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Cooper still can’t get over the Bowling Green hump
This one might sting a little more than Cooper’s prior two trips to the state championship game. Coming in at 14-0 and the undisputed No. 1 team in Class 5A, the Jaguars took one on the chin in a 37-20 defeat to Bowling Green on Saturday at Kroger Field in Lexington for the 5A championship. […]
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Top 30 northern Kentucky high school football players in the state finals
The Beechwood, Cooper and Ryle football teams have played their way into this week’s KHSAA state championship games at Kroger Field in Lexington. Beechwood (13-1) faces Owensboro Catholic (14-0) in Friday’s 4 p.m. Class 2A state final. Ryle (12-2) takes on Louisville Trinity (12-2) in Saturday’s 4 p.m. Class 6A final. Cooper (14-0) battles Bowling […]
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Three NKY football players sign to Division 1 schools
Three northern Kentucky high school football players put ink to paper on National Signing Day on Wednesday, the first day for football players to sign their National Letter of Intent to their respective schools in Division I. Ryle’s Dillon Smith is staying in-state, heading to the University of Louisville, Cooper’s Isaac Brown is going west […]
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‘Not too high, not too low’, Cooper all business headed to Kroger Field
Cooper football coach Randy Borchers described last year’s run to the state championship as playing with house money. Now it’s all business when they’ll load the bus and head to Kroger Field in Lexington on Saturday in a Class 5A title game rematch with Bowling Green. The Jaguars expected to be in this spot, running […]
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KHSAA state football championship matchups
The stage is set for Kroger Field at the University of Kentucky. Three northern Kentucky teams have made it to the state championship game in their respective class. Here is the schedule for the state title games in Lexington next week. Friday, December 6 CLASS A Raceland vs Sayre, 12 p.m. CLASS 2A Owensboro Catholic […]
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KHSAA football playoff semifinal matchups
All of these games will take place on Friday, Nov. 29. Class 6A Great Crossing at Ryle, 7 p.m. Frederick Douglass at Trinity, 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Bowling Green at South Warren, 8 p.m. Highlands at Cooper, 7 p.m. Class 4A Covington Catholic at Franklin County, 7 p.m. Corbin at Paducah Tilghman, 8 p.m. Class […]
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Cooper stays hot, crushes Southwestern 56-15 in Class 5A quarterfinals
Cooper defeated Southwestern 56-15 in the Class 5A state quarterfinals, with Austin Alexander and Keagan Maher scoring three touchdowns each, while Southwestern suffered from five turnovers.
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It’s region championship week: Friday’s prep football matchups, links to watch or listen
Three wins. That’s it. That’s how far seven northern Kentucky teams are away from claiming a state championship. Three of them will have to go on the road this week, four of them will be hosting region championship games as they try to move the magic number from three to two. Below is links you […]
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NKY football coaches announce All-Division, All-NKY teams
The Northern Kentucky high school football coaches have spoken. With the season down to the wire, they have decided on their All-Division teams, Division Players of the Year and All-NKY teams. DIVISION I Includes Campbell County, Cooper, Dixie Heights, Ryle and Simon Kenton Player of the Year: Austin Alexander, Cooper — Alexander, a North Carolina […]
