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Catholic schools have long embraced a spirit of wholesome competition in athletics, but sometimes opponents join together for a good cause. Elder High School’s football team hosted Philadelphia- based Saints Neumann Goretti High School for a week- two contest at The Pit this season. While the Panthers came out on …

Moeller High School wins State Championship against Olentangy Orange, 4-1 The Crusaders fired up the offense in the first inning, when an error scored one run for Moeller. Zion Theophilus earned the victory on the pitcher’s mound for the Crusaders. The right hander lasted seven innings, allowing six hits and one …

by Alan Koppschall Rome Newsroom, Nov 5, 2022 / 09:00 am More than 2,400 contestants raced through Rome in the 14th annual All Saints’ Day 10K, the Corsa dei Santi (Race of the Saints), where competitors run the streets traversed by many saints over the centuries. The athletes, professional and …

The historic St. Xavier High School swimming and diving team received has multiple accolades— including, most recently, placing second place at the state competition in March. Additionally, senior Gavin Hang and head swimming and diving coach, Dave Albert, were named Cincinnati/NKY Winter Sports All-Stars. But it’s more than just the …

Whether it’s competitive indoor soccer or Monday evening volleyball, young adults in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati are discovering new sides to their friends through recreation. In the last few years, young adults stepped into leadership roles on a quest to bring other like-minded young people together for a community activity. …

Coach Steve Kuhlman led the Moeller rugby squad for eight years and Coach Sara Kuhlman runs the Mount Notre Dame lacrosse team. Although these sports have little in common, the player experience under these two leaders is comparable: Winning counts, but faith comes first. Sara and Steve, both 30, are …

Last January and February, all of southwestern Ohio, northern Kentucky, and southeastern Indiana were caught up in what might be described as a religious experience: the Bengals’ improbable run to the Super Bowl. We came together across economic, racial and ethnic identifications, committed to a single cause and united in …

“Run so as to win.” St. Paul wrote these words to the Christians at Corinth, a city with a large stadium and anchored in the centuries-old Greek athletic tradition. “Every athlete exercises discipline in every way. They do it to win a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one” (1 …

Students and faculty at The Summit Country Day School welcomed the school’s state championship relay team back to campus, gathering Upper School students for a celebratory assembly. Runners Braeden Austin ’23, Oren Jenkins ’22, Oscar Loehrer ’23 and Matthew Shuler ’22 plus alternates Grant Desch ’24 and Luke Bulla ’22 …

by Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Aug 3, 2022 / 14:38 pm Vin Scully, who called Los Angeles Dodgers baseball games for more than two-thirds of a century, died Tuesday at his home at the age of 94. A gifted orator and storyteller who was dubbed a “poet-philosopher of baseball,” …