Scott Hughes has stepped down as Cooper High School’s girls soccer coach after 10 seasons, closing out the longest and most successful run in the program’s 19-year history. For Hughes, a soccer lifer, the decision was more than a year in the making and anything but easy. “I had been thinking about it, and I […]
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The Mustang who can do everything — and still get her sleep
Cold Spring has produced its share of athletes, but every once in a while, one comes along who seems to move through the world with a different operating system. That’s Rachel Shewmaker, Bishop Brossart’s all-around three-sport dynamo heading to Bellarmine University on a soccer scholarship. Shewmaker is currently tearing it up on the softball diamond […]
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Free Covington rec youth soccer league sign ups open
A free recreational soccer league for kids in Covington opened its registration window this week. This will be the first of what city leaders are hoping to be many youth recreational programs to be established through the Covington Recreation Committee, which was formed last year in response to community calls for more youth recreational activities […]
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Who made the All-State, All-Region soccer teams from NKY?
BOYS All-State First Team Miles Mullen, Simon Kenton Max Runge, Bishop Brossart Maddox Pemberton, Cooper Tanner Robertson, Covington Catholic Donovan Lameier, Dixie Heights Trevor Bolte, Dixie Heights Logan Thoss, St. Henry Second Team Luke Neltner, Bishop Brossart Saleem Mayala, Boone County Carlos Marquez, Campbell County Dallas Marshall, Conner Grady Noble, Conner Lee Tucker, Dixie Heights […]
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Highlands’ resilient season ends in state title loss to Sacred Heart
Highlands had heart. It was that heart that carried the Bluebirds to the KHSAA girls soccer state championship at Lexington SC Stadium, though they ultimately fell 3-0 to back-to-back champions Sacred Heart. The Bluebirds’ season got off to a rough start, with just three wins in their first 12 games. Yet the team’s determination propelled […]
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Colonels’ gritty postseason run falls short in state final against St. X
Covington Catholic’s season ended exactly where every team in Kentucky wants to be — on the pitch at Lexington SC Stadium, playing for a state championship. In the inaugural year the KHSAA boys’ soccer title was decided at the home of Lexington SC, the Colonels fell just short of the ultimate prize, dropping a 2-0 […]
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Highlands’ remarkable turnaround continues: Bluebirds advance to state title game
Not much was going right for the Highlands girls soccer team through the first 12 games of the season. Sitting at 3-8-1 after a 3-1 loss to Campbell County on Sept. 15, the Bluebirds were still searching for their identity. Fast forward a month and a half, the identity has been found and mastered and […]
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Colonels advance on penalties again, punch ticket to state championship
When the scoreboard read 0-0 after regulation and two overtime periods, Covington Catholic didn’t panic — they smiled. For the third time this postseason, the Colonels turned a deadlock into a victory from the penalty spot, knocking off South Oldham 4-3 in a dramatic penalty kick shootout in Tuesday night’s KHSAA Boys’ Soccer State Tournament […]
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CovCath, Highlands advance to state soccer semis
Trips to Eastern Kentucky for Covington Catholic and the Highlands girls soccer program were quite the success on Saturday. The Colonels disposed of Prestonsburg 5-0 in the boys KHSAA state soccer tournament quarterfinals while Highlands defeated Johnson Central 6-0 in the girls KHSAA state soccer tournament quarterfinals. Both are now headed to Lexington. CovCath faces […]
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LexCath holds off Brossart in state tourney matchup
In a high-scoring affair, Lexington Catholic built just enough of a cushion to take down Bishop Brossart in a KHSAA girls state soccer tournament matchup in Lexington. After Brossart opened the scoring with a 1-0 lead, the Knights built leads of 3-1 and 4-2, Brossart getting within one with 2:44 left, but couldn’t find the […]