Wes Akers is a professor of electronic media and broadcasting at Northern Kentucky University. In fall, Friday nights can only mean one thing: high school football! High school students take the field to represent their schools in the lighted gridiron. These games in the region can be traced back to 1931 at Newport High School […]
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Brotherhood and brilliance: Holy Cross caps historic 10-0 regular season
Getting bigger, faster, and stronger can be taught. Executing plays, reading defenses, and managing game situations — those come with practice. But building a bond, a sense of family that drives a team to play for one another — that can’t be coached. It has to be team-oriented. And for the Holy Cross Indians, that’s […]
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Week 11 prep football roundup/scores
With Halloween on Friday, a lot of games were moved up a day to Thursday as teams closed out their regular seasons. Here’s what happened in NKY in Week 11: THURSDAY GAMES Holy Cross 29, Bellevue 6 The Indians completed their 10-0 regular season with a road victory at Bellevue Thursday evening. Brian Ferguson ran […]
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Lloyd Memorial football: better, stronger, faster
Meet Kaleb Evans, high school quarterback for unbeaten Lloyd Memorial. A young man with three major injuries before his senior year, including a compound fracture of his left elbow suffered in May. Each time, doctors said they can rebuild him; they have the technology, they have the capability to make a Juggernaut the team’s fastest […]
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Statewide media football poll: Not much changed
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. Next week will be the last poll of the season. Here […]
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Week 10 prep football standouts/takeaways
See below from Week 10 on the gridiron that was. Each week, we’ll provide the standouts from Friday night. The top passers, rushers, receivers, defensive and kicking standouts. We’ll also look at 10 things to take away from the week. Here goes… 10 takeaways — Cooper’s Cam O’Hara continues to move up the all-time ranks […]
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NKY football playoff matchups
There’s still one week left of the regular season, but with district play over, the postseason matchups are set as each team begins their hopeful journey to Kroger Field in Lexington the first weekend in December. From 6A to 1A, here are the first and second round playoff matchups. Keep in mind, come the third […]
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Week 10 prep football roundup/scores
Ryle 41, Simon Kenton 13 Highlands 42, Scott County 28 Conner 52, Scott 21 Grayson Montgomery threw for 214 yards and two touchdowns, Cordion Abernathy ran for 121 and two more and the Cougars secured the No. 3 seed in the Class 5A, 5th District. The win sets up Conner (3-6) with a road date […]
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Ryle steadies after slow start, rolls past Simon Kenton
It took a few big plays, a steady hand from their stars, and a defense that refused to crack, but Ryle found its rhythm just when it mattered most. The Raiders captured their third straight regular-season district championship with a 41-13 victory over Simon Kenton Friday night at Clifford R. Borland Sr. Stadium in Union. […]
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Highlands’ outlasts Scott County as Lorenzen, line deliver knockout combo
In what resembled a heavyweight boxing match, Friday night’s homecoming bout between host Highlands and Scott County had body blows, flurries and finally a scoring combination that produced a knockout. And when the final bell sounded at David Cecil Memorial Stadium in Fort Thomas, the Bluebirds had prevailed, outlasting the pesky Cardinals 42-28. The victory […]
