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Walton-Verona Highlands

Bearcats

Bluebirds

The Highlands (Fort Thomas, KY) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Walton-Verona (Walton, KY) by a score of 5-3.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Walton-Verona	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	4	0
Highlands	1	0	1	0	1	2	-	5	6	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Highlands (25-26)

Walton-Verona

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.148	30	27	3	4	2	1
2	Kainan Held	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0
4	Will Hurles	.250	4	4	1	1	0	1
5	Logan Bach	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0
7	Cole Dryden	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
9	Tanner Watkins	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0
14	Miles Lemkuhl	.000	4	3	0	0	1	0
16	Dustin Wills	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
19	Bronson Corpus	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
21	Evan Bishop	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
25	Oliver Pfeffer	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0

Highlands

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.273	28	22	5	6	4	1
1	Michael Tincher	.500	4	4	1	2	1	0
4	Arthur Kirk	.333	3	3	1	1	1	0
7	Kai Anderson	1.000	3	1	0	1	2	0
9	P. Zimmerman	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
11	Brooks Hendrix	1.000	3	1	2	1	0	0
16	Noah Lahner	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
17	Jaxon Roderick	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
20	Sam Ruschman	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0

Walton-Verona

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	2	11	2	1	6	.200	.185	.385
2	Kainan Held	0	0	1	1	0	0	.250	.250	.500
4	Will Hurles	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.500	.750
5	Logan Bach	0	0	0	1	1	2	.333	.333	.666
7	Cole Dryden	0	1	2	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333
9	Tanner Watkins	0	1	1	0	0	4	.333	.000	.333
14	Miles Lemkuhl	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
16	Dustin Wills	0	0	2	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000
19	Bronson Corpus	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
21	Evan Bishop	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
25	Oliver Pfeffer	0	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000

Highlands

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	5	8	5	.393	.318	.711
1	Michael Tincher	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
4	Arthur Kirk	0	0	1	0	.333	.333	.666
7	Kai Anderson	1	1	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
9	P. Zimmerman	0	0	2	1	.000	.000	.000
11	Brooks Hendrix	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
16	Noah Lahner	0	0	1	4	.000	.000	.000
17	Jaxon Roderick	0	1	1	2	.333	.000	.333
20	Sam Ruschman	0	0	2	4	.000	.000	.000

Walton-Verona

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
5	Logan Bach	1

Highlands

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	6
1	Michael Tincher	1
11	Brooks Hendrix	4
17	Jaxon Roderick	1

Walton-Verona

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	23	18	5
2	Kainan Held	1.000	6	6	0
4	Will Hurles	1.000	3	1	2
5	Logan Bach	1.000	1	1	0
9	Tanner Watkins	1.000	1	1	0
14	Miles Lemkuhl	1.000	2	0	2
16	Dustin Wills	1.000	9	8	1
19	Bronson Corpus	1.000	1	1	0

Highlands

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.920	25	21	2	2
4	Arthur Kirk	1.000	1	1	0	0
5	Ronan Thaler	1.000	1	1	0	0
7	Kai Anderson	1.000	11	11	0	0
9	P. Zimmerman	.500	2	1	0	1
11	Brooks Hendrix	1.000	2	2	0	0
16	Noah Lahner	.800	5	4	0	1
17	Jaxon Roderick	1.000	2	1	1	0
27	Braden Glaser	1.000	1	0	1	0

Walton-Verona

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	5.83	1	.000	1
4	Will Hurles	7.00	0		1
7	Cole Dryden	5.73	1	.000	1
14	Miles Lemkuhl	0.00	0		1

Highlands

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	2.00	1	1.000	1
5	Ronan Thaler	2.33	1	1.000	1
27	Braden Glaser	1.75	0		1

Walton-Verona

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	6	5	5	5	8	28	23
4	Will Hurles	2	3	2	2	3	4	12	9
7	Cole Dryden	3.2	3	3	3	2	4	16	14
14	Miles Lemkuhl	.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Highlands

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	4	3	2	2	11	30	28
5	Ronan Thaler	3	2	1	1	1	4	13	12
27	Braden Glaser	4	2	2	1	1	7	17	16

Walton-Verona

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.261	.393	4	114	5
4	Will Hurles	.333	.500	3	54	3
7	Cole Dryden	.214	.312	1	58	2
14	Miles Lemkuhl			0	2	0

Highlands

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.143	.200	103	1
5	Ronan Thaler	.167	.231	41	0
27	Braden Glaser	.125	.176	62	1

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Game Story

Kentucky High School Baseball - Highlands edges Walton-Verona

March 18, 2026: Fort Thomas, KY 41075

In Wednesday's non-league game, the host Highlands Bluebirds baseball team scored a close 5-3 victory over the Walton-Verona Bearcats.

The Bluebirds (1-1) will now prepare for their game against Cooper (Union, KY). The Jaguars enter the non-league game with a 0-1 record. In their last game, Cooper by Newport Central Catholic (Newport, KY), 10-9, in a non-league match.

