The size, depth and length of the Cooper Jaguars girls basketball team (3-2, 1-0) will be talked about a lot this season. The Jaguars showed why opening 33rd District seed action with a convincing 62-39 road victory over the Conner Cougars (3-4, 0-1) using those strengths to pull away at halftime. Cooper led 34-20 at […]
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Wednesday NKY volleyball round-up: Highlands coaches resign; district titles claimed
The Ryle Raiders volleyball team (22-15 overall) has been a fixture in the region tournament during Tasha Lovins’s 21-year tenure as head coach, missing it just one time in her second season in 2003. Ryle won its 14th district championship Wednesday with a 3-1 victory over the host Conner Cougars (21-12) by scores of 25-18, […]
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Tuesday NKY sports round-up: Ryle boys soccer claims third straight 33rd District crown
The Ryle Raiders won their third consecutive 33rd District boys soccer title on Tuesday night, downing the Conner Cougars, 2-0 in the championship game at Boone County High School. Ryle improved to 14-4-2 on the year while Conner dropped to 9-7-3. “The defense came out focused and they pretty much executed the plan we had […]
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Thursday NKY sports round-up: Cooper boys soccer bests Conner
The Cooper Jaguars boys soccer team (9-0-3 overall) is rising up strong to challenges lately and it led to a huge road 33rd District seed win on Thursday. Cooper ventured north to Hebron and downed the host Conner Cougars (8-3-2), 2-0 taking a step toward that top seed in the district tournament to be played […]
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Ryle scores twice in fourth to pull away from Conner
In front of a great crowd at Fred Nevel Stadium in Hebron, both teams battled in search of their first win of the season. The defenses had their way through most of the first three quarters. Then in the fourth, the Ryle Raiders (1-1) hit the end zone twice to pull off the 21-7 victory […]
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Class 5A, District 5 Football Preview: CovCath team to beat until proven otherwise
Until someone knocks off the Covington Catholic Colonels in Class 5A, District 5, it’s hard to place them anywhere other than the top. The Colonels have gone 18-0 against district opponents during the regular season and the first round of the playoffs entering the fourth of the final year of the current alignment. But during […]
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Thursday NKY HS sports round-up: Conner, Ryle baseball earn tough 33rd District seed victories
The 33rd District doubleheader at Florence Y’alls Stadium told the tale of four teams at certain crossroads entering the second of six district seed games. The Conner Cougars and Cooper Jaguars hoped to earn another step toward a potential top seed in the district tournament in a matter of weeks. On the other side, the […]
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9th Region quarterfinals: Dixie Heights, Holy Cross set for region semifinal battle
The only thing that mattered Saturday was who took care of business on the hardwood at the BB&T Arena on the campus of Northern Kentucky University. The teams had a week to prepare for their respective opponents. Similar to the first session in the afternoon, the District 34 and 35 opponents took care of their […]
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Boys 33rd District semifinals: Cooper, Conner build early leads, hold on to advance to title game
The teams that built leads in the first quarter ended up winning both games. But no lead in these games felt safe in the rugged 33rd District semifinals at Ryle on Wednesday. The Cooper Jaguars (22-5) took care of the host Raiders (13-20) in the first game and the Conner Cougars (19-9) bested the Boone […]
