Tough weekend road trips: NKU splits with a win in Ft. Wayne, TMU Saints not so fortunate in Pikeville
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Mixed weekend for Northern Kentucky college basketball teams as Thomas More finishes up the…
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Have there ever been this many good guards in Ninth Region basketball as there are this season?
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter It should be no surprise that, in this year when there are more teams…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: When the Hall of Fame is a Hall of Family here in Northern Kentucky
Without fail, when the time comes for the monthly inductions into the Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame, as it…
For Beechwood’s Noel Rash, it was always about more than winning, but it was also about winning
By Dan Weber NKyTribune reporter The eight state championships in his 17 years as Beechwood High School head football coach…
Say so long to Northern Kentucky’s seniors and everybody else on the NKU roster the rest of the year
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter “Hello. Goodbye.” That was the word from the Northern Kentucky Norse to their Truist…
Thomas More basketball splits Saturday against Freed-Hardeman; No. 1 women win, No. 16 men fall
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter In one of those rare moments for Thomas More basketball in recent seasons, the…
Jacob Meyer breaks 9th Region scoring record among family and friends at a joyous Holy Cross
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Saturday’s Senior Night celebration at Holy Cross was about a lot of things. First…
High-flying Conner turns defense into offense in Ft. Thomas shootout over high-scoring Highlands
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter You play Highlands, especially at Highlands, you’re in for a shootout. “We know we’ve…
Defense does it for Newport’s Wildcats in a low-scoring struggle with visiting Cooper’s Jaguars
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter NBA Hall of Fame announcer Ralph Lawler had his famous “Lawler’s Law” that he…
Jacob Meyer scores 41 for Holy Cross, needs just 16 to break 9th Region basketball scoring record
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter The correct term is “elite scorer.” Ask big Sam Gibson, Holy Cross’ 7-foot senior…
Keeping it moving, playing in the moment, Conner wins tourney-readying test over Mason County
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter It may have been 19 degrees outside but inside the Conner gym Friday, the…
Lloyd’s big two just too much for St. Henry in a top-seed-clinching district win between neighbors
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Don’t call it a “rivalry,” Lloyd Memorial Coach Michael Walker said Thursday after his…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Talking football, basketball, high schools, TMU, NKU, even a bit of demographics
Time for a midweek – and midseason – look at sports in Northern Kentucky. It’s what we do here. Just…
Dan Weber: TMU women, NKU men plus Kunkel’s Xavier, UK’s Fredrick all on comeback trail this week
Call it basketball bounce-back week – they hope – for the college teams around here. And that starts at the…
Holy Cross boys come up just short in All ‘A’ championship quest despite Meyer’s 49 points
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter RICHMOND — Nobody has ever done it, not in the previous 32 years of…
In a tale of 2 halves, NKU men lose the one they couldn’t afford to as Milwaukee ties them for 1st
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter No way they can lose this one, up 20 – 47-27 – at the…
St. Henry community says ‘thanks’ to Dave Faust for his 31 years coaching, record 461 basketball wins
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Back in the days before COVID, and the rise in postage, Dave Faust used…
Saint Henry’s Dave Faust gets record-tying 460th win, joins Ken Shields as Northern Kentucky’s No. 1
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter If he didn’t have to keep his phone on because of his teaching duties,…
Unbeaten Thomas More women unanimous No. 1 in NAIA Poll, TMU men drop from No. 10 to No. 22
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter For the sixth straight bi-weekly poll and eighth in the last 10, Thomas More…
Conner Cougars close fast just in time with four-senior-guard lineup at hot-shooting Simon Kenton
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter It would have been easy for Conner’s visiting Cougars, down by as many as…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Basketball getting interesting this week for colleges, high schools here
Big basketball week coming up for the colleges and high schools here. Not the typical late-January fare. Lots of games…
Not just the same old, same old for NKU in a big Horizon 74-54 win over Purdue Fort Wayne
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter There are few near-certainties in life, especially when you’re talking sports. But here’s one…