As the rain started to fall down, the tension continued to rise in front of a large crowd at Buenger Sports Complex in Park Hills. With the game knotted at 1-1 between Notre Dame and Highlands in the 9th Region girls soccer semifinals, overtime was lurking as they headed into the final minute. A counter […]
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8th Region Boys Soccer Semifinals: North Oldham run ends Simon Kenton season
With 5:11 left in the game, Simon Kenton senior forward Dominick Dornbusch created space in the middle and fired one into the left part of the goal for his team-high 12th of the season. While it equaled the number of goals the Pioneers (12-10-2) scored in the other four trips to the 8th Region semifinals […]
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Alexander’s late goal keeps Cooper alive to win in PKs
Cooper’s enjoyed their role as an underdog this year. First they had to get through defending 33rd District champ Ryle to even get to the region tournament. Then they knocked off a Conner team that outscored district opponents 19-0 throughout the season heading into the district championship. They followed up their second district title in […]
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Brossart advances to 10th Region girls soccer final; Campbell County falls in PKs
Bishop Brossart emphatically advanced to Thursday’s girls 10th Region soccer final. The defending champion Mustangs overwhelmed Pendleton County in Wednesday’s 10-0, mercy-rule semifinal win at George Rogers Clark. They take on GRC, a 2-1 penalty-kick winner over Campbell County, for the title at 7 p.m. Brossart exhibited serious seniority – two of them, Abby Lloyd and […]
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Tuesday NKY HS round-up: Ryle, Campbell County, Brossart advance in region soccer tournaments
Ryle advanced to the 9th Region semifinals on Thursday with a 2-0 victory over St. Henry on Tuesday. The Raiders missed some chances to pile on the Crusaders (4-14-1), St. Henry making the reigning 9th Region champs earn the victory. The host Raiders (18-2-1) outshot St. Henry, 26-3. Landon Barth made one save in the […]
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Highlands rallies from two-goal deficit to stun CovCath
Down two goals 10 minutes into the game, Highlands boys soccer coach Suli Kayed took a seat and pondered what was going wrong. It took Kayed about two minutes to hop up, feeling much better about his team’s ability to pull off a comeback. “After that second goal I chose to sit down in my […]
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Green’s golden goal lifts NewCath to semifinals
Right place, right time. But to do it three times in one game? Jonathan Green might just have a keen sense of knowing where to be. The Newport Central Catholic junior scored all three goals in the Thoroughbreds 3-2 victory over Cooper in the 9th Region soccer tournament quarterfinals, including the golden goal in double […]
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A lightning Bolt(e): three goals lead Dixie Heights’ win
Trevor Bolte has scored three goals in one game for a club soccer team. Tuesday, Dixie Heights’ sophomore midfielder scored three in the first 15 minutes, which propelled the Colonels to a 4-2 win over Holy Cross in the Ninth Region tournament first round on Dixie’s pitch. Next for the Colonels: Newport Central Catholic – […]
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Monday NKY prep roundup: Simon Kenton boys win first region tourney game since 2018; Highlands, Dixie Heights, Brossart, Campbell girls advance
While winning four 32nd District Tournament crowns in the last five years, the Simon Kenton Pioneers boys soccer team had not been able to follow up with wins at home in the 8th Region quarterfinal games. That changed with an 11-1 win over Gallatin County (3-7) on Monday. Simon Kenton (12-9-2) advanced to the 8th […]
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Cooper holds on for second region tournament win in program history
Soccer works in mysterious ways sometimes. It was evident Monday night in Union, Cooper scoring 13 seconds into their game with Beechwood in the girls 9th Region soccer tournament quarterfinals, which also happened to be the final score. The host Jaguars held on for a 1-0 victory over the Tigers, just the second region tournament […]
