There were a lot of H-words Covington Catholic could’ve used to describe Thursday at Top Seed Tennis Center in Nicholasville. Start with hollering. If CovCath sophomore Kalei Christensen wasn’t motivationally screaming after almost every point in the doubles final, there were Colonels fans above the court bellowing their support. Continue with hugging. After Christensen and […]
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Watanabe, Hussey, Christiansen/Yeager reach state tennis semifinals
Covington Latin’s Sara Watanabe is in a familiar spot. So is Covington Catholic’s Brady Hussey. And ditto for CovCath’s Alex Yeager. Hussey, Watanabe and Yeager are in the semifinals of the state tennis tournament Thursday at Top Seed Tennis Club in Nicholasville. Watanabe, the girls singles top seed, takes on Lilah Jane Shallcross of Sacred Heart. It’s her third consecutive […]
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Ryle boys, Notre Dame girls claim Class 3A, Region 5 track titles
Two questions from Wednesday’s Class 3A, Region 5 track meet at Dixie Heights quickly emerged. Could any team end Covington Catholic’s five-season boys team championship reign? And would Notre Dame coach Jamie Marsh run a victory lap after the Pandas dethroned two-time defending champion Dixie Heights? The answers: definitely yes and possibly yes. Ryle’s boys […]
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Highlands boys finish second in Class 2A Region 4 meet
Highlands didn’t win Tuesday’s boys Class 2A, Region 4 team title at Scott. Bourbon County defeated the Bluebirds, 154-123. Highlands coach Ryan Leopold was nonetheless pleased. “We’re always shooting for the regional championship; that’s one of our main goals for the season,” Leopold said. “You can’t be disappointed because they compete the best they possibly […]
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Fite’s homer ends Brossart’s season
One pitch. One swing, one home run. And one 10th Region baseball tournament win for Mason County. The Royals’ Cray Fite provided the only scoring the Royals needed. His fourth-inning solo shot long and far one over the left field fence was enough for Monday’s 1-0 victory over Bishop Brossart at Harrison County’s Mac Whitaker Field. […]
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Watanabe, Fullenkamp-Meenach win 9th Region tennis titles, Notre Dame takes team title
Sara Watanabe and Tapanee Boonyawat had been talking about Friday for at least a week. Watanabe, a Covington Latin senior, and Boonyawat, a Dixie Heights junior, figured they would share a Boone Woods court and battle for the Ninth Region girls singles title. They forevermore did, with Watanabe winning her third straight championship, 6-4, 2-6, […]
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21-derful: CovCath sweeps Ninth Region tennis finals
Al Hertsenberg may have been the calmest man in Park Hills. Covington Catholic’s tennis coach was rightfully serene Thursday – he watched the Colonels finish their 21st straight boys Ninth Region team title on their home court. Hertsenberg joyfully watched junior Brady Hussey claim his third consecutive singles title with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Beechwood’s […]
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Ninth Region boys tennis finals set, CovCath clinches team title
One of the boys Ninth Region tennis finalists goes for his third straight singles title. The other is in the finals for the first time. Two-time defending champion Brady Hussey of Covington Catholic takes on Beechwood freshman Neel Reddy at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Colonels’ courts. Hussey and Reddy had little trouble dispatching […]
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Watanabe, Hussey go for third straight Ninth Region tennis singles titles
Covington Latin senior Sara Watanabe lost just two games on the way to last year’s girls Ninth Region singles tennis title. So it makes sense that she’s the top seed in this year’s regional tournament that begins Monday at Boone Woods Park near Burlington. As it did in 2021, Watanabe’s 2022 run ended in the […]
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A ‘Carly Day’: Waters’ two hits, outfield putout send Dixie Heights past Ryle
Carly Waters had a lot from which to choose. Dixie Heights’ junior right fielder could’ve said her 2-for-3 night was her favorite part in Wednesday’s 3-2 home win over Ryle. Or, she could’ve selected her fourth-inning, two-run double that put the Colonels ahead for good. Waters went with neither. Instead, she most fondly recalled Ryle’s […]
