Brody Mangold settled in pretty nicely on Sunday. Especially when he got a 6-2 lead. Once the Conner Cougars took the lead with six runs in the top of the fourth, Mangold dialed it up several notches to help the Cougars beat the 35th District champion Covington Catholic Colonels, 6-2 in the 9th Region Baseball […]
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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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Friday NKY HS roundup: CovCath wins fourth straight
The host Covington Catholic Colonels baseball team (12-4) took down the Bishop Brossart Mustangs, 8-6 for their fourth straight win. CovCath batted .423 (11 for 26) overall in the win. Sophomore third baseman Marcus Suwinski went 2-for-2 with one run batted in and one run scored and senior catcher Jonathan Fitz belted his third home […]
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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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Thursday NKY HS roundup: CovCath, Brossart baseball victorious
The Covington Catholic Colonels baseball team (6-1) recorded a Ninth Region win at home over the Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds 4-1. CovCath moved to 5-1 in 9th Region play with the win. NewCath (3-5) has lost four in a row. The Colonels batted .240 (6 for 25) overall in the victory. Sophomore shortstop Jackson Reardon […]
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CovCath rebounds in 7-1 win over McNicholas
Marcus Suwinski was ticked. Covington Catholic’s sophomore third baseman – and the rest of the Colonels – suffered through Wednesday’s 5-2 loss to Ryle, and someone had to pay. McNicholas was that someone on Thursday – Max Lawrie’s two hits, including a two-run homer, and Suwinski’s solo shot helped the Colonels to a 7-1 win at Jerry Collins Field at Tom Berger Stadium. “We definitely […]
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Friday NKY HS sports round-up: Dixie Heights baseball wins twice; softball records victory against 14th-ranked Madison Central
The first two baseball rounds in the Battle of the Dixie Highway belonged to the blue Colonels in Park Hills. It initially appeared the third round could be headed the same direction. But the host Dixie Heights red Colonels (14-7) exploded for five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning on their way to […]
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Wednesday NKY HS round-up: Highlands downs Covington Catholic in classic rivalry clash
It’s one of the many rivalries in the area that gets the juices flowing when you hear the two teams mentioned in the same sentence. The first round in baseball belonged to the host Highlands Bluebirds (2-1 overall). The Bluebirds rallied to beat the Covington Catholic Colonels (2-2) by a 5-4 count at Highland Park […]
