Friday Baseball Briefs

By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM

Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter

The Highlands Bluebirds baseball team moved another step closer to the top seed in the 36th District Tournament on Friday.

Highlands (14-10) downed the host Newport Wildcats, 13-1 in six innings. The Bluebirds moved to 2-0 in district action with contests against Dayton and Bellevue remaining.

Highlands outhit Newport, 13-4. D.J. Mills paced the Bluebirds going 3-for-4 with a double, four runs batted in and two runs scored. Jake Whitford, Kenny Ball, Grayson Heck and Brandon Hergott followed with two hits each. Lou Bunning had two runs batted in with Alex Veneman, Todd Ramey, Heck and Josh Watson scoring two runs each.

The Bluebirds recorded seven stolen bases. Heck led the way with two.

Heck also picked up the pitching win. He threw four innings and struck out five.

Highlands returns to action Saturday with two home games. The Bluebirds face the Covington Catholic Colonels at 10 a.m. before taking on Cincinnati Moeller at 3:30 p.m.

Baseball:

Shelby County 10, Newport Central Catholic 0:

The Thoroughbreds (8-18) fell for the 11th time in 12 games Friday.

NewCath takes on Conner on Saturday at Morscher Field. Game time is Noon.