What was a promising start turned into a disappointing finish for the Ryle football team on Saturday in the Class 6A state championship against Trinity at Kroger Field in Lexington. The Raiders jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the game’s opening quarter, but the Shamrocks went on a 42-9 run from there to win […]
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Title town! Beechwood wins state title No. 18
Beechwood knew things needed to change after Nov. 24, 2023. A 31-28 loss to Mayfield in the Class 2A state semifinals revealed a glaring issue. They needed to get stronger up front in order to be able to run the football more effectively. A little more than a year later — mission accomplished as the […]
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‘Not too high, not too low’, Cooper all business headed to Kroger Field
Cooper football coach Randy Borchers described last year’s run to the state championship as playing with house money. Now it’s all business when they’ll load the bus and head to Kroger Field in Lexington on Saturday in a Class 5A title game rematch with Bowling Green. The Jaguars expected to be in this spot, running […]
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36th District girls basketball preview: Highlands will get tested
Highlands enters with a lot of potential to not only win a third straight 36th District title, but have their name in the mix for a 9th Region title. The most interesting race though in the 36th could be who makes it to the region tournament. Last year, Bellevue stunned Newport Central Catholic in the […]
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36th District boys basketball preview: Target remains on Newport’s back
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 […]
