One-point games have not gone well for the Northern Kentucky women’s basketball team (15-11, 9-8) this year. The Norse fell to 0-3 in such games with a 57-56 loss at the Cleveland State Vikings (25-3, 15-2) on Thursday. The Norse missed a golden opportunity to tie Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis for the fourth seed […]
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Wednesday NKY HS hoops roundup: Conner girls celebrate Senior Night with win
The Conner girls basketball team (18-7) celebrated Senior Night with a 52-39 win over Bishop Brossart (19-11). Conner has five seniors in guards Kelsee Simpson, Emily McGraw, forwards Juliet Strange, Breanna Maidens and Elaina Keller. Strange scored 14 points to lead the Cougars and Simpson added nine in their final home game. Conner made eight […]
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Boone County hires Trenkamp to lead boys soccer team
The Boone County boys soccer team won the 33rd District and 9th Region championships on the way to the state semifinals in the first year of the current format in 2012. The Rebels came back the following two years and made it to the region tournament under current boys basketball coach Nathan Browning. But the […]
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Tuesday NKY HS hoops roundup: Hamilton sets Camels scoring mark
It was quite a Tuesday for Campbell County senior Aydan Hamilton. Hours after being named the 10th Region Coaches Association boys basketball Region Player of the Year, Hamilton set the Camels all-time scoring mark for the program, passing Kevin Reinhardt who set the record in 2002. Hamilton entered the contest with Pendleton County with 2,099 […]
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Monday NKY HS hoops roundup: Highlands girls earn 20th win
For nine straight seasons between 2013-21, the Highlands girls basketball team (20-8) earned 20 or more victories. That streak ended last year in a down 12-17 season largely in part to youth and injuries. The Bluebirds are still young this season with just one senior in point guard Alyssa Harris and two juniors in forwards […]
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Rash retires after 17 seasons leading Beechwood football
Noel Rash announced his retirement on Monday as the Beechwood football coach after 17 seasons. Rash held a meeting with the players and his assistant coaches on Monday morning, citing health reasons. The 56-year-old Rash wants to spend more time with his family. Rash and his wife have a daughter that lives in California and […]
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Northern Kentucky women return from Wisconsin road trip with season sweep of Milwaukee
The Northern Kentucky Norse women’s basketball team (15-10, 9-7) has two of every category following the conclusion of its sixth Horizon League season series. That is two sweeps, two splits and two times being swept with three chances at season sweeps remaining in its final four regular season games. Northern Kentucky concluded the Wisconsin portion […]
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Thomas More men drop tough one to Freed-Hardeman
The Thomas More men’s basketball team (20-6, 14-6) appeared headed to another Mid-South Conference victory for most of the first half. The Saints built up a 15-point lead at one point taking a 32-27 advantage into halftime. But once the visiting Freed-Hardeman (Tennessee) Lions (18-8, 14-6) went on a 10-0 run early in the second […]
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Thomas More women overwhelm Freed-Hardeman
Veteran head coach Jeff Hans agreed he did not like what took place in the game’s first five minutes. But once the Thomas More women’s basketball team (25-1, 19-1) did what has made the Saints successful in recent years, Thomas More pulled away from the visiting Freed-Hardeman Lions, 79-51 on Senior Day on Saturday. That […]
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Saturday NKY HS roundup: Dixie Heights girls return from Louisville with big win
The Dixie Heights girls basketball team (21-7) hit the road to Louisville to take on the All “A” 6th Region champion and All “A” state semifinalist Whitefield Academy Wildcats (20-6) and came back with a 58-43 victory. The Colonels saw three players score in double figures. Senior guard Ella Steczynski made seven three-pointers on her […]
