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Florence native Denigan sent off with bash before heading to Team USA training
FLORENCE, Ky. — Walton, Kentucky's Mariah Denigan received quite the homecoming Monday evening at the Florence Aquatics Center. The Northern Kentucky swim league is sending one of their own to the 2024 Paris Olympics. The city of Florence officially recognized July 1 as Mariah Denigan Day ahead of her...
Damar Hamlin reveals 10 winners of Cincinnati scholarships, in honor of UC medical staff
Ten students will receive the 2024 Cincinnati Heroes Scholarship from Damar Hamlin's Chasing M's Foundation. The program, which will award $1,000 scholarships to 10 students each year for the next three years, is in honor of the 10 medical personnel who helped save the Buffalo Bills safety's life. Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field in 2023 while playing the Bengals at Paycor Stadium.
Sean Miller shares insight on Dailyn Swain's impressive gains in weight room
Xavier basketball head coach Sean Miller recently praised sophomore forward Dailyn Swain for his remarkable physical transformation over the past year. During a discussion on the latest episode of the Sean Miller Podcast, Miller detailed Swain's journey from a lanky 6'7", 177-pound freshman to a sturdier 6'8", 217-pound athlete. "Physically,...
Joe Burrow gets shout out in new Flau’Jae/Lil’ Wayne collaboration
CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is getting love from two Louisiana-based rappers on a new song. 20-year-old LSU Tigers guard and rapper Flau’Jae Johnson teamed up with Lil’ Wayne for the single, “Came Out a Beast,” released on June 28. The song makes...
Lawrenceburg's McLane, Batesville's Grunkemeyer Earn All-State Honors
INDIANAPOLIS - Two Eastern Athletic Indiana Conference baseball stars have been earned All-State honors. The Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association released their All-State teams across four classifications on Saturday. Lawrenceburg outfielder Nolan McLane was selected to the Class 3A All-State Team. He batted .479 with 45 hits and 24...
Indians play in summer scrimmages
We are still a little a month away from the official start to the high school football season but Milan hit the field for a pair of summer scrimmages this past week at South Dearborn. The scrimmages coincided with summer workouts just prior to the annual Moratorium Week enforced by...
Milan Aquatics Swim Club Win 2024 SEISA Conference Championship
(Milan, Ind.) - Hundreds of swimmers from Southeastern Indiana gathered on Saturday for the SEISA Conference Championships. Seven different swim clubs have faced each other in dual meets throughout the early summer, leading to the conference meet at Greensburg High School. For the second year in a row and fifth...
The Smith League returns to Cincinnati for sixth season
BOND HILL, Ohio (WKRC) - The Smith League has returned to Cincinnati for its sixth season, and it has new home for the summer. The basketball action is held at Woodward Career Technical High School every Saturday until the championships on August 18. Admission is free. New York Knicks guard...
Three Local Student Athletes Make the 2024 Indiana Academic All-State Team
INDIANAPOLIS - Some local names made the list for the 2024 Indiana Academic All-State Team. To qualify you must be a senior, as well as play in 70% of the team games. If a player is the valedictorian or salutatorian of their school, it is an automatic qualification. Students can also qualify with a score of 8 on the academic formula. That is a combination of a student’s GPA and SAT/ACT scores.
Cincinnati center for blind, visually impaired offers ice time for children
CINCINNATI — A Cincinnati hockey program is allowing kids to learn a new sport and make new friends in the process. The Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired in North College Hill is now offering ice time for kids who are ready to put on the blades.
‘Special opportunity’ awaits in final season of Liberty Harrison football
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — AJ Harman proudly wore the uniform of the Liberty Mountaineers before graduating from the Clarksburg-based school in 2005. Harman worked his way up from an assistant coach and was named the head coach of his alma mater in 2014. In the 51 years of the program, three of the nine playoff appearances and one of the two postseason wins came under Harman’s leadership.
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