There’s at least one thing Ryle senior Shane Reim will never do. He’ll never cheer for Cooper. Cooper senior Emily Green was more charitable when asked whether she’d pull for the Raiders. “Yeah, kind of,” Green said. “They’re from Union.” Saturday was nevertheless a chance for the 7,671 Union residents to unite because the Boone County city’s two high schools […]
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Class 5A semifinals: Cooper overwhelms Highlands with 54-point second half
Thirty-four points in the third quarter and 54 in the second half. It took Cooper a little more than eight minutes to turn a 17-7 halftime deficit against Highlands into a 61-23 running clock win in Friday’s Class 5A semifinals. “To do that against a really good football team that’s well-coached, that says a lot […]
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Campbell’s pick-six, O’Hara’s three TD passes propel Cooper
Ryker Campbell had never experienced anything like it. Cooper’s junior safety had never returned an interception for a touchdown until Friday’s Class 5A second-round playoff game against Scott County. His 95-yarder was the biggest chunk of yardage in the Jaguars’ 45-20 win. A familiar foe awaits: Southwestern, a 31-14 winner over North Laurel, in the […]
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Cooper’s Johnson sets touchdown reception record in win over Conner
Isaiah Johnson wasn’t worried Thursday. Cooper’s senior receiver was unconcerned about when Jaguars quarterback Cam O’Hara would throw a pass his way. When they finally connected late in the first quarter of Thursday’s game against Conner, it became a 43-yard touchdown, one of O’Hara’s four in a 42-17 win. “I knew Cam was going to […]
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Cooper holds off Highlands in crazy end to state semifinal game
These are the decisions that make coaches heroes or scapegoats. Cooper had a 4th-and-inches at the Highlands 17-yard-line and unsuccessfully tried to draw the Bluebirds offsides. After a timeout, the coaching staff sent Carson Taylor in to try to put the Jaguars ahead. He ended up making the kick to lift the Cooper Jaguars to […]
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Friday NKY prep football roundup: Cooper advances past Southwestern, sets up semifinal rematch with Highlands
Cooper left the plains off Longbranch Road and traversed south to the eastern edge of the Mississippian Plateau, also known as the Pennyroyal region and onto the Reservation of the Southwestern Warriors, in Somerset. The Jaguars left with a 24-14 victory and a region championship trophy. Cooper couldn’t quite land a knockout punch in a […]
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Lone second-half touchdown lifts Cooper to district win over Dixie Heights
More often than not, the team that loses the turnover battle loses the game. But Friday’s high stakes contest between Cooper and Dixie Heights proved to be an exception to that rule. Despite four second half turnovers, Cooper pulled off a 21-14 victory over the Colonels, earning a home playoff game in doing so. “We […]
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Cooper athleticism too much for Conner
People know the Cooper Jaguars football team can throw the ball well with the likes of quarterback Cam O’Hara, tight end Austin Alexander and wide receiver Isaiah Johnson. But the Jaguars hoped to add some balance and may have found it in the 41-7 win over the county rival Conner Cougars on Friday. Sophomore running […]
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Friday Round-Up: Holy Cross off to 3-1 start
Holy Cross 41, Middletown Christian (Ohio) 7 The Indians won their third in a row, taking out an Ohio opponent for the second time in three weeks. “We’re young. We made some mistakes. We’re fortunate to win some games despite those mistakes and turn them into learning events,” said Bruce Kozerski, Holy Cross head coach. […]
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A new Alexander hits the college recruiting trail
Austin Alexander can play gospel, pop and church music on the piano. Cooper’s junior defensive end/tight end also taught himself to play bass guitar. But college football programs are more interested in how Alexander embarrasses opposing offenses. He’s spending the summer visiting numerous NCAA Division I colleges unofficially. There’s already one postseason plaque in Austin’s […]