One verse in the Imagine Dragons song ‘Whatever It Takes’ describes the plight for the Dixie Heights Colonels. “I do whatever it takes ‘Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains.” Those chains are a much higher goal than the 34th District Tournament that the Colonels have won five years in a […]
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Older brother inspiration for Rice entering senior year at Dixie Heights
Brach Rice wore a shirt after this week that had a symbol for Angelman Syndrome and even has a tattoo of the it on his left arm in honor of his 23-year-old brother Seth. The Mayo Clinic describes Angelman Syndrome as “a genetic disorder. It causes delayed development, problems with speech and balance, intellectual disability, […]
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Watanabe, Hussey, Christiansen/Yeager reach state tennis semifinals
Covington Latin’s Sara Watanabe is in a familiar spot. So is Covington Catholic’s Brady Hussey. And ditto for CovCath’s Alex Yeager. Hussey, Watanabe and Yeager are in the semifinals of the state tennis tournament Thursday at Top Seed Tennis Club in Nicholasville. Watanabe, the girls singles top seed, takes on Lilah Jane Shallcross of Sacred Heart. It’s her third consecutive […]
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Ninth Region softball quarterfinals: Ryle, Dixie Heights to meet in semifinals for second straight year
There turned out to be no big surprises in the 9th Region softball quarterfinals as the Ryle Raiders (17-11) and Dixie Heights Colonels (20-13) run-ruled their quarterfinal opponents Thursday on their home fields. The two meet again in the region semifinals Saturday at Highlands at Noon. Dixie Heights won the semifinal meeting 2-0 last year […]
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Ryle boys, Notre Dame girls claim Class 3A, Region 5 track titles
Two questions from Wednesday’s Class 3A, Region 5 track meet at Dixie Heights quickly emerged. Could any team end Covington Catholic’s five-season boys team championship reign? And would Notre Dame coach Jamie Marsh run a victory lap after the Pandas dethroned two-time defending champion Dixie Heights? The answers: definitely yes and possibly yes. Ryle’s boys […]
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Highlands looks to repeat, but several teams could rewrite Groundhog’s Day in 9th Region Softball Tourney
Dixie Heights Colonels Head Coach Sarah Osborne said it best when describing the 9th Region Tournament draw calling it deja vu, Groundhog’s Day. The same eight teams repeated as either district champion or runner-up. Then the draw shaped up with the exact same teams facing each other in the quarterfinals on the exact same sides […]
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Watanabe, Fullenkamp-Meenach win 9th Region tennis titles, Notre Dame takes team title
Sara Watanabe and Tapanee Boonyawat had been talking about Friday for at least a week. Watanabe, a Covington Latin senior, and Boonyawat, a Dixie Heights junior, figured they would share a Boone Woods court and battle for the Ninth Region girls singles title. They forevermore did, with Watanabe winning her third straight championship, 6-4, 2-6, […]
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Ninth Region boys tennis finals set, CovCath clinches team title
One of the boys Ninth Region tennis finalists goes for his third straight singles title. The other is in the finals for the first time. Two-time defending champion Brady Hussey of Covington Catholic takes on Beechwood freshman Neel Reddy at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Colonels’ courts. Hussey and Reddy had little trouble dispatching […]
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Watanabe, Hussey go for third straight Ninth Region tennis singles titles
Covington Latin senior Sara Watanabe lost just two games on the way to last year’s girls Ninth Region singles tennis title. So it makes sense that she’s the top seed in this year’s regional tournament that begins Monday at Boone Woods Park near Burlington. As it did in 2021, Watanabe’s 2022 run ended in the […]
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Monday NKY HS roundup: Dixie baseball, NDA softball pull off huge wins
The Dixie Heights Colonels baseball team (7-10 overall) may have had its growing pains in the first part of the season. But the Colonels recorded a huge 5-3 win in 10 innings over the Conner Cougars (14-4) in Ninth Region action on Monday. Junior second baseman Luke Abeling singled with two outs to score junior […]