Did you know that there are more than 30 northern Kentucky high school football products playing college football at the Division I level? Did you know that nearly 20 of them came from Boone County and Campbell County programs? Well, you do now. And since we’re feeling generous with the local pigskin knowledge, please also […]
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Statewide media football polls
The Kentucky High School Football Media Poll is conducted by 16 sports journalists throughout the state, with one representative for each of the 16 basketball regions in order to provide geographical balance. The poll will be released each Wednesday morning throughout the regular season. Here is the second poll of the season: Class 6A Rank-school […]
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Norse, Saints notes
Horizon League releases men’s, women’s basketball schedules The Horizon League announced its full men’s and women’s basketball conference schedule on Thursday, with the Norse set to open the conference season in early December. The Norse men begin Dec. 2 at Oakland and Dec. 5 at Detroit Mercy. NKU hosts IU-Indianapolis in its first home game […]
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Week 4 NKY HS football standouts/takeaways
Each week, throughout the season, make sure to come here on Monday’s (outside of Labor Day) to check out the weekly standouts and 10 takeaways from Friday night. We’ll highlight the 200-yard passers, 100-yard rushers, 100-yard receivers, defensive standouts and kicking standouts. The criteria has changed for the defensive standout list. The minimum is at […]
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Kennedy’s four touchdowns propel Dayton to 4-0 start
When Dayton football coach Jesse Herbst saw Amillion Brown run for 61 yards in Friday’s 48-26 win at Ludlow, he gave a five-finger wave. “Five running backs,” Herbst said. Junior Malachi Kennedy did the most damage – 19 carries, 267 yards, touchdowns of 54, eight, 20 and 57 yards. The Greendevils improved to 4-0, their best start since […]
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Week 4 football roundup/scores
Highlands 41, Boyle County 21 The full game recap can be found here Covington Catholic 56, Dixie Heights 7 In the battle of the Colonels, CovCath (3-1) tallied 507 total yards of offense in the lopsided victory. Kiyan Miller rushed for three touchdowns while Dylan Courtney threw for over 200 yards and two touchdowns. Mac […]
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Bluebirds bum rush Boyle, end Rebels 15-game winning streak
What transpired Friday night at David Cecil Memorial Stadium in Fort Thomas is something Highlands’ fans couldn’t even have fathomed. Boyle County rarely loses. The Rebels had done it just twice in their previous 51 games entering Friday night. Since Justin Haddix took over the program in 2020, Boyle had lost only five times. So […]
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Week 4 LINK nky Pick ’em
Week 4 is here! This year at LINK nky, we decided to add some fun to our coverage. We’re going to do a weekly picks contest with the three of the sports writers (Evan Dennison, Ray Schaefer and Josh Kalb) we have here and throw in a little twist…a guest picker each week. The guest […]
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Expanded Raiders role for CovCath’s Michael Mayer could define his NFL future
Former Covington Catholic High School football star Michael Mayer is in line to become an NFL Week 1 starter. The one-time Notre Dame All-American tight end is expected to be elevated on the depth chart ahead of the Las Vegas Raiders’ season opener after a surprise injury update on Wednesday shook the silver and black. […]
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Weekly statewide football media polls
The Kentucky High School Football Media Poll is conducted by 16 sports journalists throughout the state, with one representative for each of the 16 basketball regions in order to provide geographical balance. The poll will be released each Wednesday (outside of Labor Day week) morning throughout the regular season. Here is the second poll of […]
