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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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Cooper’s resolve, resiliency has them into 9th Region final
It was February 14, Cooper had just lost their fifth of the last six games to a 7-18 Dixie Heights team in double overtime. Caleb Brooks was already lost for the season to a knee injury in December, then the Jaguars got some good news, JaShaun Pouncy ruled eligible right before the 33rd District tournament. […]
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CovCath pulls away from St. Henry in second half to reach semis
Covington Catholic changed things up a little. Knowing they were facing an imposing front line that featured St. Henry’s Braden Fedders and Matthew Resing, they decided to pack things in a zone and try and offset the Crusaders physicality. While they took a nine-point lead into halftime and led by as much as 11 in […]
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Covington Catholic claims fourth straight district title
Beechwood pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the state on Wednesday by beating Holy Cross in the 35th District semifinals. They were close to doing it again on Friday, but the Tigers came up short in the championship against Covington Catholic, 61-53. Just over a month ago, the Colonels defeated Beechwood 70-52. The […]
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Moore, Isler finish second at state diving
Two-tenths of a point. Maybe a half-inch off perpendicular on one of 11 dives or an unpointed big toe. Whatever the reason, it was enough to deny Cooper junior Peytton Moore a third straight state 1-meter diving title Thursday at the University of Kentucky’s Lancaster Aquatic Center. Instead, Madison Southern’s Reagan Patterson edged Cooper, 512.50-512.30. […]
