The LINK nky Team of the Week for Jan. 19-25 presented by Ortho Cincy is the Ryle archery team.
A big week of votes made for a tight race between the Ryle archery team and Dixie Heights’ girls bowling team, Ryle pulling away with over 4,400 votes and over 60% of the vote in earning the honors.
A bonus for the Ryle archery 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 and now the Ryle archery team are the first eight 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.
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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 ARCHERY
The Raiders set a season-high score of 3,336 to win the Summit View Royal Shootout on Jan. 25, out of 12 teams that competed. They won first by 46 points.
Leading the way for Ryle was five archers in the top 11 of the shootout. Prisha Shah placed first overall with a score of 286, a personal best and connected on 19 tens. Kennan Caudill was fourth overall with a 285 and hit 16 tens. James Kunert also finished with a 285 and arched 15 tens.
Following them were Jack Albertson with a 284 and in sixth in the overall boys division and Gwen Hamon with a 282 and third in the overall girls division.
Congratulations to our other nominees as well: Dixie Heights girls bowling, Covington Catholic bowling and St. Henry girls basketball
Check for the LINK nky Team of the Week nominees for Jan. 26-Feb. 1 on the website in the sports section in the early part of the week!