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 […]
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NKY girls high school golf preview: It’s Cooper and everybody else
Bishop Brossart, Notre Dame Academy, St. Henry and Ryle will field some of the best girls high school golf teams in Northern Kentucky this year. But it’s Cooper that’s looking super. With a lineup including savvy seniors Eva Maley and Kendall Brissey and crackerjack junior Reagan Ramage, Cooper could have a team for the ages. […]
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This Just In: Former Highlands golfer takes another swing at U.S. Amateur
Justin Gabbard’s golf game is coming together just in time. The 2021 Highlands High School graduate is in the field and ready to tee it up for a U.S. Amateur qualifying round Monday, July 24, at TPC River’s Bend in Maineville, Ohio. “My physical game is ready,” Gabbard said. “It will be a mental challenge […]
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A week-by-week look at the top HS football games in NKY to look for this fall
Time to circle the calendars. The dead period is over and the prep work for the 2023 football season has begun. While the start of the regular season is still a little over a month away, let’s get the juices flowing a little bit with what will be the or one of the top games […]
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Northern Kentucky youngsters grip it, rip it on the golf course
Familiar girls from the local high school golf scene are making strong statements this month as they continue to improve. Some less-than-familiar golfers are emerging behind them for a promising beginning to the spring and summer golf season for many Northern Kentuckians. Ryle High School’s Elizabeth Dickson was 10th in the Greater Cincinnati Golf Association […]
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Arlinghaus steps down after 17 years at the helm of Conner baseball
With two kids starting to hit the age where dad doesn’t want to miss out, Conner High School baseball coach Brad Arlinghaus has resigned from his position. Arlinghaus has been the head coach in Hebron for 17 seasons, taking the program over in 2007. “Coaching for that long is a difficult thing to do. Selfishly […]
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NKY distance runners in a class of their own at Class 3A state track and field meet
The supremacy from Northern Kentucky in distance running carried over from cross country in the fall to the track on Saturday at the KHSAA Class 3A state track-and-field meet at the University of Kentucky’s Outdoor Track and Field Complex. Coming into the boys 3,200 meter race, five of the top six seeded runners were from […]
