Ryle football team puts head coach on threshold of career record with 46-8 win over Conner
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Mike Engler needed one victory to become the most successful coach in the history…
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Big game, big celebration, big crown for a really big Highlands for win at centennial CovCath
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter The first home football game in Covington Catholic’s centennial year and the 78th renewal…
Kentucky coach Mark Stoops hasn’t forgotten Wildcat’s stunning 2016 loss to Golden Eagles
By Keith Taylor Kentucky today The last time Southern Mississippi visited Kroger Field, the Golden Eagles mounted the biggest rally…
Keith Taylor: There have been plenty of changes in 30 years of covering University of Kentucky sports
Has it been three decades? Like many of you, I grew up watching and following the Kentucky Wildcats. In my…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Week 1 award winners, UK depth-charters, NKADA inductees, pair of goodbyes
Week 1 is in the books for Northern Kentucky High School football and time for our opening game award-winners: •…
Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops in full football mode, ready to begin 12th campaign with Wildcats
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Mark Stoops is in full football mode and it showed on Monday. “I get asked…
Prep Sports Report: Rookie quarterback, first-year head coach make successful debuts in season opener
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter An unknown quarterback made Dan Court’s head coaching debut a successful one Friday night…
Football Flashback: Highlands senior quarterback opened award-winning season with 300-yard performance
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter In the opening game of his senior season, Highlands quarterback Jared Lorenzen put up…
Opinion – Keith Taylor: 7-5 sounds about right for Kentucky football this season
Kentucky hasn’t missed a bowl game in eight years but that streak could be in jeopardy this season, considering a…
Opportunistic Ryle makes the plays at the end, sends young CovCath home with work to do
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Sometimes it happens like this. Two teams evenly matched in an opener are deadlocked…
15 games get high school football off to a flying start this weekend
By Dan Weber NKyTribune reporter With out-of-region games and inter-conference matchups, and even an old rivalry or two, Week 1…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Hall of Fame Reunion comes full circle for many
They call it a “reunion.” And it is one, a family reunion, this annual end-of-summer get-together for the Northern Kentucky…
Jamie Vaught: New offensive coordinator Bush Hamdan thrilled to land at ‘special’ place in UK
From Boise to Lexington. That’s the Idaho-to-Kentucky pathway Bush Hamdan took when he accepted the UK football job as the…
Taylen Kinney leaving Newport is latest news flash during surprising high school basketball off-season
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Taylen Kinney’s recent decision to leave the Newport boys basketball team is the latest…
2024 Prep Football Previews: CovCath’s starting quarterback remains a mystery two days before season opener
By Jake Dickman NKyTribune sports reporter Earlier this week, Covington Catholic football coach Eddie Eviston said his decision on the…
2024 Prep Football Previews: Scott’s new coach relying on starters returning in 13 positions to energize the Eagles
By Audrey Carrico NKyTribune sports contributor If there’s one thing the Scott football program needed it was consistency. Earlier this…
Football Flashback: Cooper quarterback led team to 37-13 win in first-ever game against Highlands
Football Flashback is a new sports series that looks back on local high school games played on the calendar dates…
2024 Prep Football Previews: Highlands coach expects first-year starters to play significant roles this season
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Name your sport, any sport, it’s almost certainly a numbers game in one way…
2024 Prep Football Previews: Dixie Heights defensive unit needs to complement offense this season
By Jake Dickman NKyTribune sports reporter With double-threat senior quarterback Armani Gregg among six starters returning on offense, Dixie Heights…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Football’s numbers game here, NKU a candidate for moving on and up
With the KHSAA’s publishing of the state’s high school football rosters this week, it’s something of a signal of the…
2024 Prep Football Previews: Seniors make depth Campbell County team’s main strength
By Audrey Carrico NKyTribune sports contributor The Campbell County football team has 26 seniors on its current roster. That’s the…
With 10 starters returning, coach Mark Stoops counting on Wildcat defense to deliver this season
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Kentucky coach Mark Stoops is counting on his team’s experienced defense heavily this season with…