Ryle’s boys soccer team believed in sharing. By the end of Tuesday’s state boys soccer first-round game against Bishop Brossart, the Raiders had overwhelmed the Mustangs, 6-0, at CR Borland Stadium. Next for Ryle: a home game against 15th Region winner Johnson Central, a 1-0 winner over 16th Region champion East Carter, on Saturday. Besides the final […]
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Lickert’s two goals, Class’ clean sheet gets Highlands to state soccer quarterfinals
Highlands girls soccer coach Kelsey Etherton might be rolling out the Ted Lasso costume Saturday. With their 2-0 victory over Bishop Brossart on Tuesday at Tower Park in Fort Thomas, the Bluebirds earned the right to play on Halloween night on their home turf, advancing to the quarterfinals of the KHSAA state tournament. Highlands got […]
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State soccer tournament schedule/scores
BOYS First Round Monday, Oct. 26 Madisonville-North Hopkins 4, McCracken County 3 North Laurel 8, Estill County 0 Tuesday, Oct. 27 Bardstown 2, Butler 1 Owensboro 3, Bowling Green 2 St. Xavier 2, North Oldham 0 Ryle 6, Bishop Brossart 0 Johnson Central 1, East Carter 0 Paul Laurence Dunbar 4, West Jessamine 1 Quarterfinals […]
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Ninth Region volleyball: Beechwood, Conner advance to semifinals with straight-set wins
Beechwood’s volleyball wake-up call came last Thursday. The Tigers eliminated Newport Central Catholic, 3-0 (25-10, 25-13, 25-15), in Monday’s Ninth Region quarterfinals at Dayton High School, and they’ll play Conner in the semifinals at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Senior setter Skylr Estep talked about losing 3-0 to four-time defending region champion Notre Dame in the 35th […]
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Week 10 NKY HS football standouts/takeaways
Each week, throughout the season, make sure to come here on Monday’s to check out the weekly standouts and 10 takeaways from Friday night. We’ll highlight the 200-yard passers, 100-yard rushers, 100-yard receivers, defensive standouts and kicking standouts. First and 10 (10 takeaways from Friday night and beyond) 2. Shout out Holy Cross. Back-to-back regular […]
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Vote for the LINK nky Team of the Week for Oct. 19-25 sponsored by OrthoCincy
We enter year three of partnering up with OrthoCincy Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in expanding the Team of the Week awards! Through the first two years, $4,000 in scholarships have been handed out to the Team of the Season and Team of the Year award winners. In order to get to that point, it starts […]
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Front of the pack: Local cross country runners dominate regional championships
Nobody idled at Burlington’s Idlewild Park during Saturday’s KHSAA regional cross country meets. Instead, runners motored around the 5-kilometer course, jockeying for spots at this weekend’s state championships at Lexington’s Kentucky Horse Park. The area celebrated four team champions and five individual winners across six races, highlighting Class 1A, 2A, and 3A events for both […]
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Region volleyball tournament schedule/scores
8th Region at Eminence Quarterfinals Sunday, Oct. 25 North Oldham def. Woodford County, 3-0 Simon Kenton def. Trimble County, 3-0 Shelby County def. Oldham County, 3-2 Eminence def. Walton-Verona, 3-0 Semifinals Tuesday, Oct. 27 North Oldham def. Simon Kenton, 3-0 Shelby County def. Eminence, 3-0 Championship Thursday, Oct. 29 North Oldham vs Shelby County, 6:30 […]
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The LINK nky Team of the Week for Oct. 12-18 sponsored by OrthoCincy: Highlands girls cross country
The LINK nky Team of the Week for Oct. 12-18 presented by Ortho Cincy is the Highlands girls cross country team. A bonus for the Highlands girls cross country team is that they are now eligible for Team of the Season (TOS) for the fall sports season. The weekly nominations and winners for fall will run through […]
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3-Peat! Highlands defends 9th Region girls soccer title
For the third straight season, Highlands’ girls soccer team is tops in the 9th Region. The Bluebirds took down Ryle on Saturday at Tower Park in Fort Thomas, 3-0. They got goals from Ally Lickert, Ella Jones and Hope Darnell in the victory, Kristie Deegen adding two assists on goals from Lickert and Jones in […]
