Weekend through Tuesday Sports Briefs

By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM

Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter

The Highlands men’s soccer team edged Pendleton County, 4-3 on Saturday at Tower Park to improve to 2-0 overall.

Ethan Schmits led the Bluebirds with two goals. Teammates Devin Dupont and Chris Garbig had one each. Andrew Barnes, Mitchell Gesenhues and Jordan Jarvis had one assist a piece for Highlands.

The Wildcats (1-1) saw three different players score. Harper Aven, Travis Brinkman and Max Dewald had goals for Pendleton Countyh with Brinkman, MacKenzie Colvin and Jacob Farwell notching one assist each.

Highlands plays in the Kentucky Cup at Louisville Ballard this week. The Bluebirds open up with Louisville Collegiate tonight at 5:30 p.m.

Highlands volleyball drops third in a row:

The Highlands Bluebirds volleyball fell to 2-3 with a three-game loss (25-10, 25-21, 25-15) at Beechwood (6-3) on Monday.

Highlands plays at St. Henry at tonight at 7:30 p.m.

NewCath soccer gets first win:

After two close calls, the Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds soccer team dented the win column with a 2-0 win over Covington Holy Cross on Saturday.

NewCath (1-2) dropped a tough one to Pendleton County, 1-0 on Thursday.

The Thoroughbreds play in the All “A” Regional Tournament at St. Henry on Thursday.

Lady Breds win opener:

The Newport Central Catholic Lady Breds soccer team knocked off host Conner, 7-1 to open the 2012 campaign.

Christina Seibert led the Lady Breds with a hat trick of three goals. Sam Bunzel added two goals for NewCath with Chandler Cain and Caroline Kinnett scoring the other two.

Conner fell to 0-2-1 with the loss. Katie Saunders’ crew came into the game with a 6-1 loss to Campbell County and a 4-4 tie with Covington Holy Cross.

The Lady Breds play again Wednesday. They play host to Simon Kenton (3-0) at 6 p.m.