Development and depth. Those two words were a constant when talking to Dixie Heights football coach Pat Burke. That’s what the Colonels did in 2022 in Burke’s first year and they’re hoping to reap the benefits of it after taking their lumps during a 3-8 season, the first under .500 since 2019. “We’ve gone from […]
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21 teams in 21 days: Bishop Brossart football preview
Paul Wiggins can’t say enough about the growth of Bishop Brossart’s football program over his tenure. The Mustangs won one game his first season as head coach in 2014. But since then, the Mustangs have had just one losing season. They’ve taken big steps over the last three seasons with three consecutive district championships and […]
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21 teams in 21 days: Simon Kenton football preview
Only five teams put up more points than Simon Kenton in Class 6A in 2022. The Pioneers lit up the scoreboard to the tune of 39 points per game and 434 yards per game. But Chase Crone is gone, finishing out his Simon Kenton career with over 6,000 yards passing. Same with Jayden Lawson, a […]
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21 teams in 21 days: Holmes football preview
To the rest of Northern Kentucky – and everyplace else – the Holmes football team is known as the Bulldogs. But sometimes, the coaching staff has a different name. “We have the kind of joking moniker of ‘The Dirty 30’,” head coach Ben Nevels said. Holmes usually ends up with around 35 players. This year, […]
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21 teams in 21 days: Walton-Verona football preview
Nine consecutive district championships and 10 overall is impressive for any football team, especially one that put out its first varsity team in 2008. Jeff Barth has been the head coach for all of them but that first season with the Walton-Verona Bearcats. The consistency has shown for the Bearcats, making at least the second […]
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21 teams in 21 days: Holy Cross football preview
The Holy Cross football team is back on a level playing field. Year in, year out, the Indians are consistently on the edge of the Class A/2A enrollment numbers. From 2007-22, they were in Class 2A. In 2023, the Indians are back down to 1A. “We’ve had 180 or fewer boys in the high school […]
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21 teams in 21 days: Bellevue football preview
Cheers echoed from the weight room at the Ben Flora Gymnasium signifying the end of another good session. That’s the type of energy new head coach Chad Montgomery is trying to instill for the Bellevue Tigers as they embark into a new era, trying to erase the bad taste of one win in the last […]
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21 teams in 21 days: Scott football preview
The Scott Eagles are trying to make the most of a tough situation. The Eagles hired Jake Owens from Florida to take over the program in February, but he had to resign and go back to Florida in late July. Scott Athletic Director Casey Fisk reached out to former Ludlow head coach Steve Hensley to […]
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21 teams in 21 days: Newport football preview
The Newport football program has been thrown a lot of curveballs lately. Whether it be with coaching turnover or inability to practice in their own stadium or host games on their home field, the Wildcats have had to find a way to rise above it. “The kids are doing really well with new things being […]
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21 teams in 21 days: Conner football preview
Conner’s 2022 football season was as painful as a blindsided sack. The Cougars task for 2023 is challenging: recovering from last year’s 2-9 campaign, a season in which the Cougars scored just 90 points – the second fewest in Class 5A – and surrendered 349. Head coach David Trosper said every season is a challenge. […]
