The first round of the high school football playoffs is in the books. RCN’s Dan Weber has a full report from Covington Catholic ending Highlands’s season; Contributor Jason Finnell and photographer Brian Frey were at the Scott-Holmes game where the Eagles avenged a late regular season loss to advance. Those stories, photos, and the full […]
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Dan Weber’s Just Sayin: Why So Many Teams in Ky. Football Playoffs?
Dan Weber writes a sports column for The River City News. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. AND NOW WE KNOW . . . The KHSAA has released the first-game matchups and our first reaction to a slate of 94 games this weekend where 188 teams make what are officially called the UK Othopaedics State Football Finals […]
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NKY Football: Cov Cath Holds Off Ryle; Holmes Runs Away from Bellevue; Full Scoreboard
Another week of high school football – the last of the regular season – is in the books in Northern Kentucky. Our Dan Weber was at the Ryle-Covington Catholic game and he has a full report below. Our photographer Brian Frey produced a slideshow from the Holmes-Bellevue game, and those photos are below. The full […]
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Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Cov Cath Soccer Turnaround; High School Football RPI?
Dan Weber writes a sports column for The River City News. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. Hall of Fame manager Whitey Herzog was talking baseball, of course, but his comments on the postseason pretty much apply wherever and whenever the playoffs get here – and they’re here now. “It’s not the best team that wins, it’s […]
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Notre Dame, Covington Catholic Advance to State Soccer Finals
Dan Weber writes a sports column for The River City News. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. The Notre Dame Academy Pandas lived up to their part of the bargain Thursday night in Lexington with a 3-0 win over West Jessamine in the semifinals of the Kentucky State Girls High School Soccer tournament. That victory advances unbeaten […]
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NKY Football: Beechwood Rolls; Ludlow Downs Dayton; Full Scoreboard
Another week of high school football is in the books in Northern Kentucky. RCN contributor Jason Finnell reports from the Newport-Beechwood game while RCN photographer Brian Frey produced a slideshow from the Ludlow-Dayton game. RCN contributing columnist Dan Weber previously recapped the Holmes-Scott game from Thursday. The full NKY scoreboard is below. Beechwood 54, Newport […]
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Holmes Rolls Over Scott, 40-0, in District Showdown
Dan Weber writes a column for The River City News. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. It was the Covington city cousins versus their Taylor Mill country cousins. Two teams right next to each other from places not all that much alike. Holmes is as big city as it gets – in Northern Kentucky, anyway. Scott is […]
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NKY Football: Ludlow, Holmes Win Big; Full Scoreboard
Another week of high school football is in the books. RCN contributor Jason Finnell reports from the Ludlow-Bellevue game and RCN photographer Brian Frey has a slideshow of photos from the Holmes-Harrison Co. game. The full NKY scoreboard is below. Ludlow rolled Bellevue, 40-0, as Braxton Newborn carried the Panthers with four touchdowns on Homecoming […]
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In Beechwood Rout of Lloyd, Both Coaches Give Teams Similar Message
Dan Weber writes a sports column for The River City News. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. As counterintuitive as it would seem, both coaches had exactly the same message for their players after unbeaten Beechwood’s resounding 62-6 district win over Lloyd Memorial Thursday in Erlanger. Forget the scoreboard. Or the running clock that started with 5:34 […]
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NKY Football: Dayton Defends Paddle; Holmes Tops Boyd; Full Scoreboard
The River City News’s coverage of Northern Kentucky high school football this week includes a column from Dan Weber who was at the Bellevue-Dayton game, photos from RCN photographer Brian Frey who was also at that game, and a game report from Jason Finnell who was at the Boyd Co.-Holmes game. The full regional scoreboard […]