The Covington Catholic and Ryle baseball teams continue to hold firm in the Prep Kentucky Baseball power rankings Top 25.
The Colonels are ranked 20th in the latest poll that came out on April 7, Ryle at No. 24, the lone two Northern Kentucky teams ranked.
Covington Catholic started the season hot at 7-1, but have cooled off, losing three straight to drop to 7-4, the last loss a 7-1 loss to Ryle on Tuesday. The Colonels had upended the Raiders on March 19, 10-2. CovCath has six batters hitting over .300 on the season led by Tyler Carnes with a .417 batting average. George Unkraut (.409), Jack Nolan (.385), Ben McEvoy (.367), Marcus Suwinski (.357) and Jackson Kremer (.321) are all over .300 at the plate as they await the return of star shortstop Jackson Reardon to the lineup from injury. Logan Wermuth has a 1.62 ERA in three starts with 23 strikeouts in 13 innings pitched. The Colonels bullpen has allowed just three earned runs in 15.1 innings pitched.
Ryle is 7-3 to start the season as of April 10. Anthony Coppola leads the team in hitting with a .355 batting average, Matt Furtado is at .333 and Dylan McIntyre is batting .324. McIntyre has a 0.58 ERA on the mound in 12 innings pitched with 21 strikeouts. The Ryle pitching staff sports a 2.30 ERA.
Other Northern Kentucky baseball teams off to a strong start to the season are: Calvary Christian (8-2), Bishop Brossart (6-2), Campbell County (8-3), Simon Kenton (4-2-2) and Walton-Verona (8-4).
The top five teams in the power rankings were Trinity at No. 1 then Pleasure Ridge Park, Sayre, St. Xavier and Ballard.
Here is the full rankings below:
