One has a team littered with seniors that have been in defining moments, including a state championship in 2021, the other is filled with underclassmen that broke through this year with their first region tournament appearance since 2017. So when St. Henry and Beechwood met on Sunday in the 9th Region volleyball tournament quarterfinals, the […]
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Friday NKY prep football roundup: Campbell County bounces back from two tough losses to earn district win
The Campbell County Camels found themselves on the wrong end of the final play in Class 6A, District 6 losses the previous two weeks. But the Camels made sure that did not happen in a third straight game, taking care of the visiting Great Crossing Warhawks, 28-22 to earn their first district win this season. […]
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7th edition of statewide football media polls
Each week, 24 media members across the state will vote on the top 10 KHSAA football teams in the state in their respective classes. The members are represented from each region in the state, including three members from Northern Kentucky. The polls will run all the way until the end of the regular season and […]
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LINK nky Team of the Week for Oct. 2-8: Beechwood girls cross country
The LINK nky Team of the Week for Oct. 2-8 presented by Ortho Cincy is the Beechwood girls cross country team. Beechwood pulled away from the Bishop Brossart girls soccer team as the week went on, tallying over 5,000 votes and a little more than 800 votes than the Mustangs. Earning Beechwood Team of the […]
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LINK nky Top 10: The biggest week of the regular season is here
Week 10 points to the most important week of the season to date. Sure, some have already taken care of business and clinched their district titles (looking at you Beechwood, Newport Central Catholic and Highlands), but Friday sets up to be one important night of football as multiple district championships, home playoff games and postseason […]
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Friday NKY prep football roundup: Simon Kenton beats Campbell County on Hail Mary
Tied at 21 and on the final play of the game, Simon Kenton’s Brady Lee hit Nathan Kitchens for a 38-yard touchdown pass as the Pioneers escaped with a 27-21 victory over visiting Campbell County. It was a key Class 6A, District 6 victory for Simon Kenton (5-2), setting up a district championship game with […]
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New head coach, new offense, no problem: Beechwood’s Hayden stands and delivers
This story originally appeared in the Oct. 6 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe here. Clay Hayden takes a quick snap from center at Beechwood High School’s Edgar McNabb Field. The junior quarterback drops back and stands in the pocket. He fires a short pass into the waiting hands of […]
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6th edition of statewide media football polls
Each week, 24 media members across the state will vote on the top 10 KHSAA football teams in the state in their respective classes. The members are represented from each region in the state, including three members from Northern Kentucky. The polls will run all the way until the end of the regular season and […]
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LINK nky Top 10: Season winding down, cream rising to the crop
Real football weather is coming. Fall said hello in the latter part of last week and over the weekend and colder Friday nights are coming. We’ve been blessed in seven out of the eight weeks so far with near perfect weather, so regression to the mean is likely. Things are heating up in district play, […]
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Collins, Hertsenberg, Meyers, named NFHS Coach of the Year
Three Northern Kentucky coaches earned National Federation of High Schools Coach of the Year honors on Friday. Ryle boys soccer coach Stephen Collins, Covington Catholic tennis coach Al Hertsenberg and Beechwood girls track and field coach David Meyers earned their distinctions. Collins has led Ryle to seven 9th Region titles since the start of his […]