Teenage brothers Trey and Ty Cook have been tossing a baseball back and forth for as long as they can remember. They’ve played catch almost everywhere — backyards, side yards, streets, fields, woods, parks, gymnasiums, and even at family reunions. Whether out of boredom or with a plan, the brothers have made tossing a baseball […]
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Remembering Bryan Stevenson at his namesake baseball tournament
Simon Kenton athletic director Troy Roberts has been reminiscing this week with former Scott High School baseball players and coaches via group text. They’re sharing stories about former Eagles great Bryan Stevenson in the run-up to the annual tournament honoring him Friday and Saturday. “I always love telling stories about Bryan,” said Roberts, formerly baseball […]
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High stakes and heavy hearts: Beechwood rallies around baseball coach battling rare illness
The Beechwood Tigers will take the field for Saturday’s Kentucky All “A” Classic statewide baseball tournament quarterfinal against Sayre with a lineup full of heavy hitters and shutdown pitchers. “We’ve been winning a lot of games lately,” said senior Matthew Cottengim. “We’re playing with a lot of confidence.” Gametime Saturday at Daviess County High School […]
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Balanced Raiders eager to restore order in rough-and-tumble 33rd District
Year one of the Dave Meier coaching era at Ryle is off to a successful start. Meier, a veteran high school coach leading his third local softball team, has guided Ryle to a 7-2 record after one month of play. It’s the Raiders’ best start since 2018 and one of their many points of improvement. […]
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Improved pitching makes hard-hitting Camels much more dangerous
The Campbell County High School softball team has been one of the better hitting squads in Kentucky over the last five years. The Camels flirt with a .400 team batting average on an annual basis and have ranked no worse than 13th statewide in hitting every year since the beginning of the 2021 season. The […]
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For Bellevue’s Sanders and Sorrell, the curtain is coming down on baseball
Bellevue High School coach Rob Sanders’ association with baseball began in 1965, back when he was playing Knothole League. “I was playing for Covington Turners,” Sanders recalled. “I was 6 years old.” At 19, soon after graduating from Holmes High School, Sanders snagged his first coaching gig in 1978 — again, with Covington Turners. It […]
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Simon Kenton getting it done on the diamond despite early season challenges
Good and wet. That’s how you could describe the Simon Kenton High School baseball team’s soggy start to the 2025 season. “It seems like almost every game we’ve played has been in some kind of wet or windy conditions,” coach Brady Smiley said. Despite the weather, the Pioneers have compiled a respectable 4-2-2 record, riding […]
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Curtain call: Northern Kentucky’s top high school senior boys basketball players in 2024-25
Seniors were on parade during the local high school boys basketball season, creating a seemingly endless stream of colorful players, storylines, champions and memories. From the opening tip-off in December to the UK HealthCare Kentucky High School Athletic Association Boys Basketball Sweet 16, seniors made sizable impacts, often cratering the hopes of their opponents. Twelve […]
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Senior power! Northern Kentucky’s top senior girls prep basketball players for 2024-25
Senior girls basketball players made the most of their final games on the northern Kentucky high school hardwood. Seventeen seniors are on the Northern Kentucky Girls Basketball Coaches Association all-star teams for Divisions I, II, and III. This is nearly half the total number of players on the teams. Four seniors made the five-player 9th […]
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Ryle ready to defend 9th Region baseball crown with a slew of seniors
One of the best ways to replace a big senior class of graduating baseball players is to have another big class waiting in the wings. Ryle High School is taking that to extremes. The Raiders are replacing eight graduates with 13 new seniors this season. No triskaidekaphobian, coach Joe Aylor counts himself lucky to have […]