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This week in softball
• Walton-Verona High School beat Shelby Valley 7-5 in six innings, March 26. The winning pitcher was Jenalee Ginn with nine strikeouts. Walton’s leaders were Ginn, who went 2-2 with two basehits; Julann Ginn, who had two basehits and Natalie Hargett went 2-3 with two basehits. Walton-Verona advances to 2-0 with the win. • Newport Central Catholic beat Cooper High School 3-2 in six innings, March 27. • Simon Kenton beat Cooper 8-7, March 27. Cooper’s Jenna Ahlbrand went 2-3, and Katie Martz went 2-3, and had two basehits. • Ryle High School beat Heath 11-4, March 30. Ryle’s winning pitcher was Hamilton. Ryle’s Cassie Hamilton went 3-3 with two basehits and two RBIs; Jenna Sander had two basehits; Alex Smith went 2-3 with two RBIs; Kate Cremer went 2-3 with three basehits and Haylee Smith went 3-3 with two RBIs. Ryle advances to 1-3 with the win. • Simon Kenton beat Cooper 10-6, March 30. Cooper’s Jessica Koors went 2-3. • Walton-Verona beat Boone County 2-1, March 30. Walton’s winning pitcher was Jenalee Ginn. Walton’s Natalie Hargett had two RBIs. Walton advances to 4-2 with the win.
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This week in baseball
• Bishop Brossart High School beat Cooper High School 13-3, March 27. Cooper’s Ryan Thompson went 2-3 and had two basehits, and Tyler Ramey went 2-3. • Walton Verona High School beat Owen County 76, March 30. Walton’s winning pitcher was Wolfgang Davis. Walton’s Jared Dwyer went 25; Vance Sullivan had two basehits; Madden went 3-5 with two RBIs. Walton advances to 2-1 with the win. • Cooper High School beat Newport 8-5, March 30. Cooper’s John Bjurquist was the winning pitcher. Cooper’s Reuben Griggs went 3-5 with two basehits; Troy Wilke went 3-4 with two basehits, one homerun and two RBI. Cooper advances to 2-1 with the win. • Newport Central Catholic beat Boone County 5-4, March 30. Boone’s Nate Alford went 2-4 with two basehits; Trevor Dunaway had two basehits and Carzolee went 2-3 with two basehits.
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Raiders win CovCath tournament By James Weber jweber@nky.com
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Ryle infielders Leiff Clarkson (left) and Caleb Lonkard nearly collide chasing a pop fly April 3 against Conner. Clarkson caught the ball for the out.
After hitting a slow chopper, Caleb Lonkard knew he had a chance to get to first base safely. Lonkard, a Ryle infielder and the team’s leadoff hitter, got to the bag the same time as the throw, and when the St. Henry fielder bobbled it, Ryle had a 7-6 walkoff victory over the Crusaders. The game, played April 3 at Covington Catholic, gave Ryle the championship of the Scott Knochelman Memorial Tournament. It was Ryle’s first title in 18 years of the event, and only the second time CovCath has not won the event. “I was like ‘Oh no, I better get my butt in gear and beat it out,’” Lonkard said. “I just put the ball in play and hustled down the line.” Ryle went 3-0 in the tourney, beating CovCath and Conner as well to improve to 4-2 on the season.
This week in tennis
• Boone County High School boys beat Covington Latin 4-1, March 26. Boone’s Kimura beat Davie 6-0, 6-1; Chinthala beat Stephens 6-0, 6-0; Guenther beat Back 6-0, 6-1. In doubles, Black and Piacente beat Machingu and Becker 6-1, 6-1. Boone advances to 2-0 with the win. • Highlands High School girls beat Ryle High School 50, March 26. • Ryle High School boys beat Simon Kenton 5-0, March 27. Ryle’s Kento Okita beat Garrett Daniels 6-0, 6-2; Yushi Okita beat Sadler 7-6, 6-7, 6-2; Jimmy Jamison beat Sam Benner 6-3, 6-0. In doubles, Rhett Schuster and Scott Stuckenschneider beat Tyler Stephens and Steven Koch 6-3, 6-0; and Maynard and Evan Wagner beat Darryl Brown and Nick Kentrup 6-1, 6-0. • Ryle boys beat Connor 5-0, March 29. Kento Okita beat Owens 6-0, 6-0; Yushi Okita beat Hodge 6-1, 6-0; Jimmy Jameson beat Chitwood 6-0, 6-0. In doubles, Fukushima and Rhett Schuster beat Long and Stevens 63, 6-1; Maynard and Evan Wagner beat Mosqueda and Taylor 6-1, 6-1.
