The first two baseball rounds in the Battle of the Dixie Highway belonged to the blue Colonels in Park Hills. It initially appeared the third round could be headed the same direction. But the host Dixie Heights red Colonels (14-7) exploded for five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning on their way to […]
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Thursday NKY HS sports round-up: Ryle softball earns bounce-back win over Simon Kenton
The Ryle Lady Raiders (12-11 overall) and Simon Kenton Lady Pioneers (10-7) met hoping to earn a win after tough district losses on their home fields on Tuesday. Simon Kenton dropped a close 3-2 decision to Grant County in 32nd District play and Ryle lost 12-0 in five innings to 33rd District rival Cooper. Ryle […]
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Conner has yet to beat Moeller but Cougars hope to make this loss work for them
They play each other every year – or they have since Brad Arlinghaus took the baseball head coaching job at Conner in 2014. Not that Conner shares all that much of a tradition with the storied eight-time state titlist Archbishop Moeller, the best baseball program in Cincinnati in recent years, and the best in all […]
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Ryle names former defensive coordinator as director of athletics
Veteran Ryle volleyball coach Tasha Lovins noted in talking with Principal Matt Shafer it became a priority to fill the open Director of Athletics position. The summer is around the corner when camps and fall tryouts occur. Ryle has a big fund-raiser in July and the hope was for the new AD to help with […]
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Wednesday NKY HS sports round-up: Cooper baseball pulls off huge win at Conner in 33rd District battle
This result may surprise some people based on the records. But those who have followed sports in the 33rd District for a long time have seen it happen before and will see it again. The Cooper Jaguars baseball team (7-13 overall) threw a wrench in the plans for the Conner Cougars (20-3) to clinch an […]
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Special Olympics track & field meet and Northern Kentucky swim meet coming to Erlanger
The Special Olympics returns to Northern Kentucky as the Area 7 Track and Field Meet will be held at Lloyd Memorial High School on April 30. The track meet includes more than 60 athletes from Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Grant, Kenton and Pendleton counties. The event gets underway with Opening Ceremonies, including the parade of athletes, […]
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Beechwood learns it can play with Elder, just not quite beat the Price Hill powerhouse
Tuesday’s 8-6 loss to an Elder baseball team making its first-ever trip to Ft. Mitchell is exactly why you play the perennial powerhouse Panthers, if you’re a Beechwood team that has won 17 of its first 18 games. You learn things. You see things, things you don’t see every day – or any day – […]
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Tuesday NKY HS sports round-up: Cooper softball explodes for 11 runs in fifth in 33rd District Seed road win
The first four innings indicated this game might go down to the wire. The Cooper Lady Jaguars (12-4 overall) led the host Ryle Lady Raiders (11-11) just 1-0 at that point in the game. Cooper senior catcher and clean-up hitter Gweny Wessling belted her third home run of the season to left field for a […]
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Monday NKY HS Sports Round-Up: New Cath holds off St. Henry in 9th Region baseball battle
After the game Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds baseball Head Coach Jeff Martin told the team the ability to execute key plays could go a long way in determining how far teams go in the postseason. NewCath executed enough of them to down the St. Henry Crusaders, 7-4 at Newport Stadium in a 9th Region game. […]
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Beechwood Baseball knocks off Nicholas County in All A 9th/10th Region Sectional game, faces Walton-Verona in state
The Beechwood Tigers baseball team (16-1 overall) took its act on the road about one hour and a half to the southeast to face an unfamiliar opponent looking to find its way back to the All A State Tournament. The Tigers took care of the host Nicholas County Blue Jackets (13-7), 12-2 in five innings […]
