The first annual Battle of Union softball game on Monday pitting Cooper High School vs. Ryle rose out of an intense neighborhood rivalry. It’s also the product of some very creative coaching and enough trash talk to make a seasoned umpire blush. But this is where the story throws a curveball early in the count. […]
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Cooper’s Prohaska resigns after one season
After having just two coaches from 2013-25, Cooper’s girls basketball program will be looking for their third coach in three seasons. Christian Prohaska resigned on Friday after one season with the team. She led the Lady Jaguars to a 20-9 record in her one season in Union. Prohaska came in for Justin Holthaus, who moved […]
Posted inTrack & Field
Who won Class 3A indoor track and field titles from NKY?
Simon Kenton’s Alexis Howard won two state titles, one of them setting a state record in Wednesday’s KHSAA Class 3A indoor track and field state meet at the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center in Louisville. Howard earned gold in both the long jump and triple jump, her 18-foot, seven and a quarter inch jump […]
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Rivalry Reset: Ryle stuns Cooper in dominant fashion for 33rd District title
Ryle filled a square that few probably would have dared to check on their bingo card Thursday night. It was the Battle of Union rivalry that Cooper had dominated for years in winning 11 straight over Ryle, including four consecutive district titles. But in the 33rd District championship on Ryle’s home floor, the Lady Raiders […]
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Cooper’s Van Laningham wins Gatorade cross country Runner of the Year
The accolades continue to pile up for Cooper senior Paul Van Laningham. He was recently named the Gatorade Player of the Year in cross country, coming off back-to-back state championships in the Class 3A meet. Van Laningham obliterated the state record in his last state title, running in 15:01, breaking his own mark by 18 […]
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NKHSGBCA All-Division teams released
The Northern Kentucky High School Girls Basketball Coaches Association has announced its selections for the Northern Kentucky All-Division teams. Competing under the umbrella of the Northern Kentucky Athletic Conference (NKAC), the association recognizes standout performances across three divisions. The NKAC is structured by school size, with Division I consisting of the largest schools in the […]
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Straight out of a movie: St. Henry’s Kunstek’s buzzer-beater gives Sullivan win over former team Cooper
Hollywood called. They want the script. It starts like this: Coach of 17 years builds a program up from its infancy into a two-time region champion and nearly 300 wins. Gets non-renewed after 17 seasons and heads to a different program. The program he’s with now faces old program that let him go on a […]
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The new Queens of NKY? Simon Kenton makes their case with win over Cooper
Not only was it a matchup of two top 10 teams in the state, but bragging rights for the best girls basketball team in the Northern Kentucky area were on the line when Simon Kenton traveled to Cooper on Thursday night. As the Lady Jaguars have held firm to the crown for years on that […]
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Forecasting the Sweet 16
These are just projections. Nothing more, nothing less. Upsets will happen, they do every year. But…let’s take the chalk from the top picks in each region by the statewide media poll and see what each KHSAA Sweet 16 basketball tournament would look like. BOYS First Round Top half of bracket (in order) Covington Catholic vs […]
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Swimmers take the stage as Region 7 championships continue at Scott
Divers have had their say at the KHSAA Region 7 Swimming and Diving Championships at the Kenton County Aquatics Center at Scott High School. Now it’s the swimmers’ turn as the annual meet reconvenes Thursday, the first of a three‑day push to determine who advances in the chase for state titles. “It’s the most competitive […]
