Two words go a long way to describing the girls 36th District – change and creativity. There are significant changes at Newport Central Catholic and Bellevue. The Thoroughbreds will not have 2025 alumna and Northern Kentucky University freshman Caroline Eaglin, and Trevor Gould replaces now-boys coach Tommy Sorrell. Newport will need lots of inventiveness because the Wildcats […]
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Class 3A quarterfinal: Lloyd avenges last year’s loss to Russell
For a year, Lloyd Memorial’s football team had obsessed over the Juggernauts playing Russell. Friday at Cecil Dees Stadium, Lloyd exorcised whatever memories of red devils – or Red Devils – remained. The Juggernauts advanced to next week’s Class 3A state semifinals by subduing Russell, 28-13. Next for Lloyd: hosting Murray, a 20-14 overtime winner over Lexington Catholic, in […]
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Girls 34th District: Dixie Heights seeks 12th straight title
Dixie Heights High School is located at 3010 Dixie Highway in Edgewood but has a Fort Mitchell mailing address. There’s much less confusion about which team dominates the girls 34th District. The Colonels have won the last 11 titles, and the Colonels are 50-0 within the district dating back to the 2016-17 season. Dixie Heights (21-9 in 2024-25) Colonels coach Joel Steczynski has a simple philosophy about […]
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Boys 34th District: Coaches in new places, heavy graduation losses
A look at the rosters show two distinct trends in the boys 34th District: two coaches in different places and heavy graduation losses. There are a pair of not-new Sullivans on the sidelines this season. Dan Sullivan returns to Ludlow, and Tim Sullivan (no relation) comes to St. Henry from Cooper, where he led the Jaguars to a […]
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Class 4A: Highlands rolls past Ashland in running-clock win
Customers at Fort Thomas Coffee might still be talking about what Highlands’ Tayden Lorenzen and Michael Tincher did Friday. Lorenzen and Tincher combined for the most spectacular play in Friday’s 45-7 running-clock win over Ashland in the Class 4A second round at David Cecil Stadium – a 100-yard touchdown on Lorenzen’s interception and lateral to Tincher on the second quarter’s final play. Ashland (7-5) […]
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Harris leads Simon Kenton to first playoff win in three years
No, Grayson Harris did not score a touchdown Friday. But Simon Kenton is continuing its season because of what Harris did to Oldham County. He threw a touchdown pass, intercepted another and caught six Grant Webb tosses for 95 yards in the Pioneers’ 31-9 Class 6A first-round win at Chlorine Menefee Stadium. “It’s awesome,” Simon Kenton coach Joe Wynn […]
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Class A cross country: Parke defends title, St. Henry boys finish second
Cross country was Lily Parke’s favorite sport – at least on Saturday. Beechwood’s senior capped her career with a second consecutive girls Class A title at the Kentucky Horse Park. She defeated Lexington Christian’s Kennedy Moughamian by nearly 16 seconds. So how long had Parke been thinking about Saturday? “Since I won last year,” she said. Parke, who’s going […]
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Class 2A cross country: CovCath’s Mayer wins, Colonels finish second in team standings
In August, Covington Catholic senior Joe Mayer didn’t know why his right knee hurt. Mayer didn’t know Saturday, either, but it hardly mattered. He won the boys Class 2A cross country title at the Kentucky Horse Park. Mayer’s time of 15 minutes, 44.15 seconds was a little more than 10 seconds faster that Daniel Filiatreau of […]
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Beechwood’s Parke credits parental participation for running success
Lily Parke’s running career started by watching her parents run marathons. Parke is a senior at Beechwood, she’s headed for the University of Kentucky, and she’ll try to defend her girls Class A state cross country title Saturday at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Running is as important to Parke as breathing. “I like […]
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Van Laningham, Parke defend regional cross country titles
Saturday’s regional cross country meets at Idlewild Park in Burlington were a great day for two individual defending state champions. Defending boys Class 3A champion Paul Van Laningham of Cooper (15 minutes, 1.05 seconds) easily won the Region 5 race by nearly a minute over Conner’s Ethan Mann (15:57.18). Girls Class A champion and Kentucky […]