The Northern Kentucky High School Girls Basketball Coaches Association has announced its selections for the Northern Kentucky All-Division teams. Competing under the umbrella of the Northern Kentucky Athletic Conference (NKAC), the association recognizes standout performances across three divisions. The NKAC is structured by school size, with Division I consisting of the largest schools in the […]
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What’s in a name? Ryle swimmer Chase Knopf has the surprising answers
As long as he can remember, Ryle High School swimmer Chase Knopf has been chasing best times, records and history while competitors chase him. It’s been an endless cycle involving talent, hard work and determination for the all-around senior. “I’ve been swimming since I was 5,” said Knopf, who turned 18 in September. “I have […]
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Straight out of a movie: St. Henry’s Kunstek’s buzzer-beater gives Sullivan win over former team Cooper
Hollywood called. They want the script. It starts like this: Coach of 17 years builds a program up from its infancy into a two-time region champion and nearly 300 wins. Gets non-renewed after 17 seasons and heads to a different program. The program he’s with now faces old program that let him go on a […]
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Ludlow’s Addy Garrett closes in on school scoring record after a difficult year
Day by day, things are getting a little brighter for Ludlow senior Addy Garrett, one of northern Kentucky’s most productive multi‑sport athletes. “I’m doing well,” she said. “Definitely better than this time last year.” Garrett has played three high school sports, earned college offers and climbed steadily up Ludlow’s all‑time scoring lists. Her numbers and […]
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Boys Elite 16: Covington Catholic ascends to No. 1
Each week through the end of the regular season, the Kentucky prep basketball poll will be released every Tuesday. It’s been rebranded as the ‘Elite 16’ media poll, taking votes from 16 media members throughout the state with 16 teams ranked. Below each poll is the top five teams in their respective region, voted on […]
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Holmes welcomes back iconic Bulldogs from historic 1976–78 run
Some call them the greatest teams the 9th Region has ever seen. On Friday night inside David Evans Fieldhouse in Covington, the band got back together. Holmes High School welcomed back the Bulldogs of 1976–78, the three straight region championship basketball teams that helped define an era and reshape the program’s legacy. There were hugs, […]
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The new Queens of NKY? Simon Kenton makes their case with win over Cooper
Not only was it a matchup of two top 10 teams in the state, but bragging rights for the best girls basketball team in the Northern Kentucky area were on the line when Simon Kenton traveled to Cooper on Thursday night. As the Lady Jaguars have held firm to the crown for years on that […]
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Forecasting the Sweet 16
These are just projections. Nothing more, nothing less. Upsets will happen, they do every year. But…let’s take the chalk from the top picks in each region by the statewide media poll and see what each KHSAA Sweet 16 basketball tournament would look like. BOYS First Round Top half of bracket (in order) Covington Catholic vs […]
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Holy Cross claims third All “A” title in four years
The Holy Cross girls basketball team can now claim something no one else in the state can. With their fourth All “A” state championship in a 60-42 victory over Owensboro Catholic, they became the first girls basketball program in state history with four All “A” state titles. It marks their third title in the last […]
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Region 7 swimming: Knopf’s wins are a regional record
There was a record-setting Saturday in Taylor Mill – courtesy of Ryle senior swimmer Chase Knopf. Knopf won the 200- and 500-yard freestyle at the Region 7 meet at Scott’s David Webb-Jerry Mohr Natatorium, which gave him nine individual regional wins in five seasons. “Of course, I’m so thankful, you know,” Knopf said. “I couldn’t […]