It’s an overcast and drizzly Tuesday afternoon in Fort Mitchell. Sunlight pokes through gray clouds as rarely as opponents have scored against the Beechwood High School football team. Two days before Thanksgiving, the sun can only create a muted tapestry of faint light and shadows on wet, leaf-covered grounds. There in this classic autumn scene […]
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Walk-off courage: Verax’s OT conversion sends Ryle to state semifinals
Ryle completed a come-from-behind win with a savage coda in overtime — and without Mr. Football hopeful Jacob Savage on the field. Nathan Verax scored a walk-off 2-point conversion to stun host Frederick Douglass 28-27, securing the Raiders a second straight Class 6A region title and a state-semifinal trip to South Warren next week. Verax […]
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Covington man behind ‘Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town’ also wrote Nat King Cole’s baseball anthem
The holiday season is upon us. Local radio stations are already playing Christmas music. The area has seen its first snowfall, not long after the conclusion of one of the greatest World Series ever played. Seems like a good time to talk about Haven Gillespie. Yes, that Haven Gillespie, the Covington-born lyricist behind “Santa Claus […]
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NKY coaches weigh in with top 10 teams/players
We’re two weeks away from the first tip of the regular season on Dec. 1 and it’s time to dive into basketball preview season. Over the next two weeks, we’ll provide you district by district previews for boys and girls from the 32nd through 37th Districts. Below you’ll see what the coaches feel about Northern […]
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Round 2 playoff scores/roundup
Class A Newport Central Catholic 42, Bishop Brossart 21 The Thoroughbreds (8-4) have now won seven in a row and scored exactly 42 points in their last three games. Now comes a familiar scenario, they head to Campbellsville for the third straight year for a region championship. Eddie Bivens had a night to remember for […]
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NKY football stats leaders
With teams starting to bow out of the postseason and everyone near the same amount of games played this season, we’ll provide you with our final stats leaders for Northern Kentucky (Boone, Campbell and Kenton) players. Here they are: Passing Yards Mason Fields, Dixie Heights — 2,669 Trey Cook, Scott — 2,513 Emmett Queen, Beechwood […]
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KFCA names All-District Player, Coach and Lineman of the Year
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 […]