From Bellevue to Belfry to Bardstown, public school children took state achievement tests this week. Bellevue’s boys track team passed an extra exam Tuesday – the Tigers won the Northern Kentucky Athletic Conference Division III team title at Ludlow over Villa Madonna Academy, 107-87. The Tigers’ win was the first since 1997 – a goal […]
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Mustangs corral NKAC track team titles
Storms and a downed tree did not prevent Bishop Brossart from taking two Northern Kentucky Athletic Conference Division II track and field team titles. In an event that began April 27 at St. Henry and was postponed until Monday at Holmes, the Mustangs completed their sweep. The girls beat Beechwood, 126-69, and the boys did […]
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Camels, Colonels win NKAC track titles
As she drove to a junior varsity track meet at Boone County Wednesday afternoon, Toni McKee was maybe more joyful than she was the day before. Such glee was possible because McKee and Campbell County won their first Northern Kentucky Athletic Conference Division I title since 2012 on Tuesday at Notre Dame, a 101.5-89 win […]
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Speedy siblings: Blettner twins lead CovCath, Notre Dame
When sprinting is the subject at the Blettner house in Park Hills, the dinnertime conversation sometimes features playful trash-talking. It doesn’t take much for Notre Dame senior Kate Blettner and her older by seven minutes fraternal twin brother, Covington Catholic senior Rhett Blettner, to tease each other. Rhett starts with his quicker times – a […]
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‘Pretty good’ Walters seeks more gold for Brossart
Ava Walters’ pre-practice routine didn’t change Tuesday afternoon: up-and-down stretches, leg swings, easy tosses in shot put and discus, full-power throws, cool-downs and more stretching. “Just getting my body and, like, getting some flow in there,” Bishop Brossart’s senior thrower said. “I go through a progression I’ve been doing for a while; it’s about seven-, […]
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2026 outdoor track and field preview: NKY well-represented (again)
It’s a verity as certain as daffodils, pansies and hyacinths blooming in April. The 2026 high school outdoor track season started some three weeks ago, and once again Northern Kentucky is well-represented in the ky.milesplit.com state all-class polls. Especially on the girls side. Simon Kenton is sixth, Cooper is seventh, Bishop Brossart is ninth, Dixie […]
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Who won Class 2A track and field titles from NKY?
Covington Catholic dominated the KHSAA Class 2A state indoor track and field meet at the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center in Louisville on Thursday. The Colonels doubled up everyone, scoring 113 points and beating the field by 60 points with Bourbon County runner up at 53 points. The 4×400 relay team of Rhett Blettner, […]
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Who won Class 3A indoor track and field titles from NKY?
Simon Kenton’s Alexis Howard won two state titles, one of them setting a state record in Wednesday’s KHSAA Class 3A indoor track and field state meet at the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center in Louisville. Howard earned gold in both the long jump and triple jump, her 18-foot, seven and a quarter inch jump […]
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Who won Class A indoor track and field state titles from NKY?
The KHSAA Class A indoor track and field state meet was held on Tuesday at the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center in Louisville. It’s the first of three state meets over the next three days, Class 2A on Wednesday and 3A concluding things on Thursday. Beechwood’s boys dominated the team scoring with 88 points, Bishop […]
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Like parents, like son: Cooper’s Van Laningham goes for another cross-country gold
At first, Paul Van Laningham followed his older brother Luke to Cooper’s cross country practices and meets. Van Laningham’s a senior for the Jaguars now, and much of Kentucky follows him. He’s the defending boys Class 3A state champion, and if he wins the biggest-school race in November, he’ll be the first 3A boy to […]
