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Catholic athlete Sarah Escobar makes history at Winter Olympics
by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 12, 2022 / 11:48 am When Sarah Escobar packed her bags for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, she included a memento from her mother: a stone carved with the word “Faith.” “Sarah’s mom said she gave it to her, and Sarah holds it …
Catholic gymnast Simone Biles makes triumphant return to Olympics
by Christine Rousselle Washington D.C., Aug 3, 2021 / 17:01 pm Although the Tokyo Olympics did not go as planned for Simone Biles, the Catholic 24-year-old gymnast made a triumphant return to competition on Tuesday and will leave Japan with two medals. Biles had been favored to win as many …
Badin wrestling program in great shape as Carpenter hands reins over to Martin
Dexter Carpenter has left a strong legacy as he turns the reins of the Badin High School wrestling program over to Craig Martin. “I’ve had a ball,” said Carpenter, the head coach who started the program from the ground up for the 2005-06 season and is retiring this summer. “This …
Fall Sports Report: Summit sweeps soccer titles
By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph Having a boys and girls team from the same school win respective state titles in the same sport is rare, but it does happen. With a pair of dominant shutout victories Nov. 13 and 14, Summit Country Day High School did just that. On …
Week 6 standings and Week 7 opponents for archdiocese Catholic HS football teams
Staff Report Harkening back to older times where The Catholic Telegraph published high school football information in the print edition, for the remainder of the season we’ll be posting the collected standings and weekly opponents of all of our Catholic high school football teams here each Friday. Here are the standings through week six with week …
Fenwick, McNicholas postgame prayer may start new tradition
Staff Report When SportsLeader works with Catholic schools, one of its hopes is to help the school strengthen their Catholic identity. One of the ways SportsLeader does this is by encouraging prayer after athletic contests. Two SportsLeader schools, members Bishop Fenwick and McNicholas, met on the football field Sept. 27. …
Sports in the archdiocese about more than final score
By John Stegeman The Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s youth athletic programs are well known for on the field success. In the past 10 years, Catholic high schools in the archdiocese have won nearly 50 state titles, and those schools are fed by archdiocese elementary schools. Just as the mission of Catholic …