Preparing for two 6-foot-1 Division I commits is one task. Facing them is another. No. 14-ranked Ryle did all they could to prepare for the towering talents on No. 2 Notre Dame, junior Makayla Roose and senior Teagan Kondik, but at the end of the night, the Pandas prevailed 3-0 (25-17, 25-14, 25-22) Thursday night […]
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Walton-Verona keeps rolling, runs past Harrison County
Run the ball. Protect it. Play hard on defense. It’s a simple formula, but it’s one that’s starting to change the way Walton-Verona looks this season. The Bearcats improved to 3-1 Friday night with a 29-0 win over Harrison County in Cynthiana, putting together another strong performance on the ground while holding the Thorobreds to […]
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No one blinks: Highlands, CovCath end in a draw
There was just one thing that could stop Covington Catholic and Highlands in their soccer match Thursday night: a fire alarm. With just under 30 minutes remaining, a fire alarm went off at the Bluebirds soccer field at Tower Park in Fort Thomas, causing a brief delay as fans made their way to the parking […]
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Weather wins: Brossart and Notre Dame halted at halftime due to lightning
No tale of two halves between Bishop Brossart and Notre Dame. For now. There was no winner Wednesday night at the Mustang Athletic Complex in Alexandria, and no goals to separate the two teams. Just 40 minutes of soccer between the No. 2 Pandas and No. 9 Lady ‘Stangs before lightning in the area suspended […]
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Bishop Brossart rolls to 10-0 start, sweeps Campbell County
The wins keep piling up, and Bishop Brossart’s players keep pointing to the same reason for them. Teamwork. The Lady ’Stangs improved to 10-0 with a 3-0 sweep of Campbell County (25-14, 25-13, 25-9) at the Seither Sports Center in Alexandria, their second sweep over a district opponent. The credit goes back to the team’s […]
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Ryle brings the storm, knocks off Covington Catholic
Lightning had the final say Thursday night in a boys soccer matchup between Ryle and Covington Catholic, but the storm that mattered most came before it. Though the match ended early with 29:33 remaining at C.R. Borland Stadium in Union, No. 20 Ryle was credited with a 2-1 victory over No. 12 CovCath, rallying from […]
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End of the Run: St. Henry breaks Notre Dame’s 9th Region win streak
The streak is over. It took No. 6-ranked St. Henry five sets to do what them and every other Ninth Region team had been trying to do for five years: topple the volleyball giants, No. 2-ranked Notre Dame. The Crusaders did it by completing the reverse sweep, 3-2 (18-25, 24-26, 27-25, 25-20, 15-11), on the […]
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No longer, ‘Can we?’, Ryle girls soccer focuses on ‘Why not?’
Ask the players at Ryle what’s different this year, and the answer keeps coming back to the same thing: belief. The Lady Raiders have stopped wondering whether they’re good enough to compete and started believing they belong…in every game, against every opponent and among the region’s best. That belief didn’t come overnight. Ryle’s girls soccer […]
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Comeback Cooper: Lady Jaguars rally past Simon Kenton
The term “Comeback City” may have always been talking about Independence. Inside Joe Stark Memorial Gymnasium Tuesday night, the night was full of them. But Cooper’s volleyball team had the biggest comeback of all, rallying from a 2-0 deficit to win three straight sets and escape with a 3-2 victory over Simon Kenton, (23-25, 19-25, […]
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Simon Kenton makes it four straight season-opening wins over Dixie Heights
Four years, four season openers, four wins for Simon Kenton. The matchup has become a tradition for the Pioneers and county rival Dixie Heights. So, too, has the result. Simon Kenton continued that trend Friday night at Rice Mountjoy Stadium in Edgewood, rolling past the Colonels 42-13 to open the season 1-0. When the season-opening […]
