November playoff football is inching closer to Edgewood. With Dixie Heights and Conner meeting Thursday night in Hebron in a Class 5A, 5th District clash, a home playoff game was on the line for the winner. The Colonels left no doubt, the only thing in question was if Dixie had 44 or 45 points to […]
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Week 8 LINK nky Pick ’em
Week 8 is here! This year at LINK nky, we decided to add some fun to our football 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 […]
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Statewide media HS 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 fifth poll of the season: Class 6A Rank-school […]
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Saints, Norse notes
By day, Thomas More kicker Davis Burleigh works at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. At around 10 p.m. Saturday, he felt higher than any incoming jet. His 32-yard field goal as time expired – his first walk-off winner – gave Thomas More a 24-21 win over NCAA Division II No. 24 Walsh University. “It was the […]
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Week 7 NKY HS football standouts/takeaways
We’re now officially past the halfway point of the regular season as every team in the state has been scheduled for at least six games. There’s still a lot of football left with four weeks of the regular season and for those that keep advancing…five weeks of the postseason. So for the teams with state […]
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Kostopoulos’ 3 touchdowns help Cooper past Dixie Heights
Cooper’s strategy Friday against Dixie Heights was as basic as first-grade arithmetic. “Game plan was to take what they gave us,” Jaguars coach Adam Begley said. It was a scheme that worked – the 25-13 Homecoming win had a little of a lot. There was diversity on offense. Jaguars quarterback Zack Kostopoulos threw for 205 yards and three touchdowns […]
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Lloyd falls to Bourbon County in battle down to the final inches
A game of inches. Fittingly, when time expired Friday night at Eugene “Cotton” Correll Stadium in Paris, a game that saw Lloyd Memorial and Bourbon County trade blows all night long came down to just that…inches. The game ended when the Colonels got the last stop of the night, as the Juggernauts fell 41-34 in […]
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Week 7 NKY HS football roundup/scores
Highlands 38, Covington Catholic 20 Find the full game recap here Bourbon County 41, Lloyd Memorial 34 Find the full game recap here Cooper 25, Dixie Heights 13 Find the full game recap here Beechwood 63, Walton-Verona 7 The Tigers (6-0) got two rushing touchdowns from Tyler Fryman and an interception return for a score […]
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Highlands flexes its muscle in dominant win over Covington Catholic
Highlands showed Friday night why it sits atop the Class 4A rankings. The Bluebirds set the tone from the opening drive, controlled the line of scrimmage throughout and leaned on a punishing rushing attack to pull away from Covington Catholic, 38-14 at Lynn Ray Field in Park Hills. Highlands rushed for more than 250 yards […]
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Week 7 LINK nky Pick ’em
Week 7 is here! This year at LINK nky, we decided to add some fun to our football 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 […]
