It’s a sunny Monday afternoon and the Ryle Raiders boys soccer team hits the field for practice with four days between the state quarterfinal and semifinal games. Two years ago when Ryle was in the state semis, just two days separated the two rounds. “We’re a little banged up so the fact that we get […]
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Saturday NKY sports round-up: Ryle boys soccer advances to state semifinals; Cross Country region results, volleyball region draws
It has taken the minimum score for the Ryle Raiders boys soccer team. But the Raiders (19-4-2 overall) know as well as any team that it does not have to be spectacular at this time of the year as long as they advance. Four days after beating the Montgomery County Indians, 1-0 at home, the […]
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Thursday NKY sports round-up: Brossart volleyball wins district for first time; soccer falls at state
Sophomore Corrine Blackburn rose high into the air and tipped the ball almost straight down in-bounds on the other side of the court setting off a deserved celebration. The Bishop Brossart students rushed the court while fifth-year Mustangs head volleyball coach Bree Velasquez embraced assistant Sydney Bragg. The Mustangs (24-13 overall) earned the first district […]
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Ryle boys advance in state soccer tournament with shutout win
Trick or treat? Or maybe a bit of both. That’s the way it played out for Ryle’s Halloween-ish orange-and-black-clad boys soccer team in the state tournament’s round of 16 Tuesday evening in Union. The trick was the way the 44-degree windy, chilly weather turned even uglier with some sort of freezing drizzle that showed up […]
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Bishop Brossart girls soccer wins first round game at state tournament
Editor’s Note: James Collier from the Ashland Daily Independent contributed to this story. The Bishop Brossart Mustangs girls soccer team headed downstate for the state tournament’s first round hoping to not only change its history in that round, but that of the current 10th Region. Since the current format took shape in 2012, the 10th […]
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Monday NKY sports round-up: Highlands girls soccer falls in state tournament
The Highlands Bluebirds girls soccer team (15-7-3 overall) knew this would be a tough challenge against a familiar post-season opponent. The host Lexington Catholic Knights (25-1) entered the first-round state tournament game on a 24-game winning streak only allowing eight goals since opening the season with a 3-0 loss at Louisville power Sacred Heart. The […]
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Homecoming football win highlights sports week at Thomas More
Saints football moves above .500 at Homecoming For the first time in his young coaching career, first-year TMU coach Chris Norwell has his career mark on the right side of the ledger as the now 4-3 Saints defeated Cumberland University (Tenn.) 24-16 Saturday afternoon. The win also has TMU 3-1 in the Mid-South Conference. Coming […]
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NKU sports round-up: Volleyball wins two more Horizon League games
The Norse volleyball team (9-11 overall, 7-2 Horizon League) is in a tie for second place in the Horizon League standings with Green Bay, after scoring two home wins over the weekend. Wright State leads the way at 9-0 halfway through the league portion of the schedule. The Norse knocked off the Robert Morris Colonials […]
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Boys soccer: Ryle keeps it going with postseason championship on CovCath’s turf
Diego Hoenderkamp had no big expectations of how this day was going to go – or that it would happen at all. “I honestly didn’t think we’d be here,” he said of his fourth-ranked Ryle Raider soccer team (16-4-2 coming into this game) as it reached the Ninth Region championship Saturday at Covington Catholic. Then […]
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Saturday NKY sports round-up: Highlands, Brossart claim girls soccer regional crowns
A year ago, the Highlands Bluebirds and Bishop Brossart Mustangs girls soccer teams watched as rivals celebrated region championships. On Saturday, the roles were reversed with Highlands (15-6-3) and Bishop Brossart (13-8-4) winning the 9th and 10th Region girls soccer titles. It marked the fourth region title in five years for the Bluebirds and the […]
