Sweep in preseason coaches poll puts CovCath basketball team on track to capture elusive region title
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Cutting down the nets after winning the 9th Region boys basketball championship game is…
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New coach of preseason poll’s top-ranked Cooper girls basketball team wants to build on championship legacy
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Taking charge of the Cooper High School girls basketball program was a bold career…
NKU’s Norse realize they’re at home, play like it in the 2nd half in dropping EKU
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Maybe it was the road trip that just wouldn’t end. Two games in Tennessee…
Turfway Park to celebrate renaming of jockey’s quarters in honor of legendary jockey Perry Ouzts Dec. 6
Turfway Park will honor legendary jockey Perry Ouzts on Saturday, Dec. 6 with a dedication ceremony officially renaming the facility’s…
Prep Sports Report: Cooper’s record-setting cross country runner qualifies for national meet
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Three weeks after his record-setting performance in the Kentucky high school cross country boys…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Northern Kentucky sports loses one of the good guys
It was 2005, Brian Neal recalls, of the day when the young coach was in his second year heading up…
Lloyd extends perfect record to 13-0 with payback win against Russell in Class 3A playoffs
By Audrey Carrico NKyTribune sports reporter The Lloyd Juggernauts avenged last year’s second-round loss to Russell with a 28-13 victory…
Prep Football Report: Ryle, Beechwood return to state semifinals with different types of playoff wins
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter In September, Ryle lost three straight football games by margins of seven points or…
Highlands fails to bring its ‘A’ game, Corbin does, in ending Birds’ season
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Highlands coach Bob Sphire must have had a premonition about this game. Last month,…
Brossart is latest in line of local high schools looking to fill vacancy in head football coach position
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Brossart joined the list of Northern Kentucky high schools looking for a new head…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Hall of Famers, helicopter hero and No. 1 NKU volleyball
Capt. Tommy Butts, USN, was clear about exactly how the former Lloyd Memorial football/baseball star was able to make the…
Kentucky’s Mark Stoops, Wildcats not looking ahead going into Southeastern Conference finale at Vandy
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops isn’t letting the Wildcats get ahead of themselves as they…
New Tower Park Athletic Complex comes together in a most Fort Thomas Way
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter There’s a simple reason that Fort Thomas Schools Superintendent Brian Robinson could say with…
Prep Sports Report: Lloyd quarterback has been on target in team’s first two playoff victories
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter In his team’s last two victories, Lloyd senior quarterback Kaleb Evans completed all 18…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Goodbye to a good guy, hello to a blue-chipper and wheww!-they won one
Saying good-bye to a Hall of Famer The Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame lost a long-time member Nov. 11…
$777,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks headlines Turfway Park’s winter/spring meet stakes schedule
A total of 20 stakes worth $3.977 million will highlight Turfway Park Racing and Gaming’s Winter/Spring Meet, anchored once again…
Prep Sports Report: CovCath sweeps votes for top team in Northern Kentucky boys basketball coaches poll
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Covington Catholic was voted the No. 1 team on every ballot in a preseason…
Jamie Vaught: Kentucky center Malachi Moreno emerging as force for coach Mark Pope’s Wildcats
Malachi Moreno is one of my favorite players at Kentucky. The 7-foot, 250-pound freshman center from Georgetown is a joy…
Kentucky hands Tennessee Tech first loss, move to within one win of bowl eligibility
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today A three-week turnaround has Kentucky in bowl contention going into the final two weeks of…
CovCath, Newport knock off previously undefeated opponents in second round of football playoffs
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Covington Catholic’s defensive unit was on the field for 39 of the 48 minutes…
Season’s over for a Cooper senior crew that put the Jaguars on the KHSAA map
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Sometimes it’s not the game that matters most. Even a season- and career-ending one….
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Big Northern Kentucky night just got bigger
It’s almost always one of the bigger nights in Northern Kentucky sports. But Thursday’s Northern Kentucky Athletic Directors’ Hall of…