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Nice kick.

Yep. Should be a 120 limit.

Guess who I'm rooting for? :laugh:

Or a writer who lives in Cincinnati and has to cover that game as well as the Highlands game in the morning. :ohbrother:

Highlands' Twitter page says 10 a.m. tomorrow.

I live just across the Ohio border and our laws are a little more severe. 180 days in jail with 177 suspended, three days in re-hab barring an otherwise clean record (which counts as the three non-suspended jail days). Six month license suspension with the "party plates" -- bright yellow license plates that stand out like a sore thumb. Fines are around $1,000. I think penalties should be more severe for multiple-DUI offenders and for more extreme intoxication. It's not fair that a .08 and .30 are punished the same. Arizona, for example, has DUI, extreme DUI (.15+) and super extreme DUI (.20+). All DUIs in Arizona require interlock devices for six months. In Arizona, it's also a felony to get a DUI with a suspended/restricted license or if there's someone 15 or under in the car.

N/M. I see where they missed a basket at the scorer's table.

Should be 81-65.

So would they be the Pandels or the Corndas?

We covered it for WCPO... Campbell scores 97 in regional-opening win - Story

WCPO's Terry Boehmker covered this. Walton avenges 'A' loss to Gallatin - Story

They do have some of the best-tasting, most addictive popcorn on the planet. I think that stuff's laced with crack because I can't stop eating it.

This X 100. I'm neither defending BOKC's policy nor condemning it, but I go to a lot of bigger venues and with the demise of newspapers and the new types of media rising seemingly by the minute, the gray area gets grayer every year. There's also (everyone's favorite topic as well) liability issues-lawyers-potential lawsuits to deal with, and crackdowns are occurring everywhere in sports because of that.

I'm not sure to what level parents keep stats vs. report them, but as someone who takes results over the phone I can tell that plenty of parents call them in. This happens more in the other sports, but it still happens in basketball. Not saying a parent couldn't go rogue, but it's someone the coaches trust, since the school could look bad if they pick someone that would do that. And for the record I've never had anyone that calls in results give me anything that looks even remotely tainted toward their kid. (Except maybe Lawnboy) :walk: It's also, in every case, a parent that knows that respective sport, which shouldn't be a surprise because by this level, their kids have played their sport for quite a while.

Hey LB - Do you guys still have the same scorekeeper this season?

Hockey went from one ref and two linesmen to two refs and two linesmen about a decade ago and it's cut down on the away-from-the-play shenanigans. Each one covers half of the ice. When the puck is in the offensive zone, the ref whose zone it is watches the play around the puck and the back ref watches everything else away from the play from center ice. I think they should adopt that system for state soccer matches.

