Newport Central Catholic took down Highlands in the boys’ 36th District soccer championship on Tuesday night at the Ciafardini Athletic Complex.
It was the Thoroughbreds first district title since 2023, stunning a Highlands (10-2-4) team that had lost just one game in the regular season and allowed nine goals in 15 games.
NewCath’s (14-5-1) Drew Green and Brody Boyers made the All-Tournament team while Simon Hoskins was named the MVP of the tournament.
District soccer tournament scores and upcoming schedule can be found here
PHOTOS: Slideshow provided by Charles Bolton
In other district tournament action…
Cooper 2, Conner 1 (Cooper won in penalty kicks)
This one went eight rounds of penalty kicks to decide it and see who would face Ryle in Thursday’s 33rd District championship.
Eddie Morales scored the goal in regulation for the Jaguars, Cam Cameron with the assist. Gavin Frolich had seven saves, stopping seven of eight shots on goal for the Cougars.
Cooper (7-9-5) will now face Ryle (17-3-1) on Thursday at Boone County at 6:30 p.m. The Raiders were a 3-0 winner over the host Rebels in the first game on Tuesday.
Dallas Marshall scored the lone goal in regulation for Conner (7-8-1), assisted by Anthony Ortiz. Calvin Huxel had four saves in net of the five Jaguars shots on goal. Conner, last year’s region runner-up, will miss out on the 9th Region tournament for the first time since 2023.
Grant County 2, Walton-Verona 1 (Grant County won in penalty kicks)
Down a man, Grant County (9-9) survived a penalty kick shootout with Walton-Verona (10-7) on Tuesday night in Dry Ridge.
The Braves were issued a red card in regulation and won 5-3 in penalty kicks. The win gets them to Thursday’s 32nd District Championship to face Simon Kenton at 8 p.m. The Pioneers were a 8-0 winner over Williamstown.
