Beechwood defeated Holy Cross 40-36 to advance to the 35th district championship, while CovCath blew past Holmes 83-33 to win their 24th victory of the season and a spot in the 35th district championship for the 15th season in a row.
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Tuesday NKY girls district semifinal roundup: Bellevue breaks through against NCC
Bellevue’s record-setting season continued with a dramatic win in the 36th District Tournament as Jaylah Dowell scored in the final seconds to lift the Tigers to a 53-51 win over Newport Central Catholic.
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Hardin Fast: NKY sports news from NKU, Newport, NewCath, 9th Region, 8th Region, Beechwood, Bellevue and points in between
All-region basketball teams are piling up quickly. Bellevue girls basketball is speeding through milestones. Similarly, it didn’t take long for Gia Jones to set a basketball record at Beechwood, and it hasn’t taken Griffin Starks much time to rack up some college basketball offers at Newport. Likewise, here are the fastest thousand words in sports. […]
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LINK nky Top 10: Final edition
Some of the best memories will come over the next four weeks for high school basketball players, coaches, parents, support staff and fans. It’s the best time of the year as the KHSAA basketball postseason is upon us. District tournaments in NKY start on Monday and run through Friday. Come Sunday, the girls teams who […]
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Who’s going to Rupp? Statewide media weighs in
In a little over two weeks, 16 girls teams will make their way to Rupp Arena in Lexington while 16 boys teams head that way in a little over three weeks. But first, the media weighs in on who they think will get there from the 16 regions across the state. Each media member who […]
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Final statewide Kentucky hoops media poll
The final statewide Kentucky basketball media polls below, voted on by 16 media members across the state. Each media member represents a region across the state, with their top five boys and girls teams in their respective region picked below. Boys statewide poll First-place votes in parentheses; records through Friday’s games Rank-school (FPV)                        Record               Pts        […]
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Thursday NKY prep hoops roundup: Lloyd boys edge Conner on Walker’s tip-in
EJ Walker scored 18 points including the game-winning tip-in to lead the Lloyd Memorial boys to a 49-47 victory at Conner. Walker added 17 rebounds while Anthony Blaackar followed with 11 points and Carter Bresser scored nine, making three 3-pointers. Conner put three players in double figures. Finn Louden led the way with 14 points. […]
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9th Region splits KABC Player of the Year honors for boys, girls
The Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches released their Region players and coaches of the year on Friday, with Covington Catholic’s Caden Miller and Highlands’ Nathan Vinson winning the boys co-KABC 9th Region Player of the Year, Ryle’s Quinn Eubank and Holy Cross’ Julia Hunt winning the girls co-KABC 9th Region Player of the Year, Boone County’s Nathan Browning winning the boys KABC 9th Region Coach
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A terrific 10: Northern Kentucky frontrunners for Miss Kentucky Basketball 2024
On Friday at 9 a.m. from Rupp Arena in Lexington, the Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches will announce regional players of the year and the 2024 Miss Kentucky Basketball finalists. The Miss Kentucky Basketball honor recognizes the top high school female senior basketball player in the state. The winner goes public at the Mr. and […]
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Curt Spencer, ex-official, now Holy Cross football coach
Holy Cross High School has named Curt Spencer as its next head football coach, succeeding Bruce Kozerski, who stepped down from the position in December.