It was the boys turn at Boone County High School Wednesday night in the 33rd District basketball tournament semifinals. Cooper took on Boone County as coach Tim Sullivan and senior Andy Johnson hit milestones in the Jaguars victory over the Rebels. Sullivan got career win No. 300 and Johnson scored his 1,000th career point in […]
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NewCath, Highlands girls advance to 36th District championship
The girls 36th District tournament semifinals took place Tuesday night at Newport Central Catholic as the host Thoroughbreds took on Bellevue and Highlands faced Dayton. Here’s how they went down: Newport Central Catholic 63, Bellevue 51 This was a game Newport Central Catholic had circled for a year. The chips needed to fall the right […]
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Brossart takes down Scott to advance to 37th District championship
Tied at 30 and squandering a 23-7 lead, Bishop Brossart executed down the stretch to prevail over Scott in Monday night’s girls 37th District Tournament semifinals in Taylor Mill. Greylee Kramer knocked down a pair of 3-pointers and Zoee Meyers scored six points in the final five minutes for a Lady ‘Stangs 46-39 victory. The […]
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LINK nky Top 10: Final edition
The postseason is officially here which means rankings can now be thrown out the window. But before they do, here’s one last final top 10 for Northern Kentucky! It should be quite the entertainment over the next couple of weeks, the 9th Region in boys and girls is as competitive as it has been in […]
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KABC awards announced
The Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches have released their region Players and Coaches of the Year. A handful from Northern Kentucky won Region Players of the Year. The 9th Region had a split in the boys, Cooper’s Andy Johnson and Lloyd Memorial’s EJ Walker winning co-9th Region Player of the Year. Newport Central Catholic’s Caroline […]
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Basketball bites: A 25-year state title anniversary mixed in with some solid accomplishments
The first All “A” state champ from the 9th Region, two more join the 1,000-point club, impressive individual game performances, freshman and JV tourney winners in NKY and another college freshman having an impressive season. All that and more in the latest basketball bites, a dedicated column to hoops in Northern Kentucky. As the season […]
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LINK nky Top 10: The cream of the crop rising to the top
Starting to feel like we’re getting a little separation as the postseason is now officially a week away. The top teams are starting to flex their muscles as they gear up for what they hope is a long postseason run deep into March. Some teams are still trying to figure it out, but time is […]
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Simon Kenton stuns Sacred Heart, ends 92-game streak
There was a lot of buildup leading into Wednesday’s girls basketball matchup featuring No. 1 Sacred Heart and No. 2 George Rogers Clark in their showdown in Winchester. The Valkyries had won 91 straight games against in-state opponents and the matchup had the potential to be a streak-stopper. Sacred Heart squashed any upset bids with […]
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Sweet 16 draw show reveals potential matchups
The KHSAA Sweet 16 draw show was held on Friday in Lexington to reveal the brackets for the boys’ and girls’ state tournaments in March. The girls’ Sweet 16 will take place March 12-15 while the boys’ Sweet 16 is March 26-29 (moved back a week due to Rupp Arena hosting the first two rounds […]
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Cooper the class of the 9th, routs Dixie, Noel drops 30
Four starters graduated, all four of them next level players. Doesn’t matter, the beat goes on off Longbranch Road in Union. The Cooper girls basketball team might be the biggest story on the hardwood in Northern Kentucky this year. The thing is for Cooper, Justin Holthaus, his staff and the players in that locker room, […]