No tale of two halves between Bishop Brossart and Notre Dame. For now. There was no winner Wednesday night at the Mustang Athletic Complex in Alexandria, and no goals to separate the two teams. Just 40 minutes of soccer between the No. 2 Pandas and No. 9 Lady ‘Stangs before lightning in the area suspended […]
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Norse, Saints notes
One streak continued Sunday, and another ended. The University of Cincinnati women’s soccer team was responsible for both. The Bearcats defeated Northern KentuckyUniversity, 2-1, in the Riverboat Rivalry match at Scudamore Field at NKU Soccer Stadium, ending the Norse’s 14-game home winning string and extending UC’s record against NKU to 5-0-1. “I think it’s important […]
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Ryle brings the storm, knocks off Covington Catholic
Lightning had the final say Thursday night in a boys soccer matchup between Ryle and Covington Catholic, but the storm that mattered most came before it. Though the match ended early with 29:33 remaining at C.R. Borland Stadium in Union, No. 20 Ryle was credited with a 2-1 victory over No. 12 CovCath, rallying from […]
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Notre Dame up to No. 2 in latest KHSGSCA poll
The second edition of the Kentucky High School Girls Soccer Association poll is out. Five Northern Kentucky teams remained in the poll with Notre Dame moving up to No. 2. The Pandas are 6-2 on the season after a loss to No. 1 Central Hardin on Saturday and a win over Beechwood on Monday. They […]
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Saints and Norse notes
NKU women’s soccer streak ends Northern Kentucky University’s women’s soccer team was part of history Sunday – but not the kind the Norse wanted. Morehead State handed NKU (4-1) its first loss of the season, 2-0. The Eagles beat the Norse for the first time in program history (NKU is still 8-1-1 overall) and scored […]
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No longer, ‘Can we?’, Ryle girls soccer focuses on ‘Why not?’
Ask the players at Ryle what’s different this year, and the answer keeps coming back to the same thing: belief. The Lady Raiders have stopped wondering whether they’re good enough to compete and started believing they belong…in every game, against every opponent and among the region’s best. That belief didn’t come overnight. Ryle’s girls soccer […]
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First Kentucky High School Girls Soccer Coaches Association poll released
The coaches across the state have made their selections for the first Kentucky High School Girls Soccer Association coaches poll. The poll is typically released bi-weekly throughout the season. Five Northern Kentucky teams show up in the initial poll. Notre Dame (5-1) is third. The Pandas own victories over No. 2 team Sacred Heart, No. […]
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Saints/Norse notes
Tofa Luani thinks he knows why Thomas More’s 2025 season was a nightmare. “There was just a lot of me-ism going on on the team,” the Saints linebacker said. “And then people really, they just went off based on themselves and really not just a team themselves.” Thomas More opens the season at noon Saturday […]
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Rundell Rankings showcase strength of NKY soccer
Last season, the Rundell Rankings debuted with a goal of bringing something Kentucky high school soccer had been missing: a legitimate, math-based system for ranking boys and girls teams across the state. The system was created by Michael Rundell, an assistant with the West Jessamine boys soccer program, and his friend Joseph Thacker. The two […]
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Fuller and Smith power Bishop Brossart past Conner
Bishop Brossart’s schedule is tough enough to test any team. After a 4-1 loss in the season opener to defending state runner-up No. 6 Highlands and a 0-0 tie against No. 5 Lexington Catholic, the goals finally came — and there were plenty of them — as No. 9 Brossart shut out No. 17 Conner […]