Boyle County High School senior Montavin Quisenberry is the favorite to win Kentucky’s Mr. Football award this year, but Northern Kentucky has some quality candidates. The award is presented in mid-December by the Kentucky Football Coaches Association. However, there won’t be a local Mr. Football winner in 2024 as the area was shut out of […]
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Northern Kentucky Football Coaches Association announces Top 26 award winners
The Northern Kentucky Football Coaches Association announced its Top 26 award, comprised of the top players in the area. The players will be recognized at a banquet on Wednesday night. The Top 26 is an annual award where each of the 20 teams in the association choose one player to receive an award and the […]
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Basketball bites: 1,000-point scorers, hot starts and more
The LINK nky Top 10 will roll out soon, but something new this year here at LINK will be the weekly basketball bites. It will highlight personal accomplishments, milestones, marquee matchups and more. We’ll recap the last week of the action on the hardwood and look for matchups to look out for the rest of […]
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PHOTOS: Newport Central Catholic at Notre Dame girls basketball
Notre Dame Academy is off to a 2-0 start to the season after taking down Newport Central Catholic on Wednesday night in Park Hills, 67-25. Amelia Stallard led the Pandas with 16 points, Maya Lawrie adding 15. Charles Bolton was there for photos, here’s a slideshow from the game:
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36th District girls basketball preview: Highlands will get tested
Highlands enters with a lot of potential to not only win a third straight 36th District title, but have their name in the mix for a 9th Region title. The most interesting race though in the 36th could be who makes it to the region tournament. Last year, Bellevue stunned Newport Central Catholic in the […]
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36th District boys basketball preview: Target remains on Newport’s back
The biggest news in the offseason regarding 9th Region hoops was Newport junior Taylen Kinney deciding to make the move to prep school with Overtime Elite in Atlanta. The highly-touted guard will not be with the Wildcats this season, opening things up for not only the rest of the region, but creating some optimism for […]
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Class 1A region finals: NewCath, Newport fall in heartbreakers
Newport Central Catholic and Newport both lost their respective Class 1A region championship games, with Campbellsville coming from behind to beat NewCath 27-24, and Kentucky Country Day edging out Newport 14-12 due to their successful extra point conversions.
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It’s region championship week: Friday’s prep football matchups, links to watch or listen
Three wins. That’s it. That’s how far seven northern Kentucky teams are away from claiming a state championship. Three of them will have to go on the road this week, four of them will be hosting region championship games as they try to move the magic number from three to two. Below is links you […]
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NKY football coaches announce All-Division, All-NKY teams
The Northern Kentucky high school football coaches have spoken. With the season down to the wire, they have decided on their All-Division teams, Division Players of the Year and All-NKY teams. DIVISION I Includes Campbell County, Cooper, Dixie Heights, Ryle and Simon Kenton Player of the Year: Austin Alexander, Cooper — Alexander, a North Carolina […]
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End of season NKY boys soccer stat leaders
With the 2024 KHSAA soccer season come and gone, let’s take a look at who stood out in the pitch in northern Kentucky (Boone, Campbell and Kenton County) for boys soccer. Below is individual leaders in goals, assists, saves and goals against average. Team leaders is goals scored, goals allowed, shutouts, goals scored per game […]
