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North Oldham

  • High school season set to begin

    Summer break is quickly coming to an end and the 2014-15 high school sports season is ready to begin.

    High school golf tournaments will begin in the coming days, with cross-country, volleyball, soccer, field hockey and football playing their first games in the weeks that follow.

    Look for fall sports team previews over the next few weeks in the Oldham Era.

    Once the season begins, you can keep up with the North Oldham, Oldham County and South Oldham action this fall and beyond by logging onto oldhamera.com and following @EraBrad on Twitter.

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  • Maier wins in J’Town

    Josh Maier shot a two-day, 5-over 149 to win the boys championship division of the Musselman-Dunne Golf Tour event last week at Charlie Vettiner Golf Course in Jeffersontown.

    Maier, a North Oldham senior, won his second title of the season with rounds of 72 and 77.

    The Goshen native played steady on the final nine holes to win by one shot over Louisville’s James Inman.
     

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  • Lenhart wins at Quail Chase

    North Oldham golfer Mason Lenhart shot a 3-over 147 to win the Musselman-Dunne Golf Tour event June 28-29 at Quail Chase Golf Club in Louisville.

    Lenhart shot a 2-under 70 the first day before shooting a 5-over 77 on day two.

    The Prospect resident beat Lexington’s Kevin Klein by four strokes.

    Lenhart’s North teammate, Michael Vissing of Prospect, tied for third, firing a 153.

     

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  • Baseball: NO’s Millem pledges to Butler

    With rule changes made to college baseball in recent years, there’s become more of an emphasis on speed, defense and top-of-the-order hitting.

    Those changes fit right into Roman Millem’s game.

    Millem, a North Oldham rising senior shortstop, committed June 20 to play baseball at Butler University in Indianapolis. Bulldog coaches had offered Millem a scholarship in January, he said, and he decided last month to accept it.

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  • Maier wins at Iroquois

    North Oldham golfer Josh Maier fired a 2-under 69 to win the boys championship division of the MDGT Junior Golf Tour event Friday at Iroquois Golf Course in Louisville.

    The Goshen native finished two shots clear of second-place Kyle Saffran of Louisville.

    La Grange’s Jacob Marcum was sixth with a 9-over 80.

    Prospect’s Crosby Cameron tied for ninth, shooting a 12-over 83.

    Also at Iroquois, Pewee Valley’s Phil Nelson won the 17-18 boys division with a 9-over 80.

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  • North Oldham Female Athlete of the Year

    Grace Oglesby topped the record of an Olympic legend, then topped that twice more to win a state title.

    The North Oldham sophomore swam the 100 butterfly in 54.66 seconds Feb. 15 in the Region 2 championships, beating a 32-year-old region record set by 1984 Olympic gold medalist Mary T. Meagher.

    Oglesby shattered that time Feb. 28 in the state preliminaries,  swimming the 100 fly in 53.67 seconds.

    One day later she swam the 100 fly in a blistering 53.45 seconds to set a new state record and claim a championship.

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  • North Oldham Male Athlete of the Year

    North Oldham made its deepest postseason run in school history in 2013, winning Region 8 and beating Central Hardin in the semi-state round before falling to Bowling Green in the state quarterfinals.

    The Mustangs featured several talented scorers but advanced through the postseason on the strength of its defense.

    Goalkeeper Seth Junion was named first team all-state, with defenders Sam Kelly and Ben Stinebruner named as honorable mentions.

    The anchor of that defense was another first-team selection, defensive midfielder Jad Vicich.

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  • North Oldham Team of the Year

    Two groups of North Oldham runners claimed state titles in 2013-14.

    North’s boys cross country team won its fourth straight championship, scoring a Class 2A-best 53 points on a windy morning Nov. 9 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.

    The Mustangs used a consistent approach to beat second-place Covington Catholic by 16 points.

    Sophomore Trenton Fryman led the way for North that day, finishing eighth in the class with a time of 16:59.63.

    Next was freshman Alex McClarty at No. 12 (17:05.41).

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  • Boys basketball: Mustangs transitioning to Burton

    LOUISVILLE – Rob Burton had two choices when he was named North Oldham’s boys basketball coach just weeks before the start of summer ball.

    He could spend June staging practices for the team in order to introduce his offensive and defensive systems in a controlled setting. His other option was to schedule a full slate of games and let his Mustangs learn while competing in exhibitions against area teams.

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  • Haas hired to coach North boys lax

    North Oldham introduced David Haas as head boys lacrosse coach Monday night.

    Haas takes over for Ryan Smith, who left for the same job at Kentucky Country Day.

    Haas was most recently an assistant at St. Charles Prep in Columbus, Ohio, from 2011-12. Before that he was an assistant at KCD, helping the Bearcats to the state semifinals in both seasons with the program.

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