Covington Catholic’s Kalei Christensen and Alex Yeager won the state doubles title, and senior Brady Hussey reached his second straight singles semifinals, while the Colonels are looking to continue their success in 2024.
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CovCath’s Brady Hussey wins “Wah Wah” Jones award
Brady Hussey, a two-sport standout from Covington Catholic High School, has won the 11th Annual Wallace “Wah Wah” Jones Award for his excellence in athletics and in the classroom.
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No question about it, Hussey’s star still rising at Covington Catholic
What’s all the racket about Covington Catholic’s unusual two-sport high school standout whose family has been dominating local tennis for years and passing down good athletic genes the better part of a century? The commotion is about senior Brady Hussey, the three-time KHSAA regional tennis champion who is about to make some noise again on […]
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CovCath captures boys tennis team title
There were a lot of H-words Covington Catholic could’ve used to describe Thursday at Top Seed Tennis Center in Nicholasville. Start with hollering. If CovCath sophomore Kalei Christensen wasn’t motivationally screaming after almost every point in the doubles final, there were Colonels fans above the court bellowing their support. Continue with hugging. After Christensen and […]
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Watanabe, Hussey, Christiansen/Yeager reach state tennis semifinals
Covington Latin’s Sara Watanabe is in a familiar spot. So is Covington Catholic’s Brady Hussey. And ditto for CovCath’s Alex Yeager. Hussey, Watanabe and Yeager are in the semifinals of the state tennis tournament Thursday at Top Seed Tennis Club in Nicholasville. Watanabe, the girls singles top seed, takes on Lilah Jane Shallcross of Sacred Heart. It’s her third consecutive […]
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NKY KHSAA state tennis tournament results
The KHSAA state tennis tournaments run Tuesday, May 30 through Thursday, June 1. The first and second round will be played on Tuesday, third round and quarterfinals on Wednesday and semifinals and championship on Thursday. We’ll keep you updated on how all the Northern Kentucky players are doing throughout the tournament. Boys singles Tuesday, May […]
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Watanabe, Fullenkamp-Meenach win 9th Region tennis titles, Notre Dame takes team title
Sara Watanabe and Tapanee Boonyawat had been talking about Friday for at least a week. Watanabe, a Covington Latin senior, and Boonyawat, a Dixie Heights junior, figured they would share a Boone Woods court and battle for the Ninth Region girls singles title. They forevermore did, with Watanabe winning her third straight championship, 6-4, 2-6, […]
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21-derful: CovCath sweeps Ninth Region tennis finals
Al Hertsenberg may have been the calmest man in Park Hills. Covington Catholic’s tennis coach was rightfully serene Thursday – he watched the Colonels finish their 21st straight boys Ninth Region team title on their home court. Hertsenberg joyfully watched junior Brady Hussey claim his third consecutive singles title with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Beechwood’s […]
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Ninth Region boys tennis finals set, CovCath clinches team title
One of the boys Ninth Region tennis finalists goes for his third straight singles title. The other is in the finals for the first time. Two-time defending champion Brady Hussey of Covington Catholic takes on Beechwood freshman Neel Reddy at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Colonels’ courts. Hussey and Reddy had little trouble dispatching […]
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Watanabe, Hussey go for third straight Ninth Region tennis singles titles
Covington Latin senior Sara Watanabe lost just two games on the way to last year’s girls Ninth Region singles tennis title. So it makes sense that she’s the top seed in this year’s regional tournament that begins Monday at Boone Woods Park near Burlington. As it did in 2021, Watanabe’s 2022 run ended in the […]
