The streak lives on. Ryle’s last loss to Conner came in 2003. It’s a streak so long that Ryle senior Alexis Woolf’s mother Jen was the head coach at Conner at the time. Not only did the Raiders win convincingly on Thursday night in Union, 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-23), but it was a special night […]
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33rd District Volleyball Preview: Ryle, Conner favored to return to region, but not overlooking district rivals
Entering her 22nd year leading the Ryle Raiders, Tasha Lovins has been at the top in a competitive district for 14 of those seasons. But even one of the 9th Region’s veteran coaches will tell you a glorious past is not a guarantee for future results. The Raiders have missed the region tournament just one […]
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Ryle boys, Notre Dame girls claim Class 3A, Region 5 track titles
Two questions from Wednesday’s Class 3A, Region 5 track meet at Dixie Heights quickly emerged. Could any team end Covington Catholic’s five-season boys team championship reign? And would Notre Dame coach Jamie Marsh run a victory lap after the Pandas dethroned two-time defending champion Dixie Heights? The answers: definitely yes and possibly yes. Ryle’s boys […]
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Lohr’s aim has always been on pointÂ
At age 17, Conner High School’s Ayden Lohr is already laden with lore. “He’s a special guy,” Cougars baseball coach Brad Arlinghaus said of the multi-sport athlete and 15th-ranked member of this year’s Conner senior class, according to grade-point average. “He’s accomplished a lot.” While playing sports and games with family and friends as he […]
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Monday NKY HS roundup: Dixie baseball, NDA softball pull off huge wins
The Dixie Heights Colonels baseball team (7-10 overall) may have had its growing pains in the first part of the season. But the Colonels recorded a huge 5-3 win in 10 innings over the Conner Cougars (14-4) in Ninth Region action on Monday. Junior second baseman Luke Abeling singled with two outs to score junior […]
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Tuesday NKY HS roundup: Ryle softball makes early lead stand in 33rd District seed win
Sophomore Laney Schuster hopped out of her catching stance and ran to the ball that dribbled not far from the third base line quickly. Schuster made sure she had a clear throwing lane and fired to seventh grade first baseman Korlin Rechtin for the game’s final out. It may not have seemed like a big […]
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Cooper makes history as boys follow up girls with 33rd District crown for first time in school history
Tim Sullivan and a number of the players watched the state’s third-ranked Cooper Jaguars girls basketball team led by head coach Justin Holthaus, one of his former assistants, down the Union rival Ryle Raiders, 61-48 for the second straight 33rd District championship on Thursday at the home gym. About 24 hours later, the Jaguars boys […]
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Boys District Semifinal hoops roundup: Conner, Cooper meet for 33rd Crown for second straight season
Cooper Jaguars head coach Tim Sullivan calls every game in the 33rd District dog fights. His second-seeded Jaguars (15-12) and the top-seeded Conner Cougars (19-7) survived the semifinal games and will play for the district championship back at Cooper for the fourth time in the past five years on Friday at 7 p.m. Conner has […]
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Friday NKY HS boys basketball roundup: Ryle earns road win at Dixie Heights
The Ryle Raiders and Dixie Heights Colonels came into the season with different, but familiar head coaches. The respective administrations at Ryle and Dixie Heights promoted Nick Dorning and Chad Fields to those spots after they served as assistants last year. Both knew they took over rosters with limited varsity experience with the graduation of […]
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Friday NKY HS boys basketball round-up: Conner uses third quarter run to beat Cooper in key 33rd District game
The Conner Cougars and Cooper Jaguars boys basketball teams are not afraid to push the ball when they have the advantages. But in the halfcourt, they are both patient passing the ball around trying to find driving lanes and make things happen. When either team builds a lead, it really puts them in control as […]