The Campbell County Camels and St. Henry Crusaders baseball teams took the field ready to work through some of the yearly transitional moves. But Campbell County senior shortstop Aydan Hamilton had a huge motivating factor to start this season-opener. The University of Kentucky signee missed the last 15 games of last year’s 10th Region championship […]
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Notre Dame uses size, length to knock off St. Henry in 9th Region Quarterfinals
No one doubted the Notre Dame Pandas had the size advantage in the Ninth Region Quarterfinal battle against the St. Henry Crusaders on Sunday at Truist Arena. St. Henry (18-13) tried to slow the pace down taking good shots in order to have a chance at the win. It worked for a half before Notre […]
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Ryle boys finish school-best third at state swim meet
Saturday’s KHSAA state boys swimming meet was three races from the end, but Ryle coach Jeff Floyd was confident. “We should be in great shape to finish third,” Floyd said. Floyd was equally clairvoyant. The Raiders indeed claimed third place at the University of Kentucky’s Lancaster Aquatic Center – their 152 points were five more […]
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Kruger finishes Notre Dame career with two state titles
Whenever Lainy Kruger was in the swimming pool Friday, she showed the rest of the field the soles of her feet. Notre Dame’s senior and University of Florida commit capped a stellar high school career at the University of Kentucky’s Lancaster Aquatic Center. She won her second straight state 200-yard freestyle in 1:46.36 and her […]
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St. Henry’s Faust breaks Ninth Region career wins record
Kenney Shields walked to midcourt at St. Henry’s Holbrook Hall and presented David Faust with a basketball to commemorate the milestone that the latter had reached – 461 wins as the Crusaders’ boys’ basketball head coach – one more than Shields had when his high school coaching career concluded at Highlands in 1988. How rare […]
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Volleyball: Notre Dame beats St. Henry in front of 1,000-strong crowd
The state’s two most recent volleyball champions faced off in front a crowd of more than a thousand people on Friday night. Notre Dame got the win over St. Henry. The annual Playing for a Purpose game supports the I Have Wings Breast Cancer Foundation that Janet Chambers helped found in the early 2000s as […]
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Monday NKY sports round-up: Highlands, St. Henry boys golf claim region championships
For one among the Highlands Bluebirds boys golf team, it marked the third straight region championship and fourth in the last five seasons. For another in the St. Henry Crusaders team, it is the second crown in three seasons. The Bluebirds claimed the 8th Region title shooting a 328 at Houston Oaks Golf Course in […]
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Wednesday NKY sports round-up: Holy Cross volleyball claims All “A” 9th Region crown
Everyone in attendance at Newport High’s Stan Arnzen Sports Complex heard the sound that has unsurprisingly become a theme for the red and black this season just four serves into the Holy Cross-Villa Madonna volleyball game. Holy Cross senior setter and Marshall University commit Maya Hunt sets the ball to junior middle hitter and sister […]
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Wednesday NKY sports round-up: St. Henry volleyball rebounds after loss at Assumption
The St. Henry Crusaders volleyball team knew it had less than 24 hours to bounce back from the tight loss at Louisville Assumption on Tuesday. The rising Beechwood Tigers (2-2 overall) came to Holbrook Hall looking to take more steps forward. Beechwood battled St. Henry (4-1) but the Crusaders had too much balance for the […]
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2022 NKY Girls Golf Preview: Cooper loaded with experience
The Cooper Jaguars own consecutive 7th Region girls golf crowns and placed fifth in state both years. Cooper returns every golfer from last year’s team except Jalena Hardcorn, who graduated. That includes the two-time 7th Region individual medalist in sophomore Reagan Ramage. But some changes took place this year in terms of making it to […]