The Walton-Verona Bearcats boys basketball team (17-10 overall) has seen the 4-out 1-in Motion offense twice twice in a week’s time to prepare for the most important game of the season Wednesday. The defending 8th Region champion Oldham County Colonels (17-10) gave the Bearcats issues with their size in senior 6-foot-9-inch center/power forward Hayden Burgess […]
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ICYMI: Thomas More win over Georgetown ‘as good as it gets,’ Dan Weber writes
This is what happens when you have it going the way Thomas More basketball has it going right now. Two top 10 NAIA teams. Standing room only crowd for a doubleheader making so much noise at the end of a beyond-crazy women’s finish against Georgetown that the Connor Center sounded like Rupp Arena as the […]
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Thursday NKY high school sports round-up: Notre Dame pulls off huge win over top-ranked GRC Lady Cardinals
The Notre Dame Pandas girls basketball team (21-3 overall) received the challenge it needed entering the postseason. The Pandas welcomed the top-ranked team in the Associated Press poll to town in the George Rogers Clark Lady Cardinals (25-2) from the 10th Region. The Lady Cardinals brought their 23-game winning streak to Park Hills. But Notre […]
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Wednesday NKY high school sports round-up: Ryle girls hoops loses battle against defending state champions
The Ryle Lady Raiders (18-8) hoped to bounce back from the tough loss at Notre Dame on Tuesday facing the another state-ranked opponent in the defending state champion Louisville Sacred Heart Valkyries (26-3) in less than 24 hours. Ryle played better and had a chance to win entering the fourth quarter trailing just 50-44. But […]
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2022 Special Olympics Kentucky regional basketball tournament to be held in Florence
The Special Olympics is officially coming to Northern Kentucky. The Florence location of Sports of All Sorts will host 250 Special Olympics athletes for the 2022 Special Olympics Kentucky Region 2 basketball tournament. The tournament will feature 21 teams competing for a spot at the Special Olympic state basketball tournament, which will be held in […]
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Highlands Boys continue struggles against 2021 region champions
The Highlands Bluebirds boys basketball team (19-8 overall) had faced three 2021 region champions it defeated either in the state tournament or during the regular season last year on its way to the state championship. But the Bluebirds have not won any of the rematches this year. The defending 8th Region champion Oldham County Colonels […]
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Dan Weber: CovCath ‘not used to’ early deficit against Conner, but still pulls off 76-56 win
Dan Weber writes a sports column for LINK nky. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. No surprise that Covington Catholic, of all the No. 1 teams in the state’s 16 regions, has had the fewest regional opponents willing to play. Going into Tuesday night’s matchup at Conner, CovCath had beaten its five Ninth Region foes by an […]
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Freshman of the Week honor number seven for Sam Vinson
Northern Kentucky’s Sam Vinson has been named the Nike Horizon League Men’s Basketball Freshman of the Week for the seventh time this season. The guard from Fort Thomas has tied four former freshmen for No. 3 all-time in Horizon League weekly awards history. His fellow seven-time winners are current Norse teammate Marques Warrick (2020-21), Detroit […]
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Notre Dame bests Ryle in key 9th Region girls battle
Many may have expected the two 9th Region contending Ryle Lady Raiders and Notre Dame Pandas girls basketball teams to battle to the end. Except that did not happen. The teams struggled offensively for nearly the first five minutes of the game. But senior guard Lacey Bradshaw hit a triple from the left wing for […]
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Ryle High School junior sinks 1,000th career point
Wednesday night at the Ryle versus Boone County Girls Varsity basketball game, Ryle Junior Abby Holtman nailed a three-pointer, landing her 1,000 point. “I was so nervous, and I don’t get nervous. I knew how much I was away, and that was in my head,” Abby said. “I just wanted it so bad. I was […]