The highlighted word in George Stoll’s postgame interview was confidence. Not many teams in the state can say they’re playing with the confidence level like Notre Dame Academy is right now. The Pandas went wire-to-wire in a 60-43 victory over Holy Cross on Thursday night at Beechwood for the 35th District championship. They jumped out […]
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Campbell County the queens of the 37th after taking down Brossart
Campbell County got a hot start to control the game early, defeating Bishop Brossart 60-42 in the girls 37th District Championship at Campbell County Middle School. The Lady Camels knocked down five 3-pointers in the first quarter to open a 22-14 lead and finished with 10 makes from beyond the arc, half of their points […]
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Holy Cross wins defensive battle with Beechwood, faces CovCath in 35th finals
When you face a team for the ninth time in the last three seasons, there’s not many secrets left. With that many matchups between Beechwood and Holy Cross in the 35th District, the two pretty much know what the other is eating for breakfast. In a game that came down to defense, it was the […]
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From misunderstanding to miracle: Clemons’ last-second three sends Scott to district final
Right place. Right time. It was a bit of a misunderstanding, too. When Scott’s Jordan Clemons was on the receiving end of a stolen pass in the closing seconds of their 37th District tournament semifinal against Bishop Brossart, he was just wanting to get a shot off to not get fouled. He thought the Eagles […]
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Brossart starts fast, cruises past Scott in girls 37th District semis
A hot shooting first quarter mixed in with stingy defense throughout has Bishop Brossart’s girls basketball team moving on in the 37th District tournament. The Lady ‘Stangs were throwing it into the ocean in the first quarter, scoring 29 points and off to a lead as much as 17 in the first eight minutes against […]
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Thelen, Arlinghaus, Johnson picked as KABC Region Coaches of the Year
The Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches have made their votes and the Coach of the Year selections are in for each region. In the 9th Region, Covington Catholic’s Jake Thelen and Holy Cross’ Ted Arlinghaus won boys and girls Region Coach of the Year, respectively. Campbell County’s Davey Johnson won the 10th Region girls Coach […]
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McGillis, Jones, Jayasuriya KABC Players of the Year
The Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches released their Region Players of the Year on Friday, those selected also now nominees for Mr. and Miss Kentucky Basketball. Three from Northern Kentucky won Region Players of the Year. The 9th Region boys winner was Covington Catholic’s Athens McGillis. The 9th Region girls winner was Ryle’s Jaelyn Jones. […]
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NKBCA releases preseason top 10
The Northern Kentucky Baseball Coaches Association have released their preseason top 10 teams in Northern Kentucky. The 2026 season is slated to start March 16. Here is the top 10: Beechwood opens the season with the target on their back coming off a 9th Region championship appearance, finishing runner-up to Highlands. They went 25-11 in […]
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Newport keeps surprising, takes down Beechwood
If you found a person outside of Newport’s locker room that thought they’d be 18-8 headed into their last two games of the regular season, I’d love to meet them. The Wildcats added another marquee 9th Region victory on Monday night in Newport, defeating Beechwood 54-47. Newport has now taken down Conner, Dixie Heights, Beechwood […]
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Straight out of a movie: St. Henry’s Kunstek’s buzzer-beater gives Sullivan win over former team Cooper
Hollywood called. They want the script. It starts like this: Coach of 17 years builds a program up from its infancy into a two-time region champion and nearly 300 wins. Gets non-renewed after 17 seasons and heads to a different program. The program he’s with now faces old program that let him go on a […]