This story originally appeared in the August 11 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe at linknky.com/subscribe. Friday Night Lights are upon us. Cue up the band, the rowdy student sections, mom, dad, grandma and grandpa pulling out their seats with a backrest – and those cotton candy skies. Not much […]
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Lloyd dominates in trenches to take down NewCath in season opener
The first play on Lloyd Memorial’s brand new turf at Cecil Dees Field certainly won’t be one they’ll want to remember. But the game is something they’ll have forever. The Juggernauts kicked off the first game of the 2023 KHSAA football season in their new surroundings and sent Newport Central Catholic home to a 24-7 […]
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34th District volleyball preview: St. Henry returns loaded team
St. Henry has won the 34th District in the 12 of 13 years the way it’s currently aligned and with what the Crusaders have returning, 13 out of 14 will not be a stretch by any imagination. But with Dixie Heights returning all but one player and Ludlow and Villa Madonna coming off 20-win seasons […]
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A week-by-week look at the top HS football games in NKY to look for this fall
Time to circle the calendars. The dead period is over and the prep work for the 2023 football season has begun. While the start of the regular season is still a little over a month away, let’s get the juices flowing a little bit with what will be the or one of the top games […]
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Newport with impressive showing at KABC Titans Shootout
A handful of teams from northern Kentucky made their way to Shelbyville for the KABC Titans Shootout, an NCAA-certified event that had 128 teams participate from all over the state and other states including Ohio, Indiana and Florida. Three different brackets were part of the tournament that had a three-game guarantee, the 64-team bracket from […]
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Young Lloyd softball team with quite the turnaround season
The last time the Lloyd Memorial High School fast-pitch softball team put together a winning record, senior captains McKenzie Runion and Desia Hall were preschoolers, and seventh-grade role players Malyah Jones and Sophia Purnell weren’t even born. The year was 2009. Barack Obama was president. Lady Gaga and Black Eyed Peas were dominating the pop […]
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Lloyd Memorial anxious, ready to break in new field
Lloyd Memorial football coach Kyle Niederman compared it to wanting that dessert so badly, but you know you can’t have it. Yet. Soon the Juggernauts and the community will be able to enjoy the new football field at the high school. Completion of the project is expected to be in June. A new synthetic turf […]
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Four from NKY selected to Kentucky-Indiana All-Star series
The Kentucky-Indiana All-Star basketball series will take place in June and four from Northern Kentucky will be participating in it. The teams will face off in the two-game series on June 9 at the Owensboro Sports Center and June 10 at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Lloyd Memorial’s Jeremiah Israel and Holy Cross’ Jacob Meyer […]
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Five NKY student-athletes named to Tom Leach All-Resilient team
*Information and photos pulled from tomleachky.com The Tom Leach All-Resilient-Team honors student-athletes from Kentucky high schools who have had to overcome some form of adversity to compete and often excel in sports, within the previous calendar year. Tom Leach is the “Voice of the Wildcats” for the UK Radio Network, the play-by-play announcer for football […]
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Newport takes down Lloyd in heated, physical battle
Things were off to a rough start for Newport. A four-point first quarter and unable to establish any sort of rhythm thanks to a stingy Lloyd Memorial defense. But the Wildcats found themselves down just 21-18 at half, then it was their turn to be stingy. The Wildcats locked in defensively in the second half […]
