Week 10 points to the most important week of the season to date. Sure, some have already taken care of business and clinched their district titles (looking at you Beechwood, Newport Central Catholic and Highlands), but Friday sets up to be one important night of football as multiple district championships, home playoff games and postseason […]
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Friday NKY prep football roundup: Simon Kenton beats Campbell County on Hail Mary
Tied at 21 and on the final play of the game, Simon Kenton’s Brady Lee hit Nathan Kitchens for a 38-yard touchdown pass as the Pioneers escaped with a 27-21 victory over visiting Campbell County. It was a key Class 6A, District 6 victory for Simon Kenton (5-2), setting up a district championship game with […]
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NewCath, Ryle headed to 9th Region championship
Newport Central Catholic and Ryle shut their opponents out on Thursday and are headed to Saturday’s 9th Region boys soccer championship. The game will be played at Boone County High School at 2 p.m. Here’s how it went down: Ryle 2, Highlands 0 The creative attack from the Raiders earned a goal 13 minutes in […]
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Sphire’s Bluebirds spread it out and spread it around on the football field at Highlands
Dried off and in a fresh set of clothes after his sideline victory dousing last Friday, Highlands High School football coach Bob Sphire walked into the Fort Thomas home of a hosting Touchdown Club member. He was there for a postgame team get-together. Highlands had just beaten Boone County, 53-7, at home for its sixth […]
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Knapke makes Pandas happy, senior delivers game-winner in final minute
As the rain started to fall down, the tension continued to rise in front of a large crowd at Buenger Sports Complex in Park Hills. With the game knotted at 1-1 between Notre Dame and Highlands in the 9th Region girls soccer semifinals, overtime was lurking as they headed into the final minute. A counter […]
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6th edition of statewide media football 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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Highlands rallies from two-goal deficit to stun CovCath
Down two goals 10 minutes into the game, Highlands boys soccer coach Suli Kayed took a seat and pondered what was going wrong. It took Kayed about two minutes to hop up, feeling much better about his team’s ability to pull off a comeback. “After that second goal I chose to sit down in my […]
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Monday NKY prep roundup: Simon Kenton boys win first region tourney game since 2018; Highlands, Dixie Heights, Brossart, Campbell girls advance
While winning four 32nd District Tournament crowns in the last five years, the Simon Kenton Pioneers boys soccer team had not been able to follow up with wins at home in the 8th Region quarterfinal games. That changed with an 11-1 win over Gallatin County (3-7) on Monday. Simon Kenton (12-9-2) advanced to the 8th […]
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LINK nky Top 10: Season winding down, cream rising to the crop
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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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 […]
