To earn head coaching positions, one must stand out in interviews. Nick Dorning did that interviewing for the vacant head boys basketball coaching position for the Ryle Raiders. The Ryle administration promoted him to the spot after he’d served as a varsity assistant and junior varsity head coach the last three years under Keaton Belcher. […]
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Simon Kenton ‘keeping it in the family’ in promoting Brenden Stowers to head girls basketball coach
The word out in the community was Brenden Stowers would be promoted to this position once his father Jeffrey Stowers announced his retirement as the head coach of the Simon Kenton Lady Pioneers basketball program. The Simon Kenton administration made it official Thursday for the 1999 Simon Kenton graduate. The 41-year-old former Simon Kenton and […]
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Carr resigns as Holmes basketball head coach; Four schools looking for coaches
Brad Carr has confirmed he resigned as head coach of the Holmes Bulldogs boys basketball program. The Bulldogs have a proud history including a state championship in 2009. Carr, a 1987 Holmes graduate, tried to restore that tradition in his four seasons. But the Bulldogs finished 35-53 overall with their best two seasons coming at […]
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Pendleton County native Dontaie Allen commits to Western Kentucky
Dontaie Allen has officially traded his blue and white for red and black, the same colors he wore in high school starring for the Pendleton County Wildcats. The former Kentucky Wildcat announced today via Twitter that he is committing to play for Western Kentucky University, led by Head Coach Rick Stansbury. Allen will have three […]
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Kentucky All-Stars split with Ohio as CovCath’s Rylee leads with his defense, rebounding
It would have been the perfect lede (as we spell it in the news business). How nothing would have better told the story of the Ohio-Kentucky All-Star Basketball doubleheader than this one single play. How Thomas More-bound Jenna Lillard, the Ludlow High 2000-point scorer, on a head-down dive into the stands to chase down the […]
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Fields elevated to head coach of Dixie Heights boys basketball program
Chad Fields talks about it as though he were destined to rise to this role years ago. The Dixie Heights Colonels named him the new head coach of the boys basketball program days ago. He’s been an assistant coach for many years under the three previous head coaches and also heads up the Social Studies […]
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Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Rain, rain go away, basketball stay around for a while
Hey, it’s spring and it’s still raining around here. What to do? How about extending the basketball season – Oh, and add to the artificial turf fields for baseball/softball. Yeah, that’ll do it. JUST SAYIN’. *** Speaking of artificial turf fields, we’re about to get another one in Northern Kentucky soon. Opening Day – and […]
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Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Lots of springtime takes here
It’s spring and around here, that means 79 degrees one day, below freezing the next. Or the day before. Or . . . OK, sounds like the former high school baseball coach in me recalling how one year we played 45 games, the next just 21. It’s still not all that easy to be a […]
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Thomas More celebrates a special group of Saints
Since 2016, Jeff Hans and his Thomas More women’s basketball team have brought back three national college titles to Crestview Hills. That’s on top of finishing as a national runner-up a year ago. That’s four times to the Final Four – oops, sorry, only the NCAA can say “Final Four” – so make that two […]
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Former Ryle star transferring from Oregon women’s basketball program
A number of players for the University of Oregon Ducks have left the program in recent days including 2020 Ryle graduate Maddie Scherr, who announced her departure Tuesday. The 5-foot-11-inch sophomore guard announced her decision to enter the transfer portal on Twitter on Tuesday morning. “After much consideration, I’ve come to the conclusion that the […]
