Ryle’s transition game has been one of their biggest strengths all season. After trailing the first quarter 11-9, it’s what gave them the lead and carried them toa 59-36 win over Highlands in Truist Arena on Friday night in Highland Heights. “We are very much a transition team and always have been,” Ryle head coach […]
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Ryle High School basketball coach celebrates career win milestone with a little help from her husband
This story originally appeared in the Jan. 12 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe here. As December was about to enter its final week, girls basketball coach Katie Haitz had an inkling she was approaching career win No. 200 at Ryle High School. But Haitz didn’t know exactly how close […]
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See who cracked the top 15 in the latest statewide media poll
Covington Catholic moved up a spot on the boys side in a tie for fourth while Newport remains ranked No. 6 as they head to the All “A” state tournament on Thursday. Cooper is holding strong at No. 3 on the girls side ahead of the Republic Bank Louisville Invitational Tournament this week while Holy […]
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LINK nky Top 10: Cooper rises with two big wins
The snowbirds made for a somewhat lighter week in Northern Kentucky, but the three counties (Boone, Campbell and Kenton) were fortunate compared to other parts of the state in being able to get games in. While most of the state was snowed out all week, many of the teams in the NKY area were able […]
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Tuesday NKY prep hoops roundup: Conner girls edge Grant County
The Conner girls basketball team started the week off on the right foot edging host Grant County, 58-55 for its sixth win in the last eight games. Anna Hamilton made 10-of-14 free throws on her way to 18 points to lead the Cougars. Aubree Depenbrock and Izelee Kerns followed scoring 14 and 10, respectively. Conner […]
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Latest statewide Kentucky basketball poll released
Covington Catholic and Newport stayed put in the boys poll, as did Cooper in the girls poll while Notre Dame and Ryle dropped a spot or two and Holy Cross remained at No. 11. Here’s a look at the statewide polls with the top five teams in each region below it. Boys statewide poll First-place […]
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Hardin Fast — The fastest 500 words in sports: NKY news from Ryle, Simon Kenton, Newport, NDA, NKU, TMU
Vroom, vroom. Let’s go. The rest of Kentucky better get ready to grapple with this. Northern Kentucky high schools boast one top-ranked wrestler, three second-ranked wrestlers, one top 10 team and four top 20 teams in the latest rankings by Kentuckywrestling.com. Simon Kenton sophomore Brayden Blevins is No. 1 at 120 pounds. A trio of […]
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Ryle boys take down Cooper, Cooper girls win rock fight with Ryle
There’s no easy outs in the boys 33rd District this season and Friday night showed more evidence of that. Ryle took down Cooper to create a potential logjam for the No. 1 seed come district tournament time. In the girls game, a defensive battle ensued with Cooper finishing the game on a 11-3 run over […]
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NKY girls teams showing out in latest statewide media poll
The Ninth Region in girls basketball has four of the top 11 teams in the state in the latest Kentucky High School basketball statewide media poll. Cooper comes in at No. 3, Notre Dame No. 8, Ryle in a tie for No. 9 and Holy Cross sitting at 11th. On the boys side, Covington Catholic […]
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Eubank, Baker McDonald’s All-American Game nominees
Ryle’s Quinn Eubank and Sarah Baker have made a pretty prestigious list, nominated for the McDonald’s All-American game that takes place in April in Houston. Eubank and Baker were among six girls in Kentucky nominated for the game that selects 48 players, boys and girls to play in the game. The two were among 724 […]