The biggest news in the offseason regarding 9th Region hoops was Newport junior Taylen Kinney deciding to make the move to prep school with Overtime Elite in Atlanta. The highly-touted guard will not be with the Wildcats this season, opening things up for not only the rest of the region, but creating some optimism for […]
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Girls 35th District Basketball Preview: Holy Cross, Notre Dame thinking big
Holy Cross and Notre Dame are expected to meet in late February for the district title and a No. 1 seed into the region tournament, as both teams have the potential to win the 9th Region championship.
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Boys 35th District basketball preview: Who can end CovCath’s streak?
For the past five seasons, Covington Catholic has been the top dog in the district, carrying a 25-game winning streak into the 2024-25 season against 35th District foes. The winning streak and five straight district titles from the Colonels will certainly be put to the test this season. Beechwood and Holy Cross return the majority […]
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Beechwood earns 11th straight region championship in rout of Martin Co.
Gunning for an 11th straight region championship, Beechwood wasted no time in doing so with a 44-7 victory over Martin County on Friday night. The Tigers put up 31 points in the first quarter and got the game to a running clock with 7:38 to play in the second. From there, it was on to […]
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It’s region championship week: Friday’s prep football matchups, links to watch or listen
Three wins. That’s it. That’s how far seven northern Kentucky teams are away from claiming a state championship. Three of them will have to go on the road this week, four of them will be hosting region championship games as they try to move the magic number from three to two. Below is links you […]
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Norse show some promise against UC: What we learned in Tuesday’s contest
It’s one of those games where the final score wasn’t indicitave of a tightly played contest. The final was University of Cincinnati 76, Northern Kentucky University 60. But this was a one-point game in the second half with 16:27 to play until the top 20 in the nation mighty Bearcats from the Power 4, Big […]
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Playoff football round 2 scores/roundup: Flaherty’s six touchdowns help Beechwood into 3rd round
Beechwood 56, Breathitt County 28 Chase Flaherty’s monster night earned Beechwood a blowout victory over the Bobcats (6-6). Flaherty ran for five touchdowns…in the first half as the Tigers were able to put up a running clock in the second round Class 2A victory. Flaherty would add a receiving touchdown for good measure in the […]
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Ryle delivers blow after blow in domination of St. Xavier
It’s only fitting the night Mike Tyson returned to the boxing ring that the infamous quote can be used for the Ryle football team. “Everyone has a plan until they get hit in the mouth,” Tyson said during an interview in his prime days of fighting in the late 1980’s, early 1990’s. The Raiders (10-2) […]
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Week 2 playoff football matchups in NKY: How to watch/listen, what to know
Things are starting to get serious. There’s some serious matchups this week in high school football and it will only get better from here on out. There’s eight games with 10 northern Kentucky teams still in the running for a shot at a state title. When it’s all said and done after Friday night, I […]
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Notre Dame drops epic five-setter with Assumption in state semis
Assumption defeated Notre Dame 3-2 in a five-set thriller to advance to the KHSAA state volleyball championship, where they will face Mercy.