Three girls and one boy from Northern Kentucky will represent the Commonwealth in the Kentucky-Indiana junior All-Star game to be played on May 31 at Charlestown High School in Indiana. Cooper’s Haylee Noel, Simon Kenton’s Brynli Pernell, Notre Dame’s Sarah Young and Covington Catholic’s Braeden Myrick were selected for the game, with juniors from across the […]
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Gabe Dynes hitting the portal, DeShaun Jackson finds a home, Evan Ipsaro, Andy Johnson stay home
By the time this story is published, things could change. That’s how the ever so changing transfer portal in college sports works these days. Hit the portal, take your name out and stay home, or…what many don’t realize, never find another home. That’s life in the portal. For a handful from Northern Kentucky, they’re learning […]
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KY-IN All-Star basketball rosters set, four from NKY
Four student-athletes from Northern Kentucky will represent the Kentucky teams at the Kentucky-Indiana high school basketball All-Star series in June. Covington Catholic’s Athens McGillis is the lone boys roster representative while Ryle’s Jaelyn Jones, Notre Dame’s Emma Holtzapfel and Simon Kenton’s Haylie Webb will represent the girls team. The two-game series starts on June 5 […]
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KY-OH All-Star game features eight from NKY
The 33rd annual Kentucky-Ohio high school All-Star basketball games set for Saturday, April 11 taking place at Thomas More will have quite a few from Northern Kentucky in it. The rosters were released last week and has three boys from NKY on the Kentucky roster and five girls from NKY on the Kentucky roster. Covington […]
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Some tidbits from the Sweet 16
High school basketball season is over in the Commonwealth. George Rogers Clark pulled off a feat that hadn’t been done in nearly 100 years as they pulled off the double in winning both boys and girls titles. Ashland Blazer was the last to do that…in 1928. In case you missed what happened in Lexington, here’s […]
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Red-hot St. X buries CovCath in heavyweight Sweet 16 matchup
St. Xavier’s Ethan Petter hitting a 3-pointer in mop up time pretty much summed up the day. The Tigers hit nearly everything in their 75-61 victory over Covington Catholic in the UK Healthcare boys Sweet 16 tournament opening round on Wednesday at Rupp Arena in Lexington. St. Xavier (27-7) hit 62% of their shots from […]
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Wednesday morning mayhem: CovCath, St. Xavier start Sweet 16 with a bang
The UK HealthCare Boys Sweet 16 comes out swinging Wednesday morning at 11 with Rupp Arena still waking up, and the basketball tournament wasting zero time easing anyone into the madness of March. The blind draw tossed subtlety aside and delivered the matchup most everyone was hoping to see days later: No. 2 Covington Catholic […]
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CovCath rolls into state: Colonels overwhelm Ryle in 9th Region championship
Dominant could be the easy word to choose. How about annihilation? That’s exactly what Covington Catholic did to 9th Region opponents this season. It didn’t stop on Tuesday night either, routing Ryle 82-51 on their way to a region title at Northern Kentucky University’s Truist Arena. It was a typical region contest for the Colonels […]
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Anticlimactic semis sets up CovCath-Ryle region final
The first game of the boys 9th Region basketball tournament was a doozy, since then the next five games have all been decided by double-digits. Covington Catholic and Ryle handled business in Sunday night’s semifinals at Northern Kentucky University’s Truist Arena, setting up a championship matchup between the two on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. […]
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Boys 9th Region quarterfinals: Conner, CovCath, Lloyd and Ryle advance
The most drama of the day at the boys 9th Region tournament quarterfinals came on the first game of the day while the other three spared us any late game defining moments. Conner took down Highlands in a high scoring affair that came down to the last shot while Covington Catholic cruised past Dixie Heights, […]
