When the Simon Kenton Pioneers boys basketball team (22-11 overall) ran its offense starting with 7-foot-3-inch center Gabe Dynes and working from there, the Pioneers received good shots and stayed with the quick Collins Titans. But in the second quarter, Collins sped up Simon Kenton forcing the Pioneers into turnovers and tough shots. The Titans […]
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VINDICATED: NKU seals the deal this time in Horizon, headed to NCAA Tournament
Junior guard Marques Warrick summed it up best for the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team. The team’s leading scorer said the trip to redemption started June 1, 2022 with summer workouts. The Norse wanted to make it back to the Horizon League title game and win it after last year’s tough loss to Wright […]
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Another tight loss ends Northern Kentucky women’s season
The fifth-seeded Northern Kentucky women’s basketball team (17-14) entered the Horizon League semifinals at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum hoping to overcome a huge obstacle since joining the Horizon League in 2015. The Norse had been to the semifinal round two other times, falling just a few plays short in losses to Green Bay in overtime […]
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Simon Kenton finds some offensive identity to go with pesky defense in 8th Region Championship victory
Some may consider the Simon Kenton Pioneers (19-14) a surprise team in the girls basketball state tournament that begins Wednesday at Rupp Arena in Lexington. But it many ways, it is not. The Pioneers showed some potential throughout the season with big wins over the likes of Ryle, Notre Dame, Montgomery County and Spencer County. […]
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Simon Kenton girls continue run to 8th Region championship
Editor’s Note: Oldham Era Sports Editor Josiah Koenig contributed to this report. When Spencer County and three-time region champion Anderson County lost in the region quarterfinals, things really opened up in the Eighth Region girls basketball tournament at Gallatin County. The Simon Kenton Pioneers (18-14) will be one of the teams battling for the Eighth […]
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Cooper one win from repeating in the 9th after stifling Notre Dame
The Rocky movies may have come out before the Cooper Jaguars girls basketball players came into this world. But the reigning Ninth Region champs (28-3) played theme songs from those movies after smashing their way back to the region championship game with a sound 53-30 win over Notre Dame (19-11) on Friday at Truist Arena. […]
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NKU women record first one-point win in most critical game of season
One-point games haven’t been too kind to the Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team. They were 0-3 in such games during the regular season. But in the postseason, they’re now 1-0. Needing a play in the game’s final seconds, Lindsey Duvall saved the day. The fifth-seeded Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team (17-13) survived a […]
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Simon Kenton goes in lockdown mode to advance in 8th Region tourney
Simon Kenton trailed 25-22 with 5:29 left in the third quarter in their boys Eighth Region quarterfinal against Oldham County at Henry County on Thursday. Pioneers coach Trent Steiner said he did not like the looks in the eyes of the players or their demeanors when he called a 30-second timeout. So the 20-year veteran […]
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Montgomery hopes to restore glory to Bellevue football
Chad Montgomery had a lot of fond memories playing football for the tradition-rich Bellevue Tigers. The 40-year-old 2001 Bellevue graduate helped the Tigers to a 23-3 record under head coach Charlie Coleman and two appearances in Class A region championship games in 1999 and 2000. Montgomery lettered all four years and earned All-Conference honors as […]
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Cooper outlasts Highlands in quarterfinal thriller
Coaches talk about playing hard for 32 minutes for a reason. If it takes longer than that to earn the desired outcome, so be it. In the final quarterfinal of the Ninth Region boys basketball tournament on Wednesday at Truist Arena, that wound up being the case, Cooper outlasting Highlands 66-62 in overtime. Highlands led […]