Isaiah Johnson wasn’t worried Thursday. Cooper’s senior receiver was unconcerned about when Jaguars quarterback Cam O’Hara would throw a pass his way. When they finally connected late in the first quarter of Thursday’s game against Conner, it became a 43-yard touchdown, one of O’Hara’s four in a 42-17 win. “I knew Cam was going to […]
Author Archives: Ray Schaefer
Posted inFootball
Football o-linemen: beautiful ‘big uglies’
The late college football sportscaster Keith Jackson called them the “Big Uglies.” Highlands football coach Bob Sphire calls his flock of Bluebird offensive linemen “beautiful.” Whatever monikers you choose, nothing happens without the players you don’t notice until something goes wrong. “(Linemen) might not run as far as the receivers do, but they are engaging […]
Posted inGolf
Boys Region 8 golf: Highlands wins fifth straight title, Shick his third straight, Brossart advances
Highlands and Bishop Brossart’s boys golf teams beat the stormy weather and the rest of the Region 8 field to advance to the state First Round at Shelbyville Country Club.
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Girls Region 8 golf: four advance to state First Round
Bishop Brossart senior Emma Laker, Highlands senior Jenna Richey and Campbell County eighth-grader Ella Pompilio and senior Natalie Waggoner have at least one more high school golf tournament to play this season. Laker, Richey, Pompilio and Waggoner were among the 10 players not on the two qualifying teams in Monday’s Region 8 tournament at A.J. Jolly Golf […]
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Lloyd overwhelms Brossart, 44-16
It could’ve been the three turnovers Lloyd Memorial forced in Friday’s game against Bishop Brossart. Maybe it was Juggernauts quarterback Kaleb Evans throwing for 220 yards and three touchdowns, Lloyd’s 175 rushing yards or the 37 unanswered points. It turned out to be a combination of all three. Lloyd emphatically ended the Mustangs’ four-game winning […]
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Eight NKY girls soccer teams make state Top 25 rankings
It could be the rise of Northern Kentucky youth club soccer programs. Or it might be local high school teams are playing outside the area. Or it could be having FC Cincinnati just a few miles north. Whatever your theory, the results are undeniable – eight local squads are in the latest Kentucky Girls High […]
Posted inCross Country
Sheets, Parke top state cross country rankings
Kentucky’s top two cross country runners live about 2.3 miles apart. Covington Catholic senior Will Sheets and Beechwood junior Lily Parke are not only the fastest in Northern Kentucky so far. The latest ky.milesplit.com times list Sheets and Park first overall. Sheets covered the 3.1 miles in 15 minutes, 3.50 seconds at the Springboro (Ohio) […]
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Newport celebrates first home game in nearly three years with victory, 3-0 start
Newport’s football team has a two-game home winning streak – and it didn’t matter the victories were 1,071 days apart. The Wildcats christened their new stands and press box with Friday’s 24-20 win over Boone County on Kyle Lee’s two touchdown passes and Keegan Farrell’s recovery of a blocked punt. What was more: Newport’s 3-0 […]
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Osterhage loved playing, refereeing soccer
You only needed about 20 seconds to determine what Ja Osterhage enjoyed most. “He loved the game of soccer, there’s no ifs, ands or buts about it,” Ja’s dad, John Osterhage said Wednesday. “He ate, slept and breathed anything that had to do with it. As he got older, he was on every forum you […]
Posted inSwimming
From Tiger to Tiger: former Bellevue swimmer, LSU coach Jeff Cavana passes away at 67
Jeff Cavana started his swimming career wearing the Bellevue Tigers’ black and gold. He finished his coaching career in the Louisiana State University Tigers’ purple and gold. Cavana passed away Sept. 3 at age 67. He was an LSU assistant coach from 1989-2000, head coach from 2000-2004 and head coach of Jamaica’s Olympic team at […]