The Kentucky Track and Cross Country Coaches Association have released their All-State awards following the conclusion of the season that ended on Saturday, Nov. 2. The awards are performance based on the Class A, AA and AAA state cross country meets. Here is a list of those that made it from northern Kentucky: Class A […]
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Class A state cross country: Beechwood’s Parke, Villa Madonna boys win championships
Lily Parke of Beechwood High School won the KHSAA girls 1A state cross country title, while Villa Madonna’s boys took the team title, marking the first in any boys sport in school history.
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Covington Catholic claims back-to-back Class 2A state cross country titles
It’s almost as if Covington Catholic is bored with being in Class 2A. Will Sheets and Joe Mayer were certainly lobbying to get back up with the big boys. “Let’s hope we get back to 3A next year,” Sheets said. “That’s the goal. We think we belong in 3A, we think we belong with the […]
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Class 3A state cross country: Cooper’s Van Laningham follows family tradition, wins state title
It’s in the blood. Thirty-four years after his father Eric and 32 years after his mother Michelle were state cross country champions, Cooper’s Paul Van Laningham followed suit. The Jaguars junior took home the boys Class 3A KHSAA state title on Saturday at the Kentucky Horse Park in Georgetown. Van Laningham won the meet in […]
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Covington Catholic edges Bourbon County for Class 2A, Region 4 title
Covington Catholic won the Class 2A, Region 4 meet at the Bourbon County Park in Paris by three points over Bourbon County, with Will Sheets and Joe Mayer taking the top two spots.
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Class 3A, Region 5 cross country: Ryle girls, Cooper boys defend team titles
Six points. That was the margin between the top three teams in Saturday’s Class 3A, Region 5 cross country meet at Williamstown High School. Ryle defended its title over Notre Dame, 60-64, and Campbell County was third with 66. “We expected it to be very close, but we did not expect us to be up […]
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Class A, Region 4 cross country: Parke, Antrobus notch wins, Beechwood, Villa claim team trophies
Beechwood’s Lily Parke won the Class A, Region 4 cross country race by nearly two minutes, leading her team to their third straight victory, while Villa Madonna’s Mark Antrobus won the boys’ race, leading his team to a 29-55 win over St. Henry.
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Sheets, Parke top state cross country rankings
Kentucky’s top two cross country runners live about 2.3 miles apart. Covington Catholic senior Will Sheets and Beechwood junior Lily Parke are not only the fastest in Northern Kentucky so far. The latest ky.milesplit.com times list Sheets and Park first overall. Sheets covered the 3.1 miles in 15 minutes, 3.50 seconds at the Springboro (Ohio) […]
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Fort Thomas Tower Park revamp to enhance athletic facilities
Brian Alessandro, a former track and cross-country coach at Highlands High School, has been using the Tower Park Athletic Complex since 1992. That year, as a 7th grader at Highlands Middle School, Alessandro said he scored his first junior varsity goal for the Bluebirds junior varsity soccer team. As a runner, Alessandro participated in countless […]
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Alessandro’s long and successful run is done at Highlands High School
Highlands Middle School language arts teacher Brian Alessandro is in a jumbo jet. He’s traveling with his wife while flying over the Atlantic Ocean. The newly retired high school track and cross country coach is on his way to see his wife’s relatives in the United Kingdom. Helping himself into a British state of mind, […]