By Dan Weber NKyTribune reporter With out-of-region games and inter-conference matchups, and even an old rivalry or two, Week 1 of the high school football season in Northern Kentucky is often as interesting and attractive as any all season. The 15 games for all 21 teams this weekend make that clear. Here’s a quick preview:…
By Audrey Carrico NKyTribune sports contributor If there’s one thing the Scott football program needed it was consistency. Earlier this year, the high school hired a new head coach for the fourth time in 14 months. The man who got the job, Justin Franklin, is stabilizing the situation. “I think coach Franklin brings the energy,…
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Name your sport, any sport, it’s almost certainly a numbers game in one way or another. Here’s the problem with that: Numbers don’t always tell the whole story. Or the most accurate one. For example, how about this year’s Highlands Bluebirds. The key stat for a high school football team…
By Jake Dickman NKyTribune sports reporter After struggling through a 2-8 record last football season, a much-needed fresh start awaits the Boone County Rebels. And with so much changing throughout the entire program, even calling it a fresh start might be an understatement. On the heels of the Rebels’ worst season since pre-COVID-19, a brand…
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter No question with once-in-a-lifetime player Aba Selm having moved on to Kentucky and SEC football, Simon Kenton’s Pioneers will have someone to root for on Saturdays this fall. But the hope is that the team will have someone to root for deeper into November in the Class 6A playoffs this year…
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter The majority of players on the Holy Cross football team’s roster this season will be sophomores and freshmen, but that didn’t stop Curt Spencer from accepting the head coaching job last February. Spencer spent the last two years coaching those young players in the Indians’ middle school program. He…
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter A recent ranking has two of Greater Cincinnati’s top eight college football prospects calling Union home. Both are a part of a Cooper team that has plans to take the final step this season after falling in the Class 5A state championship game a year ago. But that’s just…
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter On June 4, Walton-Verona High School scheduled a meet-and-greet for newly hired head football coach Gary Pence. That’s when the race against the clock began. He had 79 days to mold players he had never seen into a team before the start of the 2024 season. With 16 days…
By Chad Hensley NKyTribune sports reporter The 2023 Ludlow Panthers ended a 48-year district championship drought and this season’s team expects to be a playoff contender once again as numerous skill position players return. Back for head coach Woody McMillen’s Panthers will be Class 1A, District 4 Player of the Year Dameyn Anness for his…
By Audrey Carrico NKyTribune sports contributor Brossart will begin this football season with a new head coach at the helm. The high school selected Adam Kozerski, a current teacher and son of former Cincinnati Bengals player and Holy Cross head coach Bruce Kozerski, to run the program. “I’m very fortunate to have been given a…
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Kentucky high school football teams can begin practicing in full gear today and Ryle junior linebacker Jacob Savage is anxious to participate in contract drills for the first time in nine months. “There’s no other physical contact sport like football,” he said. “It’s definitely exciting and I’m definitely looking…
The NKyTribune is featuring each of the 21 high school football teams in Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties leading up to the first games of the 2018 season on Friday. We will then provide focused coverage of our local teams throughout the regular season and into the playoffs. By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter The…
It’s a good bet that many of us have no idea as to the generations and the names they were given. So, let’s take a look going back to the beginning of the 20th Century thru 2024 with your year of birth and where you fit in: • 1901-1927 The Greatest Generation • 1928-1945 The…
LOUISVILLE — In the aftermath of Louisville’s 75-73 loss to Kentucky, UofL coach Rick Pitino is taking heat again. And rightfully so, at least in one case. First, a disclaimer of sorts. I like Pitino and admire him in certain ways. In my 50 years of writing about big-time college basketball and football, he is…
