Covington Catholic High School grad Luke Maile has signed a one-year contract as the backup catcher for the Cincinnati Reds. Returning to the Cincinnati area after spending last season with the Cleveland Guardians, Maile, 31, originally signed with Tampa Bay Rays out of the University of Kentucky during the 2012 first-year player draft. While attending […]
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Football playoffs: Only three NKY teams survive second round
The second round of the Kentucky high school football playoffs brought the end of the season for seven Northern Kentucky teams. Three managed to march on to the third round, the quarterfinals, next Friday. The night claimed some of the region’s top teams, including Highlands and Covington Catholic, as well as Bishop Brossart and Simon […]
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Covington Catholic principal earns Outstanding Administrator Award
Covington Catholic High School administrator Bob Rowe has been selected as one of 11 administrators from across the U.S. for the 2022-2023 Outstanding Project Lead The Way Administrator award. The award recognizes outstanding educational leaders for their commitment to providing students with meaningful learning experiences through PLTW programs. PLTW is a is a nonprofit organization that […]
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Mayer brothers ink Name, Image and Likeness deal with Beacon Orthopaedics
Name Image and Likeness deals have trickled into Northern Kentucky, with two of the most accomplished former-prep football stars from the area inking a deal with Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. Michael Mayer, a tight end for Notre Dame, and his brother A.J., a quarterback with Arkansas State, both starred for Covington Catholic High School […]
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Dan Weber’s ‘Just Sayin’: Time to play some catch-up
We’re playing a bit of catch-up ball here. Do we pull the goalie, put in a full-court press, blitz every down, take a bunch of pitches? Or all the above? Let’s go with all of those. Lots to talk about to get up to speed in the early summer. So here we go. *** NO […]
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Young CovCath getting better, but can’t quite get to Beechwood
It was “Senior Day” for Covington Catholic baseball Wednesday when Beechwood came a-calling. Although that almost seemed a contradiction in terms for a Colonel club that legendary CovCath coach Bill Krumpelbeck describes without hesitation as “the youngest team I’ve ever had.” And that gets your attention when Krumpelbeck says it. He’s been at this long […]
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Monday NKY HS sports round-up: Covington Catholic baseball holds off Campbell County
It has been tough in recent weeks when the skies became cloudy. Teams did not know whether they would be playing or not. The Covington Catholic Colonels (5-6) and Campbell County Camels (6-4) baseball teams played. But it came at a different site. The game moved to Park Hills since it did not rain as […]
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Kentucky All-Stars split with Ohio as CovCath’s Rylee leads with his defense, rebounding
It would have been the perfect lede (as we spell it in the news business). How nothing would have better told the story of the Ohio-Kentucky All-Star Basketball doubleheader than this one single play. How Thomas More-bound Jenna Lillard, the Ludlow High 2000-point scorer, on a head-down dive into the stands to chase down the […]
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Cov Cath Introduces New Swimming & Diving Head Coaches
Covington Catholic High School has introduced new head coaches for the swimming and diving teams. Chris Goodpaster will be the swimming head coach and Katie McGonigal will be the diving coach. Goodpaster graduated from CCH in 2004, before earning a degree in Business Management. This will be his fourth year coaching high school swimming. For […]
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7 Cov Cath Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists
Covington Catholic has announced that seven seniors have been recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as Semifinalists in the 61st annual National Merit® Scholarship Program. “Our administration and faculty, and the Covington Catholic community are extremely proud of these seven students on being named National Merit Semifinalists. Every one of these young men are […]
