Beechwood pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the state on Wednesday by beating Holy Cross in the 35th District semifinals. They were close to doing it again on Friday, but the Tigers came up short in the championship against Covington Catholic, 61-53. Just over a month ago, the Colonels defeated Beechwood 70-52. The […]
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Beechwood stuns Holy Cross in 35th District semis
Holy Cross had defeated Beechwood 87-60, 19 days ago and entered the postseason hot, winners of 14 of 16 and the leading scorer in the state in Jacob Meyer. Beechwood was 10-18, still trying to figure things out from losing second leading scorer Cash Harney nearly a month ago and going 2-6 without him. None […]
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Tuesday NKY HS hoops roundup: St. Henry, Newport Advance to All “A” semifinals
The All “A” 9th Region boys quarterfinals at Beechwood featured a tight one and a lopsided battle to determine which teams made it to the semifinals Friday at 6 p.m. The first game had the St. Henry Crusaders (6-8) knock off the Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds (9-8), 61-57 in a rematch from Dec. 3 in […]
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Ipsaro scores 32 to lead CovCath past Beechwood
Covington Catholic senior Evan Ipsaro hit buzzer beaters to close out the first, second and third quarters on the way to 32 points as the Colonels extended their win streak over Beechwood to seven straight, 70-52. “I’ve watched him for three years. He’s the only guy that I can say consistently does that,” said CovCath […]
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Monday NKY HS hoops round-up: Walton-Verona boys escape Williamstown in All “A” 8th Region opener, St. Henry advances in girls All “A” 9th Region
The Walton-Verona boys basketball team (9-3) found itself in a battle in the opening round of the All “A” 8th Region Tournament against the Williamstown Demons (7-6) at Gallatin County. Senior Carter Krohman hit a three-pointer at the buzzer in overtime to lift the Bearcats to a 74-71 victory. Krohman finished with 23 points making […]
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Beechwood’s Robinson Jr. inks with Wake Forest
He may have been a part of Beechwood for just one season, but Antonio Robinson Jr. made the most of his opportunity. Now he’ll head to Winston-Salem as he signed his National Letter of Intent with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Wednesday to continue his academic and football career. Robinson’s lone season in Fort […]
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Not a movie but a replay, Beechwood finds a way
Don’t ever let them tell you sports is about anything other than winning. In the end, it isn’t. That’s why it’s so wonderful – and cruel. Why the Beechwood players were hugging one another, telling their coaches they loved them, pulling up their jerseys as they hugged injured Mitchell Berger so they could show him […]
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Another Beechwood bounce, another Beechwood state title as Tigers 3-peat
LEXINGTON — It’s just something about the uprights at Kroger Field at the University of Kentucky that are fond of Beechwood. Voodoo? “I don’t know, maybe some voodoo,” Beechwood coach Noel Rash said. For the third straight year, Beechwood was on the right end of a special teams play as they defeated Mayfield 14-13 for […]
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State championship scouting report: Beechwood vs. Mayfield
Here we go, folks. For the third straight year, the only Northern Kentucky team standing this final weekend of the KHSAA football playoffs is Beechwood. And the familiar opponent, a team Beechwood has faced eight times now in the two teams’ playoff history, is none other than Mayfield. Between them, the Class 2A powers have […]
