The KHSAA baseball regular season ends on May 15 with the postseason set to begin on Saturday, May 16. Here are the stat leaders in Northern Kentucky for Boone, Campbell and Kenton County. BATTING AVERAGE (Minimum 50 at-bats) Tyler Fryman, Beechwood — .554 Tyler Schumacher, Campbell County — .500 Parker Trenkamp, Ludlow — .494 Henry […]
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Kes Murphy returns to sideline as St. Henry girls basketball coach
Former Notre Dame Academy and Holy Cross High School girls basketball coach Kes Murphy is back in the game. Murphy was announced Thursday as the new head coach of the St. Henry District High School girls basketball program, bringing more than a decade of success and championship experience with him. Murphy compiled 309 wins over […]
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Covington Catholic sweeps 9th Region tennis titles once again
Tradition never graduates. Covington Catholic once again won the boys singles and doubles titles in the 9th Region tournament on Wednesday at Covington Catholic High School. It was the Colonels sixth straight season doing so. Blake Hussey, already a doubles champion last year and a last name that has claimed many tennis titles from Park […]
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Class 3A, Region 5 track and field: Camels, Jaguars take team titles
Campbell County’s girls track and field team spent much of Monday evening checking their phones for the latest updates. Cooper’s boys coach Jeff Wurtz, meanwhile, hoped his first season would end with a Class 3A, Region 5 team title. Both the Camels and Jaguars got what they wanted at Scott High School. Campbell County defeated […]
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Cooper promotes Begley to lead football program
For the first time in program history, Cooper football is undergoing a head coaching change. After Randy Borchers resigned in April, the lone coach in the 18-year history of the program, Cooper announced the hiring of Adam Begley to head football coach on Friday. Begley was the freshman coach for the Jaguars and the assistant […]
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Girls flag football, pickleball to become KHSAA sports
The days of powder puff football being the closest thing many Kentucky girls had to the gridiron are coming to an end. The Kentucky High School Athletic Association took a major step toward expanding opportunities for female athletes Wednesday, approving girls flag football and pickleball as sanctioned state championship sports beginning with the 2027-28 school […]
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Walton-Verona wins the night, and the No. 1 seed, over Simon Kenton
The atmosphere in Independence felt more like late May than early May, but that’s the expectation whenever Walton-Verona and Simon Kenton face off, no matter the sport. Fueled by the energy of the rivalry and with the top seed in the 32nd District Tournament on the line, Wednesday night carried the feel of a postseason […]
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Elsbernd to step down at Holmes
Over the last 20 years, basketball has been in the front seat for Sam Elsbernd. Now, basketball will take the back seat for Elsbernd, resigning as head coach of the Holmes boys basketball program on Tuesday. “I’m in a position right now where I have family and personal things I need to take care of […]
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KHSAA spring sports tournament brackets set
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association spring sports postseason is almost here. The postseason action will get underway on May 15 starting with boys volleyball and will run all the way until June 13 when state baseball and softball tournament champions are crowned. On Wednesday, the KHSAA revealed the brackets for each sport in baseball, […]
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Another milestone: Highlands’ Dixon reaches 1,000 strikeouts
The rise ball Kaitlyn Dixon threw Tuesday looked like a few thousand others. But it wasn’t. Highlands senior pitcher struck out Dixie Heights first baseman Madison Skees and reached another milestone – her 1,000th career. She now has 1,004 after fanning six in the Bluebirds’ 14-3, five-inning win at Winkler Field. You wouldn’t have known […]
