Weekend Sports Briefs

By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM

Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter

The Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds softball team finished 2-2 in the All “A” State Tournament on Saturday and Sunday in Owensboro. The Thoroughbreds are 13-5 overall.

NewCath lost 12-0 in four innings in the All “A” quarterfinals on Sunday to Louisville Holy Cross. Holy Cross freshman Kameron Bowling threw a four-inning no-hitter and Holy Cross took advantage of seven NewCath errors.

Holy Cross pulled away with an 11-run second inning. Bowling homered in the second and Bayley Brutscher hit a grand slam in the same frame.

NewCath opened pool play Saturday with a 20-0 three-inning win over Burgin. The Thoroughbreds sent 18 batters to the plate in the first inning on their way to scoring 13 runs on three hits. Kristen Schreiber had an RBI double to left and Sarah Neace had an RBI single to center. Teammate Taylor Burkart added a two-RBI single to right in her second at-bat of the first.

Freshman Haley Meyers recorded seven strikeouts to pick up the NewCath win. She struck out the side in both the first and third innings.

NewCath continued with a 10-0 five-inning loss to Livingston Central. Schreiber broke up the perfect game with a one-out double to center in the fourth for NewCath.

But the Thoroughbreds rebounded with an 11-1 five-inning win over Whitesville Trinity. They outhit Trinity, 14-2. Schreiber went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI and Burkart also went 3-for-4 with two RBI. Molly Mertle and Meyers finished 2-for-3 with an RBI each.

NewCath takes on St. Henry on Tuesday. Game time is 5 p.m.

Baseball:

Highlands, NC go winless in Louisville Invitational:

Neither Highlands nor Newport Central Catholic came back from Louisville with a win Saturday.

The Bluebirds (13-9) lost their lone contest to Central Hardin, 7-2. That snapped a three-game Highlands winning streak.

Highlands plays again Monday. The Bluebirds play host to Bishop Brossart at 5 p.m.

NewCath (7-16) lost all three games. The losing streak hit nine as a result.

The Thoroughbreds started the invitational with an 11-0 five-inning loss to Bullitt East on Friday. They then lost 5-4 to Thomas Nelson in eight innings and 14-0 in five to McCracken County on Saturday.

The Thoroughbreds travel to Lloyd Memorial on Monday. Game time is 5 p.m.