Bluebirds Finished Season with 30 Wins PHOTO: Dale Dawn. The Highlands Bluebirds boys basketball team celebrates the state championship at Rupp Arena on Saturday. Highlands returns 11 players from that team that dressed for the tournament next year. Do you appreciate this story? Please consider a small donation to help fund our content. We rely […]
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Highlands Overwhelms Muhlenberg County in First Sweet 16 Game Since 2001
Bluebird Quickness Too Much for Mustangs PHOTO: Dale Dawn. Highlands junior Zach Barth (10) goes up for a score in the first round of the Sweet 16 Boys Basketball State Tournament on Thursday. Do you appreciate this story? Please consider a small donation to help fund our content. We rely solely on support from our […]
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Highlands Parts Ways with Weinrich as Head Football Coach
Weinrich Guided the Bluebirds to the Class 4A State Championship in 2014 FTM File Photo. A new head coach will take the sidelines for the Highlands Bluebirds football team next fall. Coach Brian Weinrich told the Highlands Bluebirds football team on Tuesday afternoon that he will not return to the sidelines in 2021. Weinrich has […]
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Highlands Softball Loses Heartbreaker in Region Semifinals
Bluebirds Fall Short of Fifth Region Final Appearance in Six Years PHOTO: G. Michael Graham, Fort Thomas Matters. The Highlands softball team gathers one last time after a 4-3 loss to Dixie Heights in the 9th Region Semifinals on Wednesday at Beechwood. Highlands finished the season with a 16-11 record. The Blue and White stood […]
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Bluebirds Lose Shoot-Out in 9th Region Title Game
Highlands Not Headed to State for First Time Since 2014 PHOTO: G. Michael Graham, Fort Thomas Matters. Highlands senior Cooper Schwalbach steps into swinging motion in the 9th Region championship on Tuesday. Solid pitching and defense carried the Highlands Bluebirds baseball team (29-10 overall) to four consecutive 9th Region championships. But on Tuesday in a […]
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NewCath snaps four-game slide
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter NEWPORT – That familiar, good feeling of the thrill of victory found its way back to the Hill on Friday. The Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds played tough defense the entire game before their offense finished off drives in the second half to beat the visiting Lloyd […]
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Highlands seeks 10th straight against arch-rivals
G. Michael Graham Photo. Highlands defenders Joey Cochran (24) and Bo Hebel (55) converge on Paducah Tilghman running back D.J. Sherrill (25) in Saturday’s game in Paducah. The Bluebirds travel to Park Hills on Saturday to face the Covington Catholic Colonels at 1 p.m. By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter It was […]
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Thoroughbreds, Camels clash in in-county tilt
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter A rivalry game is probably what these two teams needed coming off losses Friday. The Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds and Campbell County Camels meet for the 38th time in Alexandria in a battle of 1-1 squads. NewCath lost to Cooper, 31-22 in the Skyline Crosstown Showdown […]
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Highlands hammers Campbell County, 50-8
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter This in-county game might become a great rivalry one day. But on Friday, it was all Blue and White after the first quarter. The Highlands Bluebirds rolled to a 50-8 victory over the visiting Campbell County Camels in the 60th overall meeting between the two teams, […]
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Notebook: Bluebirds handle heat well
G. Michael Graham Photo. Highlands running back Zach Harris (center) takes a handoff in Friday’s 50-8 win over Campbell County while Ryan Greene (80) and Tyler Schweitzer (77) block. The Bluebirds improved to 51-9 all-time against the Camels with the victory. By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter Hydration is a big thing […]