Study in contrasts: Racing, breeding shine in Kentucky as sport dims across America
By Tim Sullivan Kentucky Lantern Beyond Kentucky’s borders, horse racing is a sport in steep decline. Within the Commonwealth, however,…
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Prep Sports Report: Record-setting seniors were headliners during N.Ky. boys basketball season
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Three seniors set career scoring records and another led his team to its first…
Close-knit Cooper team headed to first boys state tournament appearance since 2017
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter You need a “close-knit group” to win the 9th Region boys basketball championship. That’s…
Prep Sports Report: Cooper player, coach receive 9th Region’s top awards at boys basketball banquet
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Cooper swept the two major awards at the Northern Kentucky Boys Basketball Coaches Association…
Defense, balanced scoring carry Cooper to 53-38 victory over Lloyd in 9th Region boys championship game
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter When asked about his team’s defensive effort after the 9th Region boys basketball championship…
Tim Sullivan has gotten it right, now it’s time for Cooper to do the same
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter Plenty of time. Plenty of time with the extra week off for the folks…
Cooper wins another 9th Region semifinal showdown against CovCath with good defensive effort
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Cooper and Covington Catholic, two boys basketball teams that owe much of their success…
Cooper boys open 9th Region basketball tournament with emotional victory for coach
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Cooper boys basketball fans wearing gray t-shirts with “Sully” printed in big block letters…
Cooper boys get trademark win over Ryle to claim 33rd District championship for third straight year
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter It started with a 12-0 scoring run that put Cooper ahead, 18-8, in the…
Prep Sports Report: KHSAA president dealing with surge of student-athlete transfers
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Revising the transfer eligibility process for Kentucky high school student-athletes has become a necessity…
They played the game Cooper’s way in the 9th Region battle against No. 1 CovCath
By Dan Weber NKyTribune sports reporter That greatest of all American sportswriters, Grantland Rice, got his all-time most memorable sports…
Stuck in idle: Kentucky Speedway falls short of high hopes four years after last NASCAR race
By Tim Sullivan Kentucky Lantern By the end of the year, the owners of Kentucky Speedway will have paid Gallatin…
Cooper basketball player competing for spot on Puerto Rico’s 17-under boys national team
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter When summer began, Yamil Rondon had no idea he would be spending the Fourth…
Newport guard scores winning basket on unplanned play to defeat Cooper, 44-42, in 9th Region boys final
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter None of the players on either team had ever been in a 9th Region…
Boys Basketball Preview: Coaches expect top-ranked CovCath to continue program’s winning tradition
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Covington Catholic being ranked No. 1 in the Northern Kentucky preseason coaches poll comes…
CovCath junior guard voted Division I Player of the Year by N.Ky. boys basketball coaches
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Covington Catholic junior guard Evan Ipsaro was voted Division I Player of the Year…
Prep Sports Notebook: Seniors share 9th Region Player of the Year award in girls basketball
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter Two talented seniors were named co-winners of the 9th Region Player of the Year Award…
CovCath flexes defensive muscles, knocks off Cooper, 47-32, in Bluegrass-Buckeye Classic
By Don Owen NKyTribune reporter Some will consider it a glorified dress rehearsal for an inevitable March collision in the…
Boone County Fiscal Court recognizes outstanding season by Cooper High Boys Basketball Team
NKyTribune staff The Boone County Fiscal Court Tuesday recognized the recently completed run through the Kentucky State Tournament by the…
Top players in Northern Kentucky could have early collision in 9th Region boys’ basketball tourney
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter When Northern Kentucky boys’ basketball coaches voted on the top players in three divisions…
Changing his Stripes: Former prep official Kanarek enjoying new role as Cooper assistant coach
By Terry Boehmker NKyTribune sports reporter After officiating high school basketball games for 23 years, Dave Kanarek decided to…