Thursday Highlands Roundup

Highlands Baseball, Softball Drop Games

PHOTO: G. Michael Graham, Fort Thomas Matters. The Highlands softball team dropped its second straight Thursday.

The Highlands Bluebirds softball team (1-2 overall) dropped its first 9th Region contest by a 7-3 score despite outhitting the Dixie Heights Lady Colonels (3-2), 12-11.

Wednesday Highlands Round-Up

Highlands Baseball Takes Care of Ohio Visitors

PHOTO: G. Michael Graham, Fort Thomas Matters. Highlands senior Trent Johnson started the Highlands fourth with a single. The Bluebirds scored three runs in that inning on their way to a 4-1 win.

The Highlands Bluebirds welcomed in the Canal Winchester (Ohio) Indians located just southeast of Columbus to town Wednesday for non-region action.

Highlands saw junior Ethan Kavanagh lead off the game with a home run. The Bluebirds then scored three more in the bottom of the fourth on their way to a 4-1 victory to move to 4-1 on the season.

Sophomore Jake Gulley picked up the win for Highlands. He struck out five and allowed one hit.

Tuesday Highlands Round-Up

Highlands Softball Starts Season with Convincing Victory

PHOTO: G. Michael Graham, Fort Thomas Matters. Highlands softball Head Coach Rob Coffey gives instructions at a recent practice. The Bluebirds opened the season Tuesday with a win.

The Highlands Bluebirds softball team opened the season with a convincing four-inning 16-1 win over the Bishop Brossart Lady Mustangs (1-2) at Winkler Field.

"They came out a little nervous. We came out and made a couple errors on defense in the first inning," said Rob Coffey, Highlands Head Coach. "But once we settled down, defense was super solid. Pitching was good. We really, really attacked in the box hitting-wise. We were really focused. Our base hits were clean. We've been working on that all winter being super aggressive early in the count so we can hit good pitches."

Monday Cancellations

Rainy weather forced the cancellations of several Highlands sporting events Monday. Highlands baseball (3-1) was to play host to Boone County and the softball team scheduled its season opener against Newport on the road.

The Highlands boys tennis team had a home match against Simon Kenton cancelled.

Highlands Baseball Goes 1-1 to Conclude Hot Rods Classic

Cramer Pitches Shutout Against Greenwood

Twitter Photo. The Highlands Bluebirds come into the dugout after retiring the side in the fifth inning against Greenwood.

Highlands finished 2-1 in the Hot Rods Classic at Bowling Green Park going 1-1 to move to 3-1 on the season.

Friday Highlands Briefs

The Highlands Bluebirds baseball team moved to 2-0 with a 2-1 win over the Ohio County Eagles (1-3) in the Hot Rods Classic in Bowling Green on Friday.

Ohio County finished 20-8 last year. The Eagles lost 1-0 to the Muhlenberg County Mustangs in the 3rd Region championship game last year.

Thursday Sports Brief

The Highlands girls tennis team (2-1 overall) saw its match at Dixie Heights cancelled Thursday because of rain.

The next scheduled match is against Covington Latin on Friday at Tower Park. Match time is 3:45 p.m.

Highlands Baseball Wins Season-Opener

Highlands Tennis Records Win

PHOTO: Kris Laskey. Highlands senior Jacob Schuh makes a move in the tennis match against Conner on Wednesday. Highlands won 5-0 to move to 2-0.

The Highlands Bluebirds baseball team held on for an 8-7 win over the Conner Cougars (1-2) in the season-opener Wednesday at Highland Park.

"It's always good to get a win. It's obviously early. We played like it's early," said Jeremy Baioni, Highlands Head Coach. "We need to clean some things up especially defensively and need to make sure we have each others' back. I thought we had pretty good approaches offensively."

Highlands senior Nolan Turner pitched the final three innings to pick up the win. The Bluebirds ended the game with a double play.