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 […]
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Norse and Saints notes
Megan Molner has scored three goals in a soccer match before, but never in college. Until last Wednesday. Northern Kentucky’s senior forward accomplished that career milestone in the Norse’s 4-1 at Austin Peay. You could describe what Molner did in a word: firsts. Her hat trick marked the first by a Norse since the team […]
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New youth soccer program comes to Covington
Something was missing. Among the various sports programs for Covington children, there was no soccer for kids who want to be the next Christian Pulisic or Rose Lavelle and someday hoist the World Cup – or simply play for the joy of the sport. Mike Waugh, a member of the Covington Recreation Commission, started the […]
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Saints and Norse notes
The Thomas More Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2026 has been announced. The newest inductees include: • Donovan Pogue, Class of 2017, baseball – As a senior in 2016, he hit a team-high 11 home runs with seven doubles, 52 runs batted in and another 52 runs scored. • Tyler “Goose” Cohorn, 2016, football […]
