Beechwood’s baseball team won its third straight Ninth Region All “A” title with a 10-5 win over Newport Central Catholic, led by Keagan Hutton, Tyler Fryman and Chase Flaherty.
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Beechwood baseball team overcomes slow start to surge ahead
Kevin Gray wasn’t worried. No, Beechwood’s baseball coach was not concerned about the four-time defending Ninth Region champion Tigers starting this season at 2-3 before winning five straight going into this weekend’s Ninth Region All “A” tournament. What was Gray’s reason for the slow start? He wanted his team to get some early experience. “We’re […]
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Friday NKY HS roundup: Conner baseball bests Beechwood to conclude regular season
The Conner Cougars (24-11 overall) downed the Beechwood Tigers (23-7), 12-9 at Great American Ballpark. Conner batted .486 (17-for-35) overall. Senior Jeffery Vest went 2-for-2 with a double, triple, three runs batted in and scored once. Senior right fielder Brayden Stidham went 2-for-2 with one run batted in and senior outfielder Jackson Bucks went 2-for-2 […]
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Wednesday NKY HS roundup: Beechwood baseball leaves Louisville with win over defending state champs
Beechwood Tigers head baseball coach Kevin Gray joked he did not know the Tigers would play a doubleheader late into the evening. But in the end, he could not complain too much as visiting Beechwood (23-6) beat the defending state champion Louisville St. Xavier Tigers, 1-0 in 14 innings. St. Xavier (27-8) lost for just […]
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Beechwood survives late CovCath rally in 7-6 win
Kevin Gray was understandably nervous Friday. Beechwood’s baseball coach had just watched Covington Catholic catcher Jonathan Fitz’s seventh-inning grand slam home run clear the center field fence – a shot that closed the Tigers’ five-run lead to just one. Four Chase Flaherty pitches later, Gray and the three-time defending Ninth Region champions could relax. Flaherty […]
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Wednesday NKY HS roundup: Beechwood baseball walks off on catcher’s interference
It only seemed fitting the winner in the battle of the two baseball teams that have won the last seven 9th Region Tournament championships walked off in an unusual way. A catcher’s interference call. With two out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh in a tie game, Beechwood Tigers junior first […]
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Morris’ legacy still strong decades later
Chris Maxwell likes to tell the story about what longtime umpire and referee Doc Morris would do if he saw a football field lacking large patches of grass. “People wouldn’t know this, but if he was doing a football game and he’d see a field that was kind of bare, he would go out and […]
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Welch’s grand slam leads Beechwood to All ‘A’ region title
Carson Welch heard his Beechwood baseball teammates screaming. He wasn’t immediately sure why – until he realized he had hit a grand slam home run. His shot off St. Henry’s Nick Browning was the marquee blow in Monday’s nine-run seventh inning, which gave the Tigers a 10-4 win in the Ninth Region All “A” final […]
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Saturday NKY HS roundup: Beechwood baseball downs Cooper
The Beechwood Tigers baseball team (3-1) took care of the Cooper Jaguars (0-3) in six innings in 9th Region action. Beechwood hit .393 (11 for 28) overall compared to .190 (4 for 21) for Cooper. Junior third baseman Michael Detzel, senior center fielder Cameron Boyd and senior first baseman Torin O’Shea had two hits for […]
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Wednesday NKY HS Sports Round-Up: Beechwood baseball advances in 35th District tournament
The Beechwood Tigers (25-5) run-ruled the Holmes Bulldogs (6-23) in the 35th District semifinals, 18-0 in three innings on a day that rain canceled many games in the area. Junior Matt Kappes (5-1) earned the win for Beechwood. He struck out one. Beechwood batted 10 for 13 overall. Senior Brett Holladay went 3 for 3 […]