Scott junior Maddie Strong won the individual state title in the girls Class 2A cross country meet at Bourbon County as the Eagles finished runner-up in the team standings. Strong won the 5,000-meter race in 18 minutes, 41.98 seconds. The runner-up, Lincoln County freshman Abigail Bastin, finished just more than 12 seconds behind her at […]
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TMU weekly roundup: Saints football goes down hard at NAIA No. 6 Bethel
It wasn’t pretty and it wasn’t close. Thomas More football’s trek to McKenzie, Tenn., and the NAIA’s No. 6 Bethel University Saturday might have been a trip better not taken. After beating Bethel a year ago, TMU’s Saints found themselves way, way outclassed, 57-7, to drop to 4-4 overall and 3-2 in the Mid-South Conference. […]
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Homecoming football win highlights sports week at Thomas More
Saints football moves above .500 at Homecoming For the first time in his young coaching career, first-year TMU coach Chris Norwell has his career mark on the right side of the ledger as the now 4-3 Saints defeated Cumberland University (Tenn.) 24-16 Saturday afternoon. The win also has TMU 3-1 in the Mid-South Conference. Coming […]
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NKU sports round-up: Volleyball wins two more Horizon League games
The Norse volleyball team (9-11 overall, 7-2 Horizon League) is in a tie for second place in the Horizon League standings with Green Bay, after scoring two home wins over the weekend. Wright State leads the way at 9-0 halfway through the league portion of the schedule. The Norse knocked off the Robert Morris Colonials […]
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Saturday NKY sports round-up: Cooper girls golf takes third at state
The Cooper Jaguars girls golf team has a new standard finishing a program-best third in the state tournament that took place Friday and Saturday at the Bowling Green Country Club. Cooper shot 341 on the par 72 course on Friday then came back to shoot 326 on the second day for a total of 667. […]
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TMU sports roundup: Saints come close in football, women’s soccer
TMU FOOTBALL LOSES TO NO. 3 NAIA LINDSEY WILSON IN DEFENSIVE BATTLE In a game that saw just a single touchdown scored, Thomas More took the NAIA’s No. 3 football team, Lindsey Wilson, down to the wire in a 12-3 home loss at Republic Field Saturday. Offense was clearly hard to come by in this […]
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TMU Sports Round-up: Saints football evens season up at Campbellsville
TMU QB Vaden puts up 2 passing, 2 running TDs in MSC win over Campbellsville With a 44-36 win at Campbellsville Saturday, Thomas More football moved to 1-0 in the Mid-South Conference thanks to quarterback Rae’Von Vaden’s best game of the season as he produced four touchdowns (two passing, 103 yards total, and two rushing, […]
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NKU sports round-up: Norse men’s soccer beats Ft. Wayne
The Northern Kentucky University Norse men’s soccer team (3-4 overall) knocked off the Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne Mastodons, 3-0 on Saturday to even their Horizon League record to 1-1 overall. NKU graduate student goalkeeper Daniel Bermingham saved the one Mastadon shot on goal in his third game back. Junior midfielder/forward Deryn Armstrong scored his […]
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2022 NKY boys cross country preview: Local teams loaded again
Northern Kentucky teams claimed two of the three state championships last year. Conner won Class 3A for its first state crown in school history and St. Henry claimed Class 1A for the 17th in school history. That is the third-most in Kentucky High School Athletic Association history behind Louisville powers St. Xavier (24) and Trinity […]
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2022 NKY girls cross country preview: Local teams reload for run at state
Northern Kentucky girls cross country teams are setting their sights on another strong run at state title contention. Last year saw Villa Madonna claim second place in Class A, while Scott also finished runner-up in Class 2A. Here’s a look at some of the top teams locally: Beechwood Tigers Beechwood returns six runners after placing […]