With two teams coming in averaging a combined 85 points per game and each averaging over 400 yards per game, it had the feel of whoever had the ball last was going to be the victor. So when Andrew Bessler put Covington Catholic up 35-31 with 1:57 to play on a one-yard run, the ball […]
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Week 2 statewide media football poll
Each week, 24 media members across the state will vote on the top 10 KHSAA football teams in the state in their respective class. The members are represented from each region in the state, including three members from Northern Kentucky. The polls will run all the way until the end of the regular season and […]
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Ryle, St. Henry take home first in NKAC Tournament, Beane, Carter individual winners
Ryle and St. Henry were the winners at Monday’s Northern Kentucky Athletic Conference tournament at the Willows at Kenton County Golf Course. The Raiders took home first in Division I with a score of 324, defeating Covington Catholic in a fifth man tiebreaker. St. Henry carded a 328 and defeated Highlands by two strokes in […]
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LINK nky top 10 on the gridiron: Top four remain firm, barely
More mayhem Friday night. From Fort Mitchell to Park Hills, the two had some doozies. The rest? Not so much as plenty of teams in NKY either won or lost comfortably. Shout out this week goes to Scott High. The Eagles winning their first game of the season and doing so convincingly with a 52-8 […]
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Initial state-wide media football rankings released
Each week, 24 media members across the state will vote on the top 10 KHSAA football teams in the state in their respective class. The members are represented from each region in the state, including three members from Northern Kentucky. The polls will run all the way until the end of the regular season and […]
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LINK nky Top 10 on the gridiron: Ryle’s win over Cooper causes shakeup
Some big numbers were put up offensively this week starting with the shootout in Edgewood between Dixie Heights and Beechwood. Some called it one of, if not the best high school football game they’ve ever seen, Beechwood hanging on by a half-yard on a Colonels failed two-point conversion attempt in overtime. That wasn’t even the […]
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Selm, Rodriguez opponents on Friday, teammates here soon
They both wear blue and white on Fridays, one in Independence, one in Park Hills. Come fall of 2024, they’ll both be wearing blue and white on Saturdays in Lexington. Covington Catholic’s Willie Rodriguez and Simon Kenton’s Aba Selm meet on the gridiron Friday night in Independence, the two committed to play football at the […]
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LINK nky Top 10 on the gridiron: CovCath takes top spot, Cooper lurking
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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CovCath takes advantage of Highlands miscues to get rivalry back on their side
There was a pair of fumbles in the second half. One for Covington Catholic, one for Highlands. The Colonels turned their fumble recovery into six points, the Bluebirds? Zero. In a 14-14 game at a time when both offenses were struggling out of the half, that momentum boost jolted the Colonels enough for a 35-21 […]
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Friday Late Nights: Kickoffs moved back due to excessive heat
As you’ve seen throughout the week so far, games are shifting left and right for fall sports due to the extreme heat that’s gripped the South. Golf matches, JV games and even some varsity games have been cancelled or postponed because of it. A lot of varsity matches have been pushed back to later in […]
