Real football weather is coming. Fall said hello in the latter part of last week and over the weekend and colder Friday nights are coming. We’ve been blessed in seven out of the eight weeks so far with near perfect weather, so regression to the mean is likely. Things are heating up in district play, […]
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Thursday night football: Cooper, Dixie, Lloyd roll to victories
Cooper 49, Scott 7 The Jaguars (6-2) traversed the 275 loop for a 5A district matchup in an area that once was known for its lumber mills operated and owned by James Taylor, not the grammy award winning music artist, but that original founder of Newport, for an encounter at the Eagles Nest versus Scott […]
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5th edition of statewide media polls
Each week, 24 media members across the state will vote on the top 10 KHSAA football teams in the state in their respective classes. 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: Top dogs flex their muscles
One of the heavier bye weeks for Northern Kentucky took place on Friday with six teams out of action to rest up, heal and get ready for the final four weeks of the regular season. Meanwhile, it was a ho-hum week for the teams at the top of the list of the top 10 as […]
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Benke, Bluebirds bulldoze Dixie Heights
Many coaches point to the weight room in the preseason for a springboard into the football season. Bob Sphire continues to do so in Week 7 of the high school football season. Highlands made a “weight room” statement on Friday night with a 51-21 victory over Dixie Heights in Edgewood, finishing with 453 rushing yards. […]
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LINK nky Top 10: Blowout Friday keeps top 10 mostly in order
The outcomes made it feel like the first round of the playoffs on Friday night. Of the 13 games played that featured Northern Kentucky teams, the average margin of victory was 37 points with only one game settled by seven points or less. District play can do that at times with some lopsided matchups. Here’s […]
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Bluebirds improve to 8-0 in 9th Region play, blank Dixie
Wednesday was the start of a four-game gauntlet for the Highlands Bluebirds girls soccer team. In their last four games of the regular season, the Bluebirds face Dixie Heights, Notre Dame, Elizabethtown and South Oldham. They happen to be ranked the No. 13, No. 4, No. 6 and No. 8 teams, respectively, in the state […]
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Cooper, Ramage 4-peat in 7th Region
Coming into Tuesday’s 7th Region golf tournament at the Pioneer Course at Kenton County, there wasn’t much doubt who was going to come out on top. Cooper continued to leave no doubt, winning the tournament by 53 strokes over second place Ryle and earning their fourth straight region crown. Individually Reagan Ramage won her fourth […]
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LINK nky Top 10: Second season approaches
A lot of high school football coaches break their season into three parts: the first being non-district play, the second district play and the third playoffs. Well, the second season is finally here for most after five weeks of action. Some district battles look really intriguing upon onset, can Newport contend with NewCath in the […]
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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 […]
