Student-athletes from across the Bluegrass State converged on Burlington this past weekend for a mountain bike race. Dubbed the “Showdown on the Creek,” the event, which took place on Sept. 13 at England Idlewild Park in Burlington, was the second race in the Kentucky Interscholastic Cycling League’s 2026 Pedal for the Roses series. The race […]
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Two counties, 18 D-I college football players: Who from Boone, Campbell schools are at the next level?
Did you know that there are more than 30 northern Kentucky high school football products playing college football at the Division I level? Did you know that nearly 20 of them came from Boone County and Campbell County programs? Well, you do now. And since we’re feeling generous with the local pigskin knowledge, please also […]
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Statewide media football polls
The Kentucky High School Football Media Poll is conducted by 16 sports journalists throughout the state, with one representative for each of the 16 basketball regions in order to provide geographical balance. The poll will be released each Wednesday morning throughout the regular season. Here is the second poll of the season: Class 6A Rank-school […]
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Newport’s Starks commits to North Alabama
Sweet home Alabama. Newport’s Griffin Starks is headed South next year, committing to continue his basketball career at University of North Alabama on Tuesday, an announcement he made via his Instagram. Starks, who is back at Newport for his senior season, had a variety of offers for the 6-foot-8 forward. According to 247 Sports recruiting […]
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St. Henry advances to All “A” state in soccer
The St. Henry boys and girls soccer teams won over the weekend in the All “A” state sectional round and advanced to the state tournament this weekend in Louisville. Tied at 1-1 after regulation, the Lady Crusaders took down back-to-back All “A” state champ Bishop Brossart in penalty kicks (4-1) while the Crusaders cruised past […]
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Norse, Saints notes
Horizon League releases men’s, women’s basketball schedules The Horizon League announced its full men’s and women’s basketball conference schedule on Thursday, with the Norse set to open the conference season in early December. The Norse men begin Dec. 2 at Oakland and Dec. 5 at Detroit Mercy. NKU hosts IU-Indianapolis in its first home game […]
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Vote for the LINK nky Team of the Week for Sept. 7-13
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 4 NKY HS football standouts/takeaways
Each week, throughout the season, make sure to come here on Monday’s (outside of Labor Day) 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. The criteria has changed for the defensive standout list. The minimum is at […]
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Two NKY athletes nominated for Special Olympics World USA team
Two Northern Kentucky athletes have been nominated to represent the United States in next year’s Special Olympics World Games. The 2027 World Games will take place in Santiago, Chile. 26-year-old Maddie Brinkman of Union and 50-year-old Chris Revay of Fort Mitchell were both nominated to compete in the games. Both have competed in multiple events […]
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Highlands-Notre Dame soccer photos
In a clash of the last 14 Ninth Region champions, Highlands and Notre Dame Academy met on Saturday morning in Park Hills. The Bluebirds took down the Pandas 1-0. Ally Lickert scored the lone goal. The win gives Highlands a four-match unbeaten streak with three wins and a tie. They started the year 1-4 and […]
