The Kentucky Football Coaches Association has named the Player, Coach and Lineman of the Year for all 48 districts in KHSAA high school football. They are voted on by KFCA members within each district to determine the winners. For each of the six classes, Player of the Year, Linemen of the Year and Coach of […]
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Title decided on controversial final point as Assumption tops Notre Dame in five-set thriller
Often times in sports, they say it’s a game of inches — and on Saturday night in the KHSAA state volleyball final, those inches played a major part. Meeting for the ninth time with a title on the line, Notre Dame Academy and Assumption added another unforgettable chapter to their storied rivalry. This one ended […]
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Week 1 playoff roundup/scores
Friday Class 6A Ryle 48, Eastern 0 The Raiders (8-3) led 41-0 by halftime to advance to the second round and will face Ballard. Simon Kenton 31, Oldham County 9 Ballard 35, Campbell County 21 Class 5A Collins 52, Dixie Heights 49 Titans’ Gage Miller’s 18-yard field goal with one second remaining capped off a […]
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Forecasting the third round
Let’s have some fun. Of course coaches will tell you “we’re taking it one game at a time” and rightfully so, but we’re not. So, the way the KHSAA football playoffs works and has been explained here before, but come the third round the RPI plays a big part in setting up matchups. The bracket […]
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Week 11 prep football standouts/takeaways
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 […]
