Two district champions were crowned Monday night in Northern Kentucky.
Five other games were played in NKY as teams fought to keep their seasons alive.
Here’s how it unfolded:
33rd District Championship
Ryle 6, Conner 5
Ryle (20-11) won a second consecutive district title with a tight one over Conner at Boone County High School on Monday night.
A three-run fifth inning fueled by Kam Patterson’s two-run homer gave the Lady Raiders a 5-3 lead and they hung on from there. They took a 6-3 lead into the bottom of the sixth thanks to a Makenna Hirshey RBI single.
Conner got within 6-5 on a two-run single from Riley Rosenborough and had the bases loaded with one out, but a fielder’s choice and pop out ended the threat to keep it at a 6-5 game.
Addison Farmer worked a 1-2-3 seventh to earn the save, pitching the final 1.2 innings in allowing just a hit and a walk. Rayne Patsel picked up the win, tossing 5.1 innings of two-hit baseball, allowing four earned runs and walking five.
Kiley Patterson led Ryle at the plate with two hits as they collected seven as a team.
Conner (19-11) put the ball in play as they didn’t strike out once, but struggled to find grass as they finished with just three hits, Rosenborough with two of them and three of the five RBI.
Jocelyn Ortiz pitched 5.1 innings, allowing six hits, six earned runs, walked two and struck out four.
Both teams advance to the 9th Region tournament slated to begin on Sunday.
34th District Championship
Dixie Heights 12, Villa Madonna 2
Dixie Heights (15-15) won a sixth straight district title with a run-rule victory in five innings over Villa Madonna.
The Lady Colonels tallied 20 hits in the contest and used a six-run fourth inning to pull away. At 3-2 in the fourth, the first four Dixie batters reached as they collected six hits in the frame and capitalized on a hit by pitch and a couple of errors.
Dixie will host Sunday’s quarterfinal game against either the 33rd, 35th or 36th District runner-up. Villa Madonna (16-11) will play on the road in the quarterfinals on Sunday at either the 33rd, 35th or 36th District.
Sunday’s quarterfinal games are scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.
35th District Tournament Semifinals
Holy Cross 13, Beechwood 12
Trailing 6-2 in the top of the sixth, Holy Cross scored five runs in the sixth and sixth in the seventh and held off a rally from Beechwood in the bottom of the seventh to advance to the district championship.
Holy Cross (7-18) recorded 14 hits in the contest, Madison Urlage leading the way with three and driving in two. Paige Lachmann drove in three runs, Zoey Baker and C. Ankenbauer with two RBI apiece.
Leading 13-6 in the bottom of the seventh, Beechwood scored six runs and had the tying run on second with two outs, but Annette Cento’s line out to center field ended the contest.
The Indians await the Notre Dame/Holy Cross winner in Tuesday’s championship.
Notre Dame 7, Holmes 0 (game suspended in the bottom of the third inning)
This game was suspended in the bottom of the third inning with Notre Dame leading 7-0.
36th District Tournament Quarterfinals
Dayton 16, Newport 0 (3 innings)
37th District Tournament Semifinals
Campbell County 12, Scott 6
Bishop Brossart 19, Calvary Christian 0 (3 innings)