Happy Tuesday! for some of you this may be your first day back after a long weekend, so take it easy, sit back, relax and catch up with today’s top Northern Kentucky headlines. We’ve got some interesting stories for you, from former U.S. Senate Candidate Charles Booker being appointed as head of the Office of […]
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The LINK nky Team of the Week for Jan. 2-8: The Holy Cross High School girls basketball team
The LINK nky Team of the Week for January 2-8 presented by OrthoCincy is the Holy Cross Indians girls basketball team. Close to 70 percent and over 600 votes, Holy Cross pulled away from the Ryle girls basketball team to earn the honors. Nearly 900 votes were tallied the past week and over 1,300 votes […]
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LINK nky top 10 features new No. 1 on boys side
What a week. Matchups of No. 1 vs No. 2 on both the boys and girls side, an All “A” region championship down to the final seconds and three other NKY teams headed to Richmond for the All “A” state tournament as both the Holy Cross and Bishop Brossart boys and girls teams will participate. […]
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Meyer takes them higher: Holy Cross wins back-to-back 9th Region All “A” titles
The message was pretty simple from Holy Cross coach Casey Sorrell to senior guard Jacob Meyer. “Go win us the game,” Sorrell said with 16 seconds remaining in the timeout huddle and the game knotted at 72. Meyer responded as he did all night, knifing through five Newport defenders, his layup in the closing seconds […]
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Thomas More women rally to stay unbeaten, men’s rally comes up short
Thomas More 65, Cumberland 60 (Women) An undefeated season and 23-game winning streak was on the line when Thomas More went into halftime down 11 at Cumberland (Tenn.) on Thursday. But the Saints (18-0, 12-0), outscored the Phoenix 19-7 in the fourth to preserve their perfect season to date. Courtney Hurst led the Saints with […]
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NKU drops one on road, falls out of first in Horizon
With first place on the line in the Horizon League, the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team found itself in a double-digit hole at halftime and was unable to finish off a furious comeback in a 80-75 loss to Milwaukee. The Norse (10-8, 5-2) dug themselves a 12-point halftime deficit, trailing 43-31 at the break. […]
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Russell becomes Camels all-time wins leader
Being able to coach at your alma mater for any coach at any program at any level has to be a special thing to do. To become the program’s all-time wins leader? Now that is storybook stuff. Aric Russell became the winningest coach in Campbell County boys’ basketball history on Thursday night with a 68-49 […]
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Ryle pair nominated for McDonald’s All-American game
A pair of Ryle seniors are two of 722 nominees for the prestigious McDonald’s All-American basketball game. Abby Holtman and Austin Johnson were named to the list on Wednesday, nominated for selection to participate in the 45th anniversary McDonald’s All American Games, 48 of them (24 girls and 24 boys) will be selected to play […]
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Hurst’s old school approach has her atop the Thomas More record book
It started with a broom at her local church. When basketball players talk about their shooting regimens, they often refer to the gun. It’s the modern day norm now to get in the gym and get X number of shots up, with the gun feeding them the ball and shooting over a net. So when […]
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Cougars on the prowl, knock off CovCath
Maybe a couple of early season losses and not at full strength kept Conner under the radar as they started 2-3. They’ve now put the target squarely on their back. The Cougars went into Park Hills on Tuesday night and came away with a 74-68 victory over Covington Catholic, defeating the state’s No. 2 team […]
