Ryle’s postseason formula has been pretty simple. Score an early goal and then let the defense do their thing. On Monday at the Mustang Athletic Complex in the first round of the state tournament against Bishop Brossart, the Raiders struck first and then found some more goals to win 5-0 to advance to the state […]
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LINK nky Top 10: The biggest week of the regular season is here
Week 10 points to the most important week of the season to date. Sure, some have already taken care of business and clinched their district titles (looking at you Beechwood, Newport Central Catholic and Highlands), but Friday sets up to be one important night of football as multiple district championships, home playoff games and postseason […]
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Ryle repeats as 9th Region soccer champ
Coming into the season and needing to replace three defenders, Ryle’s season got off to a rocky start with losses to Frederick Douglass and Henry Clay. They allowed six goals in those two games, but figured things out quickly and haven’t lost since. Their unbeaten streak reached 21 games on Saturday as they won the […]
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Friday NKY prep football roundup: Simon Kenton beats Campbell County on Hail Mary
Tied at 21 and on the final play of the game, Simon Kenton’s Brady Lee hit Nathan Kitchens for a 38-yard touchdown pass as the Pioneers escaped with a 27-21 victory over visiting Campbell County. It was a key Class 6A, District 6 victory for Simon Kenton (5-2), setting up a district championship game with […]
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NewCath, Ryle headed to 9th Region championship
Newport Central Catholic and Ryle shut their opponents out on Thursday and are headed to Saturday’s 9th Region boys soccer championship. The game will be played at Boone County High School at 2 p.m. Here’s how it went down: Ryle 2, Highlands 0 The creative attack from the Raiders earned a goal 13 minutes in […]
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6th edition of statewide media football polls
Each week, 24 media members across the state will vote on the top 10 KHSAA football teams in the state in their respective classes. The members are represented from each region in the state, including three members from Northern Kentucky. The polls will run all the way until the end of the regular season and […]
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LINK nky Top 10: Season winding down, cream rising to the crop
Real football weather is coming. Fall said hello in the latter part of last week and over the weekend and colder Friday nights are coming. We’ve been blessed in seven out of the eight weeks so far with near perfect weather, so regression to the mean is likely. Things are heating up in district play, […]
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Ryle places seventh at state tourney, McKelvey top NKY finisher
The 2023 KHSAA golf season came to a close on Saturday at the state tournament on the grounds of Bowling Green Country Club. Ryle was the team qualifier out of Northern Kentucky and finished seventh out of the nine teams that made it, just two strokes out of the top five. The Raiders shot a […]
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Collins, Hertsenberg, Meyers, named NFHS Coach of the Year
Three Northern Kentucky coaches earned National Federation of High Schools Coach of the Year honors on Friday. Ryle boys soccer coach Stephen Collins, Covington Catholic tennis coach Al Hertsenberg and Beechwood girls track and field coach David Meyers earned their distinctions. Collins has led Ryle to seven 9th Region titles since the start of his […]
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Cooper finishes in familiar spot at state golf tourney
For the second straight season, Cooper’s girls golf team claimed a third place finish at the KHSAA girls state golf tournament at Bowling Green Country Club. The Jaguars finished 67-over-par, a marked improvement when they were 91-over-par last season. They just missed out on a runner-up finish, one stroke behind Marshall County. Sacred Heart took […]