Ryle advanced to the 9th Region semifinals on Thursday with a 2-0 victory over St. Henry on Tuesday. The Raiders missed some chances to pile on the Crusaders (4-14-1), St. Henry making the reigning 9th Region champs earn the victory. The host Raiders (18-2-1) outshot St. Henry, 26-3. Landon Barth made one save in the […]
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33rd District boys soccer semifinals: Ryle, Cooper move on to title game
Two tight 33rd District semifinal games Sunday at Conner’s Fred Nevel Stadium. The top-seeded Ryle Raiders (16-2-1) and third-seeded Cooper Jaguars (7-6-5) earned the tough wins and will face each other for the third time in four years for the district championship at 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Ryle is seeking its fourth straight district championship […]
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Tuesday NKY HS round-up: Ryle boys soccer scores late to nip Cooper in 33rd District rivalry win
The game had its usual intensity, especially with a shot at the top seed in the district tournament on the line. The teams scored twice in the last 10 minutes. But the Ryle Raiders (12-2) scored the final one to edge the host Cooper Jaguars, 2-1 for their 12th straight win. “We just played smart. […]
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Thursday NKY HS round-up: Ryle boys soccer downs Conner in 33rd District battle
The Ryle Raiders kept their winning streak alive with a 5-2 win on the road over the Conner Cougars in a key 33rd District game, ending Conner’s seven-game winning streak in the process. Ryle led 2-0 at halftime. But after Conner scored on a penalty kick, the Raiders (11-2) responded with three in the next […]
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33rd District boys soccer preview: Ryle a boys soccer dynasty? Collins says not yet
Don’t you dare use the d-word to describe Ryle’s boys soccer team. Raiders coach Stephen Collins begins his 19th season on the sidelines. He said calling his team a dynasty in Northern Kentucky – or anywhere else – is just, well, wrong, especially because Louisville St. Xavier has won 15 state titles, including 11 since 2000. […]
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Ryle takes on defending state champs in boys soccer state semifinal
It’s a sunny Monday afternoon and the Ryle Raiders boys soccer team hits the field for practice with four days between the state quarterfinal and semifinal games. Two years ago when Ryle was in the state semis, just two days separated the two rounds. “We’re a little banged up so the fact that we get […]
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Ryle boys advance in state soccer tournament with shutout win
Trick or treat? Or maybe a bit of both. That’s the way it played out for Ryle’s Halloween-ish orange-and-black-clad boys soccer team in the state tournament’s round of 16 Tuesday evening in Union. The trick was the way the 44-degree windy, chilly weather turned even uglier with some sort of freezing drizzle that showed up […]
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Boys soccer: Ryle keeps it going with postseason championship on CovCath’s turf
Diego Hoenderkamp had no big expectations of how this day was going to go – or that it would happen at all. “I honestly didn’t think we’d be here,” he said of his fourth-ranked Ryle Raider soccer team (16-4-2 coming into this game) as it reached the Ninth Region championship Saturday at Covington Catholic. Then […]