Girls Soccer
35th District Semifinals
Notre Dame 10, Covington Latin 0
The Pandas soundly moved on to the championship game against Beechwood on Thursday at 6 p.m. back at Notre Dame.
Riley Robertson had two goals to lead the Pandas (15-3-2) with Eva Dozier recording one goal and two assists. Jane Schuh had one goal and one assist. Maya Tully, Gracie Haines, Cameron Kirtley, Kate Lenihan, Ellie Heyob and Leah Young had one goal each.
Covington Latin finished the season 4-7-1 winning its first 35th District Tournament game since 2015.
Boys Soccer
37th District Semifinals
Bishop Brossart 8, Calvary Christian 0
Tyler Smith scored four goals to break the school record for career goals at 61 for the Mustangs (13-4-5). He also has 45 career assists, also a Brossart record.
Landon Guidugli had two goals with Max Runge scoring one goal and assisting two others. Samuel Chirumbolo had the other Brossart goal and Andrew Lusby had two assists. Alex Runge, Luke Alwell, Brennan Callahan and Max Keller added assists and goalkeeper Michael Cooney had four saves.
Calvary Christian finishes the season 10-8 after going 1-17 in 2022.
Campbell County 3, Scott 1
The top-seeded Camels moved on with two goals from Kaden Rose and one from Zach Franzen.
Campbell County (9-8-1) and Bishop Brossart will play on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. for the district championship at Campbell County. Brossart has won the last three district titles.
Scott (5-12-2) had Ethan Rogers score their lone goal and Marshal Minor assist it. Goalkeeper Aiden Taylor had 10 saves.
34th District Semifinal
St. Henry 2, Villa Madonna 1
Logan Thoss scored both goals to help the host Crusaders (4-12-1) to the championship against Dixie Heights (6-9-2) on Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
Vincius Vieria scored the goal for the Vikings (6-6-5) and Jacob Thornberry had eight saves.
Volleyball
Conner 3, Simon Kenton 2 (20-25, 20-25, 25-19, 26-24, 15-13)
The Conner Cougars volleyball team played host to Simon Kenton in a match-up of two of the best teams in Northern Kentucky.
The visitors took the first two games. But the hosts came back to win in five sets.
Conner (24-7) had 99 digs and seven service aces. Anna Hamilton dug up 35 balls with Aubrey Depenbrock digging up 17 to go with 34 assists and three aces.
“It was neck and neck all five games,” said Douglas Rabe, Conner head coach. “We allowed the emotions to take over. I told them to play with the emotions they were feeling, but you have to use your heads as well. Simon Kenton is smooth. They just kept attack, defend, attack, defend. But our girls put their hearts on their sleeves and I thought it was helping us because we were using it as motivation, rather than it being to their detriment. That was what put us over the top.”
The Cougars controlled the net with 64 kills, 16 blocks and 64 assists. Lilly Hamburg had 23 kills and six blocks with Carly Nehus smacking down 15 kills. Peyton Walker had 12 kills and three blocks with Annika Berwanger recording six blocks. McKenzie Deatherage had seven kills and Jordan Potter added four.
“Going into the game, I had a feeling the game was going to go five sets because we’re an amazing team and so are they,” Potter said. “Even though we were down the first two sets, we knew the game was not over. When we really want to win, we come together as a team to make that happen.”
Simon Kenton (24-6) had 54 kills, nine blocks, 13 aces, 51 assists and 91 digs. Alisha Hawkins had 18 kills, three blocks, two aces and six digs. Jenna Kitchens had 15 kills, two aces and five digs with Keira Hans tallying 14 kills, four blocks and four aces. Tori Chasteen had 39 digs and two aces with Sophie Spanier recording 16 digs and three aces.
“We struggled in a few rotations to make adjustments and put the ball down around the block,” said Amy Marx, Simon Kenton head coach. “We shut down their bigger hitters the first two sets, but gave them more opportunities in the rest of the match. We didn’t put the ball down ourselves when we needed to. It was a hard-fought match on both sides and could have went either way.”
