It is shortly before the day’s afternoon film session at Boone County High School and everything is running on schedule. This is somewhat of a novel development for the football team in Florence, where little has gone according to plan this season despite the best intentions. “It’s been a tough year with all the injuries,” […]
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NKY football stat leaders
Players have had their fair share of chances to shine under the lights on Friday night, so now let’s look at who has been shining the brightest when gametime comes. Here’s the Northern Kentucky area football stat leaders for Boone, Campbell and Kenton County. (See a discrepancy, take it up with the team! We pull […]
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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 sixth poll of the season: Class 6A Rank-school […]
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Week 8 NKY HS football standouts/takeaways
Each week, throughout the season, make sure to come here on Monday’s to check out the weekly standouts and 10 takeaways from Friday night. We’ll highlight the 200-yard passers, 100-yard rushers, 100-yard receivers, defensive standouts and kicking standouts. First and 10 (10 takeaways from Friday night) — There’s a legit chance Dayton is going to […]
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Week 8 NKY HS football roundup/scores
Friday Holy Cross 41, Bishop Brossart 14 Full game recap here Newport Central Catholic 17, Newport 6 Full game recap here Elder (OH) 30, Highlands 27 Elder escaped Fort Thomas with a victory in this back and forth affair. This one had no shortage of explosive, game-changing plays. Highlands jumped out 9-0 thanks to a […]
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Ferguson’s four touchdowns fuel Indians to win over Brossart
Holy Cross football coach Curt Spencer playfully called quarterback Brian Ferguson “Pretty Boy” on Friday. Ferguson had a pretty good game – his three rushing touchdowns and one passing were more than enough for the Indians to knock off Bishop Brossart, 41-14, at Thomas More University’s Republic Bank Field. PHOTOS: Slideshow provided by Charles Bolton Ferguson, who ran for 65 yards […]
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Dixie dominates Conner, gets one step closer to home playoff game
November playoff football is inching closer to Edgewood. With Dixie Heights and Conner meeting Thursday night in Hebron in a Class 5A, 5th District clash, a home playoff game was on the line for the winner. The Colonels left no doubt, the only thing in question was if Dixie had 44 or 45 points to […]
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Week 8 LINK nky Pick ’em
Week 8 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. The […]
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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 fifth poll of the season: Class 6A Rank-school […]
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Week 7 NKY HS football standouts/takeaways
We’re now officially past the halfway point of the regular season as every team in the state has been scheduled for at least six games. There’s still a lot of football left with four weeks of the regular season and for those that keep advancing…five weeks of the postseason. So for the teams with state […]
