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 of the page)
BISHOP BROSSART GIRLS SOCCER
After a grueling stretch of four matches in five days, the Bishop Brossart girls soccer team is finally catching its breath — and doing so as state champions once again.
The Lady ‘Stangs captured their second straight All “A” Classic state title on a rainy Sunday in Louisville with a 4-1 victory over Owensboro Catholic.
At a 1-1 deadlock at halftime, Rachel Shewmaker and Kylie Smith combined for three second half goals to pull away in the match. Both finished with two goals apiece in the contest.
Smith was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player after recording six goals and an assist across three games, bringing her season total to a team-high 26 goals. Shewmaker, Maddie Broering, Larah Callahan and Jaycee Record also earned all-tournament honors.
After defeating Beechwood 3-2 in the first round, they traveled to Louisville on Friday and took down University Heights 3-0 in the quarterfinals and then Bethlehem 3-2 in the semifinals a couple of hours later.
The championship win improved Brossart to 14-2-2 and the state has taken notice, most recently ranked No. 5 in the Kentucky Girls Soccer High School Soccer Coaches Association poll.
NEWPORT FOOTBALL
The Wildcats earned a hard-fought, 24-21 victory over Paris on Friday. Newport took down the No. 8 team in Class 1A on the road according to the latest statewide media poll.
Kayveion Sharp threw for 160 yards and two touchdowns, Kendall Buck-Barber ran for 94 yards and a touchdown and also returned a punt for a touchdown as the Wildcats defense forced three turnovers in the victory.
DeMarco Jackson recorded 99 receiving yards and a touchdown, Carvonta Roper and Sharp added interceptions. Amari Isham and Roper were the leading tacklers with seven tackles apiece, Isham also recovering a fumble.
Newport improved to 3-2 with the victory with a matchup at Sayre next week.
CAMPBELL COUNTY BOYS SOCCER
The Camels went 2-0 last week, including a 2-0 victory over Bishop Brossart to claim the No. 1 seed for the 37th District tournament in October.
The win improved them to 6-6-1 on the year with Newport Central Catholic up next on Tuesday.
CONNER GIRLS SOCCER
Conner is finding their stride at the right time as they went 2-0 last week, including a 1-0 victory over Cooper to claim the No. 1 seed for the 33rd District Tournament.
They’ve won eight games in a row to improve their record to 12-4 after a 1-3 start to the season.
Their offensive attack has been balanced as 14 different players have scored a goal on the season and five players have at least five goals on the season. They also distribute it well with 37 assists on 49 goals scored. Top goal scorers are Ashley Sweetay (8), Brooklyn Lohner (6), Reagan Buchert (6), Addyson Flerlage (5) and Izelee Kerns (5). Leading in assists are Maya Owen (8), Cayley Eilers (5) and Sweetay (4). Cara Fay has been the force in net with 49 saves and a 0.7 goals against average with nine shutouts.
The Lady Cougars will look to make it nine in a row on Monday at Simon Kenton.
VILLA MADONNA VOLLEYBALL
Villa snapped a three-game losing streak with a 2-0 week last week to improve to 8-7 on the season.
They defeated Newport 2-0 (25-10, 25-6) and Walton-Verona 2-1 (25-14, 26-28, 26-24) in a tight matchup.
Leading the Vikings this season is Blakely Bennett in kills (106), Mary Chadwick and Bennett in blocks (6), Victoria Sebald (141) in assists, Anna Raziano in digs (150 and Sebald in aces (21).
Villa returns to action on Tuesday at Williamstown.
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