The Bishop Brossart boys’ basketball team rolled to 3-0 with a 77-35 victory at Holmes (0-1) on a hot shooting night as they hit 50 percent from the field, 13 3-pointers and 82 percent from the free throw line. The Mustangs put three players in double figures. They were led by a trio of seniors, […]
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Cov Cath conquers size again, Ipsaro dazzles
PARK HILLS — It wasn’t done on purpose, but it just so happened Covington Catholic’s new look basketball team that features speed and quickness over size would face two near seven-footers to open up the season. The Colonels passed both tests, doing so convincingly in both, this time a 75-60 victory over Great Crossing Thursday […]
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Thomas More hoops teams make history this week
When this year’s first NAIA basketball rankings came out, no one was surprised that the Thomas More women, defending NAIA national champions, were named No. 1. Jeff Hans’s Saints are a power to be reckoned with and everyone knows it. But the men? In those first rankings, the TMU men were named the NAIA’s No. […]
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Wednesday NKY sports round-up: Girls, boys basketball results
Though the Pioneers’ final margin of victory was 15, Simon Kenton led Ryle by just four, 56-52, with 1:22 to play in Independence on Wednesday night. But SK scored the game’s final eleven points, nine from the free throw line, to win 67-52. The Pioneers are now 2-0 on the year while Ryle falls to […]
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Tuesday NKY sports round-up: Girls & boys basketball results
It had the feel of a postseason battle even though it marked the first game of the season for both teams. The Conner Cougars girls basketball team built a 14-point lead in both the second and third quarters but the host Walton-Verona Bearcats fought back to have a chance at the end trimming the deficit […]
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New-look CovCath plays fast in romp over Simon Kenton in bid to stay on top a different way
We’re not going to say this in the original French because we’re pretty sure the man who came up with this line in 1849, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, wasn’t a big basketball fan. “The more things change, the more they stay the same,” J-BAK wrote in 1849, which come to think of it was way before […]
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Monday NKY sports round-up: Simon Kenton girls, Brossart boys pick up opening wins
The host Simon Kenton Pioneers girls basketball team opened the season with an 8th Region home win, taking down the Owen County Rebels, 69-47. Owen County won the All “A” State tournament last year and made it to the regional title game. “Any win you get is good, especially when you’re dealing with a young […]
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9th Region boys basketball tips off this week and it’s stacked with talent
The rule, and it’s a good one, is to never say “never.” Especially when you’re talking sports. But when it comes to Ninth Region boys’ basketball this season, Northern Kentucky might as well be listed as “Never”-land when it comes to our hoops geography. Never, at least in anyone’s memory, have there been so many […]
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10th Region, 37th District boys hoops preview: Campbell County, Brossart, Scott & Calvary
The Campbell County Camels have become not only a consistent 37th District champion, but a 10th Region contender with Aric Russell as head coach. The Camels own nine consecutive district championships and have four region championships driving all the way to the state semifinals in 2019 during his tenure. Defending state champion George Rogers Clark […]
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NKU women fall at Bowling Green
The Northern Kentucky women’s basketball team ventured just under three hours north on Interstate 75 hoping to earn a win. But the Norse (3-2 overall) came up short 76-68 against the Bowling Green Falcons (4-1) at the Stroh Center on Wednesday. Both of NKU’s losses have come on the road against Mid-American Conference opponents. “I […]
