Simon Kenton’s football team is looking to improve on last year’s 5-5 record by focusing on finishing games and protecting their quarterback, Brady Lee.
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Four downs with Campbell County
Campbell County football coach Brian Weinrich is confident in his team’s depth and ability to use personnel packages to benefit the team, despite losing 26 seniors from last year’s 3-8 squad.
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Black-N-Bluegrass skaters relieve stress on four wheels
By day, they are a medical coder, a property manager, HVAC technician, audio engineer or a high school senior. When the Black-N-Bluegrass (BBRD) flat track roller derby team meets for practice at Hits Inside Baseball in Fort Wright, however, they take on fearsome skate names – Briggs & Smack’em, Ursa Maimer, Alaskan Assassin and Sam-I-Wham. […]
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Not trapped: Northern Kentucky Top Guns among state’s sharpest shooters
The Northern Kentucky Top Guns youth trap shooting team had a record-breaking performance at the state Scholastic Clay Target Program tournament, winning six first-place medals and setting a program record for the best performance in the tournament.
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Fort Thomas Firecracker 5K sees increased participation, Rieskamp wins
Josh Rieskamp doesn’t think anyone likes running in heat and humidity. The Oakley resident did just fine Thursday – he crossed the Ohio River and won the Fort Thomas Firecracker 5K. He covered the 3.1 miles in 16 minutes, 29 seconds. “It could be hotter,” Rieskamp said. “You know, it’s not that bad, but it […]
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Florence Speedway: persevering amid an uncertain economy
Josh King was just 8 years old when his dad, the late Jerry King, bought Florence Speedway in 1984. “It’s been my entire life I’ve been involved with it,” King said. The half-mile clay oval on U.S. 42 near Walton is still a family business. Florence Speedway opened in the 1950s. Josh King is the […]
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Figgs wins NKFCA Courage Award
Trevin Figgs, a Holy Cross junior running back/linebacker, was awarded the Chris Vier Courage Award for overcoming detached retinas, five surgeries, and missing months of school while maintaining a 4.0 grade point average.
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Craig Massey: Florence Y’alls’ team dad aims for 1,000 career hits
Craig Massey, a 35-year-old professional baseball player, is in his third season with the Florence Y’alls and is close to reaching the 1,000-hit milestone, having played in 10 professional seasons in independent leagues.
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Fort Mitchell race to benefit Vent Haven Museum
There’s just one Northern Kentucky race in which a dummy calls runners to the starting line. That would be the fourth annual Dummy Run, a 5-kilometer run/walk June 30 at the Vent Haven Museum on West Maple Avenue in Fort Mitchell. “It’s right through old Fort Mitchell here…It’s a lovely neighborhood,” Lisa Sweasy, the museum’s […]
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It’s a double: CovCath wins second consecutive boys tennis title
CovCath won their second straight boys team title at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Center, becoming the first school to win at least two in a row since Louisville Trinity did it from 1991-1993.