This was our entire story, and our photo gallery can be seen here: Scott shocks top-ranked Trinity at state - Story LEXINGTON, Ky. – Scott needed to battle back from a pair of one-goal deficits against the top-ranked team in the state to advance to the state semifinal round for the first time since 2010. Senior forward Luke Treadway scored all three Eagles goals in his team's 3-2 comeback win over Louisville Trinity in a quarterfinal at Henry Clay High School. “It was a very tough match for us – Trinity is a quality team,” Scott coach Dahlian Anderson said. “At the beginning I talked to the boys, I kind of let them know that listen boys, you've got to believe in yourself, believe that you can beat any team out there. And that's the sort of spirit that they came out with, and of course the result shows right now as we beat the No. 1 team in the state, and that's really a big deal for (our team).” Trinity took the lead when a shot by senior Thomas Shellenberg was tipped out by Eagles junior goalkeeper C.J. Seay and the rebound was booted in from inside the goalie's box by senior Thomas Armistead just 7:24 into the match. Obviously that was not the start Scott wanted, as the Shamrocks had posted eight consecutive shutouts dating back to Oct. 1, and they had not allowed more than one goal since Aug. 30. “You all have to get scared when you go down 1-0 against the best team in the state,” Treadway said. “We just had to learn to bring it together, and that should give you even more reason to fight back and just believe that you can win, never stop believing.” Scoring has not been an issue for the Eagles in the postseason, as they have averaged 5.8 goals in their five playoff matches. “We just told them, hold your heads, and defense: just keep it together, we have the forwards, we have the quality up front -- Blake Schneider, Luke Treadway, Devin Morgan -- and get ball into them and they'll do the rest,” Anderson said. The Eagles had their best chances of the first half in the final three minutes. Treadway hit the side of the net off a free kick from the corner of the box, and Scott had another free kick from the opposite side before the half ended. “I felt like we had pretty good opportunities in the first half, it was coming and it was just a matter of time,” Treadway said. “It worked out for us, we were able to finish our chances.” Said Anderson: “Me and my staff, we were saying if we went down, one-nill at the half, that's great. We can come back from that.” That momentum seemed to carry over into the second half for the Eagles, as Treadway took a through pass from senior Blake Schneider at the top of the goal box and fired it into corner of the net just 1:43 in to tie it. “That was exciting – the entire bench, the entire team was lifted by that,” Anderson said. “They got the ball into Treadway and he did it.” But the Shamrocks answered just 63 seconds later as Armistead banged home a loose ball for his second goal of the match from the side of the cage. Treadway again answered with 26:30 left when the goalkeeper came out to grab a loose ball, but Treadway beat him to it, dribbled once to get around him and deposited it in the net to make it 2-2. A minute earlier, Treadway almost tied it on a bicycle kick from inside the goalie's box, but it was cleared out just before it crossed the goal line, and the clearing attempt hit the inside of the crossbar. Play was delayed for about 15 minutes when Trinity's Joe Stewart was injured seriously enough to require an ambulance when he collided with Seay in the goal box. He was strapped down and put in a neck brace before being taken off. After play resumed, the rapid pace of play seemed to slow. But with 20:25 left, Treadway got loose on the right wing off a ball from junior Devin Morgan, and he ripped one past the keeper to give the Eagles their first lead of the game. It completed his second consecutive hat trick and gave Treadway seven goals in two state tournament matches this season. “Seven goals in the state tournament – he's a dynamite player,” Anderson said. “As I said before, I'm happy that we haven't come up against a forward of Luke Treadway's quality.” Although Morgan was not credited with an assist on the game winner, Treadway was complementary of the passes his teammates sent him. “Blake Schneider played me a beautiful one for our first link-up, and then Devin Morgan had the clutch through ball and I was able to finish, and that won us the game,” Treadway said. “Props to them.” Scott will play South Oldham in a state semifinal on the same field at 6 p.m. on Thursday. The Eagles have never advanced to the state championship match. “It's a dream come true, but it all wouldn't have mattered if our defense hadn't pulled through,” Treadway said. “Our defense was able to clean it up at the end, and if they wouldn't have, we wouldn't have been able to win no matter how many goals we scored.” HALFTIME: 1-0. GOALS: S—Treadway 3. T—Armistead 2. RECORDS: Scott 20-2-1, Trinity 21-3.

I covered the match as a reporter from the press box and my wife was an on-field photographer. I'm covering Scott though I have absolutely no rooting interest in the game other than more people will read if Scott wins. That said, I've driven a couple thousand miles the past couple of weeks so doing without another 200-mile round trip would've been appealing. And before anyone asks, neither one of us went to school at any level in Kentucky. I'm really sorry the Trinity player was hurt, and the last report I heard was that was OK. It's a real shame someone was hurt that badly, and I'm relieved that he's doing well. Now, let's put the elbow-to-the-head comment to rest permanently. I know it happened quickly and we didn't get the benefit of replay, but that's the forearm of a goalkeeper going for the ball, not an elbow, and the player is going up. With respect to everyone else here, I've watched hockey from a very close perspective my entire life and realize the nuance between forearm and elbow from an optic perspective and how drastic the amount of damage an elbow can do vs. a forearm and could tell immediately it wasn't a dirty play. My wife took that shot and she played when she was young and said it wasn't a dirty play, and she couldn't have cared less who won. I talked to people from Louisville that cover Trinity and showed these pictures to several people not involved in the match who played, officiated and reported on soccer that were curious about the incident, and every single person said it wasn't a dirty play. Stockton came across as a class act after a tough loss and I wish him well. Helfrich came across as a crybaby -- not saying he is, just saying he was having a bad day and that's how he came across -- and whined about the officials in postgame interviews to the point where he wouldn't talk about anything else. The bottom line is it was 2-2 when the injury happened and Scott scored a third goal cleanly to win. The refs didn't give anyone anything.

