The Highlands High School softball team is on history’s doorstep, a perfectly appropriate place for a program drenched in history. “We cannot wait to get the season started,” Bluebirds standout Bailey Markus said. “All the girls are really excited to get it going.” Highlands, the two-time defending 9th Region champion, begins its bid for a […]
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Kenton County Parks & Recreation opens registration for adult softball leagues
Registration for the Kenton County Parks & Recreation adult softball league is now open. Kenton County Parks & Recreation offers recreational softball in two leagues for adults: Teams can have as many as 20 players on a roster during the regular season. During the regular season, teams are vying for tournament seeding, t-shirts and a […]
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Covington schools send softball field renovation out to bid
The Covington Independent School District Board of Education unanimously voted to send a project renovating the softball field at Glenn O. Swing Elementary out to bid to design contractors, after months of discussion about building projects and spending between the board, the district and the community.
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Odom accepts tradition-rich Ryle softball job; four area schools looking for coaches
Mary Beth Odom cannot say enough about the people she had around growing up when it comes to softball, including Dixie Heights principal Roddy Stainforth and current head coach Sarah Osborne. The 26-year-old had been the head coach for the Beechwood Tigers the past two years after serving as an assistant. Both seasons ended in […]
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Reds Community Fund, St. Elizabeth Healthcare to help Augusta with athletic field renovations
Augusta baseball coach and principal Robin Kelsch didn’t mention the 8-5 loss at Bellevue on April 26, 2021. What Kelsch recalled Wednesday, however, was the email detailing a strange set of instructions at Bellevue Vets Field: no sunflower seeds or metal cleats allowed. The Cincinnati Reds Community Fund and St. Elizabeth Healthcare are helping Augusta […]
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Orlando Donaldson steps down as Calvary boys hoops, softball coach
Orlando Donaldson cited family reasons for stepping down as head boys basketball and softball coach for the Calvary Christian Cougars this week. Donaldson led the boys basketball team for five years and the softball team the last two years. He guided the Cougars to three 20-win seasons. The boys basketball team finished 79-74 and the […]
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Villa Madonna’s “Improbable 11”
This story originally appeared in the June 9 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe at linknky.com/subscribe. It was early March. Winter was on the way out and senior Kathryn McLagan was in a quandary. Mere weeks from the start of the season in her last year on the Villa Madonna […]
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NKSCA releases All-Star teams
The Northern Kentucky Softball Coaches Association have released their All-Star teams for Divisions I, II, and III. The coaches made their selections for each division, with one being the larger schools down to the smaller schools in three. The All-Star series put on by St. Elizabeth Healthcare will have a junior and senior All-Star game […]
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Bluebirds bounced in first round again
The winless streak for Northern Kentucky teams at the KHSAA state softball tournament continues. Highlands was aiming to be the first team out of the 9th Region to earn a victory in Lexington since 2017 when Notre Dame did, but fell short to Johnson Central on Thursday, 3-1 at John Cropp Stadium on the campus […]
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A look at some history of NKY tournament teams at the state baseball/softball tournaments
What’s the likelihood that a high school team from Northern Kentucky will win either of this year’s state baseball and softball tournaments at University of Kentucky ballparks in Lexington? The 2023 state baseball tournament begins June 1 at Counter Clocks Field (formerly known as Whitaker Bank Ballpark). The state softball tournament also gets underway June […]