The Campbell County Camels (14-9, 3-0) have no doubt been the standard with 37th District boys basketball over the years winning nine straight district championships starting in 2014. But even though the Camels have won 9 of 10 meetings against the Scott Eagles (9-13, 2-1), only two of those wins have been in double-digits. Host […]
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Friday Girls Basketball roundup: Scott edges Campbell County in battle for automatic 10th Region Tourney bid
The stakes could not have been much higher for this 37th District rivalry girls basketball game. A number of plays at different points in the game determined whether the host Scott Eagles (11-8 overall) put themselves in position to earn the district’s automatic bid into the 10th Region Tournament or the Campbell County Camels (8-14) […]
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NKU women celebrate Irvin’s birthday with road win
The Northern Kentucky University Norse women’s basketball team (13-7, 7-4) hit the road for the second half of Horizon League play to Moon Township, Pennsylvania and came away with a 62-47 win over the Robert Morris Colonials (8-12, 2-9) for a fourth straight win. Northern Kentucky remained in fifth place and two games behind the […]
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Thursday NKY HS hoops roundup: St. Henry’s Faust one victory from NKY record
St. Henry boys basketball head coach Dave Faust moved to 460 career victories as the Crusaders (9-9 overall) downed the Boone County Rebels (1-16), 74-63 in Florence. Faust tied Highlands legend Ken Shields’ 460 wins. Faust can break the record if St. Henry downs Bluegrass United, a home school team out of Lexington, at 7:30 […]
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Wednesday NKY HS hoops roundup: Holy Cross, Bishop Brossart win All A Girls State openers
The Holy Cross Indians and Bishop Brossart Mustangs girls basketball teams won their All “A” state first round games in different fashions at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond. Holy Cross (18-5) jumped out to a 22-4 lead on the Leslie County Eagles (13-6) from the 14th Region and cruised to a 71-38 victory in the […]
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Tuesday NKY HS hoops round-up: Defensive stand preserves Conner win at Simon Kenton
Game-winning defensive stops may not receive as much recognition as game-winning shots in a basketball game’s final seconds. But games like this one proved they should. After a double overtime victory over Newport on Monday night, the Conner Cougars boys basketball team (14-6) hit the road to Independence to face the Simon Kenton Pioneers (14-7). […]
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Monday NKY HS hoops roundup: Highlands boys take high-scoring affair over Brossart in overtime
The Highlands Bluebirds (16-6) do not need to be told things will be a battle when a team enters the historic Thomas H. Seither Center on the Bishop Brossart campus. The Bluebirds under the veteran guidance of head coach Kevin Listerman had to go to overtime to down the Mustangs (12-7), 106-99 in Brossart’s final […]
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Long returns to lead Beechwood volleyball
Matt Long returns to Beechwood to coach the Tigers volleyball team with fond memories from his first stint as head coach. Long guided the Tigers to the KHSAA state semifinals in 2002, the only other time the Tigers have advanced that far came in 1989. The Beechwood administration brought back Long for a second stint […]
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NKU women pull off huge win over Horizon League leaders
The Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team (12-7, 6-4) may be taking things on a game-by-game basis. But once the Cleveland State Vikings (17-3, 8-2) turned into the next opponent, the Norse dialed in for a huge reason. The Vikings had beaten the Norse in five straight meetings, including three times last year, the last […]
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Saturday NKY HS hoops round-up: Lind scores 2000th career point in Cooper win over Bowling Green
The Cooper Jaguars (15-2) took their talents to Louisville for the Raatz Fence/O’Shea’s Classic at Louisville Mercy to face the Bowling Green Purples (13-8) in a rematch of last year’s state quarterfinals. Cooper trailed 13-6 after the first quarter. But the Jaguars came back to win their 13th in a row as the dynamic 6-foot-2-inch […]
