Notre Dame Academy has decided to part ways with girls’ basketball coach Kes Murphy. Murphy guided the Pandas the past seven seasons and was informed of the decision on Friday. He started with the program in the 2018-19 season and led the Pandas to six district championships and three Ninth Region championship games, the most […]
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Conner hires Rash as next football coach
It’s been a rough week and a half for the Conner community with the passing of longtime football coach Dave Trosper, but Thursday offered some good news as they’ve found a highly acclaimed replacement. The high school announced that they’ve hired Noel Rash to be the next head coach of the program, replacing Trosper who […]
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Covington, Ludlow helped bring baseball back to Cincinnati
If not for an 1876 meeting in New York City, baseball fans might now be cheering for the Covington Stars or the Ludlow Base Ball Club instead of the Cincinnati Reds. Latonia filmmaker Cam Miller shared that fact during Tuesday’s webinar, “How Northern Kentucky Helped Save Baseball in Cincinnati,” part of the NKY History Hour […]
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Campbell County’s Schweitzer heading for enshrinement in 10th Region hall
Campbell County High School baseball coach Scott Schweitzer was the Shohei Ohtani of his day when he played ball in college. As a senior at Kentucky Wesleyan, he was an All-Great Lakes Valley Conference pick at two positions: designated hitter and pitcher. But Schweitzer never really saw himself as a hall-of-famer. The 6-foot-2 two-way talent […]
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Beechwood’s Tyler Fryman: The next two-sport college athlete?
When you think of two-sport college athletes, you think of Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders, Russell Wilson, Kyler Murray or Jamies Winston, to name a few. Could Beechwood’s Tyler Fryman be the next to join the list when he gets to college? The college landscape has changed a bunch since the names in the opening sentence […]
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Newport’s Starks adds UC offer
Newport rising junior Griffin Starks’ basketball recruitment continues to heat up. He recently added a scholarship offer from the University of Cincinnati, bringing his total up to six Division I offers now. He also holds offers from Ohio State, West Virginia, Penn State, Florida State and Ohio. The name of Starks’ game is versatility. Listed […]
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Three from NKY make All-State softball teams
The Kentucky Softball Coaches Association released its All-State teams over the weekend. Unlike what they do during the season, the All-State teams are broken up into three classes for Class A, 2A and 3A with a first and second team and an honorable mention for each class. Highlands had a duo make the 3A team, […]
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Sydney Moss headed to the D1 coaching ranks
Boone County grad and former Miss Kentucky Basketball Sydney Moss is making the jump to the Division I coaching ranks. After three seasons with Wilmington College in Ohio, one as an assistant and two as head coach, Moss recently accepted an assistant coaching position with Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. “I’m extremely excited to join […]
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Which NKY baseball players made the KHSBCA All-State teams?
The Kentucky High School Baseball Coaches Association announced their selections for the All-State baseball teams. They consist of three teams with Corbin’s Kade Elam winning Mr. Baseball. Elam is a University of Louisville signee. As for Northern Kentucky baseball players, Beechwood’s Chase Flaherty, Simon Kenton’s Tyler Ruete and Campbell County’s Tyler Schumacher made the first […]
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Conner football coach Dave Trosper dies at 55
Longtime Conner High School football coach David Trosper died on Saturday, he was 55. Trosper, the longest tenured football coach in Northern Kentucky, passed away from a heart attack, multiple people close to Trosper have informed LINK nky. Trosper took over Conner’s football program in 2007 He’s a 1988 Boone County graduate, playing football for […]