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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Wednesday Sports Briefs


By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM
Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter

The Highlands Bluebirds baseball team dropped a close one 3-2 to the Campbell County Camels on Wednesday.

Highlands (3-4) saw Hector Molina and Quentin Murray record run batted in singles and Evan Allen go 2-for-3. Jake Liggett took the loss for the Bluebirds.

Highlands hits the road Friday to take on Carroll County. Game time is 7:30 p.m.

NCC softball 6, Beechwood 4:

The Thoroughbreds moved to 2-0 with the 9th Region win.

Taylor Burkhart picked up the win for Newport Central Catholic. She threw 5 and 1/3 innings of relief and struck out two.

NewCath trailed 4-1 before rallying in the sixth and scoring the game-winning runs in the seventh. Kristin Schrieber hit a two-run home run scoring Michaela Ware to lift the Thoroughbreds to victory.

The Thoroughbreds do not play again until Monday. The play host to Simon Kenton at 5:30 p.m. Their game against Newport on Monday was called off because of the cold.

More cancellations:

The Highlands Bluebirds softball team (3-2) did not get to face Dixie Heights for the second time this year. The Bluebirds also saw games against Simon Kenton on Monday and Conner on Tuesday cancelled because of inclement weather.

Highlands is scheduled to be back in action today at 5 p.m. against Ryle in Union.

Also, Tuesday’s baseball game between Newport Central Catholic and Ryle was called off because of the cold. NewCath faces CovCath at 2 p.m. at Northern Kentucky University today.

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