Liam Downie

[Photo] Varsity track sprints into the season

Sophie Taylor and Kara Laber
April 8, 2025

Ava Gwisdalla (10) begins her leg of the sprinters relay.

[Photo] Audience engagement in competitive swimming

Keira Kobida, Photo Assistant
November 11, 2024

Jude Eckerle (Class of 2024), Robbie Koester (11), Griffin Barlow (12), Matthew Meyers (11), Noah Gracey (11), and Brody Cook (12) cheer for the girls swim team at Semi-State.

Highlands track meet at Dixie: another delay for track

Liam Downie, Staff
May 9, 2024

The Dixie track meet on May seventh was intended to begin at 4:30 but due to inclement weather, it was pushed back 15 minutes. When it commenced there was no rain, it was in the upper 70s, and cloudy. Highlands...

Highlands Track Meet at St. Henry (NKAC D2 Meet)

Liam Downie, Staff
May 2, 2024

The meet started at 4:30 with a schedule set to start all the races on time and get done with the meet in about three hours. The first hiccup was during one of the girl's relay races in lane one....

Highlands Softball sweeps NCC on Senior Night

Liam Downie, Staff
April 26, 2024

The senior night game was all about the two seniors on the team in senior Bailey Markus and Michelle Barth. They played one of their district opponents, Newport Central Catholic who has a record of 2-4. To...

Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapses the Morning of March 26

Jonathan Tinker and Liam Downie
March 27, 2024

Before the first light of day even appeared, the locally renowned Francis Scott Key, better known as the “key bridge” collapsed after being struck. At 1:28 am EST, one of the bridge's main supporting...

Girls’ Basketball Semifinal Battle: A Recap of the Loss in the 9th Region Tournament

Ady Klosterman and Liam Downie
March 13, 2024

HHS girls basketball team lost to the Ryle Raiders 49-43 in the semifinals of the 9th region tournament which was held at Northern Kentucky University’s Truist Arena. The Birds won against Notre Dame...

Jaguars interrupt Birds flight path

Liam Downie, Kara Laber, and Audrina Trauth
March 8, 2024

On March 6th, 2024 Highlands High School Boys Varsity Basketball Team went up against Coopers Boys Varsity Basketball Team at Truist Arena for the 9th Region Boys Basketball Tournament. The final score...

[Photo] Regional tournament upset: Birds vs NDA

Jenna Richey and Ady Klosterman
March 4, 2024

Sophomore Katie Bucher dishes the ball past the defense to senior Amaya barton for the easy layup late in the game.

[Photo] Swim State 2024: Birds take the Cake

Ady Klosterman and Luke Deegan
February 28, 2024

A Highlands Swimmer Gets great jump on the backstroke.

[Photo] Breaking Records: Nathan Vinson hits 1000 points

Chloe Guy
February 20, 2024

Senior Nathan Vinson dunking

Chiefs vs 49ers Super Bowl 58: Another year another Chiefs win

Liam Downie, Staff
February 13, 2024

This year the chiefs did not look like their normal dominant selves like in past years. Mahome's number one target Travis Kelce had his worst statistical year and they almost lost the division title to...

Highlands vs Covington Catholic: Games not over till zero on the clock.

Liam Downie, Staff
January 30, 2024

Highlands lost 39-70 to Covington Catholic in a tough and grueling day of play. In the first quarter, they trailed and with Senior Nathan Vinson leaving the court with an apparent knee injury, it was...

Highlands vs Ryle: All Streaks Come to an End

Liam Downie, Staff
January 30, 2024

Highlands lost 36-59 to Ryle after having a 10-win streak with a record of 14-5. The first quarter was successful. Highlands was looking solid and was leading against a gritty Ryle team. In the second...

Highlands girls basketball: the streak goes on

Liam Downie, Staff
January 22, 2024

Highlands beat Dayton High School 66-24 on January 16th, 2023 Highlands has been rolling through opponents, with six straight wins with their last one being their first home game of the year against...

Highlands Tough Loss to the Camels: the close rival game

Liam Downie, Staff
December 15, 2023

Highlands lost to Campbell County on December 12th, 2023 61-54. Going into this game, Highlands was the underdog against the Camels after they won two out of their last three games and only lost by...

The beginning: Highlands Girls Basketball vs Dixie Heights

Liam Downie, Staff
December 4, 2023

Highlands girls basketball team lost their first game of the season to Dixe 42-32 on November 28th, 2023 The game went well enough even though they lost. The audience was able to see the new eighth...

Giving back to the community: Hoops for Hunger 2023

Liam Downie, Staff
November 30, 2023

This year, Hoops for Hunger balled out. Multiple games were played between the boys and girls freshman, JV, and Varsity. During the scrimmages, the freshman boys' team got to test their skills against...

