Simon Kenton baseball coach Brady Smiley was playing one of his trivia games with ballplayers one day during the offseason. It’s an activity combining aspects of preparedness and high school history in a playful format. “I’m big on the fact you have to learn how to compete before you learn how to win,” said Smiley, […]
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Ryle breaks the goose egg, holds off Highlands
Runs were hard to come by Thursday night at Thomas More Stadium in Florence, but one was all it took. Behind a lack of timely hitting and a lights-out pitching duel, Ryle scratched across the game’s only run and made it stand, beating Highlands 1-0 in a matchup of two of the 9th Region’s premier […]
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Conner blasts onto the radar with statement win over Beechwood
Flying under the radar is no longer an option for Conner. The Cougars announced themselves loud and clear Tuesday night, blowing past No. 13-ranked Beechwood, the preseason top team in northern Kentucky according to the Northern Kentucky Baseball Coaches Association, 13-3 in six innings in Hebron. While the Tigers were ranked at the top in […]
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Ninth Region baseball preview: Opponents brace for the Beechwood Tigers
Senior Brooks Becker and junior Caleb Arrasmith are wrapping up practice at Beechwood High School’s indoor athletic facility. The last of the errant baseballs are in the buckets. Bats are put away, and the Beechwood standouts talk about how the Tigers are going to put away the rest of the Ninth Region this season. “It’s […]
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Fryman, Corpus, Amin selected as top players in their respective region
The Kentucky High School Baseball Coaches Association has released their preseason watch lists for each respective region. Three from Northern Kentucky landed at the top of those lists, Walton-Verona’s Bronson Corpus in the 8th Region, Beechwood’s Tyler Fryman in the 9th Region and Bishop Brossart’s Isaac Amin in the 10th Region. 8th Region 9th Region […]
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NKBCA releases preseason top 10
The Northern Kentucky Baseball Coaches Association have released their preseason top 10 teams in Northern Kentucky. The 2026 season is slated to start March 16. Here is the top 10: Beechwood opens the season with the target on their back coming off a 9th Region championship appearance, finishing runner-up to Highlands. They went 25-11 in […]
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NKBCA launching 9th Region Hall of Fame
It’s been in the works for some time and it’s beyond time to start recognizing the past. The Northern Kentucky Baseball Coaches Association is creating a 9th Region Baseball Hall of Fame. The new tradition will honor the rich history, remarkable talent and lasting legacy of baseball in the community. “This has been long overdue,” […]
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Bellevue’s Harry Steinfeldt: The fourth man left out of baseball’s most famous poem
Imagine if someone had written a well-known novel about your family and left you out. Imagine being a member of a famous band that wrote a hit song about itself and the song never mentioned you, the drummer. Well, that’s kind of what happened to baseball player Harry Steinfeldt, who was born 150 years ago, […]
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A tree-rific idea: NKBCA coaches bring holiday happiness to Vanceburg man
Dixie Heights baseball coach Chris Maxwell had a holiday idea. Maxwell’s plan: decorate a Christmas tree with a cap from every Northern Kentucky high school team, drive a little more than 90 minutes to Vanceburg and deliver it to a Lewis County man battling cancer. On Thursday, David Iery looked out his front door and […]
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Prep roundup: Great Scott! Eagles flying high, prep signings
From Milyn Minor’s major moments to Morgan Justice’s milestones and Noelle Price’s rising star at Scott to the latest local college commitments, Northern Kentucky athletes continue to prove that the pipeline of talent is alive and thriving. Whirlwind months for Minor It’s been an exciting past few months for Scott volleyball standout Milyn Minor, and […]