Four CovCath connections bring a bit of Northern Kentucky to Cincinnati Bearcat basketball
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Moving on to new challenges in a new territory is never easy. Take the…
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Kentucky’s Reed Sheppard named SEC Freshman of the Year, four Cats honored by league
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Reed Sheppard was named Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year by the league’s coaches on…
Cooper’s defense squeezes CovCath until Colonels pop, next it’s on to Newport in Ninth Region finals
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Ernest Hemingway was talking about bankruptcy not basketball. But in “The Sun Also Rises,”…
Newport returns to 9th Region championship game with dominating performance in 60-29 win over Lloyd
By Terry Boehmmker NKyTribune sports reporter More than 7,000 fans showed up for a 9th Region boys basketball double-feature on…
Cooper makes it clear Lady Jags own Ninth Region with defensive shutdown of rival Ryle’s Lady Raiders
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter They said all the right things after the game, the Cooper Lady Jaguars did,…
Campbell County’s young team was no match for perennial power in 10th Region girls title game
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Campbell County won 22 games and made it to the championship game of the…
Wildcats stun Volunteers in Knoxville to earn No. 2 seed, double-bye in SEC Tournament
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Kentucky had its back to the wall and came out fighting and spoiled Tennessee’s Senior…
Cooper-Holy Cross collision worthy of Sweet 16 semis happens here in the Ninth Region semis
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Here’s the problem when two of the state’s top four teams, teams that haven’t…
TMU REPORT: Saints men win way into the GMAC championship game, women eliminated in semis
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter In its first season in the NCAA’s Division II and the Great Midwest Athletic…
Senior veterans lead Ryle back to 9th Region girls championship game with 49-43 win over Highlands
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter This is the sixth season that Sarah Baker and Quinn Eubank have been on…
Late scoring run puts Campbell County girls in 10th Region championship game for first time since 2020
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Campbell County scored nine straight points at the end of the fourth quarter to…
Injured NKU survives Horizon playoff, upsetting Wright State on road in OT to advance to Indy semis
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Down 17 points – and two starters – NKU’s Norse pulled off the improbable…
Walton-Verona, Campbell County advance to semifinals in boys region basketball tournaments
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Walton-Verona used a 12-2 scoring run in the third quarter to take a double-digit…
New-generation Cooper flies by Highlands into Sunday’s Ninth Region semifinals
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter And then there were four. The four you expected would be there for Sunday’s…
CovCath survives late rally to get past Dixie Heights, 49-47, in first round of 9th Region boys tournament
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Covington Catholic won a first-round game in the 9th Region boys basketball tournament for…
Close games end in different ways for Simon Kenton, Scott in first rounds of boys region tournaments
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter After finishing the regular season with a 14-15 record, Simon Kenton wasn’t considered a…
Wildcats celebrate seniors, complete season sweep of Vanderbilt with 93-77 win Wednesday night at Rupp
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Kentucky celebrated Senior Night by completing a regular-season sweep of Vanderbilt with a 93-77 win…
Prep Sports Report: Ryle senior wins another state title in newly sanctioned high school sport
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Girls wrestling and indoor track are two sports sanctioned by the Kentucky High School…
Thomas More women make the most of their first GMAC postseason tourney but it doesn’t come easy
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Basketball doesn’t get enough credit. It’s the football that takes all the crazy bounces,…
Thomas More men, surprised they got to host, even more surprised they almost blew a 20-point lead
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter So many questions about this Thomas More men’s basketball team as it hosted the…
Free throw shooting carries Campbell County girls to first region playoff win over Montgomery County
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Campbell County had an 0-6 record against Montgomery County in 10th Region girls basketball…
Wildcats to honor Antonio Reeves, Tre Mitchell, two other seniors in home finale Wednesday night
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Vanderbilt spoiled Kentucky’s Senior Night festivities last season and the Commodores knocked the Cats out…