The Scott Eagles and Villa Madonna Vikings stand 6-0 and own in-season tournament crowns. Scott won all five games Saturday taking the Glacier Invitational at Bracken County. The Eagles knocked off 10th Region rivals Augusta, 2-0 (25-10, 25-16), Pendleton County, 2-0 (25-17, 25-11), Trinity Christian from the 12th Region, 2-0 (25-19, 25-21), and Harrison County […]
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Thursday NKY sports round-up: Cooper volleyball wins home opener
Cooper (2-0) volleyball knocked off the host Dixie Heights Colonels (0-2), 3-1 (25-18, 25-14, 17-25, 25-18) in its first 9th Region match of the season. Senior libero Chloe Fortner had 16 digs and five aces with sophomore Audrey Schilling recording 14 for the Lady Jaguars. Junior setter Sadie Smith had 24 assists, 11 digs and […]
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Wednesday NKY sports round-up: Dixie girls soccer turns table on Campbell Co. in early season rematch
Both teams knew this would happen once they opened the season winning their respective pools in the Fayette County Spectacular last week. The Dixie Heights Colonels (3-1 overall) and the Campbell County Camels (4-1-1) met four days after Campbell County edged Dixie Heights, 2-1 in the Fayette County Spectacular semifinals on Saturday. With three whole […]
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Tuesday NKY Sports Round-Up: Conner volleyball opens with win over Dixie
Two keys to winning volleyball games are finding a good offensive rhythm and controlling the net. The Dixie Heights Colonels and Conner Lady Cougars had their moments doing those things in the season-opener for both teams at Conner’s John L. Crigler Gymnasium. But Conner did them better pulling off a 3-1 (25-16, 23-25, 25-14, 25-21) […]
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Monday NKY Sports Round-Up: St. Henry, NewCath girls vie for All “A” 9th Region soccer title
The St. Henry Crusaders (3-0 overall) will take on the Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds (2-2) for the 9th Region girls soccer All “A” 9th Region crown on Wednesday. The game is at St. Henry at 6 p.m. The Crusaders took down Holy Cross (2-1), 6-2 in the first semifinal game. Senior midfielder Mandy Schlueter, an […]
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2022 9th Region Volleyball Preview: Notre Dame, St. Henry maintain hold on region
The early years of Kentucky high school volleyball were dominated by Northern Kentucky teams. Notre Dame won the first state tournament in 1979. The next year, the title went to Villa Madonna. The year after that, St. Henry won. Notre Dame returned to claim the title three years in a row, 1982-1984, and picked up […]
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2022 NKY volleyball preview: 10th, 8th Regions
10th Region, 37th District Campbell County Camels Jessica Ginter takes over the program wanting to bring stability and to push the Camels back to state. Ginter is the team’s third head coach in three years. The Camels saw Rylee McKinney and Ashley Messmer graduate from last year’s team that finished 16-16 overall. McKinney led Campbell […]
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Hunt sisters look to be more dominant in Holy Cross athletics
Two sisters give people some good reasons to flock to the Finn Activity Center at Holy Cross High School this fall and winter. They are 17-year old senior Maya Hunt and 16-year old junior Julia Hunt. Julia Hunt excels in volleyball and basketball. Standing at 6-feet-2-inches, Julia Hunt has offers to play basketball at the […]
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Ginter named new Campbell County volleyball head coach hoping to bring stability to tradition-rich program
Campbell County High School Principal Adam Ritter told the returning players of the Camel volleyball team he understood this process of announcing a new coach may have taken longer than some people may have wanted. But the administration had a good reason for it. Ritter and Campbell County Director of Athletics Steve Hensley introduced Jessica […]
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Familiar coaches hired for head coach, associate head coach roles for Notre Dame volleyball
They may be in different roles. But their names are familiar to the tradition-rich Notre Dame Academy Pandas volleyball program. Leslie Litmer is the new head coach and Jenna Leistner will be the associate head coach. They are splitting up the head coaching duties. “I think our players are very excited about it. It is […]
