Kentucky’s girls basketball senior All-stars had a good weekend, the boys not so much. In the annual Kentucky-Indiana basketball All-Star series, the Kentucky girls got a sweep of Indiana while the Indiana boys returned the favor. Kentucky’s girls won Friday’s contest at Lexington Catholic High School, 84-73. Newport Central Catholic grad Caroline Eaglin was the […]
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50 NKY sports icons in 50 days: Day 1, Dave Cowens
The history of sports in Northern Kentucky goes back a long way. A very long way. Decades. Centuries. We know you’ve seen these lists before, but this is a different and unique way of presenting our “50 sports icons in Northern Kentucky” as we’ll provide you one per day over the next 50 days. Hall […]
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Who won track and field titles from NKY in the Class A state meet?
In a meet that is typically littered with Northern Kentucky student-athletes, Thursday was no different at the KHSAA Class A state track and field meet at University of Kentucky’s Outdoor Track and Field facility. On the team side of things, Bishop Brossart’s girls finished runner-up, Beechwood in third. St. Henry was sixth and Newport Central […]
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9th Region baseball quarterfinals: Conner downs NewCath
Everret Hall isn’t quite used to seeing the second inning on the mound. His usual time to shine is in the later innings. But when Hall’s number was called due to an injury to pitcher JJ Bagby, the Conner junior delivered. Hall pitched 4.1 innings of relief in the Cougars 9-5 victory over Newport Central […]
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Notre Dame, Highlands, Ryle and Holy Cross on to 9th Region softball semis
At 2-1 in top of the fifth inning with no outs, Conner had runners on first and third base. Yet Notre Dame found a way to escape the jam without giving up a run—and then flipped the momentum entirely, responding with four runs in the bottom half of the inning en route to a 10-1 […]
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Thoroughbreds baseball “waking up the echoes”
In the grand ballpark of Newport Central Catholic baseball, head coach Jeff Martin is stepping up to the plate and swinging for the fences when it comes to reconnecting his players with the rich history of the storied program. Several years ago, the 1981 NewCath graduate came up with a winning strategy, bringing former Thoroughbreds […]
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Krumpelbeck, CovCath make history together
Covington Catholic coach Bill Krumpelbeck knows he’s living a coach’s dream — but not because of personal accolades. It’s because of what those accolades represent. On senior night in Park Hills, the Colonels defeated Newport Central Catholic 9–2, giving Krumpelbeck his 1,145th career victory and moving him past Pleasure Ridge Park’s Bill Miller for second […]
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Three from NKY named to KHSAA Student Advisory Group
Three of the sixteen student-athletes from across the state have been named members of the 2025-26 KHSAA Student Advisory Group hail from Northern Kentucky. Beechwood’s Owen McCormack, Scott’s Milyn Minor and Newport Central Catholic’s Alannah Kues were elected to the advisory group. The leaders will represent the KHSAA at the NFHS National Student Leadership Summit […]
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Vote for the LINK nky Team of the Week for April 27-May 3
To be the winning team, fan votes play a heavy role, along with consideration from our sports team here at LINK. Nominations are reader-submitted or recommended by our sports team. Our Team of the Week program honors all local sports at all levels, whether it’s youth or adult-oriented recreation, high school or college, professional or amateur. The new school […]
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Kentucky-Indiana All-Star basketball rosters set
The Kentucky-Indiana All-Star basketball rosters have been released for the two-game event that gets played in early June. The annual series between the states’ top seniors is scheduled for June 6 at Lexington Catholic High School and June 7 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Kentucky boys senior All-Stars below: Two Northern Kentucky boys’ hoopers made the team […]
