Brett Alper
Sports Anchor/Reporter
Bowling Green, KY
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Brett Alper is a Dover, DE native, and a graduate of the University of Kentucky (Spring 2020). Since Brett was young, he had a deep interest in sports and in sports broadcasting. In high school, he helped film basketball and participated in the student-produced newscasts.
During his time in college, Brett was greatly involved in UK's student news, covering many of Kentucky's sporting events. Brett interned at WBKO's sister station WKYT in their sports department and at a station in Salisbury, Maryland.
After graduation, Brett was able to land a job with 13 News as a producer of the 6/10 pm newscast. He was promoted to the sports department in April of 2021.
I am so happy to be covering sports in the state I went to college in. If you have any sports stories or something you would like for our department to cover shoot me an email Brett.Alper@wbko.com.
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Brett Alper rejoins Sports Connection for the week and he and Brian Webb discuss Week 8 of High School football season and the Tops tough loss to UTSA.
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Catch up on the highlights from Brett Alper, Mohammed Ahmad, and Ana Medina for Week 9 of Football Friday Night.
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After winning the 2020 4th Region Soccer Championship and becoming state runner-ups, the Spartans are back in the state tournament beating Warren Central 1-0.
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The number one team in the region reaches the 4th Region Championship game after defeating Franklin-Simpson 4-0
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Franklin Simpson’s Dalton Fiveash shoots a 70 in round two to tie for third in the Leachman Buick GMC Cadillac KHSAA Boys State Golf Championship.
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The Leachman Buick GMC Cadillac KHSAA Boys Golf State Tournament kicked off at Bowling Green Country Club on Tuesday, and multiple 3rd region standouts made some early noise.
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Week 8 for high school football, spend the night live streaming McCracken County as they take on the red hot South Warren Spartans.
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The Leachman Buick GMC KHSAA Girl’s Golf State Tournament finished up at Bowling Green Country Club on Wednesday, and multiple 3rd region standouts placed in the top 100.
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WKU Soccer graduate student Alexis Bach was named the Conference USA Goalkeeper of the Week, the league announced on Tuesday.
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October means soccer playoffs and high school districts are in full swing. After defeating the Todd County Central Rebels, the Russellville Panthers advance to the 13th District title game.
WKU Soccer registered its sixth shutout win of the season on Saturday night at WKU Soccer Complex against the reigning Conference USA tournament champions, Rice, defeating the Owls 2-0.
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Bailey Zappe had himself a game once again, but WKU Football struggled defensively again tonight losing to Michigan State 48-31 in East Lansing.
Catch up on the highlights from Brett Alper, Mohammed Ahmad, and Ana Medina for Week 7 of Football Friday Night.
WKU women’s basketball has announced its non-conference slate for the upcoming season that includes a preseason exhibition game, five home games, four road games and the Preseason WNIT.
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In a win or go home game five of the High A East Championship series, the Bowling Green Hot Rods defeated the Greensboro Grasshoppers 6-3 to win the High A East League three games to two.
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Brett Alper and Brian Webb discuss Week 5 of high school football season and preview the upcoming WKU football game against Indiana. They welcome to the stage two basketball coaches in Greenwood’s head coach Will McCoy and Warren Central head coach William Unseld.
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In their first game against a Power Five opponent, WKU football falls just short to Indiana 33-31 as questions fill from a questionable decision by head coach Tyson Helton.
Catch up on the highlights from Brett Alper, Mohammed Ahmad, and Ana Medina for Week 6 of Football Friday Night.
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On Saturday, WKU football will be back at home for the first time since September 2nd against Indiana with a packed L.t. Smith Stadium.
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Game-one of the High-A East Championship series scheduled for Wednesday, September 22, in Greensboro, North Carolina between the Bowling Green Hot Rods and Greensboro Grasshoppers has been postponed due to rain.
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In our Prepspin match of the night, Greenwood took a visit to Rich Pond to face off against South Warren in volleyball.
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Watch tonight’s Prepspin match of the night as the Greenwood Gators head over to South Warren to play the Spartans in volleyball at https://www.wbko.com/prepspin/ or at https://www.prepspin.com/
Game one of the High-A East Championship series scheduled for Tuesday, September 21 in Greensboro, North Carolina between the Bowling Green Hot Rods and Greensboro Grasshoppers has been postponed due to rain.
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Bowling Green Parks and Recreation are teaming up with Western Kentucky University to bring an adaptive sports program to the Hill.
