Indians 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.
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