The black crosses on Paige Stewart’s and Faith Whitford’s faces were a fashion statement. “I think eye black makes you look cooler,” Stewart, Campbell County’s senior pitcher, said. “Everything you do is for God.” Stewart, Whitford and the rest of the Camels made a softball statement Wednesday. They won their sixth straight – and the […]
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NKY among the state’s elite in track and field
You don’t have to look far to find local runners atop the Class A state rankings. “We don’t have to travel, and every week is basically the best competition we’re going to see all year,” Brossart boys coach Chris Davis said. “When we get to state, we’re running against Walton (Verona) and St. Henry and Beechwood almost […]
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Ryle clinches top spot in 33rd District with win over Conner
A Conner baseball fan pleaded for some scoring Tuesday. Ryle, however, made sure the wish was not granted. The Raiders converted a two-out, sixth inning error into a 2-0 win in the 33rd District seeding game. The win secured the top spot for the Raiders in the 33rd District tournament in Mid-May. Not for a second […]
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Morris’ legacy still strong decades later
Chris Maxwell likes to tell the story about what longtime umpire and referee Doc Morris would do if he saw a football field lacking large patches of grass. “People wouldn’t know this, but if he was doing a football game and he’d see a field that was kind of bare, he would go out and […]
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Bluebirds score early, hang on to defeat Simon Kenton
Bailey Markus would rather not hear Highlands considered as a singles-hitting softball team. Yet small-ball offense was the reason the Bluebirds improved to 8-3 after Monday’s 5-4 win at Simon Kenton. “We like to do the small-ball when we need to, to just get teams thrown off, I guess you could say,” said Markus, who […]
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Schweitzer, Camels rely on competitive arrogance
About 20 minutes after Friday’s 10-0, six-inning shutout of Bellevue, Campbell County baseball coach Scott Schweitzer praised the value of arrogance, greed and selfishness on the diamond. “When you’re arrogant, you start to believe you’re better and you show up and things go,” Schweitzer said. A few minutes later, Schweitzer took back what he said […]
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Welch’s grand slam leads Beechwood to All ‘A’ region title
Carson Welch heard his Beechwood baseball teammates screaming. He wasn’t immediately sure why – until he realized he had hit a grand slam home run. His shot off St. Henry’s Nick Browning was the marquee blow in Monday’s nine-run seventh inning, which gave the Tigers a 10-4 win in the Ninth Region All “A” final […]
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NKU ends two streaks with win over Wright State
Northern Kentucky University’s baseball team was streaky Sunday. In the best possible way. The Norse rode a six-run seventh inning and held off a late Wright State rally to claim Sunday’s 9-5 win at Bill Aker Baseball Complex at Friendship Field. Two streaks against the Raiders ended: NKU’s consecutive losses Friday and Saturday and 21 […]
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CovCath rebounds in 7-1 win over McNicholas
Marcus Suwinski was ticked. Covington Catholic’s sophomore third baseman – and the rest of the Colonels – suffered through Wednesday’s 5-2 loss to Ryle, and someone had to pay. McNicholas was that someone on Thursday – Max Lawrie’s two hits, including a two-run homer, and Suwinski’s solo shot helped the Colonels to a 7-1 win at Jerry Collins Field at Tom Berger Stadium. “We definitely […]
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Close enough to perfect: Baioni’s no-hitter, triples lift Highlands
It was hard to tell whether Highlands senior Kennedy Baioni was more valuable at the plate or the pitcher’s circle. The defending Ninth Region champion Bluebirds were happy to have such a dilemma. Baioni’s two, two-run triples and four runs batted in were more than enough in Tuesday’s 13-0, five-inning mercy-rule win at Conner. Baioni […]