Sports & recreation
Florence Recorder
June 2, 2011
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Turf winners
KSA G99 Select Hadley won the KSA Turf Classic black division the weekend of March 26. The girls finished with a perfect record of 4 wins, scored 17 goals and allowed only 2 goals. Pictured are: Front row: Sarah Poe, Lauren Schwartz, Laura Shields, Katelyn Nichols, Maleah Hirn, Grace VonLehman Middle row: Hannah Palaschak, Katie Kalany, Brooke Rosen, Sarah Butler, Christy Hadley Back row: coach Brian Nichols, coach Mark Hadley, coach Rob Kalany.
Lady Knights win title
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The Walton-Verona Elementary fourth-grade boys basketball team ended a great season with a record of 38-8 and numerous championships. Pictured are players, Andrew Schultz, Jimmie Ring, Jeremie Ring, Austin Dunn, Garrett Jones, Kameron Pardee, Kenton Krummen, Caden Moggee, Micah Alford and Grant Grubbs; and coaches Chris Dunn, Mark Krummen and Chris Grubbs.
The fifth-grade Northern Kentucky Lady Knights won the 2011 AAU State Championship, 46-26. The team finished fourth last year. The Lady Knights won four of five games by 30 or more points. In the championship finals they played Blast, a team from Bowling Green that finished second in last year’s state tournament. The team will now move on to the AAU nationals. Pictured, from left, bottom row: Ally Niece and Alexis Stapleton; middle row: Taylor Clos, Sydney Millay, Tessa Gieske and Lexi Keeton; and top row: Coaches Scott Millay and Ray Blau, Abby Schutte, Tyrah Englemon, Courtney Cheesman, Rachael Moody and coaches Lisa Brock and Dave Brock.
Walton-Verona boys finish season 38-8 The Walton-Verona Elementary fourth-grade boys basketball team finished the 2010-2011 season 38-8. Accomplishments for the season include: Fourth Grade North Central Kentucky Conference
Champion; Fourth Grade Covington Turners League Runner-up; Fifth Grade Heritage Academy League and Tournament Champion; Metro Louisville School Team Invitational Runnerup; Bluegrass School Team
Challenge Runner-up and Louisville Lightning Shootout Champion. The fourth-grade Bearcats are coached by Chris Dunn, Mark Krummen and Chris Grubbs.
THANKS TO SUSAN NIECE
BRIEFLY • The St. Henry baseball team beat Lloyd 2-1 in the 34th District semifinals, May 25, advancing them to play the winner of the Ludlow vs. Dixie Heights on May 28. St. Henry’s Elliot Ringo had an RBI. • In softball, St. Henry beat Lloyd 7-1 in 34th district semifinals, May 25.
The week at Walton-Verona
• The Walton-Verona softball team beat Simon Kenton 4-2 in 32nd districts, May 25, advancing them to play Grant
County on May 28. Walton’s Jenalee Ginn and Spencer hit a double each.
The week at Heritage
• In softball, Villa Madonna beat Heritage 4-1, May 25, in 34th districts.
Conference accolades
Thomas More College sophomore pitcher David Etscheid, a Ryle High School graduate, and Ryan Darner, a Covington Catholic High School graduate from Burlington, were named second team All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference, May 17 by conference head coaches.
Kings continue free home games For more information and a complete season schedule visit www.kingssa soccer.com.
Hitter of the week
Thomas More sophomore
right fielder Ryan Darner, a Covington Catholic graduate from Burlington, has been named the NCAA Division III National Hitter of the Week April 15 by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). Darner batted .722 (13-for18) with two home runs, two doubles, 11 runs scored and 12 runs batted-in for the 18thranked Saints, who went 5-0 last week (4-0 in conference) with double digits run totals in all five wins. His slugging percentage for the week was 1.167, while his on-base percentage was .750 (18-for-24). He began the week with a four-for-five
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Darner is batting .390 as he is 48-for-123 with three home runs, 13 doubles, 39 RBI and 32 runs scored. Etscheid has a 2.36 ERA and a 16-1 record and one save in 14 appearances as he has pitched 34.1 innings and has given up 13 runs (nine earned) on 31 hits and has struck out a team-leading 31 batters. His only start of the season was in the PAC Tournament's championship game where he pitched a complete game two hitter.
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