If it’s happening in Northern Kentucky, we’ve got the news, and fast. Highlights: The rapid ascension of Tay Kinney and Walton-Verona’s speedy football hire. Plus, we have baseball, tennis and lacrosse quick-hitters, all in the fastest 1,000 words in sports. NEWPORT’S KINNEY GOING INTERNATIONAL? Newport High School basketball standout Tay Kinney has been invited to […]
Author Archives: Marc Hardin
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‘Masterful motivator, a giant’, illustrious Beechwood football coach Mike Yeagle has passed away
Greg Hergott was texting with other Beechwood coaches Thursday about the exploits of football players on the track team at the state meet. Then he got the sad news. Hergott was sitting in his car in between sales calls at his day job when the text came in. Former Beechwood High School football coach Mike […]
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Hardin Fast: NKY sports news from NKU, TMU, Walton-Verona, Simon Kenton, Lloyd Memorial, Highlands, Newport and points in between
Change continues to be the watchword around Northern Kentucky as some key local sports figures are on the move. Athletic directors, coaches and players are in the news along with the history-making Northern Kentucky University baseball team. It’s all here in the fastest 1,000 words in sports. CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT WALTON-VERONA Ryan Borkowski […]
Posted inTop 3
Bellevue baseball coach is rounding third and heading for home
Bellevue High School’s baseball coach, Rob Sanders, is looking forward to his final season as coach, having coached the team for 20 years and winning seven conference championships and a district title.
Posted inBaseball
New-style Beechwood seeks fifth straight 9th Region crown
This story originally appeared in the May 17 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe here. It’s a rare off day for the Beechwood High School baseball team. With dark clouds above, coach Kevin Gray is deciding if he wants to hold practice outside or inside. “I prefer outside. But it […]
Posted inGolf
Coyle foils Horn’s repeat bid, wins first Northern Kentucky Amateur Championship
Luke Coyle won the 84th Northern Kentucky Amateur Championship in a two-hole playoff, defeating defending champion Adam Horn, while Megan Yoder successfully defended her Northern Kentucky Amateur women’s title.
Posted inGolf
College golfers from Kentucky take command at Northern Kentucky Amateur Championship
Luke Coyle and Zach Watterson were junior golf buddies while crossing paths as they trekked across Kentucky to play in elite tournaments. “He’s in my graduating class of 2023. We ran into each other all the time,” said Coyle, Taylor County High School’s Kentucky Mr. Golf in 2021 and 2022. “I’m at Alabama now. He’s […]
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Veteran Fort Thomas golfer joins young crowd at top of Northern Kentucky Amateur leaderboard
Marty Arnzen captured the Highland Country Club golf championship so often he forgot how my times he won. “Four, maybe five times I’ve won it,” said Arnzen in more of a question than an answer. “I’m not really sure how many. Definitely more than three.” The former Highlands High School golfer has never won the […]
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Hardin Fast: NKY prep news from Ludlow, Walton-Verona, Boone County, Ryle, Conner, CovCath, Dixie
The prep year is winding down, but coaching news is heating up along with the weather. With the end of seasons rapidly approaching, things are quickly ending up here in the fastest 1,000 words in sports. END OF AN ERA AS BARTH RESIGNS Jeff Barth was expecting to begin his 16th season as Walton-Verona head […]
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84th Northern Kentucky Amateur Championship tees off Monday at Highland Country Club
Mike Kessling. Lance Lucas. Rylan Wotherspoon. Those are just some of the familiar local names teeing it up at next week’s 84th Northern Kentucky Amateur Championship. All are former winners at Northern Kentucky’s marquee annual golf event. “I’m ready to play,” said Lucas, a 62-year-old attorney from Union. “But I’m a work in progress this […]