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Highlands #3 in the state.

Luke Schweitzer opened the scoring in the first 5 minutes. 3 minutes later, Caymon Stevie scored to give the Birds the early 2 goal lead. St Henry came back and scored, to bring it to 2 to 1. Stevie got his brace a little later to make it 3 to 1. That is how it ended.

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Birds get goals on a mazy run from Porter Hedenberg to set up Luke Schweitzer and a penalty from Carter Holmes set up by a nice run from Max Farris.

I believe they were 9-1 in the ‘95 season, only losing to Boone County during the regular season. That was one of the best teams that I remember for Campbell County.

1994. R.I.P. Jimmy Assman. That team just lost a great player and an even better person.

Updates tomorrow

Didn't they beat CAL last yr? I know last yr don't mean nothing now but a lot of Newcath players are back from last yr.

CAL played w/out their starting QB. I know that you have to beat the team that is in front of you, but a team w/out their starting QB isn't the same team.

Let’s see how the CAL regular season game goes. That will set the barometer. They have the weapons on the outside this year to contend.

Birds win 7 to 0 on the Serengeti that was Claryville. Holy schnikes it was hot to start.

Birds go up half way through the first half as Max Farris latched on to a Carter Holmes looping through ball and slotted it far corner. 5 minutes later Jackson Lehrter was fouled with a step towards goal. The ensuing 20 yard free kick hit the wall but fell to Cary Gorrigan who finished to make it 2 to 0. It went into tha half at that score.

4 minutes into the second half, Porter Hedenberg heaved a long throw to Caymon Stevie in the box for a headed goal. Alex Ford added to the lead a few minutes later on a rebound to make it 4 to 0. A backheel assist from Lehrter to Demetri Saratkasanis made it 5 to 0. 3 minutes later Max Farris recorded his brace. A flying Saratkasanis header on a sweet cross from Keegan Brewer finished it out.

Birds play the Grassless St Henry Crusaders on Thursday on the turf at Tower Park.

Where was Cain playing before the move?

Splitting time w/ Kremer at QB

Should be an interesting game. Sounds like NCC can score points with or without Kelly, which may be big trouble for the struggling offense of the Camels.

Moving Cain to WR gives them 4 threats for Kramer to hit. IMO Hezekiah Miller will break out soon and be the surprise of the season for NKY football.

Pull a jersey is a Red card?

When a player is about to be in on goal w/ nobody b/n him and the goal but the goalie and you intentionally foul him, it is deemed so, yes.

Boys' Varsity Soccer - Highlands High School - Fort Thomas, Kentucky - Soccer - Hudl

Here is the Hudl link w/ the play. Definitely makes the most out of it. That's my boy, Lol.

Boys' Varsity Soccer - Highlands High School - Fort Thomas, Kentucky - Soccer - Hudl

A couple highlights of the 1st half.

What was called in the game?

Red w/ a penalty. I had discussed it in the Highlands v Holy Cross game, but finally have a photo. The video is on Hudl. Caymon made the most of it, BUT he had the player beat and was getting ready to shoot as his jersey was pulled.

I think that I was wrong in our original debate. Pretty clear red and penalty. My bad, ref is good, I am stupid. Video is really clear, but I can't get it to download. Caymon was about to shoot and nobody had an angle on him.

Let’s not forget that NewCath’s coach was Campbell County’s coach last year. That is a story line in and of itself.

Great take.

Great running into you.

As for the game, this was a great one for the Birds. This team was the first team to match and surpass their athleticism in places, and that includes Moeller out of Cincy. I knew that Trinity would out possess the Birds, the key was to keep them out of places where they could quickly exchange passes in 1 v 2 defending situations. W/ the speed Trinity possessed up top, the Birds also sat a little deeper to start the game. Trinity went up 1-0 in about the 8th minute. Was he on? Was he off? I was too far away to see, but Highlands staff that was actually on the defensive line was not happy at all. Either way, it takes a good finish and that was what Trinity delivered. That seemed to relax the Birds. They started getting more aggressive in their marking following that. The attack increased as well. C. Stevie got to the middle and was fouled in the center about 25 yards from goal. Carter Holmes took the ensuing free kick and forced Trinity's goalie to make a very nice save diving to his right. I will say this. Jackson Lehrter was put in the Strikers role for the first time all season to play what I call the "Firminio" role, which means run really fast to pressure the center backs with the ball. It increased Trinity's passing tempo and kept their talented back 4 from being able to get their head up. That seemed to help the Highlands D as well as Trinity was forced to pass quicker than they'd like as they were playing out of the back. However!!! Trinity's goalie is a HUGE weapon offensively. He punted the ball on target up to 75 yards w/ no effort. The wind was blowing in his favor, but not enough to take away the belief that he could do that on the regular.

Trinity has a complete team. They are fast, physical, and tough. Like my son said after getting nailed on a header, "Those were grown men." It is also like my other son said, "I know most of those kids from club and College ID camps. We can play with them." That is a great belief to have heading into the month of September as they start to gel their midfield. I believe that this group takes that lesson and confidence, and we are looking at a fun season out of the Birds. Good luck to the Shamrocks, having to get out of the 7th is unfair, what a region!

Any word on the two players injuried in the first half?

Trinity’s player got a concussion. Elijah is good. Just a cut on his head. No stitches.

Game was called 23:26 into the first due to weather w Trinity up 1-0. Not an official game. I didn’t hear about whether they would reschedule it or not.

That would be real cool.

Any thoughts or predictions on today’s Trinity vs. Highlands soccer game. Looks like both are top teams in Kentucky.

I wish I knew more about Trinity. Highlands one area of concern is possessing in the midfield. Dunbar and OC were able to control the middle. I am sure that a lot of that was by design to expose attacking fullbacks with their counter attack. I just feel like a team with skill up top will get service through the midfield.

On the flip side, Highlands has 4 unique wings in their 4-3-3 that have speed to get behind and a 6’4 point man that holds up well and can make great angled passes to those wings. Highlands will match anyone depth wise and tactically with their staff, so it comes down to which players are better.

On the very 1st play of the game, Huddleston made a stop after a 2 yard run, but watching the feed, I felt the hit. Nothing highlight reel, just a great stick 2 yards from the line of scrimmage where Highlands has struggled to get to the past couple of years. That was nice to see. He is going to be so good this year.

This game was really won/lost in the trenches. The line of scrimmage belonged to Cooper the entire second half - both sides of the ball.

 

There is work to do but definitely have progressed since last Friday.

This is my concern w the Breds. They have the weapons all over. Do they have enough bodies up front to face these big teams and play a full 4.