The Bearcats now possess a 1-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Covington Catholic for a non-league game on Thursday, March 19.

Walton-Verona @ Highlands Baseball Game Info

Wed., Mar. 18, 2026 @ 5:30p

Highland Park

The Highlands (Fort Thomas, KY) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Walton-Verona (Walton, KY) by a score of 5-3.

Rankings & Records

Walton-Verona (25-26)

KY	Reg.
48	5

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
16-8	1-0	6-1	4-6	6-1	.667	1.000	169	77

Highlands (25-26)

KY	Reg.
120	7

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
11-10	4-0	3-3	8-5	0-2	.524	1.000	183	96

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Walton-Verona	1.1	1.6	1.7	1.3	1.2	.6	.3	0	0	2.0	7.0	7.5	1.7
Highlands	1.5	2.0	1.3	1.1	.8	1.1	1.1	0	1.0	0	8.7	9.0	1.3

Head-to-Head

Highlands won last month

3/18 @ 5:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Walton-Verona 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 4 0
Highlands 1 0 1 0 1 2 - 5 6 2

The Walton-Verona (Walton, KY) varsity baseball team lost Wednesday's away non-conference game against Highlands (Fort Thomas, KY) by a score of 5-3.
Box score
Game starts in 6 day
The Highlands (Fort Thomas, KY) varsity baseball team has an away non-conference game @ Walton-Verona (Walton, KY) on Wednesday, April 29 @ 5:30p.
Preview game

Team Stat Comparison

Walton-Verona		Highlands
.298	Batting Average	.317
.420	On Base Percentage	.435
.455	Slugging Percentage	.415
.932	Fielding Percentage	.942
.667	Win Loss Percentage	.556

Team Leaders

Walton-Verona		Highlands	National Avg.
#4 Will Hurles.367	Batting Average	#3 Jack Price1.000	.245
#19 Bronson Corpus.473	On Base Percentage	#3 Jack Price1.000	.389
#19 Bronson Corpus.614	Slugging Percentage	#3 Jack Price1.000	.315
#17 Parker Curtis1.000	Fielding Percentage	#11 Brooks Hendrix1.000	.858
#14 Miles Lemkuhl1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#11 Brooks Hendrix1.000	.541

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Walton-Verona	7-3		Highlands	4-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/7/26	Conner	Walton-Verona	(W) 4-1	4/8/26	Highlands	Conner	(L) 9-8
5/4/26	Conner	Walton-Verona
3/19/26	Walton-Verona	Covington Catholic	(L) 6-2	3/25/26	Covington Catholic	Highlands	(L) 8-6
5/13/26	Covington Catholic	Walton-Verona		5/6/26	Highlands	Covington Catholic
3/25/26	Scott	Walton-Verona	(W) 6-0	3/30/26	Scott	Highlands	(W) 6-1
				4/14/26	Highlands	Scott	(L) 12-9
				4/24/26	Highlands	Scott
4/3/26	Walton-Verona	Ryle	(L) 4-0	4/2/26	Ryle	Highlands	(L) 1-0
				4/17/26	Highlands	Ryle	(W) 13-2
4/6/26	Walton-Verona	Beechwood	(L) 7-3	3/10/26	Highlands	Beechwood	(L) 6-4
				4/18/26	Highlands	Beechwood	(L) 8-6
4/10/26	Walton-Verona	St. Henry	(W) 10-7	4/9/26	Highlands	St. Henry	(L) 7-5
				4/11/26	Highlands	St. Henry	(W) 14-4
				4/30/26	St. Henry	Highlands
				5/2/26	Highlands	St. Henry
				5/15/26	Highlands	St. Henry
4/14/26	Newport Central Catholic	Walton-Verona	(W) 15-0	5/12/26	Highlands	Newport Central Catholic
4/20/26	Walton-Verona	Holy Cross	(W) 10-0	5/5/26	Holy Cross	Highlands
4/21/26	Walton-Verona	Dixie Heights	(W) 6-3	5/4/26	Highlands	Dixie Heights
4/22/26	Bishop Brossart	Walton-Verona	(W) 8-2	4/27/26	Highlands	Bishop Brossart
5/5/26	Walton-Verona	Simon Kenton		4/22/26	Highlands	Simon Kenton	(W) 8-4
5/7/26	Cooper	Walton-Verona		3/20/26	Cooper	Highlands	(L) 4-2
				4/25/26	Highlands	Cooper
				5/9/26	Cooper	Highlands
				5/9/26	Cooper	Highlands

Record Breakdown

Walton-Verona (25-26)		Highlands (25-26)
16-8	Overall	11-10
1-0	League	4-0
15-8	Non-League	7-10
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
7-3	Common Opponent	4-8
6-1	Home	3-3
4-6	Away	8-5
6-1	Neutral	0-2
0-0	Playoff	0-0
16-7	In-State	10-10
0-1	Out-of-State	1-0