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.
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Mercy takes down Scott in state volleyball semifinals
Peaking at the right time is what every coach wants to see. Scott’s volleyball team did that as they won 14 straight games all the way to the KHSAA state volleyball tournament semifinals, but their run came to an end at the hands of Mercy, 3-0 (25-10, 25-23, 25-16) on Saturday at George Rogers Clark. […]
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Cooper gets test from South Oldham before pulling away
This wasn’t the typical No. 1 vs No. 4 seed bludgeoning of a KHSAA first round playoff football matchup where the visiting team spends more time on the bus traveling than they do the actual game. When South Oldham was upset by Collins in their final district game of the season, it meant the 7-3 […]
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KFCA names District Player, Coach of the Year awards
The Kentucky Football Coaches Association have weighed in with their District Player and Coach of the Year awards. These selections are voted on by the KFCA, with only KFCA members able to cast a vote. Northern Kentucky has at least one team in the six classes in the state and teams from Boone, Campbell and […]
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Let’s have some fun: forecasting region championship matchups in football
Let’s preface this by saying these aren’t predictions or picks. It’s just simply taking the top seed in the first two rounds of the KHSAA football playoffs and having them advance to the region championship round on Nov. 22 (we all know that won’t happen). The way the KHSAA postseason works in football, once the […]
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Scott Eagles soar to state volleyball quarterfinals after thrilling victory
Milyn Minor’s 26th kill of the night sent Scott into the KHSAA state volleyball quarterfinals in a thrilling, five-set victory over West Jessamine, 3-2 (25-16, 14-25, 22-25, 25-22, 15-12). What followed after Minor’s kill on Monday night in Taylor Mill showed it was a complete effort for the hosts. The team doggy piled near center […]
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LINK nky Top 10: Final edition
First, a big thanks to Crown Pointe Remodeling for sponsoring the top 10 again this year. We’ll fire this back up once high school hoops season rolls around in December. Now things get real. The KHSAA football postseason is here in northern Kentucky and around the state. A total of 192 teams make the postseason […]
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Covington Catholic claims back-to-back Class 2A state cross country titles
It’s almost as if Covington Catholic is bored with being in Class 2A. Will Sheets and Joe Mayer were certainly lobbying to get back up with the big boys. “Let’s hope we get back to 3A next year,” Sheets said. “That’s the goal. We think we belong in 3A, we think we belong with the […]
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Class 3A state cross country: Cooper’s Van Laningham follows family tradition, wins state title
It’s in the blood. Thirty-four years after his father Eric and 32 years after his mother Michelle were state cross country champions, Cooper’s Paul Van Laningham followed suit. The Jaguars junior took home the boys Class 3A KHSAA state title on Saturday at the Kentucky Horse Park in Georgetown. Van Laningham won the meet in […]