They hadn’t been shutout all season. But for the second straight season, the Beechwood baseball team was shutout in the state tournament, losing 3-0 to Apollo on Thursday at Counter Clocks Field in Lexington. The Tigers left nine men on base, just never found the timely hit as they outhit the Eagles 4-2 in the […]
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Vote for the LINK nky Team of the Week for May 22-28
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. Want to get […]
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A look at some history of NKY tournament teams at the state baseball/softball tournaments
What’s the likelihood that a high school team from Northern Kentucky will win either of this year’s state baseball and softball tournaments at University of Kentucky ballparks in Lexington? The 2023 state baseball tournament begins June 1 at Counter Clocks Field (formerly known as Whitaker Bank Ballpark). The state softball tournament also gets underway June […]
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Beechwood 4-peats in 9th Region taking a unique path to get there
It may have been a bit of a different Beechwood baseball team this year. Lose their top two players from last season, pitching ace and centerfielder Mitchell Berger to injury, catcher Brice Estep transferring to a high school in South Carolina. But in the end, the Tigers are in a familiar spot, winning the 9th […]
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Bishop Brossart sweeps Class 1A, Region 4 meet
Bishop Brossart’s boys track-and-field team saw Walton-Verona do a victory lap on their track last season. They wanted to make sure it didn’t happen again. The Mustangs dominated the Class 1A, Region 4 meet at the Mustang Athletic Complex on Wednesday, scoring 157 points and defeating runner-up Beechwood by 65 points. “A lot of these […]
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Tigers use another one of their lives, take thriller over Dixie Heights
Perhaps Beechwood should petition to have all their games played at Thomas More Stadium in Florence. For the third time this season at the home of the Y’alls and Thomas More University’s baseball team, the Tigers rallied from down multiple runs in the final inning, this last one on one of the biggest stages of […]
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Beechwood takes down Ryle in 9th Region tourney opener
The three-time reigning 9th Region baseball champ Beechwood Tigers input eighth grader Tyler Fryman into the lineup about a third of the way through the season and the 14-year-old hasn’t disappointed since. Fryman drove in two important runs on Sunday to open the 9th Region tournament at Thomas More Stadium in Florence, the Tigers topping […]
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CovCath works some more two-out, seventh inning magic
Roughly 72 hours after being down to their final strike and facing an end to their season, Covington Catholic ends up repeating in the 35th District. And it was done on some more two-out, seventh inning magic. The Colonels were facing a 3-2 deficit in the bottom of the seventh against Holy Cross on Saturday […]
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Fort Mitchell native accepted into competitive U.S. Presidential Management Fellow program
Growing up without cable, Brandt Coleman found entertainment by watching Bill Nye the Science Guy, frequent visits to the Cincinnati History Museum, and walking next door to his grandma’s house to hear her stories about his grandpa’s time in Germany during World War ll. Those combined formative experiences, Coleman said, sparked his interest in history […]
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Several NKY student-athletes named to KHSAA Student Advisory Group
Four Northern Kentucky student-athletes have been named to the 2023-24 KHSAA Student Advisory Group. Beechwood’s Tyson Hergott and Danica Gorlewski, Bishop Brossart’s Ryan Clines and Scott’s Madeline Spencer will be a part of a 16-member panel that will represent the KHSAA at the NFHS National Student Leadership Summit on July 29-31 in Indianapolis. Hergott is […]