The LINK nky Team of the Week for Oct. 12-18 presented by Ortho Cincy is the Highlands girls cross country team.
A bonus for the Highlands girls cross country team is that they are now eligible for Team of the Season (TOS) for the fall sports season. The weekly nominations and winners for fall will run through October. St. Henry boys soccer was the first winner for fall, Calvary Christian boys soccer the second, Holy Cross volleyball the third, Conner football the fourth, Cooper girls soccer the fifth, Highlands boys golf the sixth, Walton-Verona volleyball the seventh, Walton-Verona boys soccer the eighth and Highlands girls cross country the ninth.
A vote will follow for TOS when the fall sports season is wrapped up to determine the winner. The winner for TOS will then be one of three nominees for Team of the Year (TOY) voting in June. Each TOS winner will receive a $500 scholarship that will go to an athlete of their choice.
For the team that is awarded TOY, 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.
Highlands Girls Cross Country
Won the NKAC Division I girls cross country meet on Oct. 10 at Idlewild Park. They had three runners place in the top 10 and their top five runners all place in the top 20.
They were led by eighth grader Morgan Ripley in a time of 19:19, placing second. Evan Lang (19:57) placed seventh, Isla Meyn (20:08) in eighth. Ella Taylor (21:08) finished 15th and Sophie Taylor (21:14) 18th.
They followed it up with a runner-up finish at the Class 2A, Region 4 meet at Idlewild Park in Burlington, earning an automatic berth to the state meet this weekend.
Congratulations to our other nominees as well: Newport Central Catholic boys soccer, Bishop Brossart boys cross country, Cooper football, Ryle girls soccer, St. Henry girls soccer, Covington Catholic cross country.
Check the website Monday for the new Team of the Week nominees!