“Lucky” was the word Campbell County coach Davey Johnson used Friday. Whether it was luck, serendipity or a whole lot of good fortune, the Camels advanced to the girls 10th Region finals with a 66-55 win over Nicholas County at Harrison County. It took about three minutes to determine the Camels’ opponent in Saturday’s 7 p.m. final: four-time defending region champion George Rogers Clark, […]
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Girls 10th Region quarterfinals: GRC rolls past Bishop Brossart
For about 20 seconds Monday, Bishop Brossart led George Rogers Clark. The four-time defending girls 10th Region champion Cardinals took care of the final 31:40 – a 77-23 running clock, region quarterfinal victory on their home floor. Brossart coach Aaron Stamm was nonetheless proud for what his team did in his first year in Alexandria. “Oh yeah, we had a […]
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An NKY triple threat: Moore, Svec, Hood win state wrestling titles
Walton-Verona’s Emma Moore surpassed her wrestling brothers in her final high school match. Cooper freshman Aaliyah Svec showed chronological age didn’t define her. And Highlands junior Emma Hood erased the memory of a painful 2025 loss. The result: Moore, Svec and Hood brought home a triumvirate of girls state titles Saturday at Lexington’s Alltech Arena. […]
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Bad (-ida) to the bone: Conner senior wins state wrestling title
He was the youngest in his family to wrestle for Conner. Senior Clayton Badida was also the best Cougar Friday. He won the 126-pound KHSAA state title over Meade County’s Peyton Vowels, 2-1 in triple overtime, at Alltech Arena in Lexington. Three generations of Badidas watched the final. Clayton’s grandfather, Northern Kentucky wrestling legend Wayne […]
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Boys Region 5 wrestling: ‘Comfortable’ Conner claims first team title since ’85
You’d have thought Conner had won the KHSAA state boys wrestling title. Saturday’s Region 5 tournament in the Cougars’ gym was equally special, and not only because the Cougars beat Simon Kenton, 251-192.5. It was the program’s first regional title since 1985. “There was just a buzz, and the kids looked more comfortable,” Conner coach […]
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KHSAA state girls swimming: Highlands wins Combined title, Herfel leads Notre Dame to runner-up finish
All night Saturday, Highlands swimming coach Kevin Kampschmidt repeated the same three-word mantra: Wait and see. By the end of the KHSAA girls state meet at the University of Kentucky’s Lancaster Aquatic Center, the Bluebirds waited, saw – and conquered. They won the Combined team title, in which boys and girls scores are added, over […]
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KHSAA boys state swimming: Ryle’s Knopf dominates distances
Chase Knopf’s last two individual high school swims were his best two. Ryle’s senior finished his high school career Friday at the University of Kentucky’s Lancaster Aquatic Center with a pair of KHSAA state titles. He won the 200-yard freestyle in a school-record and personal best 1 minute, 37.76 seconds and the 500 in 4:24.97. […]
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‘Little’ Walton-Verona scores big at Region 3 girls wrestling tournament
The 1930 children’s book “The Little Engine That Could” features a little blue locomotive that hauled toys and food over a mountain when larger engines wouldn’t. Walton-Verona’s girls wrestling team is inspired by Watty Piper’s tale. The Bearcats placed third behind Lafayette and Harrison County at Saturday’s Region 3 meet at Robert D. Campbell Junior […]
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Presti proud: Beechwood senior takes 2 KHSAA First Round wins
Cono Presti felt comfortable Saturday. Beechwood’s senior swimmer possibly made his 200- and 500-yard freestyle opponents somewhat uneasy. He was the only Northern Kentuckian to win twice at the KHSAA First Round state swim and dive meet at Scott High School. In the 200, Presti beat Ryle’s Nash Parsons by a little under a second […]
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Lots of laughs for Pandas, Bluebirds at KHSAA First Round
If you sought an example of teenage exuberance Saturday, the warmup pool at Scott’s David Webb-Jerry Mohr Natatorium was a good place to look. It was near the end of the KHSAA Girls First Round state swim and dive meet, and Notre Dame’s Clare Herfel and Danaka Tucker and Highlands’ Ragan Moore shared about 245 […]