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In August 2021, Allen County-Scottsville’s Jaxon Cooper came back to play a fifth season of football for the Patriots.
Catch up on the highlights from Brett Alper, Mohammed Ahmad, and Ana Medina for Week 5 of Football Friday Night.Final:
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Five hitters had multiple hits for the Bowling Green Bootleggers (80-36) in a 10-2 victory over the Wilmington Blue Rocks (52-62) at Bowling Green Ballpark in Bowling Green, Kentucky on Thursday night. The two teams will play the third game of the series on Friday with a 6:35 PM CT first pitch.
WKU Soccer went down a goal at Marshall on Thursday night early in the second half, but the Lady Toppers scored two goals in the span of almost nine minutes of game time to claim the overtime road win to open Conference USA play.
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A 14th District girls soccer matchup took place at the Swamp as the Bowling Green Purples took on the Greenwood Gators.
The Bowling Green Hot Rods, High-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, are excited to reveal their High-A East schedule for the 2022 season. The 132-game schedule includes 66 home games at Bowling Green Ballpark as the Hot Rods also welcome two new opponents to Bowling Green.
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The Franklin Simpson Wildcats hosted the Russellville Panthers to a doubleheader in soccer for the boys and girls. Russellville took the girl’s game while Franklin-Simpson came back with a win for the boys.
A very special episode of Sports Connection, Brett Alper and Brian Webb discuss Week 4 of high school football and the Tops’ loss against Army.
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WKU Football quarterback Bailey Zappe was voted Conference USA Co-Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. He becomes the fifth different Hilltopper quarterback to earn the honor since WKU joined the league prior to the 2014 season.
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In honor of Brittney Gorman Parrish, the 4th annual Birdies for Brittney Golf Scramble was held at Indian Hills Country Club.
Osleivis Basabe led the team with three hits and a homer while Grant Witherspoon tied the club record for homers in a single season in the Bowling Green Hot Rods (79-35) 9-3 victory over the Winston-Salem Dash (41-72) in the series finale and final regular-season road game of 2021.
A first half goal from (RV) Ole Miss (4-1-2) was the difference maker in Sunday’s match for the (RV) WKU soccer team (5-1-0). The Rebels scored in the 34th minute to claim the win.
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The Bowling Green Purples held Senior Night at the pit in their match against the Male Bulldogs Saturday.
Catch up on the highlights from Brett Alper, Mohammed Ahmad FFN and WBKO debut, and Ana Medina for the Week 4 of Football Friday Night.
The Bowling Green Hot Rods (76-34) clinched a postseason berth after a 3-2 win in game one, and split a doubleheader with the Winston-Salem Dash (41-69) after a 9-5 loss in game two at Truist Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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After losing back-to-back games vs North Oldham and St. Xavier, the Spartans bounced back themselves shutting out Greenwood 2-0 at home Tuesday.
Watch tonight’s Prepspin match of the night as the Greenwood Gators look to win their sixth straight match hosting South Warren in volleyball at https://www.wbko.com/prepspin/ or at https://www.prepspin.com/
WKU Cross Country runner Savannah Heckman has been named the Conference USA Cross Country Female Athlete of the Week, as announced by league officials Tuesday afternoon.
WKU Football quarterback Bailey Zappe and wide receiver Jerreth Sterns were named Honorable Mentions for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award after their Week 1 performances against UT Martin.
WKU Soccer senior Lyric Schmidt has been named the Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week after a shut out win at Louisville on Sunday.
Senior Kenlie Barrett continues to lead WKU Women’s Golf at the USA Intercollegiate. After shooting an even-par 72 in the second round of the tournament, Barrett is tied for 11th on the individual leaderboard
Jacson McGowan’s late game homer helped the Bolidos de Bowling Green (75-33) complete the six-game series sweep with a 6-3 win over the Llamas de Hickory (45-60) on Sunday.
Two undefeated teams entered Sunday’s match between WKU and Louisville and the Lady Toppers were the team that emerged victorious. WKU notched a 1-0 win against the Cardinals for the second consecutive season.
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Brett Alper and Brian Webb discuss week three of high school football season and preview WKU football’s season opener against UT Martin and welcome WKU Athletic Director Todd Stewart to the show.
Week 3 for high school football, take a look at the highlights from Brett Alper, Ana Medina, and Aliie Hennard from Football Friday Night.
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Week 3 for high school football, spend the night live streaming Allen County-Scottsville take on Greenwood in this interclass matchup at The Swamp.