There’s at least one thing Ryle senior Shane Reim will never do. He’ll never cheer for Cooper. Cooper senior Emily Green was more charitable when asked whether she’d pull for the Raiders. “Yeah, kind of,” Green said. “They’re from Union.” Saturday was nevertheless a chance for the 7,671 Union residents to unite because the Boone County city’s two high schools […]
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Cooper still can’t get over the Bowling Green hump
This one might sting a little more than Cooper’s prior two trips to the state championship game. Coming in at 14-0 and the undisputed No. 1 team in Class 5A, the Jaguars took one on the chin in a 37-20 defeat to Bowling Green on Saturday at Kroger Field in Lexington for the 5A championship. […]
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Trinity rallies past Ryle for 29th state title
What was a promising start turned into a disappointing finish for the Ryle football team on Saturday in the Class 6A state championship against Trinity at Kroger Field in Lexington. The Raiders jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the game’s opening quarter, but the Shamrocks went on a 42-9 run from there to win […]
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Title town! Beechwood wins state title No. 18
Beechwood knew things needed to change after Nov. 24, 2023. A 31-28 loss to Mayfield in the Class 2A state semifinals revealed a glaring issue. They needed to get stronger up front in order to be able to run the football more effectively. A little more than a year later — mission accomplished as the […]
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Top 30 northern Kentucky high school football players in the state finals
The Beechwood, Cooper and Ryle football teams have played their way into this week’s KHSAA state championship games at Kroger Field in Lexington. Beechwood (13-1) faces Owensboro Catholic (14-0) in Friday’s 4 p.m. Class 2A state final. Ryle (12-2) takes on Louisville Trinity (12-2) in Saturday’s 4 p.m. Class 6A final. Cooper (14-0) battles Bowling […]
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Three NKY football players sign to Division 1 schools
Three northern Kentucky high school football players put ink to paper on National Signing Day on Wednesday, the first day for football players to sign their National Letter of Intent to their respective schools in Division I. Ryle’s Dillon Smith is staying in-state, heading to the University of Louisville, Cooper’s Isaac Brown is going west […]
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‘We can achieve a lot of things’, Ryle making people believe
Ryle head football Mike Engler thinks people are starting to believe. The Raiders take on defending Class 6A champion Louisville Trinity for the title at 4 p.m. Saturday at Kroger Field in Lexington. And no, Engler doesn’t think his team should be called the U-word – underdog. “I think that people have taken notice of […]
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‘Not too high, not too low’, Cooper all business headed to Kroger Field
Cooper football coach Randy Borchers described last year’s run to the state championship as playing with house money. Now it’s all business when they’ll load the bus and head to Kroger Field in Lexington on Saturday in a Class 5A title game rematch with Bowling Green. The Jaguars expected to be in this spot, running […]
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Offense, defense, depth doing it for Beechwood in pursuit of 18th state football crown
Following an injury scare in the state tournament semifinals, senior tailback Chase Flaherty is getting the green light from doctors. Green means go, and this is good news for the Beechwood High School football team as it gears up for the Class 2A state championship game Dec. 6 against Owensboro Catholic. Senior quarterback Clay Hayden, […]
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Class 5A semifinals: Cooper overwhelms Highlands with 54-point second half
Thirty-four points in the third quarter and 54 in the second half. It took Cooper a little more than eight minutes to turn a 17-7 halftime deficit against Highlands into a 61-23 running clock win in Friday’s Class 5A semifinals. “To do that against a really good football team that’s well-coached, that says a lot […]
