Newport Central Catholic High School named Stephen Lickert as its new head football coach. Lickert has been the head coach at Campbell County High Schools since 2011. Coach Lickert will fill the vacant position left by Dan Wagner who announced his decision in December to step down. Wagner, a 1978 graduate of Newport Catholic began […]
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NewCath moves on from rain-out game
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter It was not supposed to happen like this. But Mother Nature gave them no choice. Thus, the Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds open the season at Cooper on Friday. Game time is 7:30 p.m. NewCath found itself in this position after Friday’s scheduled game at Ashland was […]
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FTM EXCLUSIVE: Highlands/Newport Central Catholic Football Award Winners
The Fort Thomas Matters braintrust has watched the Highlands and New Cath football teams from the dog days of summer. We are solely focused on the Birds and the Breds and with that said, we feel confident that no one in the media knows these teams better than us. With that said, we are unveiling […]
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Thoroughbreds open up playoffs against Wildcats for second straight year
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter The two football squads enter the Class 2A playoffs with identical 6-4 records. But that’s about the only similarity between the first-round opponents. The District 6 champion Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds play host to the Gallatin County Wildcats at 7 p.m. Friday at Newport Stadium. The […]
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NewCath prepares for battle with improved Holmes
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter Coming off its most complete game of the year, the Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds football team faces another potential challenge from a bigger school in non-district action. The 2-3 Thoroughbreds travel to Covington to face the improved 3-2 Holmes Bulldogs on Friday. The Bulldogs time finished […]
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NCC/Brossart Preview
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter The Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds football team may still be favored to win another Class 2A, District 6 crown. But they don’t plan on the other four teams handing it to them. That’s why they’ve always played a tough non-district schedule. NewCath’s four non-district opponents are […]
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NCC falls to 5-0 Simon Kenton
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter NEWPORT – The Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds football team is getting healthier and that turned into better play Saturday. But NewCath still made a number of mistakes and that led to a 28-20 loss to the 5-0 Simon Kenton Pioneers in the home opener at Newport […]
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NCC 37, Dixie 22
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter EDGEWOOD – There may have been a lot of uncertainties going into this season-opening Skyline Showdown game. One was not the running game for the visitors. The Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds rode it to the tune of 227 yards on 42 carries to a 37-22 victory […]
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NewCath, Dixie Heights Football Preview
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports The Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds football team hopes to get a lot of improvements done in practice this week before the season-opener. The Thoroughbreds scrimmaged at Cooper on Friday and found out a lot needs to be fixed. Head coach Eddie Eviston said he’d be around all […]
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NewCath Looks to Bounce Back from Early Outster in 2011
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter NEWPORT – The Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds football team owns three state titles since 2005. They hope to add a fourth this year to ease the sting of watching the Class 2A, District 6 rival Covington Holy Cross Indians win it last year. Holy Cross took […]