By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter When you think the Highlands Bluebirds football team will not do something, Class 4A’s top-ranked squad proves you wrong. The Bluebirds (13-1) came into Friday’s state semifinal matchup against the fourth-ranked Lexington Catholic Knights as favorites. But few expected them to beat the Knights worse than […]
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NewCath bests Somerset in state semifinals again
Photo by Steve Cornelius. Newport Central Catholic senior Brady Thacker (54) celebrates his fourth-quarter 3-yard touchdown with teammates Elliot Rust (73) and Colin Hoover (60) at Somerset on Friday. The Thoroughbreds beat the Briar Jumpers, 27-18 to advance to their eighth state championship game since 2000. By MICHAEL CHILDERS For Fort Thomas Matters SOMERSET – […]
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NewCath heads south for 2A semifinals
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter This looks to be their biggest challenge of the Class 2A football playoffs. But the fourth-ranked Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds (9-4) do not mind. They travel near Lake Cumberland with history on their side. NewCath began its current run of 13 consecutive trips to the regional […]
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Highlands faces LexCath in 2011 semifinal rematch
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter The Highlands Bluebirds do not need to be told every football team in Class 4A is aiming for them. They’ve been in that position for years, especially with a state-record 21 state championships, including the previous five. Highlands (12-1) again puts its 28-game playoff winning streak […]
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Highlands overcomes deep CovCath again
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter Everyone knows the Highlands Bluebirds football team wears opponents down with its depth. The Bluebirds do not have any players going on both offense and defense. Only Covington Catholic and Cincinnati Elder matched the Bluebirds in that aspect so they’ve been able to challenge Highlands. Elder […]
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Highlands takes care of CovCath for sixth consecutive regional crown
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter Some argue that the Northern Kentucky football rivalry between the Highlands Bluebirds and Covington Catholic Colonels is not really a rivalry anymore because it’s been one-sided since 2006. Despite that, the Colonels consistently threaten the supremacy of the top-ranked Bluebirds so Highlands prepares for them intensely. […]
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NewCath bulldozes way to state semifinals
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter The Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds football team left a huge exclamation point on why it is the top Class 2A squad in Northern Kentucky. For the third consecutive playoff game, the Thoroughbreds (9-4) jumped out to a huge lead and cruised to victory. They scored 28 […]
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Bluebirds, Colonels meet again for Region 4 crown
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter The Highlands Bluebirds football team would not mind a repeat of last year in the 60th meeting against its arch-rivals. The Bluebirds took down the arch-rival Covington Catholic Colonels, 42-37 in the regular-season matchup before downing the Colonels again, 49-14 in the Region 4 title game […]
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NewCath faces Walton-Verona for Region 3 title
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter It is fitting for the district champions to meet for the Class 2A, Region 3 football championship Friday at 7 p.m. at Newport Stadium. The host and fourth-ranked Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds (8-4) and Walton-Verona Bearcats (10-2) bring respectable records to the table thanks to nice […]
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NewCath earns 13th straight trip to Regional title game
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter They went into the second-round Class 2A football playoff game at Newport Stadium confident. But the Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds were not overconfident unlike last year’s playoff meeting with the arch-rival Covington Holy Cross Indians. The fourth-ranked Thoroughbreds had beaten the defending state champions, 49-10 on […]