The Thomas More women’s basketball team continues their reign as the best team in NAIA women’s basketball, receiving all 21 first-place votes in the latest NAIA Coaches’ Poll Wednesday morning. They are undefeated this season at 17-0 and 11-0 in the Mid-South Conference. Since the last polls came out on Dec. 14, they have won […]
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Tuesday NKY HS hoops roundup: St. Henry, Newport Advance to All “A” semifinals
The All “A” 9th Region boys quarterfinals at Beechwood featured a tight one and a lopsided battle to determine which teams made it to the semifinals Friday at 6 p.m. The first game had the St. Henry Crusaders (6-8) knock off the Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds (9-8), 61-57 in a rematch from Dec. 3 in […]
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Cougars on the prowl, knock off CovCath
Maybe a couple of early season losses and not at full strength kept Conner under the radar as they started 2-3. They’ve now put the target squarely on their back. The Cougars went into Park Hills on Tuesday night and came away with a 74-68 victory over Covington Catholic, defeating the state’s No. 2 team […]
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Monday NKY HS hoops roundup: Season-low good enough for NewCath girls victory
For all the struggles in this game offensively, the Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds girls basketball team made the most of their lone bucket in the final 6:55. The Thoroughbreds (9-5) watched a 32-23 lead against the host St. Henry Crusaders (8-6) evaporate over that time. But down 33-32 with less than a minute remaining, NewCath […]
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Initial statewide media basketball rankings released
Jason Frakes of the Louisville Courier-Journal has spearheaded a new statewide media rankings to be released every Tuesday from now until the end of the regular season leading into district tournaments. Sixteen media members cast their ballot, a media member representing each region in the state. The media members are asked to cast their ballot […]
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No. 1’s vs No. 2’s highlight LINK nky area prep basketball rankings this week
With school back in session, action in district and region play really picked up this past week. Holy Cross’ girls picked up another 9th Region All “A” region title while Walton-Verona suffered tough losses to Owen County in the 8th Region All “A”, the girls dropping a three-point contest in the semifinals while the boys […]
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9th Region All “A” boys preview: Will Holy Cross defend the title?
While Holy Cross ran the gauntlet last year to earn their berth to Richmond, things set up rather nicely this year as their path is carved out to return to Eastern Kentucky University for the All “A” state tournament January 26-29. It would be quite the surprise if the Indians aren’t in Saturday night’s 9th […]
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Faulkner ties it in regulation, Norse win it in OT
Truist Arena will need to check their profit and loss statements by the end of the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball season for as much overtime they’ve had to dole out. For the third time this season, the Norse needed more than 40 minutes to determine a winner. And for the third time, the Norse […]
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Saturday NKY HS hoops roundup: Holy Cross cruises to All “A” 9th Region girls crown
Going into the 9th Region All “A” tournament, opponents knew they’d have a hard time containing the dynamic duo of junior 6-foot-2-inch center Julia Hunt and senior forward Nejai Lewis. In the championship game Saturday evening, the Ludlow Panthers (8-8) tried to make things tough on them inside. But the Holy Cross Indians (13-4) employed […]
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Green Bay pulls away from NKU in second half
The Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team (9-6, 3-3) found itself down 36-27 at halftime to Horizon League power Green Bay Phoenix (12-3, 5-1). But unlike Thursday when the Norse came back for the win, they lost the third quarter on their way to a 70-53 loss. NKU has struggled for the most part against […]