What a match. Treadway had four goals, and the teams combined for seven in the first 15:01.

We're covering you guys this fall. Here's our story and link: Nienaber goal send Brossart to 10th final - Story WINCHESTER, Ky. – Brossart only scored one first-half goal in its regional semifinal, but thanks to stellar defense, the Mustangs' lead was never seriously challenged after they took the lead. Brossart advanced to the regional title match for the third straight year with a 1-0 win over host Clark County at Strode Middle School on Wednesday. “We've been working hard on (defense) all year long and it's finally starting to come together at the right time of the year,” coach Kevin Hess said. The championship, which will be played against Campbell County, has been moved to 2:30 p.m. at Scott, since both schools are over an hour and a half away from Winchester. The Mustangs nearly took the lead nine minutes in when they crashed the net and had two looks before they were called for a foul in the box, ending the scoring chance. The Cardinals barely missed the net wide at the 18-minute mark on a shot that cleared the outstretched arms of junior goalkeeper Hailee Hundemer. With 12:06 left in the first half, Brossart freshman Jessica King advanced the ball with a pass to junior Olivia Nienaber, who dribbled a few times, ditched a defender and buried a shot in the far corner. “I saw the defender coming, so then I cut it and then I shot it, because I had open space,” Nienaber said. “(The goalkeeper) was near post so I was going to go far post.” The Mustangs controlled play the remainder of the first half and the first 20 minutes of the second half, culminating in a penalty kick midway through the latter stanza. On a magnificent passing play, Nienaber sprung sophomore Mya Mairose loose with a long pass to the left wing, and Mairose fed junior Riley Orth in the box, and Orth was tripped from behind. However, the ensuing PK hit the inside of the right post. In addition to scoring the lone goal, Nienaber's passing was outstanding throughout the game. “She's such a dynamic player – I can't say enough about her,” Hess said. “She's been making really good decisions lately, looking to score when she can, looking to assist when she can.” Clark County generated some chances later, including a free kick that hit the top of the crossbar, but Hundemer was only forced to make one save, which came on a weak header in the 64th minute. In addition to having a foul result in a penalty kick, the Cardinals were also assessed four yellow cards, including three in the second half. “We did a really good job, keeping our heads,” Nienaber said. Brossart remained disciplined and did not retaliate, even after a Clark County player pushed a Mustang on the sideline after going down. “Very physical, a lot of contact, ref called an OK game – he had his hands full out there,” Hess said. “(Our players) kept their composure with (Clark County) getting frustrated with us,” Hess said. Next up for Brossart is the Camels, a team the Mustangs have eliminated from the postseason three straight years. But Campbell County has won both meetings this season, including a 1-0 decision in the district final last week. “Hopefully the third time's a charm for us,” Hess said. “It was a battle the last one, and hopefully we can figure them out this week.” HALFTIME: 1-0. GOAL: B—Nienaber. SHUTOUT: Hundemer (1 save). RECORDS: Brossart 13-7-1, Clark County 15-5-1.

