To be the winning team, fan votes play a heavy role, along with consideration from our sports team here at LINK.
OrthoCincy Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine and LINK nky are excited to expand once again and continue addition to the LINK nky Team of the Week (TOTW) weekly winners, the program will be including three winners for Team of the Season (TOTS) and one overall winner for Team of the Year (TOTY) for the 2025-26 sports seasons.
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 receive a commemorative plaque and 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.
This week’s nominated teams are listed below with some information provided by the submitter or LINK nky staff. The poll where you can vote follows at the end of the article.
Voting is open until Friday at 11:59 a.m.
CAMPBELL COUNTY GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD
The Camels won their first NKAC Division I title since 2012 last week.
A look at the sprint relay results showed a major reason the Camels finished first. They won the 4×200 in 1:46.63 and 4×100 shuttle hurdles in 1:12.39 and placed second in the 800 sprint medley in 1:52.30. Campbell County was strong in distance relays, too: a win in the 4×400 (4:09.78), second in the distance medley (13:07.81) and 4×800 (10:01.49), and sixth in 4×1,600 (26:22.38).
COVINGTON CATHOLIC BOYS TRACK AND FIELD
The Colonels won their third NKAC Division I meet in the last four years. They topped Cooper 116.5-98, also winning the meet in 2023 and 2024.
Their jumpers helped. Henry Wahoff and Landon Dailey in the triple jump gave CovCath 10 points. Wahoff finished second with a 39-11.5 and Dailey was fourth at 38-3.75.
CovCath junior Will Danneman won the long jump with a 20-2.75 and was part of the Colonels’ winning 800 sprint medley quartet. Senior Quentin Jones won the shot put 46-3.75.
The Colonels’ runners also won the 4×1,600 (18:36.79) and 800 sprint medley (1:33.38) and took second in the 4×100 (43.66) and 4×800 (8:06.56).
Nate Becker, Jack Fender, Dominic Terzo and Jacob Keller won the 4×100 shuttle hurdles in 1:02.79, setting an NKAC record.
BISHOP BROSSART BASEBALL
The Mustangs were able to right the ship last week, winning three straight and ending a nine-game losing streak.
They stunned Harrison County and then took down Newport and Newport Central Catholic to get back on the winning track and improve to 14-14 on the season.
VILLA MADONNA BASEBALL
The Vikings posted two shutouts in wins over Bellevue and Calvary Christian. They one-hit Bellevue in a 7-0 victory, Joe Rice and Tyler Brandstetter combining for the shutout and struck out 14.
The two combined for a no-hitter in the 10-0 win over Calvary, Brandstetter pitching five innings and striking out seven, Rice pitching two innings and striking out three. They won the NKAC conference for the fourth time in a row with the victory.
LUDLOW SOFTBALL
Ludlow went 2-0 last week with run-rule victories over Dayton and Walton-Verona. They defeated Dayton 18-3 and Walton-Verona 16-0 to improve to 7-11 on the year.
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