Highlands Girls Finish Runner-up, Boys Take Fifth Contributed Photo. Highlands senior Maggie Schroeder crosses the finish line for her second Class 2A individual state championship in three years. Maggie Schroeder knew she had the chance to record her second individual Class 2A state championship entering the season. But the Highlands Bluebirds girls cross country knew […]
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Alessandro Twins Inducted into NKY Hall of Fame
Alessandro Twins Still Hold School Records at Highlands, NKU Contributed Photo. Twins Brian and Kevin Alessandro, 1998 Highlands graduates, were recently inducted into the Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame. If you’ve known them for a while, you’ll know how much they’ve enjoyed running throughout the years. Twin 39-year-old brothers Brian and Kevin Alessandro, 1998 […]
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Schroeder First Individual Girls Cross Country 2A Champ in Highlands History
Bluebirds Girls Finish 2A State Runner-Up PHOTO: G. Michael Graham, Fort Thomas Matters. The Highlands girls cross country team finished Class 2A state runner-up with 115 points at Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Highlands sophomore Maggie Schroeder crosses the finish line as the school’s first individual state champion in Girls Cross Country History in 19 […]
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2018 Highlands Cross Country Preview
Bluebirds Continue to Train for State Championships Facebook Photo. Highlands sophomore Will Griffith runs in the state meet last fall. The Highlands boys hope to improve on the fourth-place finish from last year and the girls are taking aim at their sixth state championship in seven years. When thinking of team state championships in recent […]
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Highlands Girls Win 2017 Class 2A State Cross Country Meet
Highlands Girls Move Back to Top of 2A Mountain, Boys Finish Fourth Photo: G. Michael Graham, Fort Thomas Matters. The Highlands girls cross country team won its fifth state championship in six years on Saturday at Kentucky Horse Park. The Highlands Bluebirds girls cross country team hoped to make it back to the top of […]
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Class 2A State Cross Country Results
Ladybirds take runner-up, Bluebirds finish seventh in Class 2A title meet PHOTO: Allen Ramsey, DWCPhoto.com. The Highlands Ladybirds cross country team finished state runner-up in the Class 2A cross country meet Saturday at Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. The Highlands Ladybirds cross country team fell short in its bid to five-peat as Class 2A state […]
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Highlands Cross Country Preview
Ladybirds, Bluebirds hope to reload for another title run PHOTO: Allen Ramsey, DWCPhoto.com. The Highlands Ladybirds celebrated their school-record fourth straight state championship last fall. It’s like a lot of their sports teams. The Highlands Bluebird and Ladybird cross country teams tend to reload for title runs. They hope that’s especially the case this fall.
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Dan Baker Elected to Kentucky Track & Cross Country Hall of Fame
Bluebird coach will be honored at Red Dog track meet May 10 Andrea (Reitano) Burkhardt with Coach Dan Baker in 2001. Provided. Former Highlands High School coach, Dan Baker, is the newest member of the Kentucky High School Track and Cross Country Coaches Hall of Fame. A winner of multiple Kentucky state titles and “Coach […]
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Two Highlands Track Athletes To Sign With Colleges
Matthew Gray and Lauren Ossege. Provided. Highlands High School cross country/track and field athletes Lauren Ossege and Matthew Gray will sign their letters of intent on Monday, April 18, 2016, in the media center at Highlands High School. Ossege will sign at Eastern Kentucky University and Gray will be signing at Centre College in Danville, […]
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Highlands Cross Country Previews (2015)
Highlands cross country teams take aim at gold crowns Contributed Photo. Highlands senior Ethan Shuley became the first-ever individual state champion cross country champion in school history in last year’s Class AA boys race. He outran the rest of the pack by 21 seconds in 15 minutes, 58.14 seconds. It’s about making school history and […]