The Bishop Brossart and Beechwood track teams switched positions Friday. The Lady ‘Stangs had the easier time in the Class A, Region 4 meet at Munninghoff Family Stadium, taking down the Tigers, 166-108, while the boys knocked off the Mustangs, 150-133. Friday was Brossart’s seventh straight regional titles. Coach Dave Schuh said this year’s team […]
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Class 3A, Region 5 track and field: Camels, Jaguars take team titles
Campbell County’s girls track and field team spent much of Monday evening checking their phones for the latest updates. Cooper’s boys coach Jeff Wurtz, meanwhile, hoped his first season would end with a Class 3A, Region 5 team title. Both the Camels and Jaguars got what they wanted at Scott High School. Campbell County defeated […]
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‘Just great joy’: Cooper wins District 5 girls lacrosse on Forbes’ five goals
The only thing stopping Emily Forbes on Friday was a right leg cramp – but only briefly. Ryle hardly contained Cooper’s junior attacker. Her five goals gave the Jaguars a 9-6 win – and their first District 5 girls lacrosse title – at Dixie Heights High School. “The whole game is just kind of a […]
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Tigers, Vikings split NKAC track titles
From Bellevue to Belfry to Bardstown, public school children took state achievement tests this week. Bellevue’s boys track team passed an extra exam Tuesday – the Tigers won the Northern Kentucky Athletic Conference Division III team title at Ludlow over Villa Madonna Academy, 107-87. The Tigers’ win was the first since 1997 – a goal […]
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Mustangs corral NKAC track team titles
Storms and a downed tree did not prevent Bishop Brossart from taking two Northern Kentucky Athletic Conference Division II track and field team titles. In an event that began April 27 at St. Henry and was postponed until Monday at Holmes, the Mustangs completed their sweep. The girls beat Beechwood, 126-69, and the boys did […]
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Camels, Colonels win NKAC track titles
As she drove to a junior varsity track meet at Boone County Wednesday afternoon, Toni McKee was maybe more joyful than she was the day before. Such glee was possible because McKee and Campbell County won their first Northern Kentucky Athletic Conference Division I title since 2012 on Tuesday at Notre Dame, a 101.5-89 win […]
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Another milestone: Highlands’ Dixon reaches 1,000 strikeouts
The rise ball Kaitlyn Dixon threw Tuesday looked like a few thousand others. But it wasn’t. Highlands senior pitcher struck out Dixie Heights first baseman Madison Skees and reached another milestone – her 1,000th career. She now has 1,004 after fanning six in the Bluebirds’ 14-3, five-inning win at Winkler Field. You wouldn’t have known […]
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Speedy siblings: Blettner twins lead CovCath, Notre Dame
When sprinting is the subject at the Blettner house in Park Hills, the dinnertime conversation sometimes features playful trash-talking. It doesn’t take much for Notre Dame senior Kate Blettner and her older by seven minutes fraternal twin brother, Covington Catholic senior Rhett Blettner, to tease each other. Rhett starts with his quicker times – a […]
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Milestone day: NewCath unveils athletic complex, Walton-Verona launches new weight room
Newport Central Catholic athletic director Jeff Schulkens wondered when the school’s athletic complex would ever be finished. On Tuesday, Schulkens – and the entire NewCath community – had an answer. A ceremonial Mass dedicated the Ciafardini Family Athletic Complex. Schulkens called the day “awesome,” and NewCath principal Kenny Collopy knew work on the $10 million […]
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Pioneer production: Simon Kenton boys volleyball remain undefeated in inaugural season
Lacey Maley has a theory about the Simon Kenton boys volleyball team she coaches. “They like to hit things,” she said Friday. It’s been a working hypothesis so far. Including Thursday’s 3-0 win over Collins (25-19, 25-17, 25-17), the Pioneers have served, set and hit to a 7-0 record in their inaugural season, and they’ve […]