My man is looking Dapper for Van Damme Friday today. – Best Furniture is having a two day tent sale starting today and ending tomorrow (Sept. 21 and 22), which is the biggest savings event in their history. They are selling a lot of items below their cost. Here’s your chance to get quality furniture […]
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Highlands/Cov Cath: The Showdown in Caketown
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter The date of Nov. 11, 2006 seems like ages ago. The Highlands Bluebirds ventured to Covington Catholic and fell 25-15 in the second round of the Class AAA playoffs. The Colonels won the state championship weeks later in the final year before the Kentucky football playoffs […]
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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 60 – Scott Co. 37
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAMFort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter A. They’re better than us.B. They outcoached us.C. They’re better than us on offense.D. They’re better than us on defense.E. They’re better than us in the kicking game. The above comments from Scott County Cardinals head coach Jim McKee stated the obvious of what many opponents might […]
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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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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: Defense/Special Teams Preview
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter While the offense may receive a lot of credit, the Highlands Bluebird defense is not to be underestimated. The Bluebirds held opponents to just 12.7 points per game last year. They return a lot of experience in the secondary in Blake Schutte, Quentin Murray and Ben […]
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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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Fort Thomas – Weekend News & Notes
It has been an eventful week around the Fort – Andrea Conners was sentenced (here is a CBS News article on the story as well), a new coffee shop opened, and Fort Thomas Schools is planning for new testing standards. I don’t intend to rehash any of that but I did want to focus on […]