These are the decisions that make coaches heroes or scapegoats. Cooper had a 4th-and-inches at the Highlands 17-yard-line and unsuccessfully tried to draw the Bluebirds offsides. After a timeout, the coaching staff sent Carson Taylor in to try to put the Jaguars ahead. He ended up making the kick to lift the Cooper Jaguars to […]
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37th District boys basketball preview: Can Scott end Campbell County’s reign?
For the last decade, Campbell County celebrated every district tournament championship. The last time the Purple and Gold were not atop the 37th District was in 2013 when Bishop Brossart won it. Aric Russell guided the Camels to those championships. Russell retired in the offseason, but the expectation has not changed after promoting assistant Brent […]
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Girls 37th District preview: Campbell County returns most experience
The home team won each of the three district seed games during the regular season meaning a draw decided the district tournament pairings. The Scott Eagles wound up being the beneficiary of the bye into the championship game earning one of the two spots in the 10th Region Tournament in Eric Pouncy’s first season as […]
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Highlands, Cooper meet for unsurprising rematch in Class 5A semifinals
The Highlands Bluebirds and Cooper Jaguars football teams came into the season with high expectations and have lived up to them. Therefore, it is not a surprise the District 6 rivals are meeting for the second time this season with a lot more on the line when they battle for a spot in the Class […]
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Girls 35th District Preview: Notre Dame, Holy Cross could once again have big battles for crown
The rival Notre Dame Pandas and Holy Cross Indians had two big battles last year, splitting them. Holy Cross ended a nine-game losing streak in the series with a 37-29 win during the regular season. Notre Dame responded to win its fifth straight district championship, edging Holy Cross, 53-49 in the championship game. The two […]
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Shorthanded NKU women earn first win of season over Marshall
Using just six players with injuries up and down the lineup, the Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team earned their first win of the season over Marshall. Out were starters Kailee Davis and Kennedy Igo while Khamari Mitchell-Steen, Macey Blevins and Noelle Hubert logged all 40 minutes in the contest. Carter McCray was the difference […]
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35th District boys basketball preview: CovCath once again team to beat
The Covington Catholic Colonels have come into the season as not only 35th District favorites, but also 9th Region favorites a good bit since 2014. That may not be the case this year. But the Colonels still plan on having a say in that by the end of the season. Since head coach Scott Ruthsatz […]
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Second quarter hurts NKU women in road loss to EKU
The Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team hit the road for the first time Saturday against the Eastern Kentucky Colonels. They came back home with an 86-75 loss to drop to 0-2 on the young season. NKU trailed 24-22 after the first quarter, but a rough second quarter put them in a 47-34 halftime deficit. […]
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Thomas More concludes first Division II season with convincing win
Coming into the season as the unknown in its first year in NCAA Division II, the coaches picked the Thomas More Saints to finish dead last in the 10-team Great Midwest Athletic Conference in the preseason poll. But the Saints ended up in sixth after concluding the regular season with a convincing 44-6 win Saturday […]
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Highlands dominates trenches in convincing home playoff win over Dixie Heights
It took the Highlands Bluebirds just three plays and 31 seconds to score the game’s first touchdown and the freight train rolled on from there. Highlands built a 40-0 halftime lead over Dixie Heights on the way to a 40-7 Class 5A playoff win at David Cecil Memorial Stadium on Friday. Highlands has outscored its […]