The LINK nky Team of the Week for Jan. 26-Feb. 1 presented by Ortho Cincy is the Ryle boys swim and dive team.
Ryle dominated the vote with 90% of votes casted to earn the honors.
A bonus for the Ryle boys swim and dive team is that they are now eligible for Team of the Season (TOS) for the winter sports season. Bellevue’s football team won Team of the Season for the fall, Simon Kenton’s archery team, Ludlow’s girls basketball team, Conner’s boys basketball team, Dixie Heights boys basketball team, Scott’s swim and dive team, Newport Central Catholic boys basketball team, Walton-Verona’s girls basketball team, Ryle archery team and now the Ryle boys swim and dive team are the first nine team of the week winners for the winter sports season that will run up through February. A vote will follow for TOS when the winter sports season is wrapped up to determine the winner. Then we’ll turn to spring sports in the middle of March. Each TOS winner will receive a $500 scholarship that will go to an athlete of their choice and they will then be considered for Team of the Year (TOY). Voting will take place for TOY once the spring sports TOS is determined.
For the team that is awarded TOY, online and print articles will again be published, a large commemorative plaque will be presented and the school will receive an additional $500 scholarship to be presented to the athlete of their choice at the end of the school year. The call for nominations, voting and winning announcement for each will follow the same format as the TOTW.
RYLE BOYS SWIM AND DIVE
The Ryle boys swim and dive team won the Region 7 title with a team score of 507, edging out Highlands by 20 points in the 15-team field.
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The Raiders individual champions were Chase Knopf in the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle, Chase Denigan in the 200-yard individual medley, Andy Pleiman in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle, the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Nash Parsons, Pleiman, Lucas Dilger and Knopf and the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Pleiman, Parsons, Denigan and Knopf.
Congratulations to our other nominees as well: Highlands girls bowling, Notre Dame Academy swim and dive, Dixie Heights girls basketball and Cooper boys basketball.
Check the website early next week for the new nominees for Team of the Week for the week of Feb. 2-8!