The Kentucky Football Coaches Association released their District Player, Coach and Lineman of the Year selections on Friday. The eight awarded in each class for each district in each category will be presented to the coaches and players at the 2026 KHSAA state football championships on Dec. 4-5 at Kroger Field in Lexington. Class 1A, […]
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What could the region championship football round look like?
One game at a time right? Not here. While the second round of the playoffs take place Friday, we’re already looking at potential matchups for the third round, the region championship round on Nov. 20. So, the way the KHSAA football playoffs works and has been explained here before, but come the third round the […]
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Class A first round: Newport’s ‘Drip’ Jackson overflows Ludlow
Almost nobody knows Newport junior Damarco Jackson by his birth name. On Friday, “Drip” Jackson unleashed a flood of offense on Ludlow – his 205 yards rushing and four touchdowns led the Wildcats to a 44-22 win in the Class A first-round win at Newport Stadium. Next for the Wildcats: Holy Cross in the second […]
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First round NKY playoff football roundup/scores
Class 1A Bishop Brossart 35, Dayton 14 Full game recap can be found here Newport 44, Ludlow 22 Full game recap can be found here Holy Cross 41, Bellevue 7 The Indians used five rushing touchdowns en route to victory at Thomas More Friday night. Holy Cross (9-2) got two rushing scores from Brian Ferguson, […]
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Bishop Brossart turns Dayton over four times in playoff victory
Playing turnover-free football can get you far come November. Or at least into the next round. Bishop Brossart won the turnover battle Friday night at the Mustang Athletic Complex in Alexandria, forcing four Dayton turnovers in a 35-14 victory in the first round of the Class A football playoffs. “We repped it all week. We […]
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Final statewide media HS football polls
The Kentucky High School Football Media Poll is conducted by 16 sports journalists throughout the state, with one representative for each of the 16 basketball regions in order to provide geographical balance. The poll will be released each Wednesday morning throughout the regular season. Here is the last poll of the season: Class 6A Rank-school […]
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Week 11 NKY HS football standouts/takeaways
The deed is done. The regular season is complete. It’s now win or go home. We made it through 11 weeks of the regular season, and now it’s on to the journey of Kroger Field the first weekend in December. Each week, throughout the season, make sure to come here on Monday’s to check out […]
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Week 11 NKY HS football roundup/scores
Beechwood 62, Campbell County 6 Beechwood closed out their first undefeated regular season since 2021 with the blowout victory in Claryville. The Tigers got this game to a running clock by halftime with a 41-6 lead at the break. The touchdowns from the Tigers came from Garrison Wilson on the first play from scrimmage for […]
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Week 11 LINK nky Pick ’em
The final week is here! This year at LINK nky, we decided to add some fun to our football coverage. We’re going to do a weekly picks contest with the three of the sports writers (Evan Dennison, Ray Schaefer and Josh Kalb) we have here and throw in a little twist…a guest picker each week. […]
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Statewide media HS football polls
The Kentucky High School Football Media Poll is conducted by 16 sports journalists throughout the state, with one representative for each of the 16 basketball regions in order to provide geographical balance. The poll will be released each Wednesday morning throughout the regular season. Here is the eighth poll of the season (next week will […]
