The Ryle Raiders won their third consecutive 33rd District boys soccer title on Tuesday night, downing the Conner Cougars, 2-0 in the championship game at Boone County High School. Ryle improved to 14-4-2 on the year while Conner dropped to 9-7-3. “The defense came out focused and they pretty much executed the plan we had […]
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Saturday NKY sports round-up: Notre Dame volleyball beats Assumption, takes runner-up in Asics Challenge
The Notre Dame Pandas volleyball team (23-4 overall) finished runner-up in the prestigious Asics Challenge in Chicago. The tournament featured 24 teams from six states. Notre Dame senior libero Kamden Schrand made the all-tournament team. The Pandas started the second day taking down Marist (Illinois) 2-1 (25-19, 19-25, 25-16) in the first round of the […]
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Friday NKY football round-up: Highlands, Newport win big; Scott rolls
Another week of Northern Kentucky high school football is in the books. Here is how it played out: For our story on Covington Catholic-Boone Co., click here. For our story on Walton-Verona – Carroll County, click here. For our story on Rowan County-Holmes, click here. Highlands 55, Conner 0 The Bluebirds (5-2) rolled to another […]
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Thursday NKY sports round-up: Campbell County takes down Brossart in volleyball battle
The two in-town rival volleyball teams already had one tight battle less than a week ago at the Highlands Cake Classic. This battle came for the second seed in the 37th District Tournament in a few weeks at Scott with the next one coming for the right to move on in the postseason. The Campbell […]
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Wednesday NKY sports round-up: Scott volleyball downs Campbell Co.
The Scott Eagles (18-7 overall) and Campbell County Camels volleyball teams entered the season as the favorites to win the 10th Region crown. They met for the first of a potential three times at Scott. Campbell County won the first game, 25-18. But Scott won the next three by 25-20, 25-22 and 25-20 scores to […]
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Tuesday NKY sports round-up: Cooper girls golf wins state first round
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association added another round to the state golf tournament to allow more teams and players to advance past the regional tournaments hoping to promote growth of the sport. That new format saw an addition of a state first round at three different sites. The top two teams from each region […]
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Monday NKY sports round-up: Highlands boys golf advances to state final round
Highlands finished runner-up in the first-round of the state golf tournament, finishing behind first-place Oldham Co. and ahead of third-place South Oldham. The Bluebirds advance to the state final round at Bowling Green next week. Highlands shot 318 on the par-72 course. “Our kids stuck to their game plans and we had some adversity, but […]
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Volleyball: Notre Dame beats St. Henry in front of 1,000-strong crowd
The state’s two most recent volleyball champions faced off in front a crowd of more than a thousand people on Friday night. Notre Dame got the win over St. Henry. The annual Playing for a Purpose game supports the I Have Wings Breast Cancer Foundation that Janet Chambers helped found in the early 2000s as […]
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Thursday NKY sports round-up: Dixie, Highlands soccer tie; Ryle nabs 33rd District top seed
The Highlands Bluebirds and Dixie Heights Colonels met at Rice Mountjoy Stadium for another tough 9th Region boys soccer battle. They left with a 2-2 draw. Dixie rallied from two goals down to even things up. With the tie, Highlands is now 9-4-3 on the season while Dixie is 12-2-2. “We started off slow,” said […]
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Wednesday NKY sports round-up: Scott volleyball downs Brossart; Lightning, rain cancels girls soccer games
The Scott Eagles (17-5) opened 37th District action with a convincing 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-21) win over the Bishop Brossart Mustangs (12-9). Scott had four aces, 33 kills, 12 blocks and 69 digs overall. Freshman Milyn Minor had two aces, five blocks, 14 digs and 13 kills with senior Makaylah Mitchell putting together 12 kills […]
