Marty Moore, HHS alum, will be inducted into the UK Athletics Hall of Fame this weekend/UK Athletics Highlands High School alumnus and former NFL player Marty Moore will be inducted into the University of Kentucky Athletics Hall of Fame during this weekend’s Hall of Fame celebration, which includes a ceremony during Saturday’s home football game […]
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Fort Thomas Van Damme It's Friday Links (FREE Chick-Fil-A for a YEAR,Find Out How)
It’s been a while since we’ve done our weekly “Van Damme It’s Friday” Links. For our newer readers who have joined us since our first issue of The Fort Thomas Living was delivered, our “VDIF” links highlight what’s coming up or newsworthy events of the past week. –We are Cash Mobbing the Farmer’s Market today! If you […]
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Newport Pavilion Picture Update, McConnell Opponent, Crossfit Pictures, UK Spring Game
Van Damme It’s Friday! – The construction crew at Newport Pavilion, or the “Men Playing in Dirt” as they are affectionately known in the Collier Homestead, have made some serious progress over the last few weeks. They have poured the foundation for Chic Fil A, smoothed and prepped multiple future build sites, and are putting […]
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Patrick Towles to Play This Weekend for Kentucky
Let’s start the trending topic on Twitter right now… #ThrowInTheTowles. I actually stole that from Patrick Towles’ mother, Amy, but seeing as though Patrick is going to see his first action as a Kentucky Wildcat this weekend, it’s only fitting. Towles came to Lexington as a 4-star Parade All-American Quarterback- top 10 in his class. Head Coach, […]
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Fort Thomas – Weekend News & Notes
It has been an eventful week around the Fort – Andrea Conners was sentenced (here is a CBS News article on the story as well), a new coffee shop opened, and Fort Thomas Schools is planning for new testing standards. I don’t intend to rehash any of that but I did want to focus on […]
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Fort Thomas News – Midweek Update
A few random odds and ends to get you over the hump: 1. A few sports stories featuring Fort Thomas athletes: Highlands girls basketball forward Leah Schaefer verbally committed to Xavier Former Highland football standout and Notre Dame safety Austin Collinsworth could miss the 2012 season after undergoing surgery recently to repair a torn labrum […]
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Patrick Towles Signs with UK, Austin Sheehan Talks Recruitment
Patrick Towles, headlining one of Kentucky’s best recruiting classes in the last 15 years, signed this afternoon in Highlands’ media room among friends, family, football comrades and out of shape journalists. Fort Thomas Matters was there. Of Towles, Coach Dale Mueller said, “A lot of people consider Patrick to be the best football player that’s […]
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Fort Thomas Mid-week News Update
(how much do I love this picture? Austin even has an FTM sponsor jersey on) 1. An ESPN Patrick Towles article as a part of a larger commentary on recruiting High School football players. Anytime you can read about Patrick Towles and Wisconsin star Monte Ball in the same article makes you proud to be […]
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FTM Exclusive: Patrick Towles on Patrick Towles
I caught up with Patrick Towles this week, fresh off his Mr. Football commendation, to talk about his time with Highlands, his future with Kentucky and his thoughts on what’s next for the Fort Thomas native. Towles, who was also recently named an honorable mention quarterback on the Sports Illustrated All-America list and third team […]
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It’s Football Time in the Bluegrass
All three of Fort Thomas Matters’ favorite football teams play football tonight. It’s got to be the first time that has happened on a Thursday, but I’ll take it. I’ll be going to the worst team of the bunch tonight as I take in (semi-professional) football at Paul Brown Stadium. With the Highlands game being […]