UK Cats end disappointing season in second round of NCAA against Kansas State
By Keith Taylor
Kentucky Today
A frustrating season came to an abrupt end for Kentucky on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Greensboro, N.C.
After winning their tournament opener on Friday night, ending a four-year tournament drought, the Wildcats came up short in the second round, dropping a 75-69 decision to Kansas State. The third-seeded K-State Wildcats (25-9) earned a ticket...
In their 3rd straight NAIA championship basketball game, Thomas More women come up short at the end
By Dan Weber
NKyTribune sports reporter
His Thomas More Saints players “will have a lot of good memories” from their three straight years in Sioux City, Iowa, playing for the NAIA national championship in women’s basketball, Coach Jeff Hans said.
Although Saturday night won’t necessarily be one of them. “A lot of tears,” Hans said after the defending champion Saints seemed to run out of...
At home in Sioux City, Thomas More wins its way into one last NAIA championship run Saturday night
By Dan Weber
NKyTribune sports reporter
The Thomas More women’s basketball team did what the Thomas More women do: They won their way into a third straight NAIA national championship game Friday night at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa.
Point guard Rachel Martin made a couple of big plays in TMU’s end-game winning run.
Although the defending champion Saints did it a bit differently...
Kentucky defeats Providence for first NCAA win in four years; Calipari: ‘This is joy’
By Keith Taylor
Kentucky Today
Kentucky needed a big game from its top player and got it in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament Friday night.
Senior forward Oscar Tshiebwe only scored eight points, but his 25 rebounds and two blocked shots helped pave the way to a 61-53 win over Providence in Greensboro, North Carolina. Kentucky, which suffered an opening-round upset loss to Saint Peter’s last...
Beechwood will introduce Jay Voelker as new head coach of football team during ceremony on Monday
By Terry Boehmker
NKyTribune sports reporter
The Beechwood High School football program will begin a new era Monday when Jay Volker is officially introduced as the new head coach of the Tigers during a 3:30 p.m. ceremony in the school cafeteria.
Voelker was head coach at Talawanda High School in Ohio the last two years. His teams finished 1-9 last season and 2-7 in 2021, according to the Southwest...
NKU can’t pull off upset against top-seed Houston but Norse proved they belong on NCAA’s big stage
By Dan Weber
NKyTribune sports reporter
The moment was definitely not too big for Northern Kentucky’s Norse.
But the top-seeded Houston Cougars might have been . . . just a bit.
Which is why history did not happen here in front of a crowd of 15,154 at Birmingham’s Legacy Arena Thursday night in an NCAA Tournament first-round game although there were plenty of “NKU, NKU” cheers the longer the...
Subpar shooting topples Newport in state tournament game that features player breaking scoring record
By Terry Boehmker
NKyTribune sports reporter
LEXINGTON — There were several reasons for Newport’s subpar shooting performance in a first-round game of the boys state basketball tournament on Thursday and they resulted in a 61-46 loss to Lyon County at Rupp Arena.
The Wildcats had problems dealing with interchanging defenses used by Lyon County and they got just 10 offensive rebounds that...
Thomas More women will face top-ranked team in NAIA semifinals after close win in second round
By Terry Boehmker
NKyTribune sports reporter
Thomas More junior Alex Smith scored seven of her team-high 24 points during a late rally that carried the Saints to a 66-62 win over Montana Western in the quarterfinals of the NAIA women’s basketball championship tournament on Wednesday in Sioux City, Iowa.
After Montana Western took a 51-50 lead with 6:59 left in the fourth quarter, Smith made her...
Prep Sports Notebook: Coaches name Meyer, Ipsaro co-winners of 9th Region Player of the Year Award
By Terry Boehmker
NKyTribune sports reporter
Senior guards Jacob Meyer of Holy Cross and Evan Ipsaro of Covington Catholic were named co-winners of the 9th Region Player of the Year Award by the Northern Kentucky Boys Basketball Coaches Association at its post-season banquet last Sunday.
Last month, they were also named the top two seniors in the region by the state coaches association to make them...
Kentucky coach John Calipari says Wildcats are in a good mindset heading into NCAA Tournament
By Keith Taylor
Kentucky Today
Kentucky coach John Calipari likes his team’s chances going into the NCAA Tournament.
The Wildcats (21-11) have lost two of their last three games — two against Vanderbilt — but will look to win their first game in the Big Dance. Kentucky, the No, 5 seed in the East Region, will take on 12th-seeded Providence at 7:10 p.m. Friday in Greensboro, North Carolina.
“I...
Two-hour delay, Cumberlands cannot stop Thomas More women in NAIA finals opener in Sioux City, Iowa
By Dan Weber
NKyTribune sports reporter
So you’re all ready for your debut in the NAIA National Championship Women’s Finals Basketball Tournament at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa, and it’s 23 minutes until tipoff.
And then Thomas More’s defending NAIA champion Saints had to put the game on hold. A sudden leak in the roof was making the floor unplayable.
“They told us it would...
Ninth Region, Newport will get off to traditional Day 2 start for Northern Kentucky teams down state
By Dan Weber
NKyTribune sports reporter
It’s almost an annual holiday – or holidays. The middle two Wednesdays in March when Kentucky’s Sweet 16 High School Basketball Tournaments tip off for the boys and girls.
What’s that, you say. You didn’t really notice it last week – or this week. Well, that’s simple.
You must be from Northern Kentucky’s Ninth Region, where most of the time, the...
Newport going for first state tournament win since 1955 against player closing in on scoring record
By Terry Boehmker
NKyTribune sports reporter
The last time Newport won a game in the Kentucky boys state basketball tournament was 1955. One year later, “King” Kelly Coleman graduated from Wayland High School with 4,337 career points, a state scoring record that exists to this day.
The winless streak and state record will both be on the line at 1:30 p.m. Thursday when Newport (28-6) faces Lyon...
NKU men get NCAA top-seed Houston Thursday in Birmingham, Ala., and they could not be more thrilled
By Dan Weber
NKyTribune sports reporter
The response was sheer exhilaration.
“It’s not officially official until you see your name called,” NKU Coach Darrin Horn said at the end of Sunday’s NCAA Viewing Party at Truist Arena.
NKU vet Trevon Faulkner is the only Norse with NCAA tournament experience. (Photo by Dan Weber/NKyTribune)
And no, it wasn’t the team with the No. 1 in front of its...
Indiana-bred Nobody Listens claims first victory outside home state with win in Big Daddy Stakes
Matt Kwiatkowski, Jason Kaylor and Roger Browning’s fleet-footed Indiana-bred Nobody Listens returned to the winner’s circle for the 10th time in his 20-start career in Saturday night’s $93,500 Big Daddy Stakes at Turfway Park.
Trained by Tim Eggleston and ridden by Joe Ramos, Nobody Listens coasted six furlongs in 1:09.17.
Nobody Listens crosses the finish line in Saturday’s Big Daddy...
