Nick Krupke
Sports Anchor
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Nick arrived at KPTV in 2013 and has spent nearly two decades covering sports in Oregon.
A native of Mt. Vernon, Washington, the married father of three daughters and two dogs graduated from the Murrow College of Communication at Washington State.
You can find Nick hosting Friday Night Lights, Timbers pregame shows (Countdown to Kickoff) and covering the big events from the preps to the pros in Southwest Washington and Western Oregon.
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As the calendar flips to October, we look back at the final week of September in high school football.
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Smashing Barriers, a nonprofit organization, was co-founded by Rohan Shah and Jiya Mehta to give kids equitable access to the sport.
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Week five of Thursday Night Lights has arrived, the last of the month. Tune in for tomorrows Friday Night Lights!
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It's Friday - you know what that means. Here's week four of Friday Night Lights!
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As we enter the fourth week of the prep sports season, our High School Spotlight looks to Sunset High School’s Ellie Felt
As summer ends Thursday Night Lights continues with a chill in the air. Here's week four!
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She’s a college basketball superstar and an NCAA champion with Stanford. 21-year-old Cameron Brink returned home to Beaverton ahead of her senior season with the Cardinal.
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In this High School Spotlight, FOX 12 highlights a senior from Silverton High School who enters her final volleyball season as the number one rated setter in the nation for the class of 2024.
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While Sunday was an off day for the first place Thorns, two superstars were on the pitch in Portland at Providence Park.
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Damien Martinez ran for a 64-yard touchdown on Oregon State’s first offensive play, setting the tone in the 16th-ranked Beavers’ 55-7 victory over UC Davis on Saturday.
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In this High School Spotlight, FOX 12 highlights the Banks girls soccer team who are making a difference away from the pitch.
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The season for the 41st annual Hood to Coast relay from Mt. Hood to Seaside was a toasty and muggy one.
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A free amputee and limb different soccer clinic was held in Portland on Saturday.
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The boys of summer are bringing the Babe Ruth World Series trophy back home to Portland after the teens’ title win Saturday in Jamestown, New York.
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A group of Portland teens continue to stave off elimination at the Babe Ruth World Series as they head to Saturday’s championship game.
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Hoop Camp is an Oregon-based non-profit foundation that that prides itself on inclusion and has grown to states likes Utah, Idaho and Nevada.
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Clackamas High alum Ben Gregg is ready to take underprivileged youth on a big day out at the mall.
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Trail Blazers star Anfernee Simons made a few new friends Saturday morning as Simons hosted his first kids camp at the Beaverton Hoop YMCA.
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The Progressive American Flat Track racing series returns to Castle Rock, Wash. this weekend as a 17-year-old rookie pro returns to his home track for the big motorcycle race on Saturday night.
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Romelio Salas is a two-time Olympian who has coached high school wrestling in the Portland area for decades.
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Portland-based nonprofit offers physical activity, personal connection for adults with special needs
Every Body Athletics has offered physical activity and personal connection to hundreds of adults with special needs now for six years.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks top pick in last month’s draft has finally arrived and made his Hillsboro Hops debut on Wednesday.
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FOX 12′s Nick Krupke goes around the bases with a few local ball teams who are proud to call themselves champions with bigger goals on the immediate horizon.
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A former High School Spotlight kid just won the biggest battle of his life before returning to the Woodburn Dragstrip during their “Night of Fire” racing.
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The Bend North little league girls are northwest regional champions in San Bernardino, California.
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Not only are multiple stars for the Portland Thorns playing in this year’s World Cup but a budding superstar for Argentina from Beaverton had her big break-through Thursday night.
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The Oregon Little League state champion Murrayhill 12U All-Stars are just three wins away from the Little League World Series at Williamsport, Pa.
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In this story, FOX 12 focuses on the Lakeridge High School program, that is coping with a third suicide in less than three years.
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Kristian Robinson is in his second stint with the Hops. The speedy, sweet-stroking 22-year-old outfielder last had a blast with Hillsboro in 2019.
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Levi Kitchen is making his Washougal track professional debut this weekend.
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PIR is celebrating it’s 57th year of having fun on the dirt in motocross.
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It was a hot weekend on the track for one of the largest events of the season at the Woodburn dragstrip.
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Saturday night at Providence Park was all about No. 8, the club’s all-time leader in goals and assists, becoming the sixth member of the PTFC Ring of Honor.
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The third annual breast cancer awareness jersey auction at the Ridgefield Raptors stadium was a success Friday with all benefits going to the Pink Lemonade Project.
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Paul Wilson, who just graduated from Lakeridge High School, is in a Major League Baseball dream state.
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A young baseball star from Sherwood has most certainly arrived at his biggest moment to date during his first MLB All-Star Game appearance
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From Adley Rutschman to Corbin Carroll, lots of kids from the Pacific Northwest are making it big in Major League Baseball.
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The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is Tuesday night in Seattle, and the exhibition has a very Pacific Northwest flare on and off the field.
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Sherwood native and Oregon State University alum Adley Rutschman made his All-Star debut Monday night at the Home Run Derby, and he did it with his dad by his side.
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The Miami Marlins chose Jesuit High School graduate Noble Meyer as their 10th pick at the Major League Baseball draft in Seattle on Sunday.
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It’s tournament season for local little leagues, and the kids from North Portland are sending a pair of clubs to state.
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