Halloween Photo Gallery 10/31

Aster Bredwell and Liam Downie
November 3, 2023

PowderPuff Football 10/27/23

Liam Downie and Caroline Thaler
October 31, 2023

On Thursday, October 27th, the junior and senior girls went head to head in PowderPuff. PowderPuff consists of HHS girl students, participating in flag football and the football players act as their coaches! The...

Serving Victory: Highlands volleyball wins over Newport Central Catholic in district tournament

Liam Downie, Staff
October 23, 2023

Highlands beat Newport Central Catholic 3-1 on October 18th, 2023. This was a regional game and the Birds played well. Highlands came out strong and was scoring point-after-point against NCC (Newport...

Photo Gallery: Highlands football vs Conner

Liam Downie, Audrina Trauth, Olivia Clark-Tipton, Ady Klosterman, and Will Todd
October 17, 2023

The Bluebirds (8-1) extended their win streak to 7 and are now 8-1 on the season. Through those 7 games, they have outscored their opponents 379-141. The high-scoring offense of the birds continued...

Boys Soccer: The comeback we love

Liam Downie and Jenna Richey
October 17, 2023

Highlands boys soccer beat Covington Catholic 3-2 on October 10th, 2023 This was a regional game the first one of the year and it was crazy. In the first period, cov cath took over with...

Everybody loves a comeback: Boys Soccer advance to next round of region

Liam Downie and Jenna Richey
October 12, 2023

Highlands boys soccer beat Covington Catholic 3-2 on October 10th, 2023. This was a regional game the first one of the year, and it was crazy. In the first period, the Colonels took over, getting...

A cold win for the birds in a big game

Liam Downie, Staff
October 11, 2023

Highlands Bluebirds Girls Soccer played St. Henry on October 9, 2023, and won 5-0. This was the first game of the regional tournament. Highlands scored in the first period by senior Claire Cavacini...

Waiting for them to play gangdem style: HHS takes on Adam Sandler 9/29

Liam Downie and Saylor Macke
September 29, 2023

So bright you can barely see it: Neon Day 9/28

Saylor Macke and Liam Downie
September 29, 2023

At the end of the game, it was all the same: Highlands vs. Notre Dame

Liam Downie and Saylor Macke
September 27, 2023

Highlands tied 1-1 with Notre Dame Academy on September 25, 2023. In the first half, Notre Dame got an early lead of 1-0. Highlands got down the field and held the ball near the goal for a bit, and...

Great day for the Birds Cross Country: 9/19 match

Liam Downie, Staff
September 22, 2023

On September 19, 2023, the Highlands cross country team had a meet at NKU (Northern Kentucky University) Versus Bishop Brossart, Campbell County, and Newport Central Catholic High School. Highlands...

Add a shutout to the year: Girls Soccer vs Cooper

Liam Downie, Staff
September 20, 2023

Highlands Girls Soccer team won 3-0 versus Cooper High School on September 18, 2023. In the first 20 minutes, the girls took the first lead with Sophomore Reese Wilkens making a goal. As it got closer...

Photo Gallery: Birds vs Campbell Co 9/1

Jade Sandmann, Will Todd, Liam Downie, Jenna Richey, and Saylor Macke
September 6, 2023

This past Friday, September 1, the Bluebirds hosted Campbell County for the third game of the season. Highlands started very hot in the first quarter as they scored thirty-one points. Going into halftime...

An important piece to the puzzle: New track coach gets hired

Liam Downie, Staff
September 1, 2023

The Highlands Track team has been good throughout these past years always having multiple people making state and finishing podium. But earlier this year coach Ryan Leopold stepped down so Highlands had...

Photo Gallery: Girls Soccer Senior Night

Liam Downie, Staff
August 29, 2023

The Highlands Girls Team lost 5-0 vs. East Central (St. Leon), IN on August 26, 2023. Going into the Senior night game they were very outmatched against an excellent team with last season...

Photo Gallery: Birds win over Campbell County 8/24

Liam Downie and Jenna Richey
August 25, 2023

During the Highlands boys soccer game on August 24, 2023, Highlands defeated Campbell County Camels 3-1 in a hot match. The weather was dreadful so the referees concluded that every 20 minutes they...

The Birds defeat the Crusaders in third game of the season

Liam Downie, Staff
August 18, 2023

In Wednesday's game vs St. Henry High School, the girls’ soccer beat the Crusaders with a score of 7-2. In the first 18 minutes of the game, the team scored five goals, two from Senior...

NHL PLAYOFFS: Overview

Liam Downie and Jonathan Tinker
April 26, 2023

The NHL (National Hockey League) playoffs commenced on April 17th. The NHL playoffs work similarly to the NBA playoffs where they play a best-of-seven series and four rounds make up the tournament. The...

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