By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter Once again, frigid weather postponed many basketball games in northern Kentucky. The Newport Central Catholic girls (19-3) were to play host to Walton-Verona. It marked the third cancellation in the last couple weeks for the Thoroughbreds. They play a make-up game at Ryle on Feb. 19.
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Thoroughbreds repeat as All “A” State Champions
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter FRANKFORT – They did it last year and hoped to laugh in the face of the challenge again. That was not a problem. For the second straight year, the Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds boys basketball team (21-3) won five games in six days to win the […]
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Highlands Football Awards End of Year Honors
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter The end result did not turn out the same for the previous six senior classes. But the senior class of this past football season did what it could to add to the great history of Highlands Bluebird football. The Bluebirds rank second in the nation for […]
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Fort Thomas City Government takes full advantage of technology
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Reporter Technology has helped many governments get things done quicker and more efficiently in recent years. The City of Fort Thomas has taken full advantage of many of them. The city government uses Time Warner as its Internet provider. The speeds are 50 megabits per second (Mbps) downloaded […]
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Highlands diversifies winter conditioning
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter Now that the big decision has been made, they are back hard at work preparing for the 100th season in school history. The returning Highlands Bluebirds football players hit the weight room for winter conditioning immediately after the school promoted Brian Weinrich to Head Coach filling […]
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Weinrich only one interviewed in extremely smooth transition
G. Michael Graham. New Highlands Head Football Coach Brian Weinrich addresses the community after being named 19th head coach in school history Wednesday. Weinrich has been on staff for 19 years. By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter There may not be a smoother transition than this one. The search committee that consisted of […]
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Highlands pulls off huge win on The Hill
G. Michael Graham Photo. Highlands junior Lydia Graves (20) makes a move against Newport Central Catholic forward Alexus Mayes (middle) in Friday’s game on The Hill. Highlands won 45-40 for its first win there since 1999. By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter NEWPORT – The latest trend in the regular season in […]
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Mueller’s Successor to be named Monday
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter The anticipation will come to a climax Monday. Peggy Hughes, spokesperson for the Fort Thomas Independent School District, sent out an e-mail announcing Highlands High School will have a press conference announcing the successor to Dale Mueller as Head Coach of the vaunted Highlands Bluebirds. It […]
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Highlands, NC Boys post wins
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter The Highlands Bluebirds boys basketball team earned its first victory of the year Monday. Highlands (1-6) knocked off the Chesnee (S.C.) Eagles, 54-38 at the Cumberland Falls Invitational at Corbin. This marked the second opponent of the tournament for Highlands from the Palmetto State.
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NC girls win Gateway Classic; Highlands, NC boys fall
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter The Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds girls basketball team added a tournament championship to this remarkable season Sunday. The undefeated 10-0 Thoroughbreds won the Gateway Holiday Classic at Montgomery County with a 63-48 win over the Ashland Kittens (6-3). The three tournament wins came against teams with […]