Senior Brooks Becker and junior Caleb Arrasmith are wrapping up practice at Beechwood High School’s indoor athletic facility. The last of the errant baseballs are in the buckets. Bats are put away, and the Beechwood standouts talk about how the Tigers are going to put away the rest of the Ninth Region this season. “It’s […]
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Hot start by GRC ends Simon Kenton’s historic run in Sweet 16 semifinals
Simon Kenton’s dream has ended two wins short. The Lady Pioneers came up short in the girls KHSAA Clark’s Pump-n-Shop Sweet 16 semifinals on Saturday at Rupp Arena in Lexington, falling 66-40 to George Rogers Clark. A nightmare start to the game was the key culprit in ending the Lady Pioneers season. The Lady Cardinals […]
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KHSAA Girls Clark’s Pump-n-Shop Sweet 16 scores/schedule
First Round Wednesday, March 11 Frederick Douglass 44, Henderson County 23 Assumption 72, Calloway County 35 Notre Dame 77, Pikeville 38 Taylor County 60, West Jessamine 58 Thursday, March 12 Franklin-Simpson 66, Bullitt East 47 Simon Kenton 70, Ashland Blazer 61 Owensboro Catholic 59, Letcher County Central 35 George Rogers Clark 55, North Laurel 46 […]
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Fast start sends Simon Kenton to first Final Four in program history
It may have been a tale of two halves, but Simon Kenton’s girls basketball team made history Friday night. The Lady Pioneers advanced with a 63-50 victory over Owensboro Catholic in the girls KHSAA Clark’s Pump-n-Shop Sweet 16 quarterfinals. They can thank their first 16 minutes for moving on to their first Final Four in […]
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Pandas go cold at wrong time in state quarterfinal loss
A late rut did Notre Dame no favors. The Pandas went cold at the wrong time and ulitmately their season came to a close in the girls KHSAA Clark’s Pump-n-Shop Sweet 16 quarterfinals in a loss to Taylor County, 44-36. Going into the fourth with a 32-29 lead, the Pandas hit just 2-of-11 shots from […]
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Fryman, Corpus, Amin selected as top players in their respective region
The Kentucky High School Baseball Coaches Association has released their preseason watch lists for each respective region. Three from Northern Kentucky landed at the top of those lists, Walton-Verona’s Bronson Corpus in the 8th Region, Beechwood’s Tyler Fryman in the 9th Region and Bishop Brossart’s Isaac Amin in the 10th Region. 8th Region 9th Region […]
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Kabeya’s career-high 29 points helps Simon Kenton get over Sweet 16 hump
Not this time. Trying to erase past state tournament demons, Simon Kenton was able to prevail on Thursday afternoon at Rupp Arena in the girls KHSAA Clark’s Pump-n-Shop Sweet 16 over Ashland Blazer, 70-61. In a physical battle that featured 37 fouls, it was an eighth grader playing the role of hero as Angela Kabeya […]
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NKU Athletic Director to depart university
Northern Kentucky University’s Athletics Director Christina Roybal, who has occupied the position since 2022, will step down at the end of May, according to a university announcement, to “pursue other opportunities.” “Christina has achieved what she came to accomplish and will complete her service at NKU on May 30,” according to a statement from University […]
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‘Be us’: Simon Kenton seeks first-round win over Ashland
Simon Kenton’s basketball philosophy is simple. Just Be Us. Those two words are working well enough. The Eighth Region champion Pioneers meet 16th Region winner Ashland in the Clark’s Pump-N-Shop Girls Sweet 16® first round at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Rupp Arena in Lexington. Simon Kenton (31-2) coach Jeff Stowers coined the phrase after Simon Kenton’s […]
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A 3-point barrage: Notre Dame sets 3-point Sweet 16 record in win over Pikeville
So much for teams shooting lower percentages at Rupp Arena. Notre Dame Academy burned the nets down on Wednesday night in the girls KHSAA Clark’s Pump-n-Shop Sweet 16. They hit 17 three-pointers on their way to a 77-38 victory over Pikeville to advance to the quarterfinals. The 17 triples made broke Mercer County’s record against […]