Blog of lists: Best NKY small-school athletes
Larger-school athletes get lots of looks and press, but there are plenty of quality athletes in the smaller-school ranks. Northern Kentucky sports reporter James Weber lists his picks for the best...
View ArticleNotre Dame sets five records at state swim meet
The state swimming and diving championships in Kentucky are half over here at the University of Louisville. The boys meet is set to start at 4 p.m. Notre Dame Academy dominated individually today in...
View ArticleColonels commandeer medals, records for Coach Cook
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com Cook’s Commandos commandeered several medals Feb. 26 at the Kentucky state swimming and diving championships in Louisville. The Dixie Heights High School boys team won...
View ArticleMax Williamson adds to Cov Cath, family title haul
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com In swimming, your entire year comes down to one or two minutes. In many other sports, you have more time to rebound from a mistake to have a chance to win. In sports...
View ArticlePandas have record day at state swim meet
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com Caitlyn Forman was the defending Kentucky state recordholder in the 100-yard backstroke coming into the 2011 state swimming and diving championships. But she was not the...
View ArticleCrusaders give Rebels their best shot
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com After losing 67-35 to Boone County on Feb. 8, Brian Coburn knew he had to do some different game-planning and scheming if his St. Henry District High School girls...
View ArticleColonels end 54-year drought in 4OT final
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com At the end of the second overtime of an epic Ninth Region championship game, Ken Chevalier liked what he saw when he looked up at the scoreboard. That wasn’t because his...
View ArticleTrammel leads Colonels into Sweet 16
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com The Dixie Heights High School boys basketball team has some big-name talent this year. But perhaps its most important ingredient is a “newcomer” to this year’s team in...
View ArticleGame notes: Dixie Heights falls 69-60 in Sweet 16
Dixie Heights lost to Lexington Catholic 69-60 in the first round of the Sweet 16 state tournament here at Rupp Arena. Dixie ends 29-4 for the season. LexCath hurt Dixie with its size and quickness all...
View ArticleTimmerman soars as That’s My Boy winner
By Adam Turer • kysports@communitypress.com Covington Catholic High School’s Troy Timmerman is this year’s Kentucky recipient of the National Football Foundation’s “That’s My Boy” award. Timmerman...
View ArticleSt. Henry reloads for track season
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com Here is a look at both Class 1A track programs located in Boone County. St. Henry The Crusaders were regional champs in Class 1A and state runner-up to Newport Central...
View ArticleNew format, same goals for Notre Dame tennis
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com They are the last team state champions in girls tennis under the old Kentucky state championship structure. Now the Notre Dame Academy tennis team will look to win the...
View ArticleListerman resigns as CovCath basketball coach
(From Covington Catholic) Covington Catholic wishes to announce that Mike Listerman has resigned from his position as Head Basketball Coach. During his 11 years as Head Coach his teams won six District...
View ArticleWomen’s Sports Association honors athletes
Each year, the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Women’s Sports Association honors the top girls and women athletes in the community. The eighteenth annual awards ceremony 7 p.m. Monday, April...
View ArticleHoly Cross senior sizes up D-I opportunity
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com Sydney Sizemore knew for a while she would have a shot at playing volleyball for an NCAA Division II or III school. But when Robert Morris College came calling, the Holy...
View ArticleRoundtable: Who’s burning up softball diamond?
Community Press sports reporters James Weber, Nick Dudukovich, Tony Meale and Scott Springer discuss who’s on fire in softball so far this season.
View ArticleStratton named Lloyd football coach
Lloyd Memorial High School announces the hiring of Josh Stratton as the next head football coach of the Juggernauts, in a press release. Stratton comes to Lloyd Memorial from Holmes High School, where...
View ArticleCrusaders make noise in reclaiming NKAC track title
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com ERLANGER – As Sarah Wheeler passed a Bishop Brossart opponent in the homestretch, Tony Harden got so excited he let out his final yells for the day. Harden, the St....
View ArticleLloyd graduate enjoying coaching Juggernaut track
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com Greg Enxel is getting some more education this year while he enjoys a return to his alma mater. The Lloyd Memorial High School graduate is in his first year as head...
View ArticleNDA freshman nearly pitches no-hitter
(Submitted by Notre Dame Academy) Notre Dame Academy defeated Carroll County Wednesday night, April 20 in a late game delayed by weather. The Panda scored a run in the first after catcher Laura Finke’s...
View ArticleIndians prepare for weather, big week
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com The Holy Cross High School baseball team has not had ideal conditions for its biggest week of the season. Maybe if they were into rowing or duck racing instead, but the...
View Article‘High-energy’ coach takes over Lloyd football
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com ERLANGER – While he doesn’t take credit for it, Josh Stratton has been part of several high school sports programs that improved while he was there. Stratton, 30, will...
View ArticleNDA tennis adjusts to new postseason format
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com PARK HILLS – A new postseason format has required some adjustments for the girls tennis team at Notre Dame Academy. Putting those adjustments into action has been...
View ArticleCrusaders regroup after All ‘A’ loss
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com ERLANGER – For the first time in three years, the St. Henry District High School softball team will not play in the All “A” Classic state tournament. Head coach Kyla...
View ArticleShumate, Colonels prep for postseason
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com PARK HILLS – Adam Shumate was not on the mound for his head coach’s 800th career win, but the Covington Catholic High School senior was proud to be a part of it....
View ArticleJuggernauts bouncing back for postseason success
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com ERLANGER – The Lloyd Memorial High School baseball team was close to pulling off one of its most important wins in recent history. Although a late lead turned into a...
