Slow start, fast finish has Newport moving on to Tuesday’s championship after ‘chippy’ win over Lloyd
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Newport’s Wildcats may have had worse starts this season than they suffered through in…
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Here we go again: Union city rivalry to decide 9th Region girls’ title as Ryle gets by Holy Cross in semis
By Dan Weber NKyTribune reporter Here’s a thought. Time to change the name of the 33rd District Championship game to…
TMU women hosting NAIA tournament 1st round but Saints men going on a Butte of a road trip to Montana
Better call up Google Maps, Thomas More men’s basketball fans, the NAIA said in its first-round seeding. If somehow the…
Norse get the return trip to Indy they were aiming for with a quarterfinal Horizon Tourney win over Oakland
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter In basketball, as in the rest of life, you don’t always get everything you…
Turning scars into wins: How Cooper survived another injury and stayed alive against Highlands
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter There is a way to survive losing your newest underclass big man of the…
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Basketball postseason and baseball, softball preseasons cross over here
Thursday is the day for NKU. Both NKU basketball teams will be in action Thursday evening in the Horizon League…
Lloyd Memorial makes some magic but tough overtime finish for Conner in 9th region opener
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter So here’s our question of the night: Who has the edge when a Lloyd…
Norse, Saints men win; TMU women fall again; Now it’s basketball tournament time for everybody
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Could this Northern Kentucky men’s basketball team finish up its February-to-forget schedule with seven…
Just what you’d expect, then some, from Union rivals Ryle, Cooper in 33rd District showdown
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter It was a bold strategy. But that’s what you get when you have two…
Highlands will face Newport in 36th District finals as Bluebirds power past Thoroughbreds, 81-61
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Some things you don’t often see. Like a player shooting 23 free throws in…
Matched up in the game nobody wants to play in, Scott flew past Brossart in 37th district semifinal
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter They came from two completely different places. Well, as completely different as two teams…
Ludlow-Villa Madonna district opener proves history not always the best predictor at tournament time
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Some things you just know. Like how Monday’s first game in the 34th District…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…