The 10th Region champion Campbell County Camels baseball team (24-10 overall) has been a fixture at the state tournament in recent years. Campbell County made its fourth appearance since 2016 Friday in the first round against the 15th Region champion Johnson Central Golden Eagles (16-22). But the Camels had not won a state tournament game […]
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Class 2A State Track and Field: Highlands Boys Finish State Runner-Up for Second Year in a Row
A year ago, the Mercer County Titans edged out the Highlands Bluebirds, 78.5-75 for the Class 2A state championship. The Bluebirds came back to the University of Kentucky Outdoor Track Facility hoping to make up the difference and bring home their first state championship since 2014 on Friday. Highlands gave a valiant effort scoring 70 […]
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State tennis tournament: Latin’s Watanabe, CovCath’s Hussey, doubles team battle hard in semifinal losses
Covington Latin junior Sara Watanabe found herself in another battle to advance to the girls singles championship game. She lost in the tiebreaker last year 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (11) to the eventual state runner-up in Sacred Heart’s Ellie Eades. Watanabe came in as the top seed and a perfect 13-0 record in the semifinals this […]
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State Tennis Tournament: Covington Latin Junior, CovCath Singles, Doubles Teams Make it to Semifinals
Covington Latin junior Sara Watanabe drove to the girls state singles semifinals last year as a sophomore before losing to the eventual runner-up, Ellie Eades of Sacred Heart. Watanabe came back more determined this year earning the top seed in the state tournament with a 10-0 record. She earned a bye in the first round […]
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Down to final strike twice, Highlands edges Dixie in 9th Region softball final Classic; State tennis tournament results
It was not the first classic 9th Region Tournament game title game. Nor will it be the last. What makes this one unique is two teammates that happened to be sisters fought back from the final strike on 1-2 counts to help the Highlands Bluebirds softball team (26-14) knock off the Dixie Heights Colonels (23-7), […]
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Highlands, Dixie Heights advance to 9th Region softball championship
Pitching and defense controlled both 9th Region softball tournament semifinal games on Monday. Highlands (25-14) and Dixie Heights (23-6) managed to advance by finding ways to put runners on base. The Bluebirds and Colonels will face off at 5 p.m. at Notre Dame Academy in the regional final Tuesday. The title game marks the return […]
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9th Region softball tournament sees four routs in opening round
All four opening round games of the Ninth Region softball tournament were called early due to the “run rule” in which the winning team runs away with the game. Cooper (25-10), the 33rd District runner-up, blasted seven runs in the top of the fourth inning and rolled to a 15-o win over 35th District champion […]
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Saturday NKY HS Sports Round-Up: Campbell County baseball captures another 10th Region crown
The Campbell County Camels baseball team (23-10) may have fallen behind early, but once they came back to tie the George Rogers Clark Cardinals (21-14) in the top of the fourth, it seemed as though they had control of the game. Campbell Co. scored twice with two out in the top of the sixth on […]
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9th Region Baseball finals won’t be exactly what you’d have expected
And now we know. The two teams who made it through Saturday, who will face one another Sunday afternoon at 3 to decide the Ninth Region Baseball champion are . . . ta da . . . two teams who last week lost their district title games. Two teams who came into this week as […]
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10th Region Baseball Semifinals: Walton-Verona, Simon Kenton eliminated
The 32nd District rivals Simon Kenton (20-12-1) and Walton-Verona (22-10-1) baseball teams both advanced to the semifinals one year after each lost in the 8th Region quarterfinals. But the post-season trip to this year’s semis at the University of Louisville on Friday ended in defeat for both. The Woodford County Yellow Jackets (23-13) and North […]