Northern Kentucky Sports Chronicle

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — How did the sinful journey begin for a reluctant villain named Don Owen? What made the long trek through a dark wilderness so brutally rugged? Who was the beacon of hope when everything seemed murky on the trail ahead? What caused a spiritually deaf sinner to begin listening to the inaudible majesty of God? These questions are answered in Owen's memoirs, Inaudible Majesty . The book is on now on sale at amazon.com . Owen, a native of Northern Kentucky and a born-again Christian, spent four decades as a writer, media relations director and editor. He traveled all over the country. He met people from every part of the world. And Owen constantly searched for inner peace. "The more I told myself I'd succeeded at something, the more I realized I was a complete failure," said Owen, a 1980 graduate of Newport High School. "Professionally and personally, I was never really happy. Even as a kid growing up in Newport. "Only when I accepted Jesus...

(This column was originally published on Aug. 27, 2018) ----- At first glance, I thought it was a mistake. Could a high school baseball player have really driven in 11 runs during a single game? Not just 11 RBI, but every run during an 11-0 victory? That’s what the Newport High School Hall of Fame biography says for 2014 charter inductee Jim Cutter, who was the preeminent hitter of 9 th  Region baseball in the 1970s. Cutter was a mixture of Mike Trout, Superman, James Bond and Bo Jackson as a do-everything athlete for the Wildcats, earning 11 varsity letters. But all 11 of Newport’s RBI in a single baseball game?   Turns out, it’s completely factual. Cutter hit a grand slam, three-run homer, two-run homer and two-run double as Newport — er, make that Jim Cutter — clobbered Campbell County by an 11-0 score in 1978. There are eyewitnesses around to vouch for the feat, too. “I was an assistant coach at the time and was there to see it,” said Grady Brown, who has been associated ...

A s we look forward to the upcoming prep basketball season, it’s also time to peek back at the greatest game in 9th Region Tournament history — the epic clash in 1977 between Holmes and Newport in the championship game. The intensity of the crowd that evening is beyond description. The noise was deafening. Neither team ever pulled away. And it all came down to several game-changing plays — and a couple of life-altering moments — that enabled Holmes to pull out a 77-76 victory over Newport. Former Holmes star Doug Schloemer offers his insights on that game, and then-Newport assistant coach Jack Patterson talks about the impact of that championship contest. The original story is in PDF format below with photos included.  https://online.fliphtml5.com/hfocp/qjow/#goo