Find out more about Advocare Thursday at 7:00 at Highland Park. There comes that moment in your life when you look in the mirror and say something like, “Man. I am so out of shape.” By no means was I ever huge. But I was still not eating the right way or exercising consistently. Family […]
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Highlands/Mason Co. Game Recap (with video)
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matter Sports Reporter Everyone associated with the Highlands Bluebirds football team knew this was bound to happen. The Bluebirds had been playing good, but not great football by their standards. So they had an intense week of practice and ended up thrashing the visiting Mason County Royals, 61-3 at […]
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Highlands – Louisville Western Preview
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAMFort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter The deep talent pool does not just help Class 4A’s top-ranked Highlands Bluebirds football team physically. It also helps the Bluebirds’ mental approach in games they’re supposed to win handily. If a player goes in thinking, “They’re no good, so we can take the night off,” that […]
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Highlands Football: Scott Co. Preview
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter They ended up quickly erasing the tough first half with a 28-point outburst in the third-quarter. But the Highlands Bluebirds still would not mind a quicker start in the first half, especially with another tough opponent coming to town. The Bluebirds scored 37 consecutive points en […]
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HHS, Boyle Co: Halftime Adjustments Key in Win
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter Highlands Tearing Through the Cheerleaders’ Banner to Start the Game The Boyle County Rebels played smashmouth football in the first half with their wishbone attack. The Rebels piled up 226 yards on 33 carries for an average of about 6.9 per carry. Junior Seph Burke led […]
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Highlands 52, Boyle County 31
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter The Highlands Captains and Boyle Co. Captains Meet at Mid-Field for the Coin Flip It looked as though the visitors might challenge the overall and home winning streaks of the Highlands Bluebirds football team at halftime. But the Bluebirds dashed those hopes quickly with 37 unanswered […]
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Highlands/Boyle Co. Preview
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports It is the story of two football teams that share a prestigious Kentucky record. The Boyle County Rebels won five consecutive state championships from 1999 to 2003 before Highlands ended that run beating the Rebels in the 2004 Class 3A state title game, 22-6. Highlands equaled that […]
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Highlands Football: Offense Preview
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter It may be tough for the Highlands Bluebirds to match last year’s record-setting offensive outputs. But that does not mean the 2012 version of Highlands football won’t try. The Bluebirds broke the state record books with 849 points, 121 touchdowns and total offensive yards with 7,517 […]
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Highlands Girls Soccer Preview, Beats Ryle 1-0
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter If the trend holds to form, the Highlands Bluebirds girls soccer team could claim its seventh regional title. Since winning back-to-back state titles in 2005 and 2006, Highlands has won a regional crown every even year in 2008 and 2010. The 2008 squad fell 2-0 to […]
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Scrimmage of the Year: Highlands 31 – Louisville Trinity 63
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter Everyone associated with the Highlands Bluebirds football program can take solace in two facts. The game at David Cecil Memorial Stadium on Friday was just a scrimmage, and the Bluebirds may not face anyone like the Louisville Trinity Shamrocks throughout the regular season. Trinity won the […]