Highlands football coach Bob Sphire said the Bluebirds “looked like they were supposed to look in pads.” “Linemen looked like linemen, receivers looked like receivers,” Sphire said before Friday’s home opener against Lexington Catholic. And the Bluebirds won like winners do – a 17-7 triumph at David Cecil Memorial Stadium. “I really think that the […]
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Pizza, chili and a helping of history: six receive NKYSHOF awards
Wednesday’s Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame Summer Reunion was as much a joyful history lesson as chowing down on pizza and Cincinnati-style chili. Six sports legends were honored at The Gardens of Park Hills: former Covington mayor and City Commissioner Denny Bowman (Bill Cappel Volunteerism Award), the late Derrick Rhoden (Thomas Fricke Service Award), […]
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Dunlevy, Brossart ‘pleased’ to defend boys 10th Region soccer title
Bishop Brossart’s boys soccer team is off to a 3-0-1 start despite having only four returning seniors from last year’s 17-5-5 squad, with seven Mustangs having scored goals and Luke D’Alessandro making 20 saves and allowing just five goals.
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Mike Hughes: Conner’s main motivator leads resurgent Cougars
See the picture with Mike Hughes on the left? Conner’s fourth-year girls soccer coach would rather not be in it. Hughes would rather you notice his players. It’s a philosophy that’s worked – the Cougars are 44-23-9 in Hughes’ three seasons and three games in Hebron, including a 3-0 start this year. “I think the […]
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Pandas begin quest for second straight Ninth Region title
Cory Dan didn’t want the job at first. Notre Dame’s first-year soccer coach kept telling former bench boss Brian Woeste he didn’t want to guide the defending Ninth Region champion Pandas – until he capitulated. “Brian Woeste kept calling me and calling me, and I kept telling him no,” Dan said. “I eventually said yes, […]
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Gutierrez and the Covington Stars: striving to unite cultures through basketball
Sergio Gutierrez owns the eponymously named Olla Taqueria Gutierrez restaurant at 301 W. 12th St. in Covington – better known as Olla Cov. He remembers the Monday afternoon he invited some of the employees to play pickup basketball at a local park – including Estephany Perez, whose family moved to Northern Kentucky from Guatemala three years […]
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Brossart is halfway to raising $4 million for athletic additions
Bishop Brossart High School has raised $2 million of the $4 million needed to add a baseball and softball field at the Mustang Athletic Complex, with completion scheduled for next spring.
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Four downs with Scott
Scott High School is looking to improve upon last year’s 2-8 record with new head coach Justin Franklin, who emphasizes accountability and discipline in his players.
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Four downs with Newport
Newport’s 2024 football goal is like any other team’s – brush past every foe and hoist a state championship trophy the first week of December at the University of Kentucky’s Kroger Field. There was a different sort of brushing last week. Nine Wildcats spent July 29-30 applying two coats of white paint to help convert […]
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Four downs with Bishop Brossart
New Mustangs coach Adam Kozerski teaches calculus at Bishop Brossart. Kozerski, the son of former Cincinnati Bengals lineman and Holy Cross coach Bruce Kozerski, replaces Paul Wiggins, who headed not quite 15 miles north-northwest to take over at Newport. Yes, last season’s 5-6 record ended a five-year streak of winning seasons, but after a 2-4 start, Brossart won […]
