Prep Football Flashback: Dixie Heights quarterback’s big game started team’s record-setting winning streak
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Dixie Heights senior quarterback Drew Moore scored four of his team’s seven rushing touchdowns…
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Jamie Vaught: UK’s passing offense needs work as Wildcats ready for Saturday’s matchup with Ole Miss
It was a beautiful sunny day at Kroger Field in Lexington where Kentucky stopped a very respectable Toledo team 24-16…
Kentucky’s transfers provide boost, lead Wildcats to season-opening win over Toledo Rockets
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today It wasn’t an offensive explosion but Kentucky did just enough to defeat Toledo, 24-16 in…
Highlands keeps on rolling against a Cooper team trying to figure out who it is
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Highlands’ Bluebirds had too much of everything in ending a three-game losing streak to…
Prep football report: Holy Cross upsets state ranked opponent; Beechwood wins big; Brossart, CovCath lose close games
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter The Holy Cross football team is off to a 2-0 start for the first…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Lee Corso’s goodbye has a Northern Kentucky angle
If you’re a college football fan, there are a couple of things you know going into this weekend. The game…
Kentucky quarterback Zach Calzada taking low-key approach into Saturday’s debut against Toledo
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Zach Calzada is taking a low-key approach going into his debut on Saturday as Kentucky’s…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Ex-Bengal Rey Maualuga has moved on from football to a new position
For 11 years, Rey Maualuga prepared for the position he’d play in life. And in football. From his birth at…
Zach Calzada name Kentucky’s starting quarterback ahead of Saturday’s season opener against Toledo
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today As expected, Zach Calzada was named Kentucky’s starting quarterback on this week ahead of the…
Prep Sports Report: Five quarterbacks make successful debuts in season opening football games
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Five high school football teams that won their season openers last Friday had first-year…
Prep Football Flashback: CovCath senior scored winning touchdown in first game as starting quarterback
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter In his first game as a starting quarterback, senior Dustin Hicks passed for 227…
Physical Ryle Raiders take advantage of experience to top exciting Colonels offense 26-20
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Ryle’s physical Raiders had more weapons, more experience – and slightly fewer mistakes –…
St. Henry football team loses varsity debut without scoring in home game against Holy Cross
By Audrey Carrico NKyTribune sports reporter A charging crusader on horseback led St. Henry into a new era of football…
Highlands overcomes errors to win season opener against Frederick Douglass, 21-20, in double overtime
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter No one expects a high school football team to be a shining example of…
High school football season begins with marquee matchups, varsity debut on Friday’s schedule
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter The opening night of the 2025 high school football season on Friday has some…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Lots to listen to and learn from folks who made sports special in NKY
No wonder Rob Butcher, winner Wednesday of one of the two new awards at the annual Summer Reunion of the…
2025 Prep Football Previews: Highlands faces tough schedule to prepare for long run in state playoffs
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter When a coach gets to Highlands, the No. 5 winningest high school football program…
2025 Prep Football Previews: Conner’s new coach starting season with mostly first-year starters
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Noel Rash enters his first season as head coach of the Conner football team…
2025 Prep Football Previews: Beechwood needs to develop offensive line to take advantage of returning skill players
By Audrey Carrico NKyTribune sports reporter The Beechwood Tigers did what no other Northern Kentucky football team could last season…
2025 Prep Football Previews: Newport coach says Wildcats will go as far as senior team leaders take them
By Chad Hensley NKyTribune sports reporter The 2025 Newport Wildcats will use a narrow 14-12 loss to Kentucky Country Day…
Prep Football Flashback: Ryle rushed for 581 yards in 2010 season opening victory over CovCath
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Ryle opened the 2010 football season with a dominant 61-7 win over Covington Catholic…
UK’s Mark Pope says navigating current challenges surrounding college basketball is ‘the coolest thing’
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today The landscape of college athletics isn’t the same as the turf Mark Pope tread during…