The battle between the two school located near Kentucky Highway 536 seemed to be in control by the visitors in the bottom of the sixth. The Campbell County Camels baseball team (5-3) from the 10th Region led the host Simon Kenton Pioneers (6-3) from the 8th Region, 8-3 in the bottom of the sixth. But […]
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Highlands Baseball Goes 1-1 in Second Day in Myrtle Beach
Similar to the first day in the Cal Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Highlands won its first game Sunday but lost the second one. Highlands (4-3 overall) knocked off the Marshall County Marshals (9-3) from the 1st Region in western Kentucky by a 9-2 count. That marked the first Kentucky opponent Highlands faced […]
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Saturday NKY HS Sports Round-Up: Beechwood Baseball Edges Oak Hills in Mike Epplen Dirty Hat Classic
The 9th Region favorite Beechwood Tigers baseball team (6-0 overall) only had one close game entering Saturday’s game against the Oak Hills Highlanders (2-1) from the west side of Cincinnati. But the Tigers found themselves in their second one in the Mike Epplen Dirty Hat Classic at Florence Y’alls Stadium. Beechwood earned the 3-2 win […]
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Friday NKY HS Sports Round-Up: Campbell County Baseball overcomes Conner in Dirty Hat Classic
Campbell County Camels junior shortstop Aydan Hamilton taught his teammates among others a big lesson helping the Camels baseball team (4-2) to a huge 10-4 win over the Conner Cougars (6-1) at Florence Y’alls Stadium in the Mike Epplen Dirty Hat Classic. Hamilton committed four errors in the top of the second inning leading to […]
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Thursday NKY HS sports round-up: Dixie Heights softball, Beechwood baseball stay undefeated
The Dixie Heights Colonels moved to 4-0 overall with a convincing 16-0 win in three innings over the visiting Beechwood Tigers (2-4). Dixie Heights took advantage of 10 hits, four walks and five Beechwood errors. The Colonels scored 13 runs in the bottom of the third to force the run-ruling. Senior Bri Patsel (1-0) pitched […]
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Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Lots of springtime takes here
It’s spring and around here, that means 79 degrees one day, below freezing the next. Or the day before. Or . . . OK, sounds like the former high school baseball coach in me recalling how one year we played 45 games, the next just 21. It’s still not all that easy to be a […]
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Wednesday NKY HS round-up: Highlands downs Covington Catholic in classic rivalry clash
It’s one of the many rivalries in the area that gets the juices flowing when you hear the two teams mentioned in the same sentence. The first round in baseball belonged to the host Highlands Bluebirds (2-1 overall). The Bluebirds rallied to beat the Covington Catholic Colonels (2-2) by a 5-4 count at Highland Park […]
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Tuesday NKY HS Sports Round-Up: Simon Kenton softball pounds way to win over Scott
When the hits started coming, the floodgates opened for the Simon Kenton Pioneers (5-3 overall). Simon Kenton snapped its two-game losing streak with a convincing, four-inning 16-0 run-ruling of the county rival Scott Eagles (5-4). Simon Kenton did not score in the first innings. But the Pioneers put six on the board in the second, […]
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Covington Latin archery team qualifies for nationals
Covington Latin’s archery team will compete in the national tournament after qualifying at the state level earlier this month. The team scored 3,102 at the Kentucky National Archery in Schools Program (NASP) state tournament in Louisville on March 12. Now the team progresses to the NASP Eastern Nationals Tournament in May. Since starting the program […]
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Monday NKY HS Sports Round-Up: Campbell County baseball evens record with win over Michigan opponent
It may have been sunny, but chilly in the 40s when the Campbell County Camels baseball team (2-2 overall) took the home field in the afternoon. But Head Coach Scott Schweitzer said the head coach of their opponent told him it was in the 20s at home upon heading south Monday morning. Campbell County was […]
