Monday’s baseball celebration at Simon Kenton was noticeably hoopla-free. The defending Eighth Region champion Pioneers won their fourth straight 32nd District title, 6-2, over Walton-Verona. What you noticed was the absence of dogpiling in front of the pitcher’s mound. Simon Kenton pitcher and most valuable player Caleb Uhl, who struck out three over five inning to […]
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Thursday NKY HS roundup: Campbell County softball, baseball teams record victories
The area has seen a lot of splits with softball rematches this year. The Campbell County Camels (17-5) earned another one, knocking off the visiting Highlands Bluebirds, 9-6 in Alexandria. Highlands won the first meeting on March 22 in Fort Thomas, 12-8. The difference came in errors. Highlands (22-8-1) had three leading to six Campbell […]
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Stephens, Pioneers shut down Conner
Troy Roberts readily admitted it. Simon Kenton’s baseball coach does not guide a team loaded with power hitters. He was fine with that Monday because the Pioneers shut out Conner, 1-0. “We’ve got some guys that can run,” Roberts said. “We’ll bunt if we have to, we’ll hit-and-run if we have to. Our goal is […]
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Thursday NKY HS roundup: Simon Kenton baseball wins shootout at Highlands
The Simon Kenton Pioneers (19-8) ventured to Fort Thomas and won a 16-14 shootout against the Highlands Bluebirds (16-11). Simon Kenton collected 11 hits and took advantage of nine walks. Junior Daniel Uhl went 3-for-5 with a triple, two runs batted in and scored four runs. Senior Dakota Brown went 2- for-3 with a home […]
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Saturday NKY HS roundup: Simon Kenton baseball edges Beechwood
The Simon Kenton Pioneers baseball team (14-5) edged the host Beechwood Tigers, 10-9 in the David Iery Invitational scoring the game-winning run in the top of the seventh. Senior right fielder Ian Powell walked in the top of the seventh with one out and senior Ben Stephens reached on an error. After they moved up […]
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Morris’ legacy still strong decades later
Chris Maxwell likes to tell the story about what longtime umpire and referee Doc Morris would do if he saw a football field lacking large patches of grass. “People wouldn’t know this, but if he was doing a football game and he’d see a field that was kind of bare, he would go out and […]
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Saturday NKY HS Sports Round-Up: Conner, Simon Kenton baseball claim district tournament crowns
The Conner Cougars baseball team (29-6 overall) may not have had to win this one to keep the season alive. But the Cougars did want to make one last memorable appearance on the home field for their 10 seniors. They wound up recording a run-ruling of the rival Ryle Raiders, 11-1 in five innings to […]
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Monday NKY HS Sports Round-Up: Simon Kenton Wins Thriller over Campbell County
The battle between the two school located near Kentucky Highway 536 seemed to be in control by the visitors in the bottom of the sixth. The Campbell County Camels baseball team (5-3) from the 10th Region led the host Simon Kenton Pioneers (6-3) from the 8th Region, 8-3 in the bottom of the sixth. But […]
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Simon Kenton Baseball Downs Cooper
The Simon Kenton Pioneers (1-1 overall) scored three times in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings to down the Cooper Jaguars (0-1) at Thomas More Stadium on Friday. The varsity game took place first with rain moving into the area later in the evening. Cooper outhit Simon Kenton, 11-5. But the Pioneers committed […]
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Thursday NKY HS Round-Up: Bishop Brossart Softball Earns First Win
The Bishop Brossart ‘Stangs softball team (1-1) played its second 34th District opponent on the road in two days and came away with a 19-0 no-hit three-inning run-ruling over the Lloyd Memorial Juggernauts (0-1). Lloyd Memorial did manage to put five runners on base via walk. Neither team committed any errors. Bishop Brossart pounded out […]