The Dixie Heights Colonels earned their first win of the season with a 1-0 victory over the visiting Campbell County Camels at Rice Mountjoy Stadium. Alex Jenkins made six saves for the Camels in net and Brady Meyer made three for the Colonels. Senior Carter Easley scored the first goal of the season for the […]
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Florence unable to contain Evansville offense in series loss
Totals of 24 runs and 35 hits offensively generally lead to series wins, if not sweeps. But the Evansville Otters offensive production was a tad more timely in the final two games of their three-game set with the Florence Y’alls, totaling 29 runs and 34 hits to take two-of-three in the series at Thomas More […]
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Wednesday NKY HS round-up: Brossart girls soccer bests Simon Kenton in thriller
For 68 minutes, Bishop Brossart and Simon Kenton played a rather calm soccer game. The Mustangs were leading 1-0 and then a barn-burner broke out. The visiting Mustangs came away with a 3-1 victory over the Pioneers for their third straight win. It was the first time Simon Kenton (3-1) allowed more than one goal […]
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Tuesday NKY HS round-up: NewCath stays undefeated with rivalry win
The Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds boys soccer team ventured to Alexandria and stayed undefeated with a 1-0 win over the Campbell County Camels. NewCath (4-0) recorded its third shutout this season, outshooting Campbell County, 10-1 on goal. Senior goalkeeper Mason McCloskey made one save for the clean sheet for the Thoroughbreds and Campbell County (1-1-1) […]
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Monday NKY HS roundup: Smith breaks Highlands career goal-scoring record in district win
Laney Smith knows only her name will be at the top of a prestigious list. But similar to the others on top of it, Smith agreed that her school-record 76 career goals does not happen without great teammates. Smith surpassed 2019 graduate Lindsey Meyer’s 75-goal career total with a hat trick to help the Highlands […]
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21 teams in 21 days: Bishop Brossart football preview
Paul Wiggins can’t say enough about the growth of Bishop Brossart’s football program over his tenure. The Mustangs won one game his first season as head coach in 2014. But since then, the Mustangs have had just one losing season. They’ve taken big steps over the last three seasons with three consecutive district championships and […]
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Weekend NKY HS round-up: Simon Kenton boys earn first win of season
The Simon Kenton Pioneer boys soccer team downed St. Henry, 1-0 for its first win of the season Saturday. Marco Barrios scored the game’s lone goal and Michael Cawthron had the assist. Owen Thoerner had two saves and Miles Mullen made one at goalkeeper for Simon Kenton. Simon Kenton (1-1-1) plays at Oldham County (2-0-1) […]
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Y’alls attain one win against visiting Lake Erie
The Florence Y’alls (33-45) had a golden opportunity to make up some ground in the Frontier League West playoff race, but could only take 1-of-3 against the Lake Erie Crushers (31-47). The series loss leaves them 9.5 games behind the Evansville Otters (42-35) for the third and final playoff spot in the division with only […]
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21 teams in 21 days: Walton-Verona football preview
Nine consecutive district championships and 10 overall is impressive for any football team, especially one that put out its first varsity team in 2008. Jeff Barth has been the head coach for all of them but that first season with the Walton-Verona Bearcats. The consistency has shown for the Bearcats, making at least the second […]
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Thursday NKY round-up: NewCath boys soccer holds off pesky Walton-Verona
The Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds hit their home Morscher Field for the first time and held off the Walton-Verona Bearcats, 3-2. NewCath led 2-1 at halftime and scored the game-winner with around 20 minutes left. Brady Diedenhofer scored twice for NewCath and Ryan Desmond scored the other one. “This was a short rest period for […]
