Top 20 individuals As of April 15 Baseball Hitting Batting average Curry, Ryle .619 Wright, Lloyd . .560 Graham, Dayton .542 Welch, Beechwood .524 Nickell, Dayton .481 Reardon, CovCath .475 Nowak, Cooper .458 Pulsfort, Scott .458 Begnoche, Lloyd .455 Conrad, Cooper .448 Webster, Walton-Verona .448 McNay, Highlands .440 Barth, Highlands .432 Scott, Bellevue .429 Whalen, […]
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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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Highlands boys finish second in Class 2A Region 4 meet
Highlands didn’t win Tuesday’s boys Class 2A, Region 4 team title at Scott. Bourbon County defeated the Bluebirds, 154-123. Highlands coach Ryan Leopold was nonetheless pleased. “We’re always shooting for the regional championship; that’s one of our main goals for the season,” Leopold said. “You can’t be disappointed because they compete the best they possibly […]
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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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Region 7 swimmers dive in this weekend
Lainy Kruger is used to people misspelling her first name – folks adding an “e” between the “n” and “y” is the most common mistake. “It happens all the time,” the Notre Dame senior swimmer said. Something else has happened almost as much – Kruger winning state titles. Kruger, who lives in Taylor Mill, goes […]
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Highlands Athletes to Sign Letters of Intent on March 11
Highlands student Brycen Huddleston takes off for an 83-yard touchdown on a kickoff against Scott County on Friday in 2018. Brycen will sign a letter of intent for Easter Michigan University. (Img: Allen Ramsey, DWCPhoto.com) Highlands High School will host a Winter Athletic Signing Event for the following athletes to sign letters of intent to continue their […]
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Mike Dunn Golf Scholarship Outing Masters Thirty Years
Mike’s family at the 29th annual outing (Mike Dunn Scholarship Fund) On Friday June 9th a couple of hundred people will gather at AJ Jolly Golf course in Alexandria to play some golf and raise some money in memory of Fort Thomas resident Mike Dunn. That someone is so well liked and remembered that they […]
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Who Was Highlands' David Cecil?
Hank Pogue addresses the crowd at the unveiling of the two new frames dedicated to David Cecil at Highlands High School. FTM file. By John Deering David Cecil was an 11th grade student; and among other activities, he was a football player at Highlands in 1951. The day after a game, he died because of […]
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STUDY: Kids Who Play Multiple Sports Have Built-In Advantage
Highlands players, graduates, coaches, administrators see good in playing multi-sports PHOTO: Allen Ramsey, DWCPhoto.com. Highlands senior Bradley Greene grabs the ball in the state tournament a few weeks ago. Greene plays football, basketball and baseball for the Bluebirds. In an age where it is encouraged to focus on one sport, Highlands administrators, coaches, players and […]