Until next softball season, a new trophy has found a home at Cooper High School The Kentucky-shaped trophy, crafted from a bourbon barrel, bears a black plate reading “Battle of Union” along with the logos of Cooper and Ryle. It commemorates the first annual Battle of Union in softball and now belongs to the Lady […]
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The Patsels, one for Cooper softball and one for Ryle, set the table for Battle of Union
The first annual Battle of Union softball game on Monday pitting Cooper High School vs. Ryle rose out of an intense neighborhood rivalry. It’s also the product of some very creative coaching and enough trash talk to make a seasoned umpire blush. But this is where the story throws a curveball early in the count. […]
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Stubbornness and belief keep Campbell County softball knocking on 10th Region door
The Campbell County High School softball team lives in that tricky space between very good and not quite there yet. The Camels have been doing this for half a decade now — close enough to smell the regional trophy polish, far enough away that the scent still motivates. Last spring’s 8–0 loss to Harrison County […]
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Ninth Region softball preview: Highlands resets and ramps up
If you’re looking for mystery in the Ninth Region high school softball race, you won’t find it at the top. Not with this roster and not with this returning ace. Highlands enters 2026 as the Ninth Region’s preseason No. 1 in Kentucky Prep Softball’s statewide rankings. The Bluebirds wear that label with the kind of […]
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Covington softball field to be named after girls’ sports pioneers
What you need to know Covington Independent Public Schools Board of Education voted last week to name the district’s new softball field after two pioneering coaches from Holmes whose efforts and advocacy helped establish organized girls’ sports programs in Northern Kentucky: Donna Wolfe and B. Joan Mitchell. “My kids would have died to have the […]
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Highlands preseason 9th Region softball favorite
Winners of three of the last four 9th Region softball titles, Highlands is once again the team to target for the upcoming season. Kentucky Prep Softball has been polling coaches from their respective regions and released the 9th Region poll on Monday. Voted on by seven coaches, Highlands is in the top spot. Here is […]
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Holy Cross softball wins Team of the Season
With the spring high school sports season at its end, the LINK nky Team of the Season (TOS) sponsored by Ortho Cincy Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine winner is the Holy Cross softball team. The Indians were one of eight teams during the spring season that won LINK nky Team of the Week and came away […]
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Three from NKY make All-State softball teams
The Kentucky Softball Coaches Association released its All-State teams over the weekend. Unlike what they do during the season, the All-State teams are broken up into three classes for Class A, 2A and 3A with a first and second team and an honorable mention for each class. Highlands had a duo make the 3A team, […]
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Highlands’ Dixon, Simon Kenton’s Mitchell selected to East-West All-Star game
The Kentucky Prep Softball East/West All-Star series will take place June 20-22 at Bowling Green High School and two Northern Kentucky players were selected for it. Highlands’ Kaitlyn Dixon and Simon Kenton’s Larkin Mitchell were selected to the game while Simon Kenton head coach Chris Young was selected to be an assistant. Dixon will represent […]
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Clark’s Pump-n-Shop Softball State Tournament schedule/scores
The KHSAA Clark’s Pump-n-Shop Softball State tournament presented by UK Healthcare begins on June 5 and runs through June 14. First round games will be played on June 5 and 6, quarterfinals on June 7 with the semifinals played June 13 and the championship June 14. All games will be played at John Cropp Stadium […]
