An eighth grader and a freshman led the Highlands girls and boys cross country teams Saturday at the Class 2A state cross country meet at the Kentucky Horse Park. Their performances helped put the Bluebirds on the podium and themselves on the statewide map. For the girls, eighth grader Morgan Ripley finished fifth after making […]
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State Class A cross country: Brossart boys take team title, Beechwood girls finish second
Bishop Brossart freshman Henry Kramer said Saturday at the Kentucky Horse Park “the best experience of my life.” Mustangs coach Chris Davis was so happy, he all but leaped into Brossart principal Chris Holtz’s arms. Indeed, there should be cause for celebration at 4 Grove Street in Alexandria. The Mustangs won their first state Class […]
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Ryle girls break through, finish second in Class 3A cross country state meet
They had been building toward this moment, and Saturday at the Kentucky Horse Park in Georgetown, the Ryle girls cross country team finally broke through. The Lady Raiders finished runner-up in the Class 3A state meet behind champion Sacred Heart, earning a spot on the podium after placing fifth in two of the previous three […]
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Front of the pack: Local cross country runners dominate regional championships
Nobody idled at Burlington’s Idlewild Park during Saturday’s KHSAA regional cross country meets. Instead, runners motored around the 5-kilometer course, jockeying for spots at this weekend’s state championships at Lexington’s Kentucky Horse Park. The area celebrated four team champions and five individual winners across six races, highlighting Class 1A, 2A, and 3A events for both […]
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Who are the top seeds entering region cross country meets?
Region cross country meets get going across the state this weekend as runners will try and earn their way to the state meet at Kentucky Horse Park on Halloween. Cross country is broken into three classes: Class A, AA and AAA. The qualifying process to the state meet works like this: Northern Kentucky regions will […]
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CovCath leads stampede of area runners into regional cross country meets
Senior cross country standout Braden Franxman is a fourth-generation student at Covington Catholic. He takes immense pride in his high school. When looking at his teammates, he beams with that very same emotion and marvels at their ability and sheer numbers. “We have a lot of great runners,” said Franxman, third at the Northern Kentucky […]
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Saints/Norse notes
Thomas More men’s soccer tied for first in GMAC It’s been quite a turnaround. The Saints (5-2-1 and 3-0-1 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference) are in a three-way tie for first with Tiffin and Lake Erie after Thursday’s 2-0 win over Kentucky Wesleyan and Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Centerville. And to think Thomas More […]
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Norse, Saints notes
Horizon League releases men’s, women’s basketball schedules The Horizon League announced its full men’s and women’s basketball conference schedule on Thursday, with the Norse set to open the conference season in early December. The Norse men begin Dec. 2 at Oakland and Dec. 5 at Detroit Mercy. NKU hosts IU-Indianapolis in its first home game […]
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Norse, Saints notes
One streak continued Sunday, and another ended. The University of Cincinnati women’s soccer team was responsible for both. The Bearcats defeated Northern KentuckyUniversity, 2-1, in the Riverboat Rivalry match at Scudamore Field at NKU Soccer Stadium, ending the Norse’s 14-game home winning string and extending UC’s record against NKU to 5-0-1. “I think it’s important […]
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Saints and Norse notes
NKU women’s soccer streak ends Northern Kentucky University’s women’s soccer team was part of history Sunday – but not the kind the Norse wanted. Morehead State handed NKU (4-1) its first loss of the season, 2-0. The Eagles beat the Norse for the first time in program history (NKU is still 8-1-1 overall) and scored […]
