Dixie Heights baseball is led by 12 seniors, a dugout full of talent and a masterful head coach who has won nearly 800 games in 40 seasons, and is looking for a bounce-back year after a rare losing season in 2023.
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Schumacher strikes out nine, Camels blank Bluebirds
Tyler Schumacher struck out nine, Will Haigis added three hits, and the Camels defeated Highlands 6-0 to continue their quest for a 10th Region title.
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Lofty goals remain despite Conner baseball’s year of change
This story originally appeared in the March 8 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe here. Change has been a constant over the last nine months for the Conner High School baseball team, which has experienced some seismic foundational shifts since the end of the 2023 season. In June, longtime head […]
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CovCath grad Maile signs back on with Reds
For the first time since 2019, Luke Maile won’t have to be scouting a new city to live in. The Covington Catholic grad re-signed with the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday for a one-year, $3.5 million dollar contract with a club option for the 2025 season. Maile’s career over the last three seasons has taken him […]
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Highlands grad Rom hopes to help lift Cardinals back to standards
Drew Rom took the mound for his fourth career Major League start with the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday. But unlike the other three starts, this one came minutes across the Ohio River from where he grew up facing the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ballpark. The 23-year-old worked his way through the minor leagues […]
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Highlands grad Rom making MLB debut Monday night
Drew Rom’s Major League debut is finally here. The 23-year-old left-hander will make his MLB debut Monday night with the St. Louis Cardinals as they play in Pittsburgh against the Pirates. The game will start at 7:05 p.m. Rom was traded from the Baltimore Orioles to the St. Louis Cardinals in a three-player deal at […]
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Vintage baseball game caps fun day in Silver Grove
Saturday’s Cincinnati Red Stockings vs. Volunteers of the Ohio 9th vintage baseball game in Silver Grove was actually part of a larger celebration. The Red Stockings survived a seventh-inning rally to knock off the Volunteers, 22-18, in the third annual contest at Chief Sayers Park. The thing was, there were multiple reasons for folks to visit […]
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Highlands grad Rom involved in trade to Cardinals
Drew Rom’s Major League debut won’t end up being with Baltimore after all. The 23-year-old left-hander was traded from the Orioles to the St. Louis Cardinals in a three-player deal centered around Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty headed to Baltimore as the Orioles make their playoff push. Rom along with Cesar Prieto were traded to St. […]
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Point/Arc founder to throw first pitch at Reds game
Judi Gerding, founder of the Point/Arc, a nonprofit organization based out of Covington, will deliver the first pitch at a Cincinnati Reds game. The event is set for Sunday, Aug. 6 at 1:40 p.m., coinciding with Gerding’s 83rd birthday. “It’s not my first go-around as a pitcher,” Gerding said in a press release from the […]
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Y’alls enter All-Star Break with 11-game losing streak
The Florence Y’alls (21-30) hoped to break their losing streak in the final series before the All-Star Break. But it did not happen as the New York Boulders (29-20) came to Thomas More Stadium and swept Florence, handing the Y’alls their 11th straight loss and leaving them tied with Windy City for last in the […]
