INDIANAPOLIS – Play after play, possession after possession, Northern Kentucky’s Norse were doing their thing. With toughness and precision and a quick-hitting offense and ferocious rebounding. They were on their way – to their 15th win in the last 17 games, to a Horizon League championship and to their fourth NCAA trip in the last […]
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Campbell County drops tough overtime game against Bracken County in 10th region semifinals
The Campbell County Camels boys basketball team (20-11) had been playing good basketball lately besting their first three post-season opponents by an average of nearly 40 points. In the semifinals at Holmes on Monday, the Camels hoped to keep their 12-game winning streak going and earn a shot at the top-ranked George Rogers Clark Cardinals […]
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NKU, just one win away from NCAA, does it with defense
Here we go again. With a dominating defensive effort Monday, Northern Kentucky’s Norse find themselves just one win away from a spot in the NCAA’s Field of 68 after shutting down No. 2 seed Purdue Fort Wayne, 57-43, in the semifinals of the Horizon League Tournament at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum. NKU moves into Tuesday’s […]
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Balanced Dixie Heights Bests Holy Cross in 9th Region Semifinals
The Holy Cross Indians have a talented one-two “Batman and Robin” punch in junior guards Jacob Meyer and Javier Ward as Head Coach Casey Sorrell described them. But the Dixie Heights Colonels (22-6 overall) have had nice balance all season and it showed again in the 65-57 victory over the Indians (21-10) on Sunday at […]
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Covington Catholic downs Lloyd, sets up all-Colonels 9th Region championship game
And then there were two teams left in the Ninth Region Boys Basketball Tournament. Both Colonels. Both located on the Dixie Highway in Kenton County. And both familiar with one another. They played the first week of the season, a 79-59 Covington Catholic win over a visiting Dixie Heights team. And now they face one […]
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9th Region quarterfinals: Dixie Heights, Holy Cross set for region semifinal battle
The only thing that mattered Saturday was who took care of business on the hardwood at the BB&T Arena on the campus of Northern Kentucky University. The teams had a week to prepare for their respective opponents. Similar to the first session in the afternoon, the District 34 and 35 opponents took care of their […]
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Lloyd joins the winners, CovCath hangs tough, as 9th Region Boys opens
It can be the best single day of the season in Ninth Region boys’ basketball. If the advancing district losers are competitive, that is, and believe they can win when they draw against the winners. That way you can get a whole day of hoops with a couple of teams who think they have a […]
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Bishop Brossart Girls Fall in 10th Region Semifinals to George Rogers Clark
At halftime, the Bishop Brossart Lady ‘Stangs (20-11 overall) had the favored George Rogers Clark Lady Cardinals (29-2) within striking distance trailing just 18-13. But Bishop Brossart could not keep it up in the second half. GRC pulled away for a 45-27 victory and a spot in the region championship game Saturday back at Nicholas […]
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Coming together, Cooper clips archrival Ryle for its first Sweet 16 trip
Dan Weber writes a sports column for LINKnky Media. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. Disregard those driving directions from Google Maps. You’re still going to have to go through Union to get to Rupp Arena. Only this year, you’ll have to take a little detour off US 42, four miles or so down to Longbranch Road […]
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Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: NKU does what it does in March, and goodbye Mel Webster
Here they go again. To Indianapolis. For the Horizon League’s Final Four. For the fourth straight season. And fifth time in the last six. And no, we’re not surprised. And you’re probably not surprised, even for an NKU team that started the season 6-9. And to be honest, neither were the Norse, even though the […]