Horizon League releases men’s, women’s basketball schedules The Horizon League announced its full men’s and women’s basketball conference schedule on Thursday, with the Norse set to open the conference season in early December. The Norse men begin Dec. 2 at Oakland and Dec. 5 at Detroit Mercy. NKU hosts IU-Indianapolis in its first home game […]
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Bishop Brossart rolls to 10-0 start, sweeps Campbell County
The wins keep piling up, and Bishop Brossart’s players keep pointing to the same reason for them. Teamwork. The Lady ’Stangs improved to 10-0 with a 3-0 sweep of Campbell County (25-14, 25-13, 25-9) at the Seither Sports Center in Alexandria, their second sweep over a district opponent. The credit goes back to the team’s […]
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Norse, Saints notes
One streak continued Sunday, and another ended. The University of Cincinnati women’s soccer team was responsible for both. The Bearcats defeated Northern KentuckyUniversity, 2-1, in the Riverboat Rivalry match at Scudamore Field at NKU Soccer Stadium, ending the Norse’s 14-game home winning string and extending UC’s record against NKU to 5-0-1. “I think it’s important […]
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End of the Run: St. Henry breaks Notre Dame’s 9th Region win streak
The streak is over. It took No. 6-ranked St. Henry five sets to do what them and every other Ninth Region team had been trying to do for five years: topple the volleyball giants, No. 2-ranked Notre Dame. The Crusaders did it by completing the reverse sweep, 3-2 (18-25, 24-26, 27-25, 25-20, 15-11), on the […]
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Saints and Norse notes
NKU women’s soccer streak ends Northern Kentucky University’s women’s soccer team was part of history Sunday – but not the kind the Norse wanted. Morehead State handed NKU (4-1) its first loss of the season, 2-0. The Eagles beat the Norse for the first time in program history (NKU is still 8-1-1 overall) and scored […]
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Five from NKY show up in first regular season KVCA poll
Five Northern Kentucky teams appeared on the first regular season Kentucky Volleyball Coaches Association poll, released on Wednesday. The poll will be released bi-weekly throughout the regular season and a coach must be a member of the KVCA to participate, 23 members voted in the first poll with Assumption voted the unanimous No. 1. Notre […]
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Comeback Cooper: Lady Jaguars rally past Simon Kenton
The term “Comeback City” may have always been talking about Independence. Inside Joe Stark Memorial Gymnasium Tuesday night, the night was full of them. But Cooper’s volleyball team had the biggest comeback of all, rallying from a 2-0 deficit to win three straight sets and escape with a 3-2 victory over Simon Kenton, (23-25, 19-25, […]
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Notre Dame Academy leads local contingent into 2026 high school volleyball season
When it comes to Notre Dame Academy athletics, few programs put the NDA in Pandas better than volleyball. The school has won more than 30 state team championships, and 10 of them belong to the volleyball team. “Volleyball has had a lot of success,” Notre Dame co‑coach Hannah Colvin said. “There is a lot of […]
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Saints and Norse notes
The Thomas More Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2026 has been announced. The newest inductees include: • Donovan Pogue, Class of 2017, baseball – As a senior in 2016, he hit a team-high 11 home runs with seven doubles, 52 runs batted in and another 52 runs scored. • Tyler “Goose” Cohorn, 2016, football […]
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First-ever Covington Catholic volleyball coach leans into new job
Volleyball is a game of rotation, relentless energy, and keeping the ball alive at all costs. It’s a dynamic that former local prep and college player Tara Leen knows by heart. “I love the sport,” said Leen, the recently appointed head coach of the Covington Catholic High School boys volleyball team. “It’s a beautiful game.” […]
