To be the winning team, fan votes play a heavy role, along with consideration from our sports team here at LINK. Nominations are reader-submitted or recommended by our sports team. Our Team of the Week program honors all local sports at all levels, whether it’s youth or adult-oriented recreation, high school or college, professional or amateur. This week’s nominated […]
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LINK nky top 10 on the gridiron: Top four remain firm, barely
More mayhem Friday night. From Fort Mitchell to Park Hills, the two had some doozies. The rest? Not so much as plenty of teams in NKY either won or lost comfortably. Shout out this week goes to Scott High. The Eagles winning their first game of the season and doing so convincingly with a 52-8 […]
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Initial state-wide media football rankings released
Each week, 24 media members across the state will vote on the top 10 KHSAA football teams in the state in their respective class. 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 on the gridiron: Ryle’s win over Cooper causes shakeup
Some big numbers were put up offensively this week starting with the shootout in Edgewood between Dixie Heights and Beechwood. Some called it one of, if not the best high school football game they’ve ever seen, Beechwood hanging on by a half-yard on a Colonels failed two-point conversion attempt in overtime. That wasn’t even the […]
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Tuesday NKY HS round-up: Beechwood volleyball moving in right direction
The Beechwood Tigers volleyball team is off to a good start in Matt Long’s second tenure as head coach. The Tigers (4-2) recorded a 3-1 (25-14, 25-12, 20-25, 25-13) victory over the Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds. Their only two losses have come to 9th Region powers Notre Dame and St. Henry. “(NewCath) was very scrappy. […]
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Vote for the LINK nky Team of the Week for Aug. 21-27
To be the winning team, fan votes play a heavy role, along with consideration from our sports team here at LINK. Nominations are reader-submitted or recommended by our sports team. Our Team of the Week program honors all local sports at all levels, whether it’s youth or adult-oriented recreation, high school or college, professional or amateur. This week’s nominated […]
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LINK nky Top 10 on the gridiron: CovCath takes top spot, Cooper lurking
It was hot out there, but luckily for NKY, they avoided the lightning and the delays that came with it for the majority of the rest of the state. The only team impacted by the lightning was Simon Kenton, who had their game with Woodford County canceled and won’t be made up. As for the […]
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Friday NKY HS round-up: Ryle takes out Conner for rivalry win
The Ryle Raiders extended their winning streak to five in a row against the county rival Conner Cougars with a 28-7 win Friday in Union. Both teams are 1-1 as the Raiders have also won 9 of the last 10 meetings with the Cougars. “We settled down at halftime,” said Mike Engler, Ryle head coach. […]
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LINK nky Top 10 on the gridiron: Highlands opens in the top spot
The LINK nky Top 10 is back! Each week throughout the regular season we’ll provide rankings throughout the football season. The first list will be a top 10 of the 21 area football schools in Boone, Campbell and Kenton County with a top five below it for the bigger and smaller schools. Adding more to […]
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For NKU’s Muller, regular checkups are par for the course
Things didn’t go as planned for Luke Muller at this week’s 104th Kentucky Open at Persimmon Ridge Golf Course in Louisville. The rising Northern Kentucky University junior finished tied for 24th among amateurs with a three-day score of 7-over-par 223. That put the former Highlands High School two-sport standout well back of winner Justin Tereshko […]