With the fall high school sports season at its end, the LINK nky Team of the Season winner is the St. Henry boys cross country team. The Crusaders were one of 10 teams during the fall season that won LINK nky Team of the Week and came away as the TOS, after compiling 23,300 votes! […]
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Who made the All-State cross country teams from NKY?
Class 3A BOYS Ethan Mann, Conner Paul Van Laningham, Cooper GIRLS Norah Barker, Notre Dame Academy Stella Carpenter, Ryle Class 2A BOYS Joe Mayer, Covington Catholic Drew Kurtzner, Covington Catholic John Nerswick, Covington Catholic Jackson Germann, Covington Catholic Class A BOYS Gannon Parke, Beechwood Adam Tarvin, Bishop Brossart Sam Neuhaus, St. Henry Logan Vaniglia, St. […]
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Class A cross country: Parke defends title, St. Henry boys finish second
Cross country was Lily Parke’s favorite sport – at least on Saturday. Beechwood’s senior capped her career with a second consecutive girls Class A title at the Kentucky Horse Park. She defeated Lexington Christian’s Kennedy Moughamian by nearly 16 seconds. So how long had Parke been thinking about Saturday? “Since I won last year,” she said. Parke, who’s going […]
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Class 2A cross country: CovCath’s Mayer wins, Colonels finish second in team standings
In August, Covington Catholic senior Joe Mayer didn’t know why his right knee hurt. Mayer didn’t know Saturday, either, but it hardly mattered. He won the boys Class 2A cross country title at the Kentucky Horse Park. Mayer’s time of 15 minutes, 44.15 seconds was a little more than 10 seconds faster that Daniel Filiatreau of […]
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Fantastic fourth: Cooper’s Van Laningham claims 3A state cross country title
As Paul Van Laningham neared the finish line at the Kentucky Horse Park, the Cooper senior raised four fingers in his left hand. “Fantastic Four” may have inspired the gesture, but for Van Laningham, it meant four state championships and a historic finish on Saturday in Lexington. “It’s not just for four state championships. The […]
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Beechwood’s Parke credits parental participation for running success
Lily Parke’s running career started by watching her parents run marathons. Parke is a senior at Beechwood, she’s headed for the University of Kentucky, and she’ll try to defend her girls Class A state cross country title Saturday at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Running is as important to Parke as breathing. “I like […]
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Van Laningham, Parke defend regional cross country titles
Saturday’s regional cross country meets at Idlewild Park in Burlington were a great day for two individual defending state champions. Defending boys Class 3A champion Paul Van Laningham of Cooper (15 minutes, 1.05 seconds) easily won the Region 5 race by nearly a minute over Conner’s Ethan Mann (15:57.18). Girls Class A champion and Kentucky […]
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CovCath not thinking about a third straight 2A cross country title
Covington Catholic’s football team won three state titles from 1993-95, and the Colonels’ tennis team accomplished the same from 2023 to last June. CovCath’s cross country squad would match those feats with a third consecutive state boys Class 2A team championship Nov. 1 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. The Colonels are ranked fourth […]
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Like parents, like son: Cooper’s Van Laningham goes for another cross-country gold
At first, Paul Van Laningham followed his older brother Luke to Cooper’s cross country practices and meets. Van Laningham’s a senior for the Jaguars now, and much of Kentucky follows him. He’s the defending boys Class 3A state champion, and if he wins the biggest-school race in November, he’ll be the first 3A boy to […]
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KTCCCA releases cross country All-State awards
The Kentucky Track and Cross Country Coaches Association have released their All-State awards following the conclusion of the season that ended on Saturday, Nov. 2. The awards are performance based on the Class A, AA and AAA state cross country meets. Here is a list of those that made it from northern Kentucky: Class A […]