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 […]
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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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Beechwood hangs on by a foot to beat Dixie Heights in OT
Dixie Heights was less than a foot away. Unfortunately for the Colonels, it was a foot too far. Beechwood stopped quarterback Armani Gregg on a two-point conversion and thus escaped with Friday’s 49-48 overtime win. Colonels running back David Anderson scored from 12 yards out. Dixie coach Pat Burke though going for the win was the obvious […]
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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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LINK nky Top 10 on the gridiron: Highlands opens in the top spot
The LINK nky Top 10 is back! Each week throughout the regular season we’ll provide rankings throughout the football season. The first list will be a top 10 of the 21 area football schools in Boone, Campbell and Kenton County with a top five below it for the bigger and smaller schools. Adding more to […]