As we reach the halfway point of the regular season schedule for Kentucky high school basketball teams, it seems like a good time to provide an update on how local individuals and teams are doing in the latest KHSAA statewide statistical rankings. Below are 24 boys and girls statistical categories charted by the KHSAA. All […]
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Oh, Snapp! Newport lineup just got bigger ahead of All “A” Classic, just as coach was hoping
Newport High School boys basketball coach Rod Snapp has always been a big believer in scheduling in-season tournaments. He scheduled six tournaments this season, matching last season’s total. Eleven of Newport’s first 15 games were played in a tournament setting, almost all of them against top-notch opponents. They compiled an 8-3 record combined at the […]
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Coach Peebles has a lot of people preparing blue-collar Pioneers for wrestling work
This story originally appeared in the Dec. 29 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe here. Jarrod Peebles has been involved with aspects of the Simon Kenton High School wrestling program since he was 12 years old. He has seen how the program works from the ground up as a wrestler […]
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Local All “A” Classic girls basketball tournaments ring in new year with top small-school teams and big stars
The Holy Cross High School girls basketball team is back in the hunt for another championship at the 9th Region All “A” Classic Tournament, held Jan. 2-6 at Newport Central Catholic. The two-time defending champion Indians (8-4) begin play Jan. 3 in a 7:45 pm quarterfinal contest against the Jan. 2 Bellevue-St. Henry winner. Leading […]
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Norse standout Vinson reportedly out for the season with ACL tear
When the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team returns to action Dec. 29 at Purdue-Fort Wayne, the Norse will be without starting guard Sam Vinson. Vinson, a former first-team all-state standout at Highlands High School, suffered a knee injury in last Thursday’s 92-56 Norse loss at Saint Mary’s in Moraga, California. It has since been […]
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Fast-starting Bellevue girls gearing up for annual Stephanie Wilson Memorial Tournament
It’s nearly tournament time for the Bellevue High School girls basketball team. The Tigers host seven schools at the annual Stephanie Wilson Memorial Tournament, played over three days Dec. 28-30 on Mike Swauger Court at Ben Flora Gymnasium. Bellevue opens against the Cincinnati Home School Trailblazers in the first day’s fourth and final game beginning […]
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All he wants for Christmas is his first college offer
This story originally appeared in the Dec. 22 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe here. You would think a left-handed, 6-foot-7, 215-pound high school senior basketball player capable of scoring 50 points and grabbing 25 rebounds in a game would boast a sleigh full of college offers by Christmas. You […]
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Rebels with a cause: Boone County seniors hope for winning basketball season
This story originally appeared in the Dec. 15 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe here. It’s the second week of the high school basketball schedule, and co-captains Maddox Jones and Eli Bodkin and fellow senior Mason Hall are discussing Boone County’s promising start. They are standing in the lobby that […]
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Walton-Verona wrestling: Big-time small-school power ready to take down opponents
This story originally appeared in the Dec. 8 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe here. In 10 short years since its inception, the wrestling program at Walton-Verona High School has become a Kentucky power on a par with teams from much bigger schools that have been around a lot longer […]
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Wrestling has a hold on Ryle High School coach Tim Ruschell and his family
Tim Ruschell has held many roles in his adult life including semipro football player, math teacher, coach, husband, father, grandfather, patriarch of Ryle High School’s first family of wrestling and Santa Claus. Later this week, Gray Middle School is putting Ruschell in a red suit again and rolling him out as jolly old Saint Nicholas […]