What was a slow start turned into a cannon frenzy for the Ryle Raiders Friday night. Ryle handed Ballard a 41-20 defeat in the second round of the KHSAA Class 6A playoffs. After a nerve-wracking start in which the Raiders found themselves down 14-7, the Raiders responded with 34 straight points to set up a […]
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Class 4A: Highlands rolls past Ashland in running-clock win
Customers at Fort Thomas Coffee might still be talking about what Highlands’ Tayden Lorenzen and Michael Tincher did Friday. Lorenzen and Tincher combined for the most spectacular play in Friday’s 45-7 running-clock win over Ashland in the Class 4A second round at David Cecil Stadium – a 100-yard touchdown on Lorenzen’s interception and lateral to Tincher on the second quarter’s final play. Ashland (7-5) […]
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Newport halts Holy Cross’ historic season in Class 1A playoffs
Newport entered Friday night fully aware of Holy Cross’ undefeated and historic run — an 11-0 record and the program’s first-ever perfect regular season. The Wildcats spent the week preparing specifically to put the Indians in a position they hadn’t experienced much this year: playing from behind. “They’re a good team with great athletes, and […]
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End of an era: Scott County closes Cooper’s book in second round
Cooper just couldn’t find a way to get its defense off the field Friday night in Union. With that, the Jaguars season came to a close, unable to slow Scott County’s offense in a 55–34 loss in the second round of the KHSAA Class 5A postseason. The defeat leaves Cooper a few wins short of […]
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Round 2 playoff scores/roundup
Class A Newport Central Catholic 42, Bishop Brossart 21 The Thoroughbreds (8-4) have now won seven in a row and scored exactly 42 points in their last three games. Now comes a familiar scenario, they head to Campbellsville for the third straight year for a region championship. Eddie Bivens had a night to remember for […]
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NKY football stats leaders
With teams starting to bow out of the postseason and everyone near the same amount of games played this season, we’ll provide you with our final stats leaders for Northern Kentucky (Boone, Campbell and Kenton) players. Here they are: Passing Yards Mason Fields, Dixie Heights — 2,669 Trey Cook, Scott — 2,513 Emmett Queen, Beechwood […]
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KFCA names All-District Player, Coach and Lineman of the Year
The Kentucky Football Coaches Association has named the Player, Coach and Lineman of the Year for all 48 districts in KHSAA high school football. They are voted on by KFCA members within each district to determine the winners. For each of the six classes, Player of the Year, Linemen of the Year and Coach of […]
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Week 1 playoff roundup/scores
Friday Class 6A Ryle 48, Eastern 0 The Raiders (8-3) led 41-0 by halftime to advance to the second round and will face Ballard. Simon Kenton 31, Oldham County 9 Ballard 35, Campbell County 21 Class 5A Collins 52, Dixie Heights 49 Titans’ Gage Miller’s 18-yard field goal with one second remaining capped off a […]
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Round 2 NKY playoff matchups
Friday, Nov. 14 CLASS 6A Ballard at Ryle Simon Kenton at Trinity CLASS 5A Scott County at Cooper CLASS 4A Ashland Blazer at Highlands Covington Catholic at Johnson Central CLASS 3A Henry County at Lloyd Memorial CLASS 2A Walton-Verona at Beechwood CLASS 1A Newport at Holy Cross Bishop Brosart at Newport Central Catholic
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Harris leads Simon Kenton to first playoff win in three years
No, Grayson Harris did not score a touchdown Friday. But Simon Kenton is continuing its season because of what Harris did to Oldham County. He threw a touchdown pass, intercepted another and caught six Grant Webb tosses for 95 yards in the Pioneers’ 31-9 Class 6A first-round win at Chlorine Menefee Stadium. “It’s awesome,” Simon Kenton coach Joe Wynn […]