Highlands beats Covington Catholic 31-28 in Friday night comeback thriller

Ady Klosterman and Andrea Suarez Espinosa

October 6, 2025

After a long night of back and forth, the Highlands Bluebirds came through with a 31-28 win against the Covington Catholic Colonels. Offensively, Highlands had 190 rushing yards, allowing 98, and 144 passing yards, allowing 253.

Quarterback Rio Litmer (12) completed 14 of 18 pass attempts for 169 yards, throwing 1 touchdown pass and 1 interception.

On the ground, Tayden Lorenzen (11) led the rushing attempts with 22 carries for 81 yards, while Gabe Williams (11) added 31 yards on 5 attempts.

In the receiving game, Williams led with 3 receptions for 62 yards. John Feldbruegge (11) contributed 4 receptions for 42 yards.

The team finished with 3 rushing touchdowns, 1 receiving touchdown, 1 field goal, and 4 extra points scored.

On defense, Chase Jacob (11) and Griffin Benke (11) both had 1 solo tackle, both being tackles for loss (TFL).

Conner Carnohan (12) recovered one fumble.

Highlands will be on the road this week, headed to The Pit, facing Elder High School this Friday, Oct. 10, with kickoff set for 7:00 p.m.

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About the Contributors

Ady Klosterman, Photo Editor

Ady Klosterman is a junior at Highlands High School. This is her third year of high school journalism, but her sixth year overall. She participated in journalism for two years at Johnson Elementary School and again in her eighth-grade year at Highlands Middle School. Ady used to write a lot of stories when she was younger. She would type them on a computer and print them, even though they were just around 10 pages long and packed with details (and run-on sentences). While she enjoys writing, Ady’s true interest is sports photography. She grew up in a household that loves sports, and you can guarantee the TV was turned on during game days. She spends a lot of her spare time at sporting events, most often on the sidelines taking pictures or yelling from the student section, and when she isn’t at an event, she’s usually catching up on something from the previous one or getting ready for the next one.

Andrea Suarez Espinosa, Photo Assistant

Andrea Suarez Espinosa is a sophomore at Highlands High School. She is on the Track and Field team and enjoys spending most of her time with family and friends. Andrea spends a lot of time investing in her relationship with God through her Christian community and is involved in Highlands Navigators. She has been in publications for 2 years and keeps going for her interest in photography. She would aspire to keep taking photography more seriously in the coming years at Highlands.