Birds Get Cutoff by Colonels in the Regional Tournament Semi-Final
Tessa Killen and Tristin Brubaker
March 4, 2019
On March 2nd, the Highlands Girls’ Varsity basketball team lost against the Dixie Heights High School Colonels in the Regional Semi-Final with a final score of 42 to 39. The game started off strong for Highlands when junior Piper Macke scored 3 points in a matter of seconds. In the first eight-minute quarter of the game, Highlands was able to p...
Highlands Sweeps Holy Cross at Regional Tournament Quarter-Finals
Tristin Brubaker and Tessa Killen
February 28, 2019
On February 27th, the Highlands Girls’ Varsity basketball team won against the Holy Cross High School Indians in the Regional Quarter Final with a final score of 72 to 46. Senior William Bertsch, a cheerleader for Highlands, was excited about how the game went. Bertsch stated, “Our band showed and played beauti...
Highlands swim and dive rules the pool at State
Maggie Schroeder, Sports Editor
February 26, 2019
On Thursday, February 21, the HHS girls and boys swim and dive teams set off to the University of Louisville’s Ralph Wright Natatorium campus to compete at state. Both the boys and girls divers had their warm ups and prelims on Thursday. Competing for Highlands on the boys’ side were junior Finn...
Cooper Cages the Birds in the Regional Quarter-Final
Tessa Killen, Staff
February 26, 2019
Filed under Sports
On February 26th, the Highlands boys’ varsity basketball team lost against the Cooper High School Jaguars in the Regional Quarter Final with a final score of 47 to 37. The ozone theme for the night was Blue Out in honor of 8th grader Lilliana Shalk. Both ozones, from Highlands and Coope...
Dance Team Competes in Orlando, Florida
Emrel Woody, Staff
February 26, 2019
The Dance Team competed at the NDA Nationals this weekend and showed their strength with their dancing and teamwork by placing 5th in Hip Hop and 10th in Pom. The girls have worked hard all season by placing high at all the competitions they’ve gone to. Some highlights from the season include the team ge...
Highlands blasts Bellevue
February 21, 2019
Filed under Sports
The Varsity Girls’ Basketball team took on the Bellevue Tigers around 6 o’clock last night at Newport Central Catholic (NCC). Right off the bat, Highlands took the lead and continued to keep it through all four quarters of the game. The Tigers were no match for the Birds and lost with a final sco...
Highlands basketball takes on NCC
Gwen Culyer, Staff
February 20, 2019
Last night at 6:00 p.m., Highlands Varsity Boys basketball team took on the Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds in their first District game of the season. The Birds, while starting out slow, allowed the Breds to keep up for most of the game making the score end very close. According to most of...
Seniors cherish last time on home court
Kenzie Poynter and Sydney Fessler
February 19, 2019
Friday, February 15 was a big night for Highlands High School girls and boys varsity basketball and seniors participating in winter sports. Seniors from girls basketball, dance, cheer, and swim & diving were all recognized by a packed house. Both varsity teams beat out Beechwood High School playing amazin...
Bluebirds Splash into Regionals
Ella Exterkamp, Staff
February 13, 2019
Last weekend, tradition was broken as the swim and dive teams crushed the competition at regionals. On Saturday the 9th, the dive team competed at Scott High School and the swim team at Silver Lake, the host school being St. Henry, but both felt the same type of nervous energy. “I was very nervous ...
Stuart shoots for bullseye
Kayla Wilson, Feature Editor
February 12, 2019
Filed under Feature, Personality Profile, Sports
Sophomore Ethan Stuart has had a bow and arrow since he was little, but up until last school year he hadn’t shot competitively. When he heard about the formation of the new Archery Team last year, run by Middle School science teacher Tracy Houston, he decided he wanted to join with a small group of f...
Emeline Kuether, Managing Editor - Hilltopper
March 8, 2019
I grew up listening to the School House Rock song, “Suffering till’ Suffrage,” on repeat. I was inspired by the bravery and courage of women in the...
Emrel Woody, Staff
March 5, 2019
Throughout the school year, a lot of new changes have come to the cafeteria. For example, students are no longer allowed to sit in the hallways. The school...
Sydney Cooper, Editor-in-Chief
February 25, 2019
As many students at Highlands High School know, I was one of the main organizers of the Walkout against school gun violence last year- one of the hundreds...
Sophomore Rory OHara and Junior Piper Macke line up to wait for the rebound while a teammate makes a free throw.
Sophomore Erin Barker and Junior Kennedy Roy psyche up the crowd with a traditional Highlands cheer.
Senior Zoie Barth looks for an incoming pass while shielding off a Cooper defender.
