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. Â
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!Â
Here are the nominees…(voting poll at the bottom)
NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC GIRLS SOCCER
NewCath won the Smoky Mountain Cup in Tennessee over the weekend with a 2-0-1 record and wins over White House (TN), Greeneville (TN) and a tie against Heritage (TN).
They got goals from Caroline Rust, Maggie West, Greta Hansbauer and Crosley Giesler with Brooklyn Cole assisting on two of the goals. Ava Menning earned two shutouts and had 45 saves in the three games.
NewCath is now 7-4-1 on the season with Ryle up next on Wednesday.
CONNER VOLLEYBALL
The Lady Cougars won the Highlands Cake Classic over the weekend at Highlands by going 4-0 with wins over Bryan Station, Great Crossing, Holy Cross and Highlands in the championship.
The 4-0 weekend improved them to 8-4 on the season and have won six in a row.
Through 12 games, they are led in kills by Charlotte Patton (163) and Shylyn Koerber (89), blocks by Anniak Berwanger (26) and Rhys Everett (23), Koerber in assists (164) and Alexis Kampsen (136), digs by Makena Marks (128) and Koerber (106) and aces by Koerber (24) and Addy Back (18).
They’ll look to improve on their winning streak Monday in a road matchup at Campbell County.
DAYTON FOOTBALL
The Greendevils earned a 42-39 thrilling victory over Ludlow on Friday to even up their record at 2-2.
It was their second win in as many games at their new stadium on campus and did so with high-flying offense once again. Malachi Kennedy was the standout, rushing for 277 yards and three touchdowns in the victory. Through just two games at 200 Greendevil Lane, fans have already seen 192 combined points, 104 scored by Dayton and 88 by opponents. Both games ended with the team in green celebrating.
Much of that production has come from sophomore Malachi Kennedy. Against Pendleton County in the team’s second game of the season, he accounted for eight touchdowns. Against Ludlow, he delivered again, erupting for the game-winning 59-yard touchdown run with 4:14 remaining.
Kennedy finished with 24 carries for 277 rushing yards, three rushing touchdowns, and three two-point conversions. Other touchdown scores in the high-scoring affair with the Panthers were Landan Harris hitting Mykah Foster for a 53-yard touchdown, Foster scoring on a 19-yard run and Elias Lopez-Torres on a 17-yard run.
Lopez-Torres had 55 yards rushing and Foster had 44 as the Greendevils ran for 378 yards.
They’ll look to go to 3-2 with a game at Western Hills on Friday.
BELLEVUE FOOTBALL
The Tigers improved to 2-2 with a gritty 21-7 home victory over St. Henry on Friday.
Not only was it a win on their home field, but it was a victory on their new synthetic turf at Gilligan Stadium.
The Tigers name of the game so far has been defense, forcing four turnovers on Friday and bringing their count to 15 on the season. They forced three fumbles and had an interception. Kayne Ross had two turnovers forced, one interception and a fumble recovery and fumbles recovered by Kameron Stokes and Ben Trimnell. Arion Stuckey was a force in the middle with five tackles for loss and two sacks.
Offensively, Stephen Specht ran for two touchdowns and Carson Scott had the other.
The Tigers will look to improve to 3-2 with a home matchup against Iroquois next.
CALVARY CHRISTIAN VOLLEYBALL
The Lady Cougars earned their first win over Campbell County this century with a thrilling 3-2 (25-27, 25-20, 24-26, 25-19, 15-13) victory over the Camels.
It improved their record to 13-2 and went 3-0 last week. They are led in kills by Anna Hickey (194) and Megan Arthur (132), assists by Natalia McGlynn (212) and Annabel Leach (106), digs by Madison Stelzer (228) and Hickey (175) and aces by McGlynn (68) and Hickey (42).
They also earned wins over Cincinnati Trailblazers (Ohio) and Williamstown last week.
They’ll look to continue their impressive stretch of play with a home matchup against Pendleton County on Monday.
CONNER BOYS SOCCER
The Cougars won both games last week over Bishop Brossart and Boone County to run their winning streak to five games.
It’s improved their record to 8-5 after a 3-5 start to the season.
They shutout both the Mustangs and Rebels with 1-0 and 3-0 victories, respectively.
Pacing the team so far offensively this season is Grady Noble with 17 goals. Dallas Marshall has six goals with Ayden Terry and Brayden Cranfield adding three goals apiece. Cranfield leads the team with six assists, Marshall and Mason Ginn with four each. Beckham Mullins leads in net with 40 saves, Abram Dostal with 38.
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