The LINK nky Team of the Week for August 31-Sept. 6 presented by Ortho Cincy is the Walton-Verona football team.
A bonus for the Walton-Verona football team is that they are now eligible for Team of the Season (TOS) for the fall sports season. They join the Holy Cross football team as the first two award winners for the season. The weekly nominations and winners will run in to November. A vote will follow for TOS when the fall sports season is wrapped up to determine the winner. The winner for TOS will then be one of three nominees for Team of the Year voting in June. Each TOS winner will receive a $500 scholarship that will go to an athlete of their choice and they will then be up for Team of the Year (TOY).
For the team that is awarded TOY, 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.
WALTON-VERONA FOOTBALL
The Bearcats picked up their first win of the season in thrilling fashion with a 33-28 road victory over Ludlow on Sept. 5. 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 the Bearcats 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.
Congratulations to our other nominees as well: Cooper football, Scott volleyball, Villa Madonna boys soccer, Highlands volleyball and Campbell County girls soccer.
Check the sports page Monday for new nominees for Team of the Week for Sept. 7-13!
