Roundtable: Who’s burning up softball diamond?
Community Press sports reporters James Weber, Nick Dudukovich, Tony Meale and Scott Springer discuss who’s on fire in softball so far this season.
View ArticleBlog of lists: Early standout pitchers
The Community Press and Recorder sports reporters Nick Dudukovich, Tony Meale, Scott Springer and James Weber put together a list of pitchers they’ve covered in their beats who have stood out to them...
View ArticleThoroughbred track remains stable
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com At the college and professional level, schools like to tout their athletic facilities. Newport Central Catholic High School does not have its own on-campus track, so the...
View ArticleBrossart battles big games and rain
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com The Bishop Brossart High School baseball team has a lot of big games left on its schedule. The most immediate one has yet to be played, as the Mustangs have been trying...
View ArticleBrossart has potential for postseason success
By Adam Turer • kysports@communitypress.com Bishop Brossart High School softball coach Mel Webster thinks this year’s team has the potential to be the best fast-pitch team he has coached at the school....
View ArticleNewCath 13, Lawrence County 3
Quick notes: NewCath senior Jake Cain will have X-rays on his left wrist after the second inning hit-by-pitch. Head coach Jeff Schulkens said it is too soon to know if he will be able to play Thursday...
View ArticleGolf outing benefits Nathan Seiter scholarship fund
Nathan Seiter would have turned 31 this summer. Seiter died in a car accident on Nov. 30, 2004. He was Bishop Brossart’s leading scorer in men’s basketball. On Aug. 13, Nathan’s friends, family and...
View ArticleMustangs rise to new class
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com ALEXANDRIA – Just when the Bishop Brossart High School football team was getting used to competing at the Class 1A level, the program got a curveball. The Mustangs were...
View ArticleCoombs keeps ‘Cats in Cincinnati
By Scott Springer • sspringer@communitypress.com Since joining then-coach Brian Kelly’s UC staff in late 2006 from Colerain High School, Kerry Coombs has concentrated on scouring the I-275 belt and...
View ArticleMustangs run with tradition
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com ALEXANDRIA – Tradition never graduates. A traditional phrase, for sure, but one that applies to the boys cross country program at Bishop Brossart High School. The...
View ArticleKelley leads Mustangs into All ‘A’ state
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com ALEXANDRIA – Jimmy Kelley is the golf equivalent of a gym rat, according to his head coach. “Jimmy is a golf addict and plays whenever he can,” said Chris Holtz, the...
View ArticleMustangs football enjoys home cooking
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com ALEXANDRIA – Unlike previous years, the Bishop Brossart High School football team doesn’t have any long trips scheduled to play games. The Mustangs welcomed a return...
View ArticleNKU men’s soccer ready to defend national title
By Adam Turer • presspreps@gmail.com Despite winning the 2010 Division II National Championship, Northern Kentucky University’s men’s soccer team entered the 2011 season hungry for success. The seniors...
View ArticleBrossart soccer coach gets 200th win
By Adam Turer • presspreps@gmail.com ALEXANDRIA – Bishop Brossart boys’ soccer coach Brian Goller notched his 200th career victory in the Mustangs’ Sept. 8 victory over Newport Central Catholic. Goller...
View ArticleSnyder ready to assist NCC volleyball in postseason
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com NEWPORT – Although she didn’t realize it at the time, Taylor Snyder eventually enjoyed reaching a personal milestone against a rival. The senior setter for the Newport...
View ArticleDepth leads NCC golf to state berth
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com NEWPORT – High school golf doesn’t have cheerleaders or rabid student sections. Usually, it’s just a player alone with his thoughts, clubs and the little white ball....
View ArticleBrothers add spice to city rivalry
By James Weber • jweber@nky.com ALEXANDRIA – The Frommeyers were going to have a lot to talk about Sept. 27, no matter what. The family conversation was even more interesting after the boys soccer...
View ArticleKentucky state volleyball updates
4:20 p.m.: NDA falls 25-20 in second set to finish 32-6. Assumption on track for 16th state title in 20 years. 4:10 p.m. NDA trailing 15-13, they’re hanging in there. 4:00 p.m.: NDA lost 25-14, trails...
View ArticlePress Preps Roundtable: Talking girls, boys basketball
In this week’s Press Preps Roundtable videos, James Weber, Nick Dudukovich, Scott Springer and Tom Skeen discuss Ohio and Kentucky high school boys and girls basketball. For the girls, team discussed...
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