St. Henry found a veteran to take over as Director of Athletics once Matt Schneider announced his intentions to step down at the end of the school year. Jim Demler will take his place bringing 22 years of AD experience. Demler, a 1987 Dixie Heights graduate and former Northern Kentucky University baseball player, is finishing […]
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Muscles! Mayhem! Spray tans!
Beefy biceps and hard-bodied athletes converged upon the Northern Kentucky Convention Center Saturday to compete in the Greater Cincinnati Arm Wrestling Championship and the NPC Grand Prix & Kentucky Natural Bodybuilding Championship. Check out photos of the event below.
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Holmes High School wrestler sets single-season record
Emauryon Arnold, a senior heavyweight wrestler at Holmes High School in Covington, finished fourth at the Kentucky High School Athletic Association’s state wrestling championships Saturday. His performance brought him to a record of 54-8, the highest number of wins for a wrestler at Holmes in a single season and the highest a student has placed […]
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Plans to build pickleball courts in Cold Spring are underway
If you are a fan of pickleball and live in Cold Spring, be prepared to be excited: Pickleball courts will be coming to the city very soon. The city announced plans to construct up to six pickleball courts around the city at a recent council meeting. While bocce ball courts were also being considered, council […]
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Disc Golf fundraiser scheduled to raise money for vandalized Devou Park course
It’s been just over a month since the most recent act of vandalism rocked the Greater Cincinnati disc golf community. In October of last year, the city of Covington officially opened its highly anticipated disc golf course to the public. The course featured 18 holes spread across 700 acres of Covington hilltop that overlooks the […]
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The LINK nky Team of the Week: Dec. 5-11, The Simon Kenton High School Archery Team
SIMON KENTON ARCHERY TEAM The Simon Kenton High School archery team picked up their third and fourth win in as many tournaments this season at the Calvary Christian Fall Classic and the 13th Annual Twenhofel Winter Tournament. The Pioneers edged out Pendleton County by two points with a score of 3,270-3,268 at the Calvary Christian […]
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Semi-professional football team coming to NKY
The Northern Kentucky Wolfpack will be is NKY’s new semi-professional football team, with tryouts beginning in January. Ryan Glover, who was recently named the Wolfpack’s head coach for the 2023 season, has over 10 years in the playing and coaching world. He has worked with teams such as the Dayton Hornets, King Comets, Cincinnati Royals, […]
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Live racing returns Wednesday to Turfway Park
After a two-year hiatus, Turfway Park Racing & Gaming is welcoming back live racing Wednesday, with the first post time scheduled for 6:15 p.m. “We look forward to welcoming back our racing fans, who have made many memories at the historic Turfway Park,” Turfway President Michael Taylor said. “We cannot wait for them to join […]
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Fort Thomas names Tower Park basketball courts to honor beloved coach
In a surprise ceremony on Tuesday, the city of Fort Thomas honored the man known to most simply as Coach Kenney. The city renamed basketball courts at Tower Park for Robert Kenney Shields, whose long and winning career has spanned more than three decades. Shields served as basketball coach for St. Thomas High School […]
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Erlanger-based Cyclones player wants to ‘put Northern Kentucky on the map’
This is Louie Caporusso’s second year playing with the Cincinnati Cyclones. The Erlanger resident and assistant captain is happy to have found a home base in Northern Kentucky, where he said he loves his neighbors and how welcoming everyone is. “What I love about it is probably just how nice all the neighbors are,” he […]