All night Saturday, Highlands swimming coach Kevin Kampschmidt repeated the same three-word mantra: Wait and see. By the end of the KHSAA girls state meet at the University of Kentucky’s Lancaster Aquatic Center, the Bluebirds waited, saw – and conquered. They won the Combined team title, in which boys and girls scores are added, over […]
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KHSAA boys state swimming: Ryle’s Knopf dominates distances
Chase Knopf’s last two individual high school swims were his best two. Ryle’s senior finished his high school career Friday at the University of Kentucky’s Lancaster Aquatic Center with a pair of KHSAA state titles. He won the 200-yard freestyle in a school-record and personal best 1 minute, 37.76 seconds and the 500 in 4:24.97. […]
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‘Little’ Walton-Verona scores big at Region 3 girls wrestling tournament
The 1930 children’s book “The Little Engine That Could” features a little blue locomotive that hauled toys and food over a mountain when larger engines wouldn’t. Walton-Verona’s girls wrestling team is inspired by Watty Piper’s tale. The Bearcats placed third behind Lafayette and Harrison County at Saturday’s Region 3 meet at Robert D. Campbell Junior […]
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Presti proud: Beechwood senior takes 2 KHSAA First Round wins
Cono Presti felt comfortable Saturday. Beechwood’s senior swimmer possibly made his 200- and 500-yard freestyle opponents somewhat uneasy. He was the only Northern Kentuckian to win twice at the KHSAA First Round state swim and dive meet at Scott High School. In the 200, Presti beat Ryle’s Nash Parsons by a little under a second […]
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Lots of laughs for Pandas, Bluebirds at KHSAA First Round
If you sought an example of teenage exuberance Saturday, the warmup pool at Scott’s David Webb-Jerry Mohr Natatorium was a good place to look. It was near the end of the KHSAA Girls First Round state swim and dive meet, and Notre Dame’s Clare Herfel and Danaka Tucker and Highlands’ Ragan Moore shared about 245 […]
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Region 7 swimming: Knopf’s wins are a regional record
There was a record-setting Saturday in Taylor Mill – courtesy of Ryle senior swimmer Chase Knopf. Knopf won the 200- and 500-yard freestyle at the Region 7 meet at Scott’s David Webb-Jerry Mohr Natatorium, which gave him nine individual regional wins in five seasons. “Of course, I’m so thankful, you know,” Knopf said. “I couldn’t […]
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Roll (ing) Tide Roll: Nichols to play wheelchair basketball at Alabama
Sean Nichols grew up watching older brother Andrew play basketball at Villa Madonna Academy. Last Friday, Sean did something Andrew never did – he signed a national letter of intent to play wheelchair basketball for the Alabama Crimson Tide. “They were active in talking to me throughout the recruitment process, which I started last year,” […]
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Ups and downs: NKU women drop second straight after winning program-high seven in a row
On Jan. 17, Northern Kentucky University’s women’s basketball celebrated a seven-game winning streak – the longest since becoming an NCAA Division I program 14 years ago. On Saturday, however, the Norse suffered their second straight loss, a 97-91 overtime setback to Purdue-Fort Wayne. Instead of rejoicing over being second in the Horizon League standings behind […]
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Jackson, Williams lead Lloyd to win over Conner
Thirteen days ago, Lloyd Memorial’s girls basketball team was 6-8. Things looked better Wednesday. A 45-40 win over Conner at Scheben Gymnasium put the Juggernauts above .500 (9-8) for the first time since Dec. 30 and was their third straight victory . Brooklyn Jackson and Kenya Williams led Lloyd with 11 points each. To Jackson, […]
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Boys 10th Region All “A”: Brossart falls to Nicholas County
In January 1994, the only other time Nicholas County won a boys 10th Region All “A” title, a gallon of gasoline cost around $0.63. The Blue Jackets ended the 32-year drought Thursday with a 74-61 win over Bishop Brossart at Bracken County High School behind Braxton Martin’s 25 points. Despite the loss, Brossart (6-9) is 4-2 over its last six […]