Last season, OrthoCincy Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine and LINK nky expanded the Team of the Week program to include three Team of the Season winners and one overall winner for Team of the Year.
LINK nky is once again excited to partner with OrthoCincy Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine and announce the highly popular Team of the Week and Team of the Season awards are back for 2025-26 sports seasons!
Nominations and Voting
Each week, a call for Team of the Week nominations will be announced via LINK nky’s online and printed editions with links shared on all of LINK nky social media platforms. The inclusive nomination and selection process will highlight the team’s achievements from the prior week with a supported photo of the team to represent them.
Voting instructions along with each nominated team’s accomplishment(s) will be published online every Monday and posted in that week’s print edition. A link will be shared via social media as well. The voting process is open to the public through Friday at noon each week, and the newest TOTW will be announced with a featured article on Friday and featured in the following week’s print edition.
Participants can vote multiple times a day and can vote every day leading up to the close of voting. All are encouraged to share voting links to help promote the team of their choice.
Team of the Season and Team of the Year
Again this year, the program will include Team of the Season (TOTS) and Team of the Year (TOTY) awards. Sports seasons are considered fall, winter and spring for the purpose of this awards program. At the conclusion of each sports season, an overall TOTS winner will be chosen from all previous TOTW winners for that season. Their school will also receive a $500 scholarship to be presented to the athlete of their choice at the end of the school year.
Finally, the program culminates by selecting one TOTY from the three TOTS award winners. Online and print articles will again be published, a large commemorative plaque will be presented and the school will receive an additional $500 scholarship to be presented to the athlete of their choice at the end of the school year.
The call for nominations, voting and winning announcement for each will follow the same format as the TOTW.
OrthoCincy Orthopeadics and Sports Medicine and LINK nky are again proud to partner and celebrate the remarkable achievements of our local high school athletes and teams!
BISHOP BROSSART VOLLEYBALL
It was a 3-0 week for the Lady ‘Stangs with wins over Conner, Lloyd Memorial and Paris as they improved to 4-2 on the season.
The win over Conner was a thrilling five-setter followed by a straight sets victory over Lloyd and then taking down Paris in four sets.
Callie Ritter was a force at the net with 58 kills in the three contests with 37 blocks. Evelyn Laker added 28 kills, Leah Robinson with 25 kills and Hailey Heitker with 21. Aubrey Rebholz tallied 131 assists and Grace Frommeyer finished with 71 digs.
Brossart hopes to add to their four-game winning streak with a matchup against Beechwood on Tuesday.
SIMON KENTON GIRLS SOCCER
The Simon Kenton girls soccer team is off to their best start since 2015 as they currently sit at 8-0-1 on the young season.
They defeated Grant County 8-0 last week and have scored 36 goals on the season with just six allowed. Ella Smith leads the way with 14 goals, Reese Johnson with eight. They’ve had 34 of their 36 goals assisted on with Niya Johnson leading the way with six, Meg Gadzala and Aniah Zembrodt with five each. Makenna Doherty has allowed just five goals in eight starts with 40 saves and a 0.6 goals against average.
They’ll put their undefeated record to the test with a home matchup against Notre Dame Academy on Wednesday.
BEECHWOOD VOLLEYBALL
Beechwood’s volleyball team is off to an 8-1 start and claimed the 9th Region All “A” title last week with wins over Holy Cross, Dayton and Newport Central Catholic. They didn’t drop a set in the tournament.
Isabel O’Brien collected 23 kills and nine aces in the three games, Isabel Baaker had 16 kills and Rachel Lewandowski had 14 kills. Skylr Estep finished with 58 assists and eight aces and Maggie Dawson led the way with 22 digs.
BOONE COUNTY FOOTBALL
The Rebels are off to a 2-0 start, matching last year’s win total after a 40-6 victory over St. Henry on Friday.
Michael Chiasson threw for 250 yards and three touchdowns in the victory, his main target Payton Crager with four receptions for 107 yards and two touchdowns. Steven Johnson was featured in the run game with 134 rushing yards on 16 carries and two touchdowns.
The defense was stout with 21 tackles for loss and 10 sacks. Marveen Moise collected five tackles for loss and three sacks, Travis Hodges had four tackles for loss and a sack. Javier Diaz had four tackles for loss and two sacks and Mateo Granados had three tackles for loss and a sack.
Boone County will look to go 3-0 with a game against Newport Central Catholic on Friday at Covington Catholic. It’s their first 2-0 start since 2022 and they’ll look to go 3-0 for the first time since 2011.
HOLY CROSS FOOTBALL
The Indians are off to their first 2-0 start since 2016 after a thrilling 25-24 victory over Bracken County.
Despite struggling offensively, the Indians used their special teams and opportunistic defense to their path to victory. Max Hunt returned an onside kick attempt for a touchdown while Gabriel Romito hit both of his extra-point attempts and a field goal. Charles Oglesby also scored on a two-point conversion, extra-point attempts and two-point conversions proving critical as they held the Polar Bears 0-for-4 on such attempts.
Dustin Wilson led the Indians defense with 10 tackles, an interception and fumble recovery. Thomas Maddox also had a fumble recovery and Jacob Rieselman forced one of the fumbles. Oglesby had nine tackles, one of them for loss and Braylon Thornberry added eight tackles.
They’ll look to start 3-0 for the first time in program history when they play at Clermont Northeastern (Ohio) on Friday.
DIXIE HEIGHTS BOYS SOCCER
The Colonels are 7-0 to start the season which included hard fought wins over Ryle and Conner last week.
The 1-0 victory over Ryle was their first over the Raiders since 2022, snapping a three-game losing streak in the series. Trae Lameier had the lone goal in the contest, Lee Tucker with the assist. Aiden Susner had five saves for the clean sheet.
In the 3-2 win over Conner, Tucker, Donovan Lameier and Trevor Bolte had the goals, Donovan Lameier and Bolte with the assists while Susner had four saves.
Dixie will look to go 8-0 with a home district tilt against St. Henry on Wednesday. It’s their best start to a season this century.
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