The second all-time winningest coach in KHSAA baseball history is calling it a career. Covington Catholic baseball coach Bill Krumpelbeck announced he’s retiring, the school released on Friday. He’ll end his 48-year career in Park Hills with 1,149 wins, 22 district titles, nine region championships and a state championship in 2002, the last Northern Kentucky […]
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The Holy Cross softball team believes
A postseason hot streak with a string of upsets. Some good pitching and timely hitting, capped by one swing of the bat. The Holy Cross High School softball team rose to the challenge in last week’s 9th Region tournament. Given an opportunity against the three-time defending champ in the final, little Holy Cross took down […]
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Major League genes fuel Bluebirds’ baseball championship pursuit
As a kid, Highlands High School baseball coach Brian Benzinger shagged fly balls off the bat of his brother Todd Benzinger, a former Major League Baseball player with the Cincinnati Reds and others. “My father played college football. He was an avid sports fan,” Benzinger said. “When we worked on baseball, he pitched to my […]
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Bucher gets one last call for Highlands
He’s called hundreds of games for Highlands athletics. His last one will be on the grand stage at the KHSAA state baseball tournament in Lexington. Brennan Bucher has been on the air for years on bluebirdsradio.com, whether it be football, basketball or baseball. Friday against South Warren or however long the Bluebirds baseball team goes […]
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NKSCA All-Star award winners announced
The Northern Kentucky Softball Coaches Association have weighed in with their All-Star award winners. They are broken up in three divisions with three teams each. *Note: These awards were selected by the coaches in the NKSCA Division I Player of the Year: Briana Knochelman, Grant County First Team Second Team Third Team Division II Co-Player […]
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Cooper brings in college veteran assistant to lead girls hoops program
Cooper High School announced on Monday that Christian Stefanopoulos Prohaska will be the next girls’ basketball coach. She’ll take over for Justin Holthaus, who was named the boys’ basketball coach at the school on May 22. Stefanopoulos Prohaska, a Boone County alum, enters the program with 13 years of Division I coaching experience with stops […]
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Birds are back! Highlands wins 9th Region baseball title
It wasn’t winning 17 of their last 19 games or having an arsenal of arms at his disposal or a deadly hitting attack. Highlands baseball coach Brian Benzinger knew he had something special back in October. “Our offseason workouts we had 40 something, 50 guys there and I’m like, ‘Okay, these guys are really dedicated […]
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Region baseball tournament schedule/scores
Region baseball tournaments in Northern Kentucky get started on Sunday and run throughout the week next week. Region winners will head to Kentucky Proud Park for the KHSAA state tournament starting on June 5. Listed below is the schedules for the 8th, 9th and 10th Region baseball tournaments. This page will be updated daily with […]
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Holy Cross shocks Highlands, wins first Ninth Region softball title on Fledderman’s grand slam
It was Kayla Fledderman’s first home run of her high school career – and the most important in Holy Cross softball history. Fledderman’s seventh-inning grand slam sent the Indians to their first Ninth Region title, a 5-3 win over three-time defending champion Highlands on Wednesday at Thomas More University. “This might be the best feeling […]
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9th Region baseball quarterfinals: Dixie stuns Ryle in 7th
With an early three-run deficit and facing what many consider the best pitcher in Northern Kentucky, Dixie Heights did the unthinkable. The Colonels rallied to score two runs in the bottom of the seventh to knock off defending champ Ryle in the 9th Region baseball tournament quarterfinals on Monday at Thomas More Stadium in Florence, […]