The KHSAA dead period is June 25-July 9. All school-related athletics are prohibited. It restricts organized team activities, but athletes can choose to participate in personal workouts or training independently, so long as they aren’t organized or supervised by school personnel. With that, here’s some pre-dead period news to tide you over for a while.
LUDLOW’S ANNESS NOW AT RYLE
Ludlow multi-positional football standout Dameyn Anness has transferred to Ryle. He lists his new school and graduation year of 2026 on one of his social media pages. This is big news for the highly touted Raiders’ football program which already has one of the toughest running backs in the state in Jacob Savage, who doubles as a tackling machine at linebacker on defense. In Anness, the returning Class 6A state finalist gets a similar player, while the loss of Anness at Ludlow is monumental.
Anness ranked 34th in Kentucky with 1,472 yards rushing last season as a junior. He ranked sixth in the state with 10.3 rushing yards per attempt. Anness ranked second in all of Class A in rushing yards. He narrowly missed the small-school state rushing crown by 26 yards. By contrast, Savage ran for 1,085 on 6.9 yards per carry last year as a junior against superior competition.
Anness averaged 21.5 yards per catch with 15 receptions going for 344 yards as a junior. He also scored 22 touchdowns six different ways. Anness scored 16 rushing touchdowns. He added one TD each via reception, interception return, fumble recovery return, kickoff return and two on punt returns. On defense last season at Ludlow, Anness ranked fourth on the team with 64 tackles. He was second with 16 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks. He led the Panthers with three fumble recoveries.
MYRICK HEADING TO COVCATH
Prep basketball standout Braeden Myrick presaged an ominous sign for upcoming Covington Catholic opponents by suiting up with the Colonels at the KABC Summer Shootout around Lexington. Myrick starred last season as a sophomore guard at Mason County, scoring 19.1 points per game. He can also play small forward. A 10th Region Boys Basketball Coaches Association second-team pick, he’s on a rapid ascent after more than doubling his freshman scoring average of 9.0.
Myrick is a solid shooter, hitting 50.3% from the field last season at Mason County. He shot 48.3% as a freshman. Standing 6-foot-4, Myrick has rebounding upside. Among the Royals’ top seven rebounders last season, Myrick was the only one who wasn’t a senior. He averaged 2.3 per game. There’s no doubt he can shoot, hitting 45.7 percent on 3-pointers and 82.7% on free throws. Myrick shot 48.9% from 3-point range as a freshman. He nailed a school-record 11 treys in a game that season against Fleming County, breaking a year-old mark.
Myrick’s transfer to CovCath was announced on social media by his father, Tim Myrick. He starred for Mason County in the 1990s along with his brother Shawn Myrick. Both Braeden Myrick’s father and uncle were all-10th Region basketball champions while combining for more than 3,000 career points.
RECEIVER LEAVES SIMON KENTON
Standout wide receiver Tysin Weaver is now at Anderson High School in Ohio. He confirmed the news on one of his social media pages. Weaver, a rising junior, ranked second on the Pioneers last season with 1,014 yards receiving. He did that on 79 catches with nine touchdowns. He averaged 12.4 yards per catch. All those numbers trailed team leader Grayson Harris, an incoming senior. But Weaver’s numbers were among area leaders as the Pioneers threw 377 passes last season.
Weaver also rushed 12 times and scored two rushing TDs last year. He came up with 11 tackles and a team-leading two interceptions on defense. Weaver was a hit from the start. He averaged 22.3 yards per catch on 27 grabs going for 603 yards as a freshman. He was also listed on the depth chart at quarterback that season.
TWO MAKE MOVES TO BEECHWOOD
The defending Class 2A state champion Beechwood football team has added some talented newcomers. Among the new players is senior two-way lineman Jacob Ross, a 6-foot-1, 265-pounder who started last season at Conner. He plays left tackle, defensive tackle and defensive end. He has received offers from at least two colleges, Franklin and Hanover. Ross continues to visit college campuses.
Junior Emmett Queen, a transfer from Covington Catholic, is a big, strong-armed, pro-style QB with college offers and several campus visits, including those to Big 10 schools. Queen is 6-foot-4 and 215 pounds. Last season in limited duty at CovCath, he completed 13 of 21 passes for 105 yards with three interceptions and no touchdowns.
Junior Cole Coppage is the Tigers’ top returning QB following the graduation of senior Clay Hayden. Only one other player who threw a pass last season for Beechwood is back.
EAGLES TAKE FLIGHT
Scott basketball standout Kaia Peterson has made a commitment to play at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Peterson can swing from guard to small forward. She averaged 10.9 points and 3.2 rebounds per game last season for the Eagles. She shot 45.3 percent from the field. “Kaia is officially a Fighting Engineer and we couldn’t be more excited,” said a Rose-Hulman athletics social media page. “Her grit, grind, and energy are exactly what we need heading into next season.”
Scott baseball player Trevor Pulsfort has committed to Capital University. Pulsfort was an infielder and a pitcher for the Eagles. He batted .233 and posted a 2-3 record with a 4.45 ERA in six pitching starts as a senior. As a junior, he hit a team-leading .350 with eight doubles and two home runs. He added a 1-1 record and a save on the mound, and was named all-conference.
Scott also announced two women’s track and field college commitments. Jayla Sanders is heading to Georgetown College. Analei Sarakatsannis has committed to University of the Cumberlands.