Pitching lifts Ryle baseball to strong season
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com UNION – The offense of the Ryle High School baseball team has struggled at times, but the pitching staff has been on top of its game all year. The Raiders allow less...
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 ArticleBoone County, Conner rivalry key for Rebels
By Adam Turer • kysports@communitypress.com Northern Kentucky softball powers Boone County and Conner will square off for the fourth time this season today, Tuesday, May 24. This time, the stakes are...
View ArticleBearcat softball makes first trip to state
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com WALTON – Natalie Hargett didn’t let the trophy out of her sight. As the lone senior on the Walton-Verona High School softball team, she was given the trophy after the...
View ArticleCole Wendeln led off Boone County’s success
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com His high school career ended in heartbreaking fashion, but Cole Wendeln will have plenty of more chances to play the sport he loves the most. • More Florence news The...
View ArticleBrandy Deaton dandy for Cooper athletics
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com Brandy Deaton started running with her father, Benny, at an early age. Her father would encourage her and coach her as she continued. • More Union news Eventually the...
View ArticleKentucky football coach appearing in Covington
(Provided) University of Kentucky football coach Joker Phillips will be at Covington’s Randolph Park late Tuesday afternoon. More details in the UK news release below…. LEXINGTON, Ky. — After a...
View ArticleMaster Provisions hosts golf outing at Perry Park
Master Provisions is hosting a golf outing Tuesday, Aug. 2, at Perry Park Country Club, 595 Springport Ferry Road, Perry Park, KY 40363, to support its work providing Christ-centered mission resources...
View ArticleFormer Ryle standout flourishing on UK’s golf course
By Adam Turer • kysports@communitypress.com When you’re comfortable playing against PGA Tour pros, facing off against the country’s top collegiate golfers is not quite as fearsome as it would otherwise...
View ArticleNKY golfers start out well
The high school golf season just two days old in Kentucky but has already produced some strong results for local teams. • Newport Central Catholic upset Covington Catholic to win the Catholic Cup boys...
View ArticleJaguars VB builds winning program
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com UNION – The Cooper High School volleyball team had one of the most successful seasons of any team in any sport in the school’s three-year history. Although the Jaguars...
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 ArticleBearcats ready for step up to 2A
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com WALTON – Just when the Walton-Verona High School football team was figuring out how to win in Class 1A, the team has to learn something new. The Bearcats are now in...
View ArticleJaguars look to grow in new class
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com UNION – The Cooper High School football team was on the verge of success in Class 6A last year. The Jaguars did not win a district game against their rivals, but in...
View ArticleConner Cougars football reloads for 5A move
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com HEBRON – A new Conner High School football team will take on a new alignment this season. The Cougars return just seven starters from last year’s team, which finished...
View ArticleRyle football looks to sustain success
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com UNION – There’s only one drawback to having one of your best seasons ever with a senior-loaded group: Proving you can sustain that success the next season. The Ryle High...
View ArticleDefense key to reversing Rebel fortunes
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com FLORENCE – The Boone County High School football team has gone 7-14 the past two seasons, equaling their performance from 1998-99, the previous two losing seasons for...
View ArticleExpectations high for Holy Cross Indians
By Adam Turer • kysports@communitypress.com COVINGTON – The Holy Cross Indians reached the regional final in 2010 to finish the season 7-6. If you think they would be satisfied with two postseason...
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 ArticleLive updates from high school football games
Community Press and Recorder sports reporters Ben Walpole, Nick Dudukovich, Scott Springer and James Weber will take in some football this evening, sending out tweets from their games and getting some...
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 ArticleJaguars running toward state success
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com UNION – The Cooper High School cross country program is poised to make a name for itself this year. While the girls team qualified for state and finished 16th overall,...
View ArticleVeteran balance aids W-V golf
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com WALTON – Phil Amstutz wasn’t kidding about the balance of his Walton-Verona High School boys golf team when the head coach talked about his team in the preseason. Seven...
View ArticlePandas set up impressive wins
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com PARK HILLS – The Notre Dame Academy volleyball team always has a brutally tough schedule year in and year out, testing itself against the best and brightest from Ohio,...
View ArticleMorris leads Cooper football to 1st win
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com UNION – Tyler Morris led the way for the Cooper High School football team in pregame as the players entered the field through a large, smoky structure made to look like...
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 ArticleRyle golf aims to reclaim regional title
By Adam Turer • presspreps@gmail.com UNION – Ryle High School’s boys golf team is eager to reclaim its Seventh Region title. After winning the Region three straight seasons, the Raiders were dethroned...
View ArticleBoone teams embark on district play
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com BOONE COUNTY – Five weeks are in the books. Now the serious chapters are about to unfold. District seeding play begins this week for all five football teams located in...
View ArticleJaguars VB learns from tough schedule
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com UNION – The Cooper High School volleyball team has been one of the most successful programs in the three-year history of the school. Now the goal is to build even...
View ArticleBearcats ground Carroll for first district win
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com WALTON – The Walton-Verona High School football team had played Carroll County every season in its varsity existence, but the Bearcats had lost to Carroll all three...
View ArticleYoung Ryle team raids volleyball wins
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com UNION – Tasha Tanner-Lovins knew she had a young team coming back this year for the Ryle High School volleyball program. They had experience, but not as much as the...
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 ArticleRaider golf leads state tourney charge
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com BOONE COUNTY – While the Ryle High School girls golf team didn’t have its best tournament, two Raiders will get their first chance at state. Senior Alex Bruce and...
View ArticleIndians have high hopes for future
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com COVINGTON – The Notre Dame hurdle is as high as ever, but things are looking up for the Holy Cross High School girls soccer team. The Indians fell to Notre Dame Academy...
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 ArticleBowling approved for Rebels program
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com FLORENCE – There will be varsity bowling at Boone County High School this year. The Boone County School District board of education approved varsity status for the Boone...
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 ArticleCougars football rushes into 2nd place
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com HEBRON – The Conner High School football team’s running game has pleased head coach Dave Trosper lately this season. The ground attack keyed a 47-14 win against Scott...
View ArticlePanda volleyball to take chances at state
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com PARK HILLS – Their postgame T-shirts promised no second chances, at least to their opponents. But the seniors on the Notre Dame Academy volleyball will have a third...
View ArticleDefense drives Ryle soccer
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com UNION – Defense has been known to win championships. It is a big reason why the Ryle High School boys soccer team ended play Oct. 24 three games away from a state...
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 ArticleRaiders advance to state semis
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com UNION – Montgomery County brought a strong résumé to Ryle High School Oct. 26. Its boys soccer team had allowed just 14 goals all year and brought 21 wins and six...
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...
View ArticleHoly Cross wins 2A state football title
FINAL THOUGHTS Holy Cross has won its first state football championship today, beating Glasgow 33-14. As I noted earlier, this is the first official KHSAA-sanctioned team title in school history....
View ArticlePress Preps Roundtable: Talking girls, boys basketball
In this week’s Press Preps Roundtable videos, James Weber, Nick Dudukovich, Scott Springer and Tom Skeen discuss Ohio and Kentucky high school boys and girls basketball. For the girls, team discussed...
View ArticleBluegrass-Buckeye charity basketball tournament on Saturday
(Provided) Five games between boys’ high school basketball teams from Kentucky and Ohio make up the schedule for the 10th annual Bluegrass-Buckeye Charity Classic on Jan. 7 at two local high schools....
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