserved to be there. The panel of five I used to get their input gave me great options and I took […]
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Breaking down the district football battles in NKY
Plenty of first goals for football teams starts with winning a district title. The reality is outside of RPI for playoff positioning, the first five to six games of the prep football season don’t really matter until district play hits in late September, early October. Winning a district title means you get to host at […]