Ryle closed out their KHSAA golf season with a sixth place finish at the boys KHSAA state golf tournament in Bowling Green over the weekend while Raiders eighth grader Hayden Li was the top individual finisher out of the Northern Kentucky golfers to participate.
The Raiders sixth place finish in the nine-team field came with a 36-hole score of 51-over-par. They shot a 306 on Friday and a 321 on Saturday. St. Xavier was the team champion at two-over, Madison Central seven strokes behind them as runner-up.
Li finished tied for 32nd at 11-over. Ryle’s Chandler James was 39th at 13-over. Jake Roscoe tied for 40th at 14-over, Thomas Leone tied for 42nd at 15-over and Paxton McKelvey tied for 51st at 18-over.
Other Northern Kentucky golfers to participate were Covington Catholic’s Brady Pagnotto tying for 51st at 18-over, St. Henry’s Parker Isaacs tying for 71st at 28-over, CovCath’s Joseph Mangine tied for 78th at 33-over and Beechwood’s Jace Hammons and Walton-Verona’s Adam Gutman tied for 83rd at 35-over.
McCracken County’s Landen Hunt was the individual winner at eight-under. He defeated St. Xavier’s Luc Kelty by three strokes. St. Xavier’s Will Stuart was the only other player under par at one-under. The Tigers had three of the top four finishers as Brody Alexander finished even par.