Ryle’s baseball team wanted to loosen things up headed into Monday’s 9th Region baseball tournament quarterfinals with Highlands. Players had their choice of bleach blonde hair, frosted tips or a buzz cut. While the bright orange jerseys really brought out the blonde hair, so did the winning as they took down the reigning champs, 3-1 […]
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Flynn’s arm, bat, carries Dixie past CovCath
Dixie Heights is getting healthy and hot at just the right time. Without the services of ace Kyle Flynn for pretty much the entirety of the regular season, Flynn came back in the district championship to pitch a couple innings and got the ball in Monday’s 9th Region baseball tournament quarterfinal against Covington Catholic at […]
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Tigers roar through rain: Beechwood boys claim Class A track and field title
In a season where it’s been met with pleasant weather all along, Mother Nature had other plans on Thursday at the KHSAA Class A state track and field meet in Lexington. The track and field stars had to deal with wet, windy and cold conditions as they were visibly seen with shivers and teeth clinching. […]
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District softball tournament roundup: Simon Kenton, Notre Dame, Bishop Brossart earn championships
Three more district champions were crowned on Tuesday in Northern Kentucky. Here’s how the action unfolded: 32nd District Championship Simon Kenton 5, Grant County 0 Lauren McIntosh pitched a complete game four-hitter and struck out 14 Grant County batters as the Lady Pioneers ended Grant County’s five year reign as district champs. The Lady Pioneers […]
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District baseball tournaments: Beechwood, Conner, Campbell County claim titles
Three district baseball champions were crowned on the diamond on Tuesday night in Northern Kentucky with three more to be crowned on Wednesday. Here’s how the action unfolded: 35th District Championship Beechwood 12, Covington Catholic 6 With the wind blowing out and Covington Catholic’s field having a short porch to centerfield, players took full advantage […]
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Rash set to lead Beechwood football program once again
In lieu of recent news of Jay Volker accepting a teaching position in Ohio, Beechwood has decided to transition the head football coaching duties to former coach Noel Rash. Volker replaced Rash after he stepped down in 2023, guiding the Tigers to a 37-5 record and a state title in 2024. Online rumors started circulating […]
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District softball tournament roundup: Ryle, Dixie earn district crowns
Two district champions were crowned Monday night in Northern Kentucky. Five other games were played in NKY as teams fought to keep their seasons alive. Here’s how it unfolded: 33rd District Championship Ryle 6, Conner 5 Ryle (20-11) won a second consecutive district title with a tight one over Conner at Boone County High School […]
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District tournament softball roundup: Ryle walks it off in the 7th over Cooper
The KHSAA softball postseason got underway in Northern Kentucky on Sunday with seven games played in three districts. Here’s how the action unfolded: 33rd District at Boone County Ryle 2, Cooper 1 Spare the slugfest in this one. When these two met twice in the regular season, 49 runs were scored in the two games, […]
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Kes Murphy returns to sideline as St. Henry girls basketball coach
Former Notre Dame Academy and Holy Cross High School girls basketball coach Kes Murphy is back in the game. Murphy was announced Thursday as the new head coach of the St. Henry District High School girls basketball program, bringing more than a decade of success and championship experience with him. Murphy compiled 309 wins over […]
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Dixie Heights repeats as district lacrosse champ with win over Ryle
It was gut check time. With less than five minutes to play in Monday’s 5th District lacrosse championship at Covington Catholic, Dixie Heights found themselves down to Ryle, 7-6. The reigning district champs hopes of repeating were in the balance. It was a bit of unfamiliar spot for the Colonels this season, having outscored district […]
