Dan Weber writes a column for The River City News. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. It was the Covington city cousins versus their Taylor Mill country cousins. Two teams right next to each other from places not all that much alike. Holmes is as big city as it gets – in Northern Kentucky, anyway. Scott is […]
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NKU Men Picked 3rd, Women Selected 4th in Horizon League Preseason Poll
The Northern Kentucky Norse were picked third in the preseason Horizon League poll, and players Trevon Faulkner and Marques Warrick were selected as members of the preseason All-Horizon League Second Team. The poll and teams are voted on by league coaches, athletic communication directors, and members of the media. This marks the fifth-straight season in […]
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NKY Football: Ludlow, Holmes Win Big; Full Scoreboard
Another week of high school football is in the books. RCN contributor Jason Finnell reports from the Ludlow-Bellevue game and RCN photographer Brian Frey has a slideshow of photos from the Holmes-Harrison Co. game. The full NKY scoreboard is below. Ludlow rolled Bellevue, 40-0, as Braxton Newborn carried the Panthers with four touchdowns on Homecoming […]
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In Beechwood Rout of Lloyd, Both Coaches Give Teams Similar Message
Dan Weber writes a sports column for The River City News. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. As counterintuitive as it would seem, both coaches had exactly the same message for their players after unbeaten Beechwood’s resounding 62-6 district win over Lloyd Memorial Thursday in Erlanger. Forget the scoreboard. Or the running clock that started with 5:34 […]
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Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Ludlow/Bellevue Rivalry; Football Shows Covid Improvement?
Dan Weber writes a sports column for The River City News. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. Something to look forward to this spring: If you’ve liked the way the combination of grants from the Cincinnati Reds Community Fund and St. Elizabeth Healthcare have turned Covington’s Meinken Field and Bellevue Vets Field into baseball palaces with artificial […]
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Three to Be Inducted Into NKY Sports Hall of Fame
The Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame will induct three new members at its upcoming monthly event. WXIX-TV (FOX 19) sports director Joe Danneman will speak at the event. Danneman is a graduate of Covington Catholic High School. This month’s inductees include: Bob Saalfeld played basketball for three years at Holy Cross High School and was […]
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NKY Football: Dayton Defends Paddle; Holmes Tops Boyd; Full Scoreboard
The River City News’s coverage of Northern Kentucky high school football this week includes a column from Dan Weber who was at the Bellevue-Dayton game, photos from RCN photographer Brian Frey who was also at that game, and a game report from Jason Finnell who was at the Boyd Co.-Holmes game. The full regional scoreboard […]
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Story: Newport Catholic Dominates Ludlow, 69-28
Dan Weber writes a sports column for The River City News. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. There was a day when this game would have been inconceivable. For a couple of decades through the 1970s, Newport Central Catholic competed in one of the nation’s toughest high school football conferences – the Greater Cincinnati League. And the […]
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Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Cov Cath’s Ruthsatz Finds Home in NKY
Dan Weber writes a sports column for The River City News. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. Scott Ruthsatz was pretty sure that by now – going into his 11th season as Covington Catholic basketball coach, he’d be somewhere else. “I didn’t think I’d be here,” he says, “probably somewhere else, closer to my family in Sandusky […]
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NKY Football: Beechwood Downs Dixie; Newport Beats Bellevue; Ryle Falls; Full Scoreboard
The River City News’s coverage of Northern Kentucky high school football this week includes a column from Dan Weber who was at the Beechwood-Dixie Heights game, photos from RCN photographer Brian Frey who was at the Bellevue-Newport game, and a game report from Jason Finnell who was at the Louisville St. Xavier-Ryle game. The full […]
