Ryle’s boys and Simon Kenton’s girls were victors over the weekend at the Region 6 Archery tournament at Simon Kenton.
The Raiders finished with a score of 1,941, edging out runner-up Cooper with a score of 1,933, Boone County in third with a 1,926 and Scott in fourth with a 1,925.
Simon Kenton’s girls won with a 1,953, Ryle coming in second with a 1,927. Cooper was third with a 1,916 and Scott fourth at 1,915.
Individually in the boys, Highlands’ Marshall Anstaett was the individual region champion with a 288, defeating Boone County’s Logan Hammer with a 287. Rounding out the top five were Cooper’s Kayston Stone (285) and Braydon Nevels (284) in third and fourth, Nevels earning the tiebreaker over Simon Kenton’s Grayson Runion (284) with 20 tens compared to Runion’s 17 tens.
Ryle had six archers in the top 20 to help them win the team title. They were led by Ethan Pauciulo in sixth with a 283. Lincoln Cyboron was 13th with a 278, Kennan Caudill 15th with a 277, then the trio of Trenton Dietz, Jack Albertson and Aaron Eckler 18th through 20th with a 277, 277 and 276, respectively.
Individually in the girls, Simon Kenton’s Anna Beth McCarty took home the crown with a 286. Scott’s Lexus Goff was the runner-up with a 285. Ryle’s Prisha Shah (284) was third, Simon Kenton’s Nyla McIntosh (284) fourth, Shah earning the tiebreaker with 16 tens to McIntosh’s 15 tens. A three-way tie for fifth was led by Scott’s Addison Alloway with a 283 and 18 tens. Notre Dame’s Ava Bortlein and Ryle’s Abigail Jewell also had 283’s, both with 16 tens.
Outside of McCarty and McIntosh, Simon Kenton had six archers place in the top 18. Madalyn Behrens was 10th with a 281, Kilee Spegal (280) in 12th, Cora Beth Mehltretter (277) 16th and Theresa Henegar (275) 18th.
It was the sixth straight region title for the Ryle boys while Simon Kenton took the title back from Scott, who they finished runner-up to last year.
The top two teams advance to the KHSAA state tournament that takes place on April 17 in Lexington.