The supremacy from Northern Kentucky in distance running carried over from cross country in the fall to the track on Saturday at the KHSAA Class 3A state track-and-field meet at the University of Kentucky’s Outdoor Track and Field Complex. Coming into the boys 3,200 meter race, five of the top six seeded runners were from […]
Tag: Covington Catholic
Posted inSports
CovCath works some more two-out, seventh inning magic
Roughly 72 hours after being down to their final strike and facing an end to their season, Covington Catholic ends up repeating in the 35th District. And it was done on some more two-out, seventh inning magic. The Colonels were facing a 3-2 deficit in the bottom of the seventh against Holy Cross on Saturday […]
Posted inSports
Mayer headed to the Raiders
Covington Catholic alum Michael Mayer has been selected by the Las Vegas Raiders at No. 35 in the 2023 NFL Draft. After not having his name called on Thursday night in what many considered to be a surprise, Mayer didn’t have to wait long on Friday, the fourth pick of the day to start the […]
Posted inSports
Michael Mayer goes undrafted Thursday in first round
In a bit of a surprise, Covington Catholic alum Michael Mayer was not taken in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft on Thursday night. The Covington Catholic alum and Notre Dame tight end had a first round draft grade from pretty much anyone and everyone that does those sort of things and with […]
Posted inSports
Vote for the LINK nky Team of the Week: April 17 – 23
To be the winning team, fan votes play a heavy role, along with consideration from our sports team here at LINK. Nominations are reader-submitted or recommended by our sports team. Our Team of the Week program honors all local sports at all levels, whether it’s youth or adult-oriented recreation, high school or college, professional or amateur. Want to get […]
Posted inSports
Fredrick finds new home as he comes home
University of Kentucky senior guard CJ Fredrick entered his name in the transfer portal on Friday. On Monday, he found his new home. The Covington Catholic alum announced his intentions to transfer to the University of Cincinnati via his Instagram and Twitter accounts. Fredrick has spent the last two years at Kentucky after playing two […]
Posted inSports
Fredrick hitting transfer portal
University of Kentucky senior guard CJ Fredrick announced his intentions of entering his name in the transfer portal on Friday. Fredrick, a Covington Catholic alumnus, played one season at Kentucky after playing two seasons at Iowa. He appeared in 26 games and made 15 starts during his time in Lexington. “It has been a dream […]
Posted inSports
Five NKY student-athletes named to Tom Leach All-Resilient team
*Information and photos pulled from tomleachky.com The Tom Leach All-Resilient-Team honors student-athletes from Kentucky high schools who have had to overcome some form of adversity to compete and often excel in sports, within the previous calendar year. Tom Leach is the “Voice of the Wildcats” for the UK Radio Network, the play-by-play announcer for football […]
Posted inSports
Uhl stays cool, delivers walk-off hit as Simon Kenton rallies past Covington Catholic
The comeback even had Simon Kenton baseball coach Troy Roberts at a loss of words. “To tell you the truth I don’t know,” Roberts said after his Pioneers rallied from a 6-0 deficit to beat Covington Catholic 10-9 on Wednesday night. Early on, it looked as if CovCath was going to end this one early, […]
Posted inSports
NKY players/former coach rack up awards at Mr. and Miss Basketball Ceremony
While North Laurel’s Reed Sheppard and Rowan County’s Haven Ford took home Mr. and Miss Kentucky basketball awards, plenty of NKY players and a former coach were also recognized during the dinner reception. Awards were handed out for regular season stat leaders which included Holy Cross senior Jacob Meyer leading the state in scoring for […]
