To be the winning team, fan votes play a heavy role, along with consideration from our sports team here at LINK.
Nominations are reader-submitted or recommended by our sports team. Our Team of the Week program honors all local sports at all levels, whether it’s youth or adult-oriented recreation, high school or college, professional or amateur.
The new school year has added to the awards program. OrthoCincy Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine and LINK nky are excited to expand in addition to the weekly winners, the program will be including three winners for Team of the Season and one overall winner for Team of the Year for the 2024-25 sports seasons.
New this year for the program is the addition of the Team of the Season (TOTS) and Team of the Year (TOTY) awards. Sports seasons are considered fall, winter and spring for the purpose of this awards program. At the conclusion of each sports season, an overall TOTS winner will be chosen from all previous TOTW winners for that season. Their school will also receive a $500 scholarship to be presented to the athlete of their choice at the end of the school year.
Finally, the program culminates by selecting one TOTY from the three TOTS award winners. Online and print articles will again be published, a large commemorative plaque will be presented and the school will receive an additional $500 scholarship to be presented to the athlete of their choice at the end of the school year.
The call for nominations, voting and winning announcement for each will follow the same format as the TOTW.
This week’s nominated teams are listed below with some information provided by the submitter or LINK nky staff. The poll where you can vote follows at the end of the article.
Voting is open until Friday at 11:59 a.m.
DIXIE HEIGHTS BASEBALL
The Colonels posted a 2-0 week with wins over Beechwood and Lloyd Memorial to improve to 14-12 on the season.
In the 9-2 victory over Beechwood on April 29, Wesley Wilson got the win with five innings worked and allowing four hits and two earned runs with four strikeouts and three walks. At the plate, Carson Guenther drove in two runs, Sean Mitchell, Owen Caudill and Oliver Linstruth with one apiece. Luke Tucker and Will Steczynski each collected two hits apiece.
Following up the win over Beechwood the next day was an 8-3 win over Lloyd. Owen Stulz went the distance with a complete game seven-hitter, allowing two earned runs and a walk with seven strikeouts. Guenther had three hits at the plate, Steczynski with two hits and three RBI. Stulz also had two hits.
The Colonels face a busy week with four games this week starting with Ludlow on Monday.
HOLY CROSS BASEBALL
The Indians went 3-0 with a suspended game against Covington Catholic. They defeated Ludlow (5-3), Calvary Christian (6-3) and stunned Ryle (4-2).
The impressive week puts them at 10-15 and still battling for the No. 2 seed in the 35th District with CovCath, depending the outcome of the suspended game (a reschedule date has not been posted yet).
In the win over Ludlow, Brady Neff posted two hits with two RBI while Ben Issenmann struck out 11 batters in five innings of work. Neff again had two hits in the Indians win over Calvary, also driving in two runs along with Ethan Neal. Neff also got the win on the bump, striking out seven over six innings.
The 4-2 victory over Ryle came on Friday at Thomas More Stadium. Cooper Brue drove in two runs, Sam Addington pitching a complete game six-hitter with two earned runs, three walks and six strikeouts.
The Indians are scheduled to play six games this week starting with Boone County on Tuesday.
ST. HENRY BASEBALL
The Crusaders posted a 2-0 week with wins over Simon Kenton (7-6) and Lawrenceburg, Indiana (2-1).
They followed that up with a 10-0 victory over Ludlow on Sunday to improve to 7-13 on the year. They face Villa Madonna on Monday in a 34th District contest as they sit at 2-0 in district play with Dixie Heights looming on Tuesday.
LUDLOW SOFTBALL
Ludlow went 2-0 last week, with dominating wins over Calvary Christian (14-0) and Bellevue (17-4).
Miley Lay, Charlotte Burke and Abigail Chatt had multi-hit games in the win over Calvary, Burke and Chatt with three RBI, May with two.
In the win over Bellevue, Lay, Evie Orsua and Shelby Ralston had three hits each, Orsua with four RBI, Lay three and Ralston two with two doubles. Juliette Hansen also drove in three runs. Orsua struck out 13 in six innings in the circle for the victory.
NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC SOFTBALL
NewCath went 2-0 last week in victories over Calvary Christian (18-11) and Dayton (15-10).
They pounded out 18 hits in the win over Calvary and 12 against Dayton. Kaitlyn Haigis, Miley Wolf and Grace Rowland had at least two hits in each game. Maura Franzen picked up both wins in the circle.
NOTRE DAME LACROSSE
The Pandas ran their record to 13-0 with victories over Assumption (15-14) and Summit Country Day, Ohio (17-4) last week.
In the win over Assumption, Hannah Powers had five goals, Hannan Dusing with three goals and three assists. Georgi Kirtley also collected three goals, Andrea Carothers with two. Grace Panko had 10 saves in net.
In the victory over Summit Country Day, Powers recorded eight goals, Blair Kahlig with three, Dusing, Kirtley and Carothers with two apiece while Panko had two saves.
In their 13 victories, NDA has outscored the opponent 192-81. They have two more regular season games before the postseason begins on Saturday in the Region 5 Tournament.
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