Time to circle the calendars. The dead period is over and the prep work for the 2023 football season has begun. While the start of the regular season is still a little over a month away, let’s get the juices flowing a little bit with what will be the or one of the top games […]
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Dixie Heights senior awarded $20k Anthony Muñoz Foundation scholarship
The Anthony Muñoz Foundation chose its 2023 Scholarship Fund recipients, and a Dixie Heights High School senior was among them. Developed through Anthony Muñoz and his family’s passion for helping deserving students, the “Scholarship Fund” is a $20,000 opportunity for high school seniors attending a college or university within the foundation’s impact area. The foundation […]
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KTCCCA Track-and-Field All-State winners announced
The Kentucky Track and Cross Country Coaches Association has named the All-State participants for the 2023 season. The KTCCCA pulls the top performances from the state track-and-field meets for Class A, AA and AAA. Class A First Team Maddy Brauch, Beechwood, 400 meters Luke Erdman, Beechwood, 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash Lily Parke, Beechwood, 1,600 meters […]
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Six from NKY make KHSBCA All-State teams
The Kentucky High School Baseball Coaches Association has released its All-State teams for the 2023 season and six from Northern Kentucky have made it. Beechwood’s Cameron Boyd and Covington Catholic’s Jonathan Fitz were selected to the first team, Campbell County’s Aydan Hamilton made the second team while Dixie Heights’ Ethan Bosley, Highlands’ Jack Hendrix and […]
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NKY distance runners in a class of their own at Class 3A state track and field meet
The supremacy from Northern Kentucky in distance running carried over from cross country in the fall to the track on Saturday at the KHSAA Class 3A state track-and-field meet at the University of Kentucky’s Outdoor Track and Field Complex. Coming into the boys 3,200 meter race, five of the top six seeded runners were from […]
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Bluebirds repeat in the 9th again in dramatic fashion
Michelle Barth has had quite the weekend. First on Saturday, Barth delivered the game-winning hit in a 2-1, 10-inning victory over Cooper in the 9th Region softball semifinals. Then on Sunday, Barth knocked a two-run double in extra innings as Highlands repeated as 9th Region softball champs, defeating Dixie Heights 4-2 in eight innings. With […]
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Tigers use another one of their lives, take thriller over Dixie Heights
Perhaps Beechwood should petition to have all their games played at Thomas More Stadium in Florence. For the third time this season at the home of the Y’alls and Thomas More University’s baseball team, the Tigers rallied from down multiple runs in the final inning, this last one on one of the biggest stages of […]
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Dixie Heights takes advantage of NewCath errors for first region tourney win since 2017
It certainly wasn’t the prettiest of games, but Dixie Heights took advantage of miscues more than Newport Central Catholic did in the 9th Region baseball tournament quarterfinals. The result is the Colonels first win in the region tournament since 2017 with a 8-5 victory over the Thoroughbreds. In a game with eight errors and 22 […]
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Dixie Heights 3-peats in the 34th
For the third consecutive season, Dixie Heights is champion of the 34th District Baseball Tournament. In a low scoring affair, the Colonels shutout St. Henry, 3-0. Brayden Runion pitched the complete game shutout, allowing just two Crusader hits. “We finally got the game out of Brayden that we’ve been looking for all year. He had […]
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Dixie Heights uses defense, timely hitting to upend Notre Dame
Dixie Heights approaches each and every game with the same mindset. They’re not going to lose because of their defense. It was a defensive play in the top of the fifth inning that ended a Notre Dame rally and the Colonels rallied for five runs after Carly Waters diving catch in right, defeating the Pandas […]
