We made it! The KHSAA football regular season has reached its end and it’s now a race to the first week of December at Kroger Field in Lexington. This will be the last of the prep football standouts/takeaways for the season as we shift our focus to solely on the postseason. See below from Week […]
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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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Highlands’ remarkable turnaround continues: Bluebirds advance to state title game
Not much was going right for the Highlands girls soccer team through the first 12 games of the season. Sitting at 3-8-1 after a 3-1 loss to Campbell County on Sept. 15, the Bluebirds were still searching for their identity. Fast forward a month and a half, the identity has been found and mastered and […]
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Colonels advance on penalties again, punch ticket to state championship
When the scoreboard read 0-0 after regulation and two overtime periods, Covington Catholic didn’t panic — they smiled. For the third time this postseason, the Colonels turned a deadlock into a victory from the penalty spot, knocking off South Oldham 4-3 in a dramatic penalty kick shootout in Tuesday night’s KHSAA Boys’ Soccer State Tournament […]
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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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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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Week 10 prep football: How to watch, listen or follow
Just two weeks remain in the KHSAA football regular season. The 10th week of the KHSAA football season has arrived. Throughout the year, we’ll provide streaming/audio links and where the game will be played if wanting to attend. (Note: Some of the links require a subscription to access the game) Here’s the Week 10 slate: […]
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Highlands knocks off unbeaten Boyle County to earn first state tourney win since 2019
You gotta have heart. A Highlands team that hadn’t tasted victory at the state tournament in a few years showed plenty of that Tuesday as it stunned No. 1-ranked Boyle County in the first round of the girls state soccer tournament. Macy Hargis punched in the tiebreaking goal with nine minutes remaining to give the […]
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Statewide media prep football polls: Cooper climbin’, NewCath cracks top 10
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. Here are the polls after nine weeks of action: Class 6A […]
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Week 9 prep football standouts/takeaways
See below from the Week 9 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 — It was another blowout Friday…Of the 14 games featuring […]