We enter year three of partnering up with OrthoCincy Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in expanding the Team of the Week awards!
Through the first two years, $4,000 in scholarships have been handed out to the Team of the Season and Team of the Year award winners.
In order to get to that point, it starts here with the weekly Team of the Week awards.
In the same fashion as year’s past, the weekly TOW winners will then be eligible for Team of the Season. It’s typically 10 winners from that respective season that runs for fall, winter and spring sports. The Team of the Season vote comes at the end of those respective seasons where the winner is awarded a plaque and a $500 scholarship to a student-athlete of their choice.
Then it comes down to the ultimate prize…Team of the Year where the three Team of the Season winners will then be put up in a vote for another plaque for the trophy case and an additional $500 scholarship to a student-athlete of their choice.
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. Want to nominate someone in the future? Email edennison@linknky.com to do so.
Voting is open until Friday at 11:59 a.m.
Newport Central Catholic Football
Defended the Firemen’s Bell trophy for the 26th straight year with a 17-6 victory over Newport. Trailing 6-0, the Thoroughbreds scored 17 points in the final six minutes for the victory.
They’ve now won 28 straight over Newport.
Holmes Football
Won their second game of the season on Saturday in a 14-13 victory over Ohio County. The win matched last year’s win total with three games to go after going winless the prior two seasons.
Cooper Volleyball
Went 7-0 last week to improve their record to 17-9 and are currently riding a eight-game winning streak as they close out the regular season this week with Highlands.
Walton-Verona Boys Soccer
Walton-Verona won their 10th game of the season last week, marking the first time they have won double-digit games since 2022.
Owen Heilman recorded his seventh shutout of the season, tying a school record. It’s a complete turnaround from the past two seasons in which they’ve won just three games.
They are led by top goal scorer senior Andrew Kowcheck with 22 goals and Eli Born with 11 assists. Heilman has tallied 187 saves.
Scott Girls Soccer
Defeated Newport Central Catholic and tied with St. Henry to put their record to 8-5-3 on the season.
They open the 37th District tournament with Campbell County on Monday.
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