The LINK nky Team of the Week for January 2-8 presented by OrthoCincy is the Bishop Brossart boys basketball team. With more than 5,000 votes, the Mustangs took 56.8% of the vote to earn the honors. They were followed by the Cooper archery team with over 3,000 votes and a 37% share. BISHOP BROSSART MUSTANGS […]
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LINK nky area top 10 boys and girls basketball rankings
Alrighty, the dog days of the season are here. Late January bus rides in the cold, practices getting stale and those practice jerseys starting to reek no matter how much Tide and dryer sheets are used in the washer. It’s the point of the season where the great teams separate themselves from the good ones […]
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LINK nky Daily Headlines: Monday, Jan. 23, 2023
Happy Monday and Who Dey to a Bengals win! Take a listen to some of the news you may have missed over the weekend. We’ve got everything from a meeting of the Kenton County Mayors group, where there was a debate over the recent payroll tax increases, to the relocation of a Newport business to […]
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Ayden provides the missing Link in Colonels victory
A lot of the talk surrounded Jaguars Reed Sheppard and Covington Catholic’s Evan Ipsaro headed into Saturday night’s matchup. Rightfully so, two of the top candidates to win Mr. Basketball in Kentucky this year. But it was CovCath’s Ayden Link stealing the show in the closing minutes, scoring eight points in the final two minutes […]
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Scott wins 5th straight, sets up showdown with Camels next week
Scott was sitting at 3-11 after their sixth straight loss to Harrison County on January 5. Eagles coach Steve Fromeyer knew something needed to be changed and it wasn’t necessarily with the kids on the team. “I just think that the adults we’ve changed, our expectations or whatever and I don’t think anybody forgets how […]
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Thomas More women extend win streak to 26, men drop third straight
Thomas More 79, Georgetown 51 (women) The Thomas More women’s basketball team left no doubt early in a 79-51 victory over Georgetown to improve to 20-0 and 14-0 in the Mid-South Conference. The win was their 26th straight overall dating back to last season. Thomas More built a 27-10 lead after a quarter, draining five […]
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Holy Cross snaps 8-game skid to Pandas
Trailing by eight after a Notre Dame basket to start the second half, it looked as if Holy Cross would be staring down a ninth straight loss to their 35th District rival. But the Indians (16-5, 2-0) turned up the full court press on the Pandas (11-5, 2-1), finally started to make some shots and […]
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Five inductees into NKY HOF
Five new members were inducted into the Northern Kentucky Hall of Fame on Wednesday at the Gardens of Park Hills. The inductees are: Mike Lewis – Ludlow, Alan Sullivan – Conner/Boone County, Greg Menetrey – Campbell County, Mike Cruetzinger – Ludlow and Jim Wihebrink – Dayton. Lewis threw 96 touchdowns during his career with the […]
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Football alignment set by KHSAA for next two years
While KHSAA football teams across the Bluegrass had a layout of where their future was going to be in terms of their class and opponents in district play, they learned in Wednesday’s KHSAA Board of Control meeting that it would only be for two years. The original plan was to have the new alignment run […]
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Dixie’s depth helps them prevail over Scott
It wasn’t quite the usual suspects for Dixie Heights against Scott on Tuesday night in Taylor Mill. And that could be a good thing in the long run for Joel Steczynski and his Colonels as they flexed their depth in a tight 57-55 win over the Eagles. Samantha Berman and Ella Steczynski were held under […]