We went down to cover both matches. Our story and our site link Campbell makes short work of Harrison - Story: WINCHESTER, Ky. – Campbell County had beaten Harrison County by three goals earlier in the season, and the Camels one-upped themselves on Wednesday with a four-goal victory. Campbell County put the outcome to rest early, scoring four times in the first 21 minutes en route to a 5-1 win over the Thorobreds in a Region 10 semifinal at Clark County's Strode Middle School. “That's what we talked about before the game, we'd beaten them earlier in the year, and we wanted to make sure they didn't believe after 10, 15 minutes,” Camels coach Dave Morris said. “They did that well, we were disappointed that we really didn't finish them off but they really weren't in the game.” Brossart edged host Clark County, 1-0 in the earlier regional semifinal, setting up a third straight final between the intra-county foes. Off a corner kick by junior midfielder Taylor Jolly, sophomore midfielder Natalie Fausz tapped in the Camels' first goal in traffic from the goal mouth just 6:28 into the match. Campbell County's next three goals came in a 4:55 span. Junior Holly Schwarber's corner kick went through the Thorobreds' keeper's hands at the 15:26 mark to make it 2-0. Just 1:58 later, senior Carolyn Bertsch tipped a pass from sophomore Becca Cline home, again from point-blank range, to extend the Camels' lead to three. After three non-forceful goals, Jolly tipped a shot, top shelf, that slipped just under the crossbar with 19:39 remaining in the opening half. That was all the scoring for both teams until the final five minute-plus of regulation. Harrison County's keeper tried to intercept a centering pass, but Fausz buried her second goal of the game to put Campbell County up by five with 5:06 to play. Thorobreds freshman Kelby Gaunce ended the Camels' playoff shutout streak with 1:41 left when he broke in and slipped one into the bottom corner of the net. So after the 4-0 start, the teams essentially played to a 1-1 tie the final 59-plus minutes. “When it's one-and-done, just advance, so there was never a question of who was going to win the game,” Morris said. “It's a good thing.” In addition to Fausz's two goals, Jolly finished with a goal and an assist. The Mustangs have ended Campbell County's season the last three years, all by one goal. In 2011 Brossart knocked the Camels out in the district tournament, the Mustangs won in PKs in 2012 and blanked Campbell County, 1-0 last season. “Obviously beating someone three times in one year is tough,” Morris said. “But I think we match up well with them this year, and our girls are extremely confident in themselves. Hopefully we'll come out and play well on Saturday and go home with a regional championship, which was our goal at the beginning of the year, so we're where we want to be.” The match has been moved from Clark County to Scott, and it will take place at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. “I'm just looking to do to them what they did to us last year – beat them all three games,” Fausz said. HALFTIME: 4-0. GOALS: CC—Fausz 2, Schwarber, Bertsch, Jolly. HC—Gaunce. RECORDS: Campbell County 17-5-1, Harrison County 10-8-1.

I wanted to write a quick post about the coaches in District 34. I do nightly match results and write-ups for WCPO, so I take a lot of calls from coaches in Northern Kentucky so I get to know them quite well, albeit in a telephonic manner. I have to say all five current coaches are complete class acts. Ludlow's Coach Schmidt gathered stats for all of her district's matches and reported them to me despite her team's losing to a Lloyd team with eight wins in the quarterfinal. Coach Schmidt runs Ludlow's early-season tournament each year and always makes sure media have all of the match scores, statistical leaders and all-tournament team members. Lloyd's coach has called us even when her team has lost to get her stats leaders in, and Villa Madonna's coach made sure that Coach Schmidt had stats leaders for her team even thought her team was bounced by Dixie Heights in the semis, thus ending her team's season. Dixie's coach has been outstanding at getting us info as well, and it goes without saying what a quality person and coach Maureen Kaiser is. Often even good teams will tire of promoting their kids late in the season after two months of this grind, and I thought that in a realm where there's often a lot of negativity, these coaches deserve some positive recognition.

I was Bcc'd on this and thought I'd share: Mr. Robinson, Good morning. My name is Chris Merritt and I am the Head Coach here at Columbus HS in Miami. I felt compelled and I had to write you to tell you how impressed I was with Coach Weinrich, his staff, and your kids. I've been a High School Head Coach now for 14 years and the professionalism and sportsmanship your football team showed us last week has been the best I've seen so far. There are thousands of programs that learn a lot from how your people conducted themselves. I also can't say enough about Jeremy Baioni and Casey (her last name escapes me)...and how helpful they were. I was born and raised in Bloomington, IN and I had forgotten what Midwestern hospitality was like. Our kids learned a lot from this trip which was my intended goal from the beginning...football aside. Our parents and fans were thoroughly impressed with your school's hospitality...to the point where daily I am still receiving emails expressing so. I personally was taken back by the fact that one of your kids (#8) waited several minutes for me after the game while I was being interviewed just to shake my hand. I thought that showed a lot of class. Not to bash my own community...but Miami doesn't always promote the class and sportsmanship that should be with kids. Our staff, kids, and parents were grateful and very appreciative of that. I wish you the best of luck the remainder of the season. Take care, Chris Merritt, Head Football Coach Christopher Columbus High School

One. One shot missed high and Beechwood clinched in the fourth round and didn't need its fifth kick.

Schilling made saves on all four PKs for Beechwood. Unbelievable ending.