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 […]
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Saturday sports round-Up: Dixie Heights, Newport Central Catholic go 1-1 in Doc Morris Invitational
The Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds (10-6) and Dixie Heights Colonels (11-6) baseball teams met for the second of two games in the Doc Morris Invitational in the scorching heat in Crestview Hills. The teams wound up experiencing the thrill of victory and agony of defeat going 1-1 on the day. The second game for both […]
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Friday NKY HS sports round-up: Ryle downs Boone County in intense 33rd District softball seed game
This 33rd District softball match-up had a bigger reason than usual for its intensity. The Boone County Lady Rebels and Ryle Lady Raiders met in Union seeking their first district seed victory of the season. Tied 4-4 entering the bottom of the sixth inning, Ryle scored four times to pull through for the 8-5 victory. […]
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Thursday NKY HS sports round-up: Walton-Verona edges Highlands Latin in All A Sectional game
The Walton-Verona Bearcats baseball team (13-3 overall) may not have known much about its All A Sectional opponent. The Highlands Latin Highlanders (7-5) from Louisville won the 7th Region and the two met at the Walton-Verona Sports Complex in Verona in the battle to move on to the All A State Quarterfinals at Eastern Kentucky […]
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Wednesday NKY HS Sports Round-Up: Conner baseball seizes top seed in 33rd District tourney
Things became more interesting in the 33rd District when the Ryle Raiders baseball team (8-8) ventured to Hebron and took down the Conner Cougars (17-2), 3-2 Tuesday. Both teams came into the rematch at Pat Roesel Field in Union with 2-1 records leading the battle for the top seed in the district tournament that will […]
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Tuesday NKY HS sports round-up: Cooper softball earns another huge victory
The two softball teams ranked one and two in the 9th Region pre-season coaches poll met to see where they stood against each other at this point in the season. The Cooper Lady Jaguars (9-3) stayed undefeated in 9th Region play at 3-0 with a 9-5 win over the host Dixie Heights Colonels (5-4). Dixie […]
