The Northern Kentucky Football Coaches Association announced its Top 26 award, comprised of the top players in the area. The players will be recognized at a banquet on Wednesday night. The Top 26 is an annual award where each of the 20 teams in the association choose one player to receive an award and the […]
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Basketball bites: 1,000-point scorers, hot starts and more
The LINK nky Top 10 will roll out soon, but something new this year here at LINK will be the weekly basketball bites. It will highlight personal accomplishments, milestones, marquee matchups and more. We’ll recap the last week of the action on the hardwood and look for matchups to look out for the rest of […]
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Empty red zone trips early come back to haunt CovCath in state semis
Covington Catholic fell to Franklin County 14-10 in a Class 4A semifinal, despite a furious comeback attempt in the closing seconds, as they were unable to make up for missed opportunities early in the game.
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Boys 35th District basketball preview: Who can end CovCath’s streak?
For the past five seasons, Covington Catholic has been the top dog in the district, carrying a 25-game winning streak into the 2024-25 season against 35th District foes. The winning streak and five straight district titles from the Colonels will certainly be put to the test this season. Beechwood and Holy Cross return the majority […]
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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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CovCath stuns nationally ranked Boyle County for region title
Covington Catholic upset four-time defending state champions Boyle County 31-28, with Cash Harney running for 234 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Colonels to the semifinals.
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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 […]
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End of season NKY boys soccer stat leaders
With the 2024 KHSAA soccer season come and gone, let’s take a look at who stood out in the pitch in northern Kentucky (Boone, Campbell and Kenton County) for boys soccer. Below is individual leaders in goals, assists, saves and goals against average. Team leaders is goals scored, goals allowed, shutouts, goals scored per game […]
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Third round playoff football matchups
Teams in Kentucky are now three wins away from a state championship as we head to the region championship round, the third round or state quarterfinals, whatever you want to call it. There’s 48 football teams left standing in the state, seven of them are from northern Kentucky. Here are the matchups for Friday, Nov. […]