View ArticleYoung Crusaders aim for top seed
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com ERLANGER – The St. Henry District High School baseball team had been struggling at all phases of the game this season. As the calendar turned into May, a young Crusaders...
View ArticleZeke Pike in U-19 national team trials
Dixie Heights standout junior quarterback remains busy in the offseason. From USA Football: ZEKE PIKE of Edgewood, Ky., a 6-foot-5, 220-pound quarterback from Dixie Heights High School, will be among...
View ArticleHighlands girls win fourth straight state track title
Highlands has won its fourth straight Class 2A girls team track championship here at the University of Louisville. The Bluebirds scored 100.5 to win by 8.5 over Louisville Central. The team scored...
View ArticleBray leaps from obscurity to state title
By James Weber •jweber@nky.com LOUISVILLE – The Lloyd Memorial High School track program has produced several state-title winning athletes in recent years. The Juggernauts got another in 2011 from an...
View ArticleErrors doom Dixie in regional semi loss
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com KENTON COUNTY – Dixie Heights High School’s softball team finished 18-9 with an 8-3 loss to Ryle in the Ninth Region semifinals May 31. Dixie outhit Ryle 8-7, but...
View ArticlePhysicals for Lloyd athletes today
Offseason physicals for Lloyd Memorial High School athletes are June 8th at 5:30 in Scheben Gymnasium. They are $10. UC Health/Orthopaedics and Sportsmedicine department, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital...
View ArticleJon Danks a longtime leader for Lloyd
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com Jon Danks has always been a natural leader, whether it would be for younger kids in his neighborhood or his classmates. Eventually, his athletic ability caught up to his...
View ArticleLloyd Memorial to host 1st Midnight Madness event Aug. 5
The 2011-2012 Lloyd Memorial High School football and cheerleading programs will host the school’s first Midnight Madness event from 7 p.m. to midnight, Friday, Aug. 5, at Cecil Dees Field, 450...
View ArticleNKY Roundtable: First glance at volleyball
Community Recorder sports reporter James Weber talks to Nick Dudukovich about the Northern Kentucky volleyball scene as the fall season gets under way. He sees St. Henry, Notre Dame and Newport Central...
View ArticleChemistry, senior leadership key for Lloyd football
By Adam Turer • kysports@communitypress.com Great team chemistry and senior leadership should lead the Lloyd Juggernauts to a better 2011 season. Lloyd finished 2-9 last season and starts a new era...
View ArticleState champion Crusaders deal with adversity
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com ERLANGER – The St. Henry District High School girls soccer team reached the pinnacle of the sport last season, winning the school’s first postseason state championship...
View ArticleNotre Dame downs Sacred Heart in volleyball
A couple of interesting volleyball notes in Northern Kentucky this week: A rather significant match occurred Monday night, with Notre Dame going down to Louisville and beating Sacred Heart in five sets...
View ArticleCoombs keeps ‘Cats in Cincinnati
By Scott Springer • sspringer@communitypress.com Since joining then-coach Brian Kelly’s UC staff in late 2006 from Colerain High School, Kerry Coombs has concentrated on scouring the I-275 belt and...
View ArticleRoundtable: Soccer season kicks off
The Community Press and Recorder sports staff discusses the boys and girls high school soccer scene in Ohio and Kentucky.
View ArticleCrusaders have depth for state run
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com ERLANGER – St. Henry District High School returns six of its top seven runners from last year’s state championship team in Class 1A, who extended the school’s streak of...
View ArticleCoach drives Colonels’ title defense
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com EDGEWOOD – Ed Cook got to talk to some of his students in mid-August. Through a videoconference, the Dixie Heights High School cross country coach interacted with...
View ArticleVeteran Colonels soccer team kicking into gear
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com PARK HILLS – Jason Mott said his Covington Catholic High School boys soccer team doesn’t have just one strength. Instead, the Colonels have a perfect record so far this...
View ArticleNKU men’s soccer ready to defend national title
By Adam Turer • presspreps@gmail.com Despite winning the 2010 Division II National Championship, Northern Kentucky University’s men’s soccer team entered the 2011 season hungry for success. The seniors...
View ArticleColonel golf saves best for regionals
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com KENTON COUNTY – The Covington Catholic High School golf team had been up and down this season. The Colonels reached new heights at the right time, however, winning the...
View ArticleWin could be Lloyd football turning point
By Adam Turer • presspreps@gmail.com ERLANGER – The Lloyd Juggernauts rallied from a 21-6 deficit to steal a 32-27 win from Bishop Brossart and spoil the Mustangs’ homecoming. Dakota Kidd scored his...
View ArticlePanda soccer rolls to district crown
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com PARK HILLS – After a rocky start to the district final, the Notre Dame Academy girls soccer team is hoping for some smooth roads as it advances in the postseason. The...
View ArticleSt. Henry has tough day in regional finals
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com ERLANGER – Oct. 22 was a busy day with a lot of potential for St. Henry District High School. As the school cross country program was hosting its annual invitational...
View ArticleNKY soccer updates
The Ryle boys soccer team will host Montgomery County in a state quarterfinal match 7 p.m. tonight (Wednesday) at Ryle High School. Ryle will have a streaming internet broadcast at...
View ArticleKentucky state volleyball updates
4:20 p.m.: NDA falls 25-20 in second set to finish 32-6. Assumption on track for 16th state title in 20 years. 4:10 p.m. NDA trailing 15-13, they’re hanging in there. 4:00 p.m.: NDA lost 25-14, trails...
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