The Northern Kentucky high school basketball landscape is undergoing a talent dispersal as several elite players have finalized their plans ahead of the upcoming season. From homecoming stars to high-profile out-of-state arrivals and prep school departures, local rosters will look different, and so will some coaching staffs. Newport reloads with elite talent The Newport High […]
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No longer, ‘Can we?’, Ryle girls soccer focuses on ‘Why not?’
Ask the players at Ryle what’s different this year, and the answer keeps coming back to the same thing: belief. The Lady Raiders have stopped wondering whether they’re good enough to compete and started believing they belong…in every game, against every opponent and among the region’s best. That belief didn’t come overnight. Ryle’s girls soccer […]
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Comeback Cooper: Lady Jaguars rally past Simon Kenton
The term “Comeback City” may have always been talking about Independence. Inside Joe Stark Memorial Gymnasium Tuesday night, the night was full of them. But Cooper’s volleyball team had the biggest comeback of all, rallying from a 2-0 deficit to win three straight sets and escape with a 3-2 victory over Simon Kenton, (23-25, 19-25, […]
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First Kentucky High School Girls Soccer Coaches Association poll released
The coaches across the state have made their selections for the first Kentucky High School Girls Soccer Association coaches poll. The poll is typically released bi-weekly throughout the season. Five Northern Kentucky teams show up in the initial poll. Notre Dame (5-1) is third. The Pandas own victories over No. 2 team Sacred Heart, No. […]
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KHSAA commissioner Tackett to step down at end of school year
Kentucky High School Athletic Association Commissioner Julian Tackett is retiring at the end of the 2026-27 school year. Tackett, who has spent more than four decades with the organization, made the announcement on Monday. He’s the seventh commissioner in KHSAA history, starting his career with the KHSAA in 1984 as a sports information director. “Mark […]
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Team of the Week is back! Cast your vote!
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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Week 1 football standouts/takeaways
The first of what many hope is a 16-week football season is in the books. Friday treated us with exceptional weather in NKY as statements were made, suprises were had and some teams were left with more questions than answers. All but one of the 22 teams in Boone, Campbell and Kenton County were in […]
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Saints/Norse notes
Tofa Luani thinks he knows why Thomas More’s 2025 season was a nightmare. “There was just a lot of me-ism going on on the team,” the Saints linebacker said. “And then people really, they just went off based on themselves and really not just a team themselves.” Thomas More opens the season at noon Saturday […]
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Friday night football roundup/scores
Frederick Douglass 41, Highlands 20 Frederick Douglass scored 21 unanswered in the fourth to get payback from last year’s season opening loss to the Bluebirds. Douglass ripped off 170 yards in the final frame while the Bluebirds had two costly fumbles in the critical quarter. Highlands led 3-0 after one before Douglass jumped out to […]
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Simon Kenton makes it four straight season-opening wins over Dixie Heights
Four years, four season openers, four wins for Simon Kenton. The matchup has become a tradition for the Pioneers and county rival Dixie Heights. So, too, has the result. Simon Kenton continued that trend Friday night at Rice Mountjoy Stadium in Edgewood, rolling past the Colonels 42-13 to open the season 1-0. When the season-opening […]
