It’s only fitting the night Mike Tyson returned to the boxing ring that the infamous quote can be used for the Ryle football team. “Everyone has a plan until they get hit in the mouth,” Tyson said during an interview in his prime days of fighting in the late 1980’s, early 1990’s. The Raiders (10-2) […]
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Week 2 playoff football matchups in NKY: How to watch/listen, what to know
Things are starting to get serious. There’s some serious matchups this week in high school football and it will only get better from here on out. There’s eight games with 10 northern Kentucky teams still in the running for a shot at a state title. When it’s all said and done after Friday night, I […]
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Friday playoff football roundup/scores:
Class 6A Ryle 39, Pleasure Ridge Park 0 Ryle earns their fifth straight running clock victory as they take care of the visitors from Louisville. The Raiders victory sets up a top five showdown with St. Xavier in the second round. Ryle (9-2) is ranked No. 5 in 6A, St. Xavier (7-4) is No. 4. […]
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Highlands earns fifth shutout of season in playoff opening win over Collins
Highlands defeated Collins 45-0 in the first round of the KHSAA Class 5A Playoffs, with sophomore Tayden Lorenzen scoring twice on receptions and once on a rush, while the defense held the Titans to just 55 total yards and forced three turnovers.
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Cooper gets test from South Oldham before pulling away
This wasn’t the typical No. 1 vs No. 4 seed bludgeoning of a KHSAA first round playoff football matchup where the visiting team spends more time on the bus traveling than they do the actual game. When South Oldham was upset by Collins in their final district game of the season, it meant the 7-3 […]
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NKY end of regular season football stat leaders
With the end of the regular season last week and the postseason officially here, the NKY football stat leaders are below for the regular season. See who stood out in Boone, Campbell and Kenton County. Passing Yards Brady Lee, Simon Kenton — 2,813 Cam O’Hara, Cooper — 2,354 Clay Hayden, Beechwood — 1,961 Rio Litmer, Highlands […]
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KFCA names District Player, Coach of the Year awards
The Kentucky Football Coaches Association have weighed in with their District Player and Coach of the Year awards. These selections are voted on by the KFCA, with only KFCA members able to cast a vote. Northern Kentucky has at least one team in the six classes in the state and teams from Boone, Campbell and […]
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Let’s have some fun: forecasting region championship matchups in football
Let’s preface this by saying these aren’t predictions or picks. It’s just simply taking the top seed in the first two rounds of the KHSAA football playoffs and having them advance to the region championship round on Nov. 22 (we all know that won’t happen). The way the KHSAA postseason works in football, once the […]
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Final Kentucky High School Football Media Poll
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. In the 10th and final edition of the media poll, you’ll […]
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LINK nky Top 10: Final edition
First, a big thanks to Crown Pointe Remodeling for sponsoring the top 10 again this year. We’ll fire this back up once high school hoops season rolls around in December. Now things get real. The KHSAA football postseason is here in northern Kentucky and around the state. A total of 192 teams make the postseason […]