Conner plays at Calvary Christian (15-10) on Thursday at 7 p.m. Simon Kenton plays at Walton-Verona (15-15) on Thursday at 7 p.m.
Other Volleyball Scores
Bishop Brossart 3, Calvary Christian 0 (25-9, 30-28, 25-14)
The Mustangs still have a shot at the top seed in the 37th District Tournament.
Brossart (19-10) took the first step sweeping the Cougars (15-10). The Mustangs had eight aces, 31 kills, two blocks, 27 assists and 64 digs. Maddie Kremer had 20 digs and three aces with Kate Neltner recording 11 kills and 13 digs. Aubrey Rebholz had 14 assists and Nadia Shurley recorded 12.
“We just want the girls to go out there and play to their potential,” said Danielle French, Brossart head coach. “We know what they are capable of. We’ve seen it throughout the year. We just have to stay out of our heads. That has been our biggest issue. We’ll have a couple mistakes in a row, then shut down. We’ve told them that we have to stop doing that. We have to make sure we build our teammates up whenever we see them getting down in a slump. We noticed that getting done (Tuesday).”
The Cougars had 19 kills, 57 digs, 19 assists, one ace and one block. Savannah Ryan led Calvary with 13 assists and 13 digs. Alexis Hickey had 17 digs and six kills with Ella Mulling digging up 13 balls.
The Mustangs travel to Campbell County (13-11) on Thursday for the important district game at 7 p.m. A Mustangs win would force a three-way tie at 2-1 in district seed play with Scott and Campbell County.
Calvary Christian plays host to Conner (24-7) at 7 p.m. on Thursday.
Scott 3, Cooper 1 (22-25, 25-17, 25-22, 25-16)
The Eagles ended a nine-game losing streak against the Jaguars in a non-region game dating back to 2015.
Scott (17-13) had seven aces, 50 kills, 16 blocks, 54 digs and 48 assists in the win. Ryann Grigsby led Scott with 37 assists with Milyn Minor recording 18 kills and Brooklyn Helm 12. Payton Grigsby and Morgan Justice added nine and seven kills with Brooke Balsley tallying four. Justice had 10 blocks to go with five aces and Elise Manhardt had 24 digs.
Cooper (11-17) saw Addy Warth dig up 21 balls. Sadie Smith had 22 assists and four aces with Audrey Schilling recording 16 digs, seven kills and one ace.
Scott plays host to Walton-Verona (15-15) on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Cooper plays at Highlands (15-13) on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
Newport Central Catholic 3, Walton-Verona 0 (25-11, 25-19, 25-18)
The Thoroughbreds won their third straight with the road non-region win.
NewCath (13-18) had 14 aces, 30 kills, two blocks, 28 assists and 37 digs in the win. Kori Reckers had seven aces, six kills, 13 assists and eight digs to lead the way. Peytin Reckers and Jordyn Reckers added eight and seven digs respectively with Reese McCloskey tallying seven kills. Katelyn Brannen and Lucy Simons followed with six and five kills respectively and Vivi Fassler had 12 assists and four digs.
Walton-Verona (15-15) had 18 kills, two blocks, 17 assists, 54 digs and two aces in the loss. Chloe McIntosh led the Bearcats with 10 kills and Amber Hall had 15 assists. Annie Allen and Macie Godwin led Walton-Verona with 14 and 11 digs.
NewCath plays at Campbell County (13-11) on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Walton-Verona plays at Scott (17-13) on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
Other Volleyball Scores
Campbell County 3, Pendleton County 0 (25-18, 25-15, 25-17)
Heritage Academy 3, Holmes 0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-17)
Highlands 3, Lloyd Memorial 0 (25-14, 25-12, 25-13)
St. Henry 3, Ryle 0 (25-8, 25-20, 25-19)
Villa Madonna 2, Bellevue 0 (25-15, 25-18)
Holy Cross 3, Boone County 0 (25-13, 25-13, 25-16)