Tag: High School

As another week of high school football is put in the books in Northern Kentucky, some are able to chalk up their first victory while others see their woes continues.  Holmes won for the first time this season, but Holy Cross found itself on the wrong side of a beating again. Ludlow held off Williamsburg […]

Another week of high school football has rolled by in Northern Kentucky (except for Saturday night’s Simon Kenton-Cooper game…) and some teams are back on the winning side of things, while others tacked on another L. Covington Catholic won its face-off with neighbor Beechwood, and Ludlow doubled up Newport. Dayton pulled off a shut out […]

It felt like a beautiful fall night on Friday with crisp temperatures and a full docket of high school football action in Northern Kentucky. Week 4 saw big wins for Ludlow and Bellevue, but big losses for other River City teams. Holmes, Holy Cross, Newport, Newport Central Catholic, and Dayton all lost by double digits. […]

After stumbling in its opening game at home, Scott has rattled off 104 points and two straight wins. The latest was a roughing-up of a young Holy Cross team, 62-13, at Thomas More College on Saturday. Five Eagles scored touchdowns, and Scott ran up the score early, breaking into the Indians’ end zone four times […]

Fall rolled in early on Friday and brought with it heavy rain and cold winds – and a bunch of routs on the Northern Kentucky high school football scoreboard. Four games were decided by more than twenty points. And that follows Thursday night – where some games were moved due to the weather on Friday […]

Bellevue bounced back from its tough two-point loss on the road at Nicholas County last week, beating its rival Dayton, 47-27, Friday evening at Gilligan Stadium. Tigers senior quarterback Eric Atkins found Frankie Baker streaking down the left side for a 77-yard scoring play to put Bellevue on the board first, 7-0, eight minutes into […]

His star turn in the post-season may have led to a change in plans for Scott senior Jake Ohmer, who led the Eagles to the semifinals of the Kentucky Sweet 16 boys basketball state tournament. Ohmer’s last-second three carried Scott over Campbell County and then his 106 points in three games at the Sweet 16 […]

For the first time ever, there could have been an all-Northern Kentucky final in the Kentucky Sweet 16 boys basketball state tournament. But two missed shots in the closing moments of Scott’s unlikely run to the semifinals ended that chance, and the Eagles’ season. Cooper, making its first run in the tournament, pulled away late […]

Cooper moved on to the quarterfinals of the Kentucky Sweet 16, downing Meade Co. in boys basketball action Thursday night at Rupp Arena in Lexington. The Jaguars, making their first appearance in the state tournament, dominated throughout, leading by as many as 21 before finally putting the Green Wave away, 54-39. Cooper, champions of the […]