By Terry Boehmker

NKyTribune sports reporter

The opening night of the 2025 high school football season on Friday has some interesting storylines for local fans to follow.

St. Henry will play it’s first-ever varsity game at home against Holy Cross and local teams expected to be state title contenders will face stiff challenges in their season debuts.

Tim Odom returns to Northern Kentucky high school football after 29 years as the first head coach at St. Henry. None of the 54 players in the program have competed on the varsity level. The Crusaders played 15 games against junior varsity and freshman teams last year and won five of them.

“I’ve always felt I was called to help form young men,” Odom, 60, said when he was hired as St. Henry’s head coach. “I’ve got a knack for it and I knew I

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