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!
Here are the nominees…(voting poll at the bottom)
SCOTT VOLLEYBALL
After a 1-3 start to the season, Scott has won eight games in a row from that point. They took home their own September Slam (in August) the prior weekend and followed it up with wins over Harrison County and Walton-Verona last week.
They’re led in kills on the season by Milyn Minor with 171, blocks by Reagan Cummins with 17, Ryann Grigsby with 285 assists, Emory Sullivan with 134 digs and Minor and Payton Grigsby with 15 aces.
WALTON-VERONA FOOTBALL
The Bearcats picked up their first win of the season in thrilling fashion with a 33-28 road victory over Ludlow. Trailing 28-21 with under five minutes to play, Walton-Verona scored two touchdowns in the final 3:59 to win the game.
Avery Howe threw for 223 yards and three touchdowns in the victory, hitting Brayden Donato for all three touchdowns. Andrew Lynn rushed for two touchdowns, including the game-winner with under 20 seconds to play.
The Bearcat defense forced three turnovers, Shawn Sinkhorn and Donato with interceptions, Donato also with a fumble recovery to go with his seven tackles. Alexander Yutze paced Walton with 10 tackles in the contest. Cooper Burch had six tackles, one of them for loss and a forced fumble.
Walton-Verona will look to move to 2-1 with a home game against Boone County on Friday.
COOPER FOOTBALL
Despite not many giving them a chance, the Jaguars prevailed in the Battle of Union with a 20-13 victory over rival Ryle.
Keagan Maher’s rushing touchdown in the closing seconds secured the Jaguars victory, their second straight in the rivalry series. Maher finished with 78 yards rushing and added 12 yards receiving. Ryker Campbell intercepted a pass and returned it for a touchdown while Eyler Tibbs kicked two field goals and made two extra points for the scoring.
The Jaguars defense forced three turnovers, Jaymauri Duncan and Talon Calhoun recovering fumbles to go with Campbell’s interception. Max Wethington and Colton Graham recorded 12 tackles, Dax Bolen with nine and Duncan eight.
It was Cooper’s first win of the season, improving to 1-2 with Campbell County on deck at home this week.
VILLA MADONNA BOYS SOCCER
The Vikings started the season 0-3-1, but are now 3-3-1 after three wins last week.
They defeated Holy Cross 6-1, Pendleton County 5-0 and Mason County 2-1. The stats from those games are unavailable on the KHSAA website.
HIGHLANDS VOLLEYBALL
Highlands has won four straight, including two wins last week over Conner, 3-0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-23) and Dixie Heights, 3-0 (25-15, 25-9, 25-11).
They display a balanced offense with six having at least double-digit kills on the season led by Liz Perkins with 44 and Alexis Steinhauser with 40. Edy Hobson paces them with 15 blocks, Audrey Sorrentino and Ava Muzumdar with 79 and 78 assists, respectively. Hayden Gessner leads the way in digs with 81 and Muzumdar’s 16 aces is tops on the team.
The Bluebirds are 5-1 on the season with the lone loss to Notre Dame Academy. They play at Boone County on Thursday before hosting the Highlands Cake Classic Sept. 12-13 against Campbell County, Bryan Station, Conner, Holy Cross and Great Crossing.
CAMPBELL COUNTY GIRLS SOCCER
After a 2-4 start to the season, Campbell County has won four in a row including wins over Beechwood (4-1) and Montgomery County (3-0) last week.
Their primary goal scorers are the Crowley’s, Caitlin with six and Kennedy with five. Kennedy leads the team with six assists, Hailey Roomes with four and Meryem Gonulates with three. Morgan Roomes paces the goalkeepers with 29 saves.
They’ll look to continue their winning ways with a 37th District matchup against Scott on Monday followed by a home matchup with St. henry on Wednesday and another district road matchup at Calvary Christian on Saturday.
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