After opening the season as one of Arena Football One’s hottest teams, the Kentucky Barrels suddenly find themselves surrounded by questions heading into the regular-season finale. Following a 7-2 start, Kentucky has dropped consecutive games and now appears to be in freefall after making sweeping roster changes just days before its final regular-season contest on […]
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Prep roundup: New basketball coach at Holmes, Dixie’s Pike honored, Villa stars moving on
The KHSAA Dead Period is in full effect, but news still happens. Here are some quick-hitters from around the area. Simpson Era begins at Holmes Holmes High School has chosen Kenneth “Kenny” Simpson III to lead its boys basketball program. With Simpson, the Bulldogs bring aboard a coach who already has strong roots within the […]
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Rash set to lead Beechwood football program once again
In lieu of recent news of Jay Volker accepting a teaching position in Ohio, Beechwood has decided to transition the head football coaching duties to former coach Noel Rash. Volker replaced Rash after he stepped down in 2023, guiding the Tigers to a 37-5 record and a state title in 2024. Online rumors started circulating […]
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NKY Youth Football League announces girls’ flag football league
The Northern Kentucky Youth Football League announced the creation of a girls-only flag football league. The announcement follows the Kentucky High School Athletic Association’s decision to sanction girls’ flag football as a championship sport in March. Kentucky became the 23rd state nationwide to sanction the sport. As such, the NKYFL announced that its first girls […]
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Cooper promotes Begley to lead football program
For the first time in program history, Cooper football is undergoing a head coaching change. After Randy Borchers resigned in April, the lone coach in the 18-year history of the program, Cooper announced the hiring of Adam Begley to head football coach on Friday. Begley was the freshman coach for the Jaguars and the assistant […]
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Final approval for football realignment set
Nothing changed for Northern Kentucky high school football teams when it came to the final football realignment decisions from April’s KHSAA Board of Control meeting. At Wednesday’s final Board of Control meeting for the school calendar year, the realignment was updated to address any comments or requests made by member schools. The minimal changes were: […]
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Girls flag football, pickleball to become KHSAA sports
The days of powder puff football being the closest thing many Kentucky girls had to the gridiron are coming to an end. The Kentucky High School Athletic Association took a major step toward expanding opportunities for female athletes Wednesday, approving girls flag football and pickleball as sanctioned state championship sports beginning with the 2027-28 school […]
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Photos: Barrels improve to 2-0 with offensive explosion
The Kentucky Barrels put up 80 points in Sunday’s Arena Football One game at Truist Arena against the Oceanside Bombers in an 80-42 victory. Shae Spencer threw for 281 yards and seven touchdowns, completing 15-of-19 passes. Darius Prince was his top target, hauling in six passes for 124 yards and four touchdowns. Dezmon Epps, Darius […]
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KHSAA football realignment draft for 2027-28
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association football scene will look different once again come 2027. With populations in regions continuing to be fluent and the new 1.35 multiplier for private schools (will get to that in a bit), it’s created some change for the new football draft realignment for the 2027 and 2028 seasons. In […]
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Milestone day: NewCath unveils athletic complex, Walton-Verona launches new weight room
Newport Central Catholic athletic director Jeff Schulkens wondered when the school’s athletic complex would ever be finished. On Tuesday, Schulkens – and the entire NewCath community – had an answer. A ceremonial Mass dedicated the Ciafardini Family Athletic Complex. Schulkens called the day “awesome,” and NewCath principal Kenny Collopy knew work on the $10 million […]