The Ryle Raiders girls soccer team has held its own a good part of the time in the current 33rd District and 9th Region formats that came together in 2012. Ryle has put together double-digit win seasons seven of those first eight years including a 17-4-1 mark in 2014. The Raiders have won five 33rd […]
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Settlement reached in wrongful death case of teen who died during soccer practice
In June 2020, St. Henry high school soccer player Matthew Mangine Jr. collapsed on the field and later died. The family has now reached a settlement with his former high school, the Diocese of Covington, and St. Elizabeth Healthcare, where the school’s athletic trainer is employed. Prior to the settlement on Jan. 20, the case […]
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Ast Named new Scott girls soccer head coach
Wins may not have come easy for the Scott Eagles girls soccer team historically. But the Eagles have enjoyed some success in recent seasons. Scott finished 11-9-1 in 2018 winning the 37th District title and driving to the 10th Region championship game before losing 3-1 to George Rogers Clark. The Eagles also made the region […]
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Dixie Heights promotes assistant to head girls soccer coach
The returning Dixie Heights Colonels girls soccer players will have a new leader on the sidelines next season. But this is a promotion as opposed to a hire from outside the district. Dixie Heights named four-year assistant coach Kellie Ponchak to head coach. Ponchak takes over for seven-year head coach Chris Sturm, who announced his […]
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Thursday NKY sports round-up: Ryle falls in boys soccer state semifinals; Lloyd football beats Holmes
Things looked good for nearly 50 minutes for the Ryle Raiders boys soccer team (19-5-2 overall) in the state semifinal game at Frederick Douglass. Ryle led 1-0 at halftime and kept that lead for nearly the first ten minutes of the second half. But the defending state champion Lexington Dunbar Bulldogs (18-2-3) tied the game […]
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Ryle takes on defending state champs in boys soccer state semifinal
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 […]
