Senior girls basketball players made the most of their final games on the northern Kentucky high school hardwood. Seventeen seniors are on the Northern Kentucky Girls Basketball Coaches Association all-star teams for Divisions I, II, and III. This is nearly half the total number of players on the teams. Four seniors made the five-player 9th […]
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It’s time: Cast your vote for Team of the Season!
You’ve voted for 12 Team of the Week winners this winter. Now is your time to weigh in on who the Team of the Season should be! Thanks to OrthoCincy Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, we are again proud to partner and celebrate the remarkable achievements of our local high school athletes and teams! New this […]
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9th Region softball preseason poll, top 10 players released
Highlands is the three-time defending 9th Region champ and if the preseason is any indicator, the coaches have picked them to do it again. The Bluebirds were ranked atop the Kentucky Prep Softball poll voted on by coaches in the 9th Region. With Highlands at the top, 9th Region runner-up Notre Dame is right behind […]
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Cooper blocks out noise, advances to region semis with win over Highlands
The mentality the Cooper boys basketball team takes on is 1-0 that day and build for the next day. With the noise going on outside about the program and the status of coach Tim Sullivan’s tenure for the future certainly didn’t go quiet leading into the Jaguars St. Elizabeth Healthcare 9th Region quarterfinal against Highlands, […]
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Notre Dame gets revenge on Highlands, heads to 9th Region final
As soon as Notre Dame beat St. Henry on Sunday in the 9th Region quarterfinals, Kes Murphy sent his team a photo through their group messaging app. It was of Highlands’ Marissa Green hitting the game-winning shot against them in last year’s 9th Region tournament and ending their season. Murphy sent photos daily of the […]
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Highlands gets revenge on Ryle in 9th Region quarterfinals
Highlands had once been in Ryle’s shoes, navigating the challenges of a young roster. But on Sunday night at Truist Arena, the tables turned as the seasoned Bluebirds took down a youthful Lady Raider squad, 67-50, in the St. Elizabeth Healthcare Ninth Region Tournament quarterfinals. In previous years, Highlands leaned on a youthful roster, while […]
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The LINK nky Team of the Week for Feb. 16-22: Highlands swim and dive
The LINK nky Team of the Week for Feb. 16-22 presented by Ortho Cincy is the Highlands swim and dive program. A bonus for the Highlands swim and dive program is that they are now eligible for Team of the Season (TOS) for the winter sports season. Bellevue’s football team won Team of the Season for the […]
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Highlands varsity dance team wins national championship
The Highlands High School varsity dance team secured the program’s first-ever national championship. While participating at the National Dance Alliance National Championship competition, held from Feb. 14 through 16, in Orlando, Highlands competed against more than 40 teams across the country in the ‘Medium Pom’ category. At the Pom competition, the Bluebirds’ routine earned first […]
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Highlands claims third straight district title with win over NewCath
Three’s company, not a crowd. But it’s definitely making the trophy case in Fort Thomas a bit more packed. In a thrilling girls 36th District Championship showdown on Cowens Family Court at Newport Central Catholic High School, Highlands clinched their third consecutive district title, defeating the host 59-50. Since their heartbreaking loss to Newport Central […]
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NewCath, Highlands girls advance to 36th District championship
The girls 36th District tournament semifinals took place Tuesday night at Newport Central Catholic as the host Thoroughbreds took on Bellevue and Highlands faced Dayton. Here’s how they went down: Newport Central Catholic 63, Bellevue 51 This was a game Newport Central Catholic had circled for a year. The chips needed to fall the right […]