The LINK nky Team of the Week for January 26-Feb. 1 presented by Ortho Cincy is the Ryle boys swim and dive team.
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. They are the seventh TOW award winner for the season, joining the Boone County boys basketball team, Conner archery team, St. Henry girls basketball team, Ryle archery team, Highlands dance team and the Highlands swim and dive teams taking home the other TOW honors. The weekly nominations and winners for winter will run through February. A vote will follow for TOS when the winter sports season is wrapped up to determine the winner. The winner for TOS will then be one of three nominees for Team of the Year voting in June. Each TOS winner will receive a $500 scholarship that will go to an athlete of their choice and they will then be up for Team of the Year (TOY).
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.
Check the sports page online Monday for new Team of the Week nominees!
RYLE SWIM AND DIVE
Ryle claimed the boys Region 7 swim and dive team championship over Highlands, 485-446.
Ryle senior swimmer Chase Knopf won the 200 and 500-yard freestyle and was named Competitor of the Year. He won the 200 freestyle by nearly two seconds over Raider teammate Nash Parsons and the 500 freestyle by just under six seconds ahead of Beechwood’s Cono Presti. He was also part of the Raiders’ winning the 200 and 400 freestyle relay quartets. Raiders coach Jeff Floyd was named boys region coach of the year.
Congratulations to our other nominees as well: Campbell County bowling, Holy Cross girls basketball, , Notre Dame Academy swim and dive and Calvary Christian boys basketball.