Some Ryle football players and coaches might have headed out of town on vacation this week. Raiders head coach Mike Engler skedaddled to Gatlinburg, Tennessee for a few days, but senior receiver Dylan Lee went to Nevels Fitness in Newport to work out or to a nearby field to catch passes. Lee chose Colgate University, […]
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A Benke reunion in Murfreesboro? Benke twins offered by MTSU
Cooper and Griffin Benke are used to the attention. The Highlands junior defensive linemen (and identical twins) don’t mind if someone approaches them – which happens a lot because they stand 6-5 and 6-6. “A lot of people know us now, because my family’s kind of popular around Fort Thomas,” Griffin Benke said. “… They […]
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Kenton County prep roundup: Top talent at new schools and college commitments
The KHSAA dead period is June 25-July 9. All school-related athletics are prohibited. It restricts organized team activities, but athletes can choose to participate in personal workouts or training independently, so long as they aren’t organized or supervised by school personnel. With that, here’s some pre-dead period news to tide you over for a while. […]
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Conner hires Rash as next football coach
It’s been a rough week and a half for the Conner community with the passing of longtime football coach Dave Trosper, but Thursday offered some good news as they’ve found a highly acclaimed replacement. The high school announced that they’ve hired Noel Rash to be the next head coach of the program, replacing Trosper who […]
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Beechwood’s Tyler Fryman: The next two-sport college athlete?
When you think of two-sport college athletes, you think of Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders, Russell Wilson, Kyler Murray or Jamies Winston, to name a few. Could Beechwood’s Tyler Fryman be the next to join the list when he gets to college? The college landscape has changed a bunch since the names in the opening sentence […]
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PD: Former Bengals player Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones arrested outside of Covington bar
Former Bengals player Adam “Pacman” Jones was arrested early Saturday morning outside of a Covington bar, Covington police said. Police said officers were dispatched to a bar along W Sixth Street around 12:45 a.m. for a “report of a disturbance involving a customer and an employee.” When they arrived, they were directed to a car […]
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Conner football coach Dave Trosper dies at 55
Longtime Conner High School football coach David Trosper died on Saturday, he was 55. Trosper, the longest tenured football coach in Northern Kentucky, passed away from a heart attack, multiple people close to Trosper have informed LINK nky. Trosper took over Conner’s football program in 2007 He’s a 1988 Boone County graduate, playing football for […]
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Jon Hopkins to serve as interim head football coach at Holmes HS
Holmes High School Offensive Coordinator Jon Hopkins has been chosen to serve as the interim head football coach for the Bulldogs upcoming 2025 season. Hopkins will assume the role following the resignation of Ben Nevels, who served as coach for 12 years. “I am incredibly honored and excited to be named the new head football […]
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Nevels resigns as Holmes football coach after 12 seasons
After 12 seasons as head coach of the Holmes High School football program, Ben Nevels has decided to resign from the position, the school posting the opening for the position on Friday. Nevels guided the Bulldogs to 50 wins, including a playoff victory in 2019, their first since 2009 when current Newport Central Catholic coach […]
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Ryle’s Savage chooses Indiana to continue football career: ‘No doubter’
Since he first walked in the door at Ryle High School, Jacob Savage has been a standout on the football field. By the time his junior year hit, college coaches started taking notice. The Raiders junior made his college commitment choice on Friday in the high school library, deciding to continue his academic and football […]
