In a familiar 9th Region volleyball tournament story, the Notre Dame Pandas responded to a challenge in a big way to make it back to the championship game. This one came against the Conner Cougars, who made their first appearance in the 9th Region semifinals in school history behind their two dynamic middle blockers Lilly […]
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Conner volleyball earns first-ever region tournament win
Despite leading 2-1, Conner did not have the momentum. But that changed when the captain took over leading the Cougars to a historic first region tournament win in program history. Lilly Hamburg dominated the net in the fourth game with four kills and being part of at least four blocks to help Conner beat Highlands, […]
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Tuesday NKY HS Round-up: Notre Dame, Bishop Brossart, Campbell County and St. Henry advance to district title soccer games, Conner tops Simon Kenton in volleyball
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 […]
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Conner sweeps Cooper to take No. 2 seed in 33rd
With the size and experience advantage, Conner took no chances in sweeping Cooper on Tuesday night in the 33rd District volleyball rivalry contest. The Cougars took out the Jaguars, 3-0 (25-12, 25-9, 25-22) to make sure the game did not extend and become more interesting. Cooper made the third set intriguing at 18-17, but Conner […]
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Conner wins bounce-back game at Highlands
The Conner Cougar volleyball team wanted to remove the taste of the loss at Ryle on Thursday as quickly as possible and did that with a 3-0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-22) win over the Highlands Bluebirds on Tuesday. The Cougars (11-2) had to fend off the determined Bluebirds (4-6) in front of their home crowd at […]
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Wednesday NKY HS round-up: St. Henry-Beechwood set for All “A” final
The St. Henry Crusaders and Beechwood Tigers will meet for the 9th Region All “A” title at 5 p.m. Saturday at Villa Madonna. St. Henry (3-4) downed Holy Cross in one semifinal, 1-0 with Liv Schmitt scoring the game’s lone goal. Holy Cross (4-3) had won four of its last five entering the game. Beechwoood […]
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Tuesday NKY volleyball round-up: Conner heads to region tournament for first time since 2005
Almost one month following the 3-2 loss at Cooper, Conner Head Coach Douglas Rabe quickly pointed out the Cougars (21-11 overall) played host to the 33rd District Tournament. They lost the first game to the arch-rival Cooper Jaguars (23-8) in the postseason on Tuesday, 25-16. But Conner won the next three by 25-21, 25-22, 25-21 […]