Highlands Girls CC Continues Region Domination, Boys Finish Runner-Up

PHOTO: Bob Jackson. Highlands senior Karsen Hunter runs in the Class AA, Region 4 Meet in Union on Saturday. The Highlands girls cross country team won its sixth straight region championship.

The deep Highlands Bluebird girls cross country team wants nothing more than to climb back to the top of the Class AA mountain.

The first step to that came in proving its dominance in the Class AA, Region 4 meet in Union on Saturday. That turned out to not be an issue as the Bluebirds dominated the girls race on their way to the sixth consecutive region championship while the boys finished region runner-up.

Saturday Round-Up: Bluebird soccer plays better, JV Football drops close game

PHOTO: Allen Ramsey, DWCPhoto.com. Highlands sophomore Zach Lewin looks for running room in the JV game at Beechwood on Saturday.

The Highlands Bluebirds soccer team may have finished off a rough week at 0-3. But Highlands (4-3 overall) did find some positives in their 2-1 loss at the Trinity Shamrocks on Saturday.

Weekend Round-Up

Ladybirds Drop First Contest of Season

PHOTO: Allen Ramsey, DWCPhoto.com. Highlands junior Gwen Gorman makes a move in a recent game.

The Highlands Ladybirds (2-1 overall) lost for the first time this year by a 1-0 score to the Cincinnati Ursuline Lions of the Greater Catholic League.

Weekend Sports Briefs

Highlands soccer, JV football, middle school golf teams win over weekend

PHOTO: Allen Ramsey, DWCPhoto.com. Highlands senior Ethan Mills (16) heads the ball in a recent win over Newport Central Catholic. Mills recorded his sixth assist of the season in a 3-0 win over Covington Holy Cross on Saturday. The Bluebirds have won nine in a row.

Both Highlands soccer teams sought their 12th wins of the season Saturday in 9th Region play against 35th District opponents and did just that Saturday.

The Bluebirds took down the Covington Holy Cross Indians, 3-0 for their ninth straight win at Eva G. Farris Park. They moved to 12-1-2 on the season and 8-0-1 in region action with their 11th shut-out of the season. Highlands has outscored the opposition, 50-11 on the year. Holy Cross fell to 4-7-1