With the fall high school sports season at its end, the LINK nky Team of the Season winner is the Bellevue football team.Â
The Tigers were one of 11 teams during the fall season that won LINK nky Team of the Week and came away as the TOS, after compiling over half of the total votes with 36,924. We received  over 68,000 votes!
They will be awarded a commemorative plaque and a student-athlete of their choice will be awarded a $500 scholarship, thanks to OrthoCincy in sponsoring the award and plaque. The Tigers will be presented the plaque and scholarship at a later date.
Bellevue persevered in a season that faced some adversity. They had a game canceled at Lynn Camp due to safety concerns with the I-75 shooter in September and had a game postponed a couple of days with Gamble Montessori in Cincinnati due to the violence in the city.
After a loss to Eminence in the first game of their season, the Tigers routed Trimble County, Pendleton County and Gamble Montessori for a 3-1 start.
Bellevue went on to beat district rival Dayton, 42-0, in the annual Battle for the Paddle.Â
The Tigers sported a 5-5 record, surpassing last season’s win total of four, and having their winningest season in six years.Â
Jordan Pendleton was the team’s go-to guy. He had three passing touchdowns, 901 rushing yards, 16 rushing touchdowns, eight receptions for 107 yards and a score. Defensively, he had four fumble recoveries, one resulting in a touchdown, 53 tackles, one tackle for a loss and three interceptions.Â
Quarterback Stephen Specht had 407 passing yards and five touchdowns, his leading receiver Brayden Sizemore had 17 catches for 256 yards and two touchdowns.
Sizemore led the team in tackles with 76, adding on two TFL, one sack and tying Pendleton for the most interceptions on the team with three, one a pick-six. Arion Stuckey had a team-high three TFL, along with three sacks. Derrick Fortner had 63 tackles, one TFL and a team-leading six sacks.
The Tigers also had four named to the Northern Kentucky Football Coaches Association Division IV All-Area team:
Offensive lineman Patrick Vogt, Pendleton, Fortner and Sizemore.