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LINK nky Top 10: We’ve reached the final week of the regular season
District play is over, the weather is turning and November playoff football is right at our doorstep. With just one week left in the regular season, all playoff matchups in northern Kentucky have been defined, regular season district championships have been claimed, so have home playoff games and postseason positioning. Good news for high school […]
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9th Region volleyball tournament quarterfinals roundup: Highlands, Notre Dame, Ryle and St. Henry advance
With five teams ranked in the top 25 of the state, the 9th Region volleyball tourmament was going to be nothing short of competitive. The action got underway on Sunday at St. Henry High School with all four quarterfinal games taking place. Here’s how they went down: St. Henry def. Beechwood, 3-1 (25-16, 25-15, 11-25, […]
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Friday night football scores/roundup: Cooper finishes off undefeated regular season
Cooper 63, Dixie Heights 21 The Jaguars were in search of their first undefeated regular season in program history and rolled on their way to doing so. Traveling from their friendly confines off Longbranch Road down US 42 for their regular season finale, Cooper drew blackjack (21) in quarters one, two and four en route […]
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Hardin Fast: NKY prep sports news from Cooper, Ryle, Notre Dame, CovCath and points in between
Northern Kentucky has quickly garnered four LaRosa’s fall sports MVP awards. There’s one in golf, one in football and two in cross country. Notre Dame volleyball suddenly goes national. How did all those football years go by so fast at CovCath? Fore! It’s the fastest 800 words in sports. RAMAGE LATEST LOCAL AWARDED LAROSA’S MVP […]
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NKBBC releases preseason top 10 teams, players
The northern Kentucky boys basketball coaches have voted on their top 10 teams and players leading into the 2024-25 season. The regular season gets underway Dec. 2. Top 10 teams: Top 10 players:
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NKY Coaches Association releases preseason girls basketball top 10 teams, players
The northern Kentucky girls basketball coaches have voted on their top 10 teams and players leading into the 2024-25 season. The regular season gets underway Dec. 2. Here’s the top 10 preseason teams: Here’s top 10 preseason players: The 9th Region girls basketball coaches have a slightly different view on things. In their poll […]
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Kentucky High School Football Media Poll: Cooper unanimous No. 1 in 5A, Ludlow enters top 10 in 1A
The Kentucky High School Football Media Poll is conducted by 16 sports journalists throughout the state, with one representative for each of the 16 basketball regions in order to provide geographical balance. The poll will be released each Wednesday morning throughout the regular season. In the eighth edition of the media poll, very limited movement […]
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NKY football playoff scenarios
Week 10 of the regular season in northern Kentucky will determine the first round playoff opponents and postseason path for all teams, with the last week of district play featuring several matchups with playoff implications.
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LINK nky Top 10: Playoff scenarios abound this week
Keeping it short and sweet this week since I have to go cover state tournament games in soccer. Just two weeks of the regular season remain and this coming week can be treated as virtually a playoff week. Teams can clinch district titles, home playoff games, a playoff spot and district positional seeding. We’ll break […]