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Conner junior Kyle Gottman steals second April 3 with Ryle’s Caleb Lonkard defending.
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The tourney honors a deceased former CovCath assistant. Ryle head coach Pat Roesel graduated from CovCath in 1987. He played on two Ninth Region championship teams and coached on one, and his Ryle teams are an annual participant in the event. “Knucks is the greatest,” Roesel said. “He was the greatest Colonel there was. It makes me happy that we finally got the win.” The St. Henry win was a barnburner. Ryle allowed four runs in the top of the seventh inning to trail by one, 6-5. Ryle started its seventh with a walk and a reach by error. Kyle Donovan sacrificed Chris Hensley and Tyler O’Bryan up a base. Pinch-hitter Jake Steinle successfully squeeze bunted Hensley home to tie the game, setting up Lonkard’s ground ball to score O’Bryan. “We had to fight back a couple of times,” senior catcher James Hoskins said. “It took everything we had but we got it done.” Hoskins hit a two-run home run in the third to give Ryle a 4-1 lead. It was his fourth of the year. “As soon as it left the bat, I knew it was gone,” he said. “I hit right on the middle of it. It felt good.” Junior Conner Hempel had three hits and two RBI. Ryle’s previous game of the day was a 14-6 slugfest over Conner. Hoskins had three hits and two RBI. Logan Carney had three hits and one RBI. Lonkard and Ryan Donovan had two RBI as well. Daisuke Imai pitched 3.1 scoreless innings in relief. “We’re just feeling everybody out,” Roesel said. “It’s so early. We’re trying to see what they can
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Ryle’s Caleb Lonkard celebrates the Raiders’ walkoff 7-6 win over St. Henry after Lonkard was safe at first on a grounder.
do. Everybody needs to work on things.” Conner went 1-2 in the tourney, beating St. Henry 16-6 and losing to Cov Cath 8-6 in eight innings. Against Ryle, Aaron Hanssen, Wes Walters and Austin Way hit home runs for the Cougars. In the Cov Cath game, Austin Pugh had two homers and three RBI. Michael Gill, Brenon Russell and Ryan Delph each drove in three runs against St. Henry. Nick West had four of Conner’s 25 hits. St. Henry knocked off Covington Catholic 9-2 in the tourney nightcap to go 1-2 in the event. In the Ryle loss, Kevin Peddicord tied the game with a base hit after Dan Markgraf’s two-run homer cut St. Henry’s deficit to 65. Nick Knoebel then broke the tie with a sacrifice fly.
Ryle wrestler heads to Air Force By James Weber jweber@nky.com
Michael Osborne spent two weeks last summer training at the Air Force Academy, part of his ongoing dream to spend many more weeks there in the future. The Ryle High School senior wrestler had that wish granted as he signed to compete for the Air Force March 31. The academy is an NCAA Division I school in Colorado Springs, Colo. “I’ve been set on this for about three years,” Osborne said. “It’s always been my
goal. If I got in, I was going.” Osborne has dreamed of being a pilot. “I’ve always wanted to be in the military,” he said. “They take their academics and athletics very seriously. I’m an outdoors guy and Colorado Springs is perfect for that.” Osborne won the state championship at 125 pounds in February and was named Most Outstanding Wrestler of the entire meet. He finished with a 43-4 record. As a junior, he was a state runner-up and finished with a career record of 181-33.
“He’s a good person inside and out and he’ll be a fine pillar in our community someday,” Ryle head coach Tim Ruschell said. “He’s a giver. He donates back to the community and he’s a leader in the classroom.” Osborne is undecided on a major but will give the one he chooses everything he has. “I’ll try to excel academically and athletically at the same time,” he said. “Everything will be harder. I have to take everything I’ve done to be successful here and take it up a notch.” Osborne and fellow senior Austin Palmer are the
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Ryle High School senior Michael Osborne, with parents Dave and Lori Osborne, signs to wrestle for the Air Force Academy March 31. eighth and ninth wrestlers in Ryle history to win a state title. Osborne is the fifth wrestler in recent years to sign with a college, four in Division I. Ruschell’s son, Kyle, a two-time state champ
(2004-05) recently completed a strong career at Wisconsin. He finished fourth at 149 pounds and will stay at Wisconsin as a graduate assistant. He had a 122-29 career record.
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Boone County’s Muriel Gerhardt slides safely into second base ahead of Lloyd infielder Jessi Fulmer Thursday, April 1, during the Rebels’ 11-1 home win over Lloyd Memorial. Boone improved to 5-3 with the win. Lloyd fell to 1-2. ERNEST COLEMAN/STAFF