My apologies for the delay on this for the week. While it typicalls runs on Monday, you get it Thursday this week. Each week, we’ll highlight the 200-yard passers, 100-yard rushers, 100-yard receivers, defensive standouts and kicking standouts. We’ll also provide 10 takeaways from the week that was. First and 10 (10 takeaways from Friday […]
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Statewide media HS football polls
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 is the third poll of the season: Class 6A Rank-school […]
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NKHSGBCA weighs in with preseason top 10 teams/players
With the weather starting to change, is the itch getting there to be in a gym and watch some basketball? Well, the Northern Kentucky Girls Basketball Coaches Association is helping out a little. On Monday, they released the top 10 teams and players in Northern Kentucky. The players were nominated by their varsity coach and […]
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Week 5 NKY HS football roundup/scores
Beechwood 42, Covington Catholic 35 Full recap of the game can be found here Walton-Verona 29, Harrison County 0 Full recap of the game can be found here Highlands 28, Ryle 0 This one was called at halftime with due to numerous lightning delays. Bryce Armstrong threw for 122 yards and two touchdowns, running for […]
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Which football players from Kenton County high schools are now on Division I college rosters?
On Thursday, we gave you 18 NCAA Division I football players who played high school ball at local Boone County and Campbell County high schools. We promised you we would offer a similar list today full of players from northern Kentucky who performed for high school teams in Kenton County. Here they are: 15 studs […]
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Week 5 LINK nky Pick ’em
Week 5 is here! This year at LINK nky, we decided to add some fun to our coverage. We’re going to do a weekly picks contest with the three of the sports writers (Evan Dennison, Ray Schaefer and Josh Kalb) we have here and throw in a little twist…a guest picker each week. The guest […]
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Two counties, 18 D-I college football players: Who from Boone, Campbell schools are at the next level?
Did you know that there are more than 30 northern Kentucky high school football products playing college football at the Division I level? Did you know that nearly 20 of them came from Boone County and Campbell County programs? Well, you do now. And since we’re feeling generous with the local pigskin knowledge, please also […]
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Statewide media football polls
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 is the second poll of the season: Class 6A Rank-school […]
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Week 4 NKY HS football standouts/takeaways
Each week, throughout the season, make sure to come here on Monday’s (outside of Labor Day) to check out the weekly standouts and 10 takeaways from Friday night. We’ll highlight the 200-yard passers, 100-yard rushers, 100-yard receivers, defensive standouts and kicking standouts. The criteria has changed for the defensive standout list. The minimum is at […]
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Week 4 football roundup/scores
Highlands 41, Boyle County 21 The full game recap can be found here Covington Catholic 56, Dixie Heights 7 In the battle of the Colonels, CovCath (3-1) tallied 507 total yards of offense in the lopsided victory. Kiyan Miller rushed for three touchdowns while Dylan Courtney threw for over 200 yards and two touchdowns. Mac […]
