Crusaders 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 ArticleMustangs run with tradition
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com ALEXANDRIA – Tradition never graduates. A traditional phrase, for sure, but one that applies to the boys cross country program at Bishop Brossart High School. The...
View ArticleFirst run at other Northern Kentucky cross country teams
Bellevue Caleb Finch returns for his fourth year as head coach. Returning starters in boys are junior Noah Placke, freshman Tony Isbell, eighth-grader Chris Riehl and junior J.D. Morgan. Top newcomers...
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 ArticleSteeped in tradition, Panther cross country reloads
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com PRICE HILL – The tradition speaks for itself. Steve Spencer took over the Elder High School cross country program in 1976. In 35 seasons as head coach, his...
View ArticleIndian Hill runners among CHL leaders
By Scott Springer • sspringer@communitypress.com INDIAN HILL – The Cincinnati Hills League girls cross country race appears to be between Indian Hill and Wyoming again. The Lady Braves boast three...
View ArticleFreshmen talent boosts Winton Woods cross country
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com FOREST PARK – Hayley Perkins was nervous. That’s what she says, anyway. The Winton Woods High School freshman certainly didn’t run nervous at the first...
View ArticleAnderson’s Vogele outruns the competition
By Nick Dudukovich • ndudukovich@communitypress.com ANDERSON TWP. – Anderson High School runner Nick Vogele placed 47th at last fall’s cross country state championship, and he’s not happy about it....
View ArticleNew lineup, same success for St. X cross country
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com SPRINGFIELD TWP. – St. Xavier High School cross country coach Mike Dehring had just finished breaking down his expectations for the weekend’s meet with his...
View ArticleWyoming runner Stites sets her sights
By Scott Springer • sspringer@communitypress.com WYOMING – In the Cincinnati Hills League, Cowboys runner Emily Stites is hot on the heels of Indian Hill’s Elizabeth Heinbach. In terms of time, Stites...
View ArticleOak Hills senior runs for team first
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com Maggie Bischoff is one of the fastest runners in Oak Hills High School girls cross country history. So excuse head coach Shellie Hageman if she was a little...
View ArticleAviators cross country tries to fly to finish
By Scott Springer • sspringer@communitypress.com SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP – If there is an award for resilience in the Greater Miami Conference, it should go to the Sycamore High School girls cross country...
View ArticleLady Tigers soccer players lying in wait.
By Scott Springer • sspringer@communitypress.com BETHEL – Going into October, the Bethel-Tate Lady Tigers soccer team finds itself in an odd situation. They’re around the middle of the pack in terms of...
View ArticleBatavia cross country seeing double
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com BATAVIA – Don’t squint. Don’t clean your glasses. Your eyes are not playing tricks on you. It’s just the Stith twins – Griffin and Hunter – crossing the...
View ArticleBethel cross country nearing final runs
By Scott Springer • sspringer@communitypress.com BETHEL – With the league meet ahead Oct. 15 at Western Brown, the Bethel-Tate High School cross country teams are gearing up for their final kicks. A...
View ArticleTrojans get on their horse
By Scott Springer • sspringer@communitypress.com UNION TOWNSHIP – For the last four years, Glen Este cross country has been associated with Michelle Thomas. That’ll happen when you are the four-time...
View ArticleVogele crowned FAVC cross country champ
Anderson’s boys won their fourth team cross country title behind a first-place finish from FAVC Runner of the Year, Nick Vogele. Vogele finished the race with a mark of 16 minutes, six seconds at the...
View ArticleRoundtable video discussion about postseason action
James Weber, Nick Dudukovich, Scott Springer and Ben Walpole discuss Ohio and Northern Kentucky postseason action for soccer, volleyball, cross country, tennis and field hockey.
View ArticleTeam-first leadership boosts Lions
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com New Richmond Coaches often have enough trouble getting their athletes to buy into the program for the short term. Alex Ariapad is a coach’s dream then,...
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