Few doubted the longest winning streak in the 9th Region would end on Sunday night in the girls 9th Region basketball tournament. Balanced scoring and pressure defense has led Holy Cross to 16 wins in a row in their aspirations for the KHSAA Sweet 16 with a 77-38 victory over St. Henry in the quarterfinals […]
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Tuesday NKY prep hoops roundup: Bellevue girls edge St. Henry in All “A” 9th Region Tourney opener
Bellevue and St. Henry kicked things off in the All “A” 9th Region Tournament at Newport Central Catholic and battled to the wire with the Tigers edging the Crusaders, 59-55. Bellevue won out with its balance. Sydni Massey made 11-of-15 free throws on her way to 23 points to lead the Tigers with Paulina Long […]
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Boys 34th district basketball preview: Lloyd Memorial the unanimous choice to repeat
It didn’t take coaches long to determine the favorite to win the boys 34th District title – Lloyd Memorial is the unanimous choice to repeat. “They return the most talent,” Villa Madonna coach Trevor Gould said. Jeremiah Israel graduated from a Juggernauts team that reached the 9th Region semifinals before falling to region champion Newport, but […]
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Notre Dame volleyball headed back to state
Junior Ella Goetz watched her block hit the floor on the opposing side and then turned to celebrate with her teammates. The Notre Dame Pandas have added some more hardware to their storied program with another 9th Region championship, defeating St. Henry 3-0 (27-25, 25-23, 25-17) on Thursday at Cooper. Notre Dame won all three […]
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A year’s worth of fretting ends: Ryle wins Region 7 boys golf team title over CovCath
For nearly a year, Ryle’s boys golf team thought of little else. The Raiders watched St. Henry and Covington Catholic finish 1-2 in last season’s Region 7 tournament and win automatic semi-state berths. The fretting ended Monday at Boone Links Golf Course. Ryle’s quartet of Tanner Lorms, Paxton McKelvey, Jake Roscoe and Palmer McKelvey edged […]
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34th District Girls Soccer Preview: Dixie Heights, St. Henry expect more battles this year
It had not been uncommon for one to win the regular season battle, only to see the losing team rebound to take the 34th District championship. The St. Henry Crusaders struggled to a combined seven wins in 2020 and ’21 and missing the 9th Region Tournament two years ago. The Dixie Heights Colonels won three […]
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34th District Boys Soccer Preview: Dixie Heights seeks more than district championships
One verse in the Imagine Dragons song ‘Whatever It Takes’ describes the plight for the Dixie Heights Colonels. “I do whatever it takes ‘Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains.” Those chains are a much higher goal than the 34th District Tournament that the Colonels have won five years in a […]
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Highlands needs extra innings to down St. Henry in 9th Region Quarterfinal classic
It became a punch and counterpunch game from start to finish with the last one determining the winner in eight innings. The 36th District champion Highlands Bluebirds came back to beat the determined 34th District runner-up St. Henry Crusaders, 5-4 on Sunday to earn a trip to the 9th Region semifinals back at Thomas More […]
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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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Demler taking over as St. Henry Director of Athletics
St. Henry found a veteran to take over as Director of Athletics once Matt Schneider announced his intentions to step down at the end of the school year. Jim Demler will take his place bringing 22 years of AD experience. Demler, a 1987 Dixie Heights graduate and former Northern Kentucky University baseball player, is finishing […]