With Halloween on Friday, a lot of games were moved up a day to Thursday as teams closed out their regular seasons.
Here’s what happened in NKY in Week 11:
Holy Cross 29, Bellevue 6
The Indians completed their 10-0 regular season with a road victory at Bellevue Thursday evening.
Brian Ferguson ran for three touchdowns and threw for another in the win. His touchdown runs came from 92, 19 and nine yards out. His touchdown pass to Tommy Maddox was for 51 yards.
Holy Cross racked up 292 rushing yards in the victory, 137 each from Ferguson and Charles Oglesby.
The Tigers got on the board first on a Meikel Richards two-yard run, but the Indians defense took over from there as the offense rattled off 29 unanswered. Tristan Woodyard headed their rushing attack with 45 yards on 10 carries. Bellevue ran into some tough sledding, accumulating just 110 yards of offense.
It’s Holy Cross’ first undefeated regular season in program history and the first time they’ve reached 10 wins since 2016. They head into the postseason with at least two guaranteed home games if they keep advancing and open up the first round against Dayton.
Bellevue (5-5) plays at Bishop Brossart in their first round of postseason action.
Lloyd Memorial 45, Boone County 7
Lloyd closed out their first undefeated regular season since 1995 with a convincing home victory over the Rebels.
The Juggernauts (10-0) will host Bath County to open up their postseason push. There’s a possibility Lloyd won’t have to leave Erlanger in the playoffs. They’ll find that out late Friday night when the statewide RPI freezes.
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They were led by their defense on Thursday, forcing five turnovers as Colten Barger, Alijah Griffin and Dominick Taylor intercepted passes while Avery Conrad and Ryan Miller recovered fumbles. Lincoln Tomlinson and Conrad both ran for two touchdowns, Isaiah Jones and Kamare McClendon also rushing for scores. Kaleb Evans added a touchdown pass to Jones.
Boone County (4-6) will play in their first postseason game since 2018 when they play at Woodford County next week.
Cooper 55, Simon Kenton 29
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On a chilly damp night in Independence, Cooper (7-3) turned the heat up and reached into their offensive bag of tricks a day early to cruise to their seventh victory of the season.
It was a record setting evening for a couple of Jaguars, quarterback Cam O’Hara and receiver Ryker Campbell. O’Hara completed 19-of-32 passes for 453 yards and a eye-popping eight touchdowns. The eight touchdown tosses broke his previous single-game record of six and also tied Highlands grad Gino Guidugli for the NKY single-game record.
Campbell’s six touchdown receptions set a Cooper single game receiving record, surpassing the previous record by three scores. Campbell hauled in eight catches for 276 yards on the evening.
The O’Hara to Campbell connections were from 44, 71, nine, 24, 47 and 70 as the Jags pulled away in the second quarter to gain some distance between them and the Pioneers.
Cooper’s Keagan Maher carried 22 times for 101 yards and added a receiving touchdown.
The Pioneers lead 8-7 late in the first quarter, but Cooper proceeded to score 21 unanswered points to head into the locker room with a 28-8 halftime lead.
Landon Brown of Simon Kenton led the Pioneers rushing attack with 16 carries for 111 yards.
Both teams will host first round playoff games next week, Simon Kenton (5-5) hosts Oldham County and Cooper hosts South Oldham.
Bishop Brossart 45, Pendleton County 14
The Mustangs utilized a 21-point second quarter to lead 33-7 at the break.
Brossart (5-5) hosts Bellevue in the first round of the playoffs next week.
Newport Central Catholic 42, Mason County 21
The Thoroughbreds won their fifth straight to end the regular season 6-4. They host Trimble County Nov. 6 to start their postseason.
Eddie Bivens scored four touchdowns in Thursday’s victory played at Covington Catholic. He ran for 174 yards and three touchdowns and had 41 yards receiving with a touchdown. Emmanuel Miles ran for 146 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 95 yards and a score.
Beechwood 44, Campbell County 7
The Tigers led 24-0 at halftime to finish 9-1 in their 2025 regular season campaign. Their push for back-to-back state titles will be delayed a week however, as their first round opponent Jackson County decided to withdraw from the Class 2A playoffs.
Beechwood will host the Morgan County/Walton-Verona winner in the second round on Nov. 14.
Emmett Queen threw for 277 yards and five touchdowns in the victory. Tyler Fryman was the leading receiver with eight catches for 194 yards and four touchdowns. Nathan Pabst added 95 yards rushing with a touchdown on just nine carries.
Campbell County (3-7) heads to Ballard for their first round matchup. Lucas Anthrop scored the lone TD for the Camels.
Scott 54, Holmes 0
Scott’s Trey Cook threw a single game program record of seven touchdowns in the victory.
The game ended the seasons for both as the Eagles (3-7) missed out on the playoffs for a third straight season. Holmes (2-8) won two games this year, a step in the right direction for a program trying to rebuild itself.
Ryle 63, Dixie Heights 20
The Raiders put up 49 points before halftime hit to close out the regular season at 7-3.
Ryle hosts Eastern in the first round of the Class 6A playoffs. Dixie Heights (4-6) opens postseason play at home against Collins.
Jacob Savage ran for 111 yards and three touchdowns in the victory, he also led the team in tackles with 12 and intercepted a pass. Dylan Lee, Dameyn Anness and Marshall Brandt also ran in touchdowns. Quarterback Nathan Verax completed 7-of-10 passes for 119 yards and two touchdowns, the touchdown strikes going to Gavin Lyons and Evan Kincaid. Ryle churned out 472 yards of offense.
Grant County 26, Walton-Verona 21
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