The host Covington Catholic Colonels baseball team (12-4) took down the Bishop Brossart Mustangs, 8-6 for their fourth straight win. CovCath batted .423 (11 for 26) overall in the win. Sophomore third baseman Marcus Suwinski went 2-for-2 with one run batted in and one run scored and senior catcher Jonathan Fitz belted his third home […]
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Bluebirds find a way to win a tight one over Ryle
Nine of Highlands 19 games on the season have been decided by three runs or less. Thursday was no different with Ryle, who had already owned a one-run victory over the Bluebirds to begin Highlands season on March 21. Highlands returned the favor at Highland Hills Park, Zach DeSylva’s two-run walk-off single giving them a […]
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Norse leading the Horizon at halfway point
The Northern Kentucky University baseball team is halfway to making history. The Norse haven’t finished above .500 since making the jump to Division I in 2013 and have never made an NCAA tournament since being eligible in 2016. Halfway through Horizon League conference play, they sit at the top of the standings. The Norse are […]
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Wednesday NKY HS roundup: Young’s slider throws Campbell County off-balance in CovCath win
Around the area, Covington Catholic senior Chris Young said people call him ‘Nine Iron’ from the mound because it’s the most reliable club from 60 feet away. He likes to pound the zone with fastballs then throw a nasty slider. But Young said the slider hit a new level helping the host Colonels (12-4) knock […]
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Ryle clinches top spot in 33rd District with win over Conner
A Conner baseball fan pleaded for some scoring Tuesday. Ryle, however, made sure the wish was not granted. The Raiders converted a two-out, sixth inning error into a 2-0 win in the 33rd District seeding game. The win secured the top spot for the Raiders in the 33rd District tournament in Mid-May. Not for a second […]
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Monday NKY HS roundup: Dixie baseball, NDA softball pull off huge wins
The Dixie Heights Colonels baseball team (7-10 overall) may have had its growing pains in the first part of the season. But the Colonels recorded a huge 5-3 win in 10 innings over the Conner Cougars (14-4) in Ninth Region action on Monday. Junior second baseman Luke Abeling singled with two outs to score junior […]
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LINK nky Top 10 baseball/softball rankings
A busy week sure didn’t make this easy. A lot of teams played four-plus games this past week and it didn’t help make things much more clearer, especially on the baseball diamond. The Doc Morris Invitational made for a hectic weekend with a lot of area teams beating each other. It also made things tough […]
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Saturday NKY HS roundup: Highlands baseball concludes Doc Morris Invitational with two wins
This game showed it’s not always the team that starts the strongest leading most of the way, but the team that finishes the strongest that sometimes wins. The Highlands Bluebirds baseball team (9-7) found itself down 3-0 early. But while the Bluebirds pitching and defense held things down the rest of the way, the Highlands […]
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Former Saint David Justice heads home to throw out first pitch
It was only fitting David Justice was facing out to right field when he was addressing fans and alumni of Thomas More at their new ballpark Thomas More Stadium and home of the Florence Y’alls. When Justice was at Thomas More in the mid 1980’s, there was no right field fence at the then known […]
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Friday NKY HS roundup: Conner baseball bests Highlands for second time this year
The two games that the Conner Cougars (14-2 overall) and Highlands Bluebirds (7-7) baseball teams have played this year have been tight one-run games. Conner edged the Bluebirds for the second time this year, 4-3 in the Doc Morris Invitational at Simon Kenton. The Bluebirds had runners at first and second with two out in […]