Youth Events

Pink and White game

Students from Sacred Heart Academy, Assumption High, St. Xavier High, and Trinity High schools presented a $20,000 check to the Norton Cancer Institute Breast Health Program on June 13.
The money was raised at the seventh annual Pink and White Flag Football Game on April 25 at Trinity High School.
Since its inception, the game has raised more than $150,000 for breast cancer programs, a news release from the schools said.
The event included a special pre-game ceremony to honor breast cancer survivors and to remember loved ones who had passed away from the disease. Players from the Assumption and Sacred Heart football teams, as well as halftime dancers from St. X and Trinity, each escorted a survivor onto the field and presented them a pink rose.
Some students memorialized a family member or friend who had passed away from breast cancer by releasing a pink helium balloon in their honor, the release said.
The Assumption Rocket’s won the flag football game 12-6 over the Sacred Heart Valkyries. A halftime dance routine was performed by St. X and Trinity students to cheer on the girls’ teams.

State champs

St. Xavier High School won the title in the Rawlings/KHSAA Baseball State Tournament at Whitaker Bank Ballpark in Lexington, Ky., on June 7. The team defeated Simon Kenton High School from Northern Kentucky 5 to 2.
This was St. Xavier’s first state baseball title since 1981. The team ended the season 30-10.

Kindergarten fun

Kindergarten Countdown, a series of events for students entering kindergarten, will be hosted at various locations in Louisville this summer. Children entering Kindergarten will receive a free Kindergarten Countdown t-shirt and book. One child and an accompanying adult get in to each event at no charge. Stop by any Louisville Free Public Library June 1 or after to register.
The next event will be June 19 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Northeast YMCA Calypso Cove, 9400 Mill Brook Road, for children with last names A to M. Children with last names N to Z are invited to Calypso Cove June 26. The rain date is July 10.
The next event will be June 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Muhammad Ali Center, 144 N. Sixth Street.

Player of the year

Raven Merriweather, a 2014 graduate of Sacred Heart Academy, was named the 2014 Penn Station Athlete of the Year. Merriweather was a member of Sacred Heart Academy’s basketball team and graduated with a grade point average of 3.5.
In addition to the title, Merriweather was awarded a $5,000 scholarship.
Merriweather will attend Bellarmine University where she plans to pursue a major in math or communications.

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