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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Covington Catholic’s Myrick commits to Cal State Fullerton
From a Royal to a Colonel to a Titan. Covington Catholic’s Braeden Myrick is headed west next year. The Colonels senior basketball standout recently committed to Cal State Fullerton. After spending his freshman and sophomore year at Mason County, Myrick transferred north to Park Hills to suit up for the Colonels his junior year. The […]
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Norse, Saints notes
One streak continued Sunday, and another ended. The University of Cincinnati women’s soccer team was responsible for both. The Bearcats defeated Northern KentuckyUniversity, 2-1, in the Riverboat Rivalry match at Scudamore Field at NKU Soccer Stadium, ending the Norse’s 14-game home winning string and extending UC’s record against NKU to 5-0-1. “I think it’s important […]
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Cooper’s Noel commits to South Florida
The back-to-back girls basketball 9th Region Player of the Year has found her college home. Cooper senior Haylee Noel committed to South Florida, via her Instagram page on Tuesday. Noel enters her senior season with 1,685 career points as she looks to help lead Cooper to a fifth region title in the last six years. […]
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Big man on campus: 6-11 basketball standout Ben McKinney is at Newport
Big news out of Newport High School. The boys’ basketball program is enjoying a sizable addition with the transfer of four-star center Ben McKinney. The 6-foot-11, 195-pound Indiana and Kansas prep standout is enrolled at Newport, according to Prep Hoops Kentucky. “Newport has added Ben McKinney from Sunrise Christian in Kansas. Originally from Indiana. He […]
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Northern Kentucky prep hoops shaken up by major transfer news
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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A smile, a jump shot, a legacy: remembering Zach Mertens
The visitation for Burlington’s Zach Mertens was held Tuesday. The one-time Bellevue High School sports standout passed away unexpectedly on August 10. Mertens, a 2025 Bellevue graduate, had recently celebrated his 20th birthday in June. Authorities said he fell from the top of South Falls at Silver Falls State Park in Oregon, about 50 miles […]
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Why Ryle’s Jayden McClain is heading to the Kentucky Wildcats and NKY adds two new coaches
Ryle High School 6‑foot‑6 post player Jayden McClain has been planning her basketball future since most kids are still figuring out middle‑school lockers. Grow and improve. Get to college. Shoot for the highest level possible and let the rest unfold. That blueprint just took its biggest step yet. Last week, the incoming sophomore — one […]
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Getting clocked: high schools prepare for 35-second requirement in 2027-28
Heritage Academy boys basketball coach Jerry Miles doesn’t like shot clocks. He’ll have to put up with them in a little less than 18 months. Miles railed Thursday against a Kentucky High School Athletic Association rule requiring clocks beginning with the 2027-28 season. To Miles, installing a shot clock is as welcome as having a […]
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Prep roundup: New basketball coach at Holmes, Dixie’s Pike honored, Villa stars moving on
The KHSAA Dead Period is in full effect, but news still happens. Here are some quick-hitters from around the area. Simpson Era begins at Holmes Holmes High School has chosen Kenneth “Kenny” Simpson III to lead its boys basketball program. With Simpson, the Bulldogs bring aboard a coach who already has strong roots within the […]