2011-12 NKY Enquirer Winter Sports All-Stars

The NKY Enquirer recently named their annual winter sport all-stars.  Congratulations goes to the following Ryle student-athletes that were named NKY Equirer All-Stars:

Honorable Mention Boys Basketball:  Ryan Smith

Jenna Crittendon - Girls Basketball

Honorable Mention Girls Basketball:  Dawn Johnson, McKell Oliverio

Honorable Mention Boys Swimming:  TJ Albright, Bryce Craven, Adam Dantes, Liam Galloway, Tommy Jennings, Mikey O'Leary

Meredith Brownell - Girls Swimming

Honorable Mention Girls Swimming:  Katie Clements, Audrey Cochran, Abbie Kalany, Taylor Malkemus, Taylor Piatt

Logan Erdman - Wrestling

Gus Adams - Wrestling

TJ Ruschell - Wrestling

Corey Ahern - Wrestling

Honorable Mention Boys Wrestling:  Keegan North, Jake Sander, Johnny Meiman, Jake Williamson, Brad Weber.

Congratulations to these award winners and to all of our winter sport student-athletes for a great year. Thanks to all of our parents, community members, and coaches for their hard work in supporting our students!

Ryle FBLA State Results!

The Kentucky State Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Conference was held in Louisville on April 23-25, 2012.

Great job by the FBLA and congratulations go out to the following students who placed at state:

1st place
McKenzie Cook – Job Interview *
Samantha Stanton - Introduction to Business Communication*
Paul Clancy – Sports Management *
Yuki Nishizawa – Spreadsheet Applications *
Allison Pinkston – Word Processing II *

2nd place
Madison Copeland, Jill Davenport, & Faith Evans – Business Ethics*
Austin Stambaugh – Database Design & Applications *
Carley Storer – Local Chapter Annual Business Report
Allie Pennington & Emily Ramstetter – Marketing *
Largest Chapter Membership – 326 members

3rd place
Robbie Nguyen & Allison Pinkston – American Enterprise Project
Chris Desmarais, Erika Martin & Cole Willoughby - Business Presentation
Elaine Johnson – FBLA Principles and Procedures *
Matthew Postolowski – Networking Concepts *

4th place
Alana Gale – Business Communication

5th place
Sam Kirby & Matthew Postolowski – Digital Video Production
Ellie Schmalzl, Julie Beck & Matthew Postolowski – Community Service Project
Logan Brown – Computer Game & Simulation Programming
Emily Rutherford – Impromptu Speaking


Those students marked with an * have earned the privilege of competing at the National FBLA Conference in San Antonio, TX from June 29 – July 2.

Award-winning A Cappella Ensemble

Congratulations go out to the Ryle A Cappella Ensemble and its director, Chris Shortt, on their recent outstanding performance at the Ky Music Educators Association District Festival Performance Event.

The ensemble received unanimous distinguished performance ratings and also received the highest rating possible in the sight-reading portion of the event!

Great job!

The Ryle Chorus will hold their end of year concert on Wednesday, May 9th.

Ryle baseball over Dixie Heights 6-1

From the KY Post . . .

RYLE 6, DIXIE HEIGHTS 1 — After a walk and a hit batter, junior Tyler Lonnemann lined a two-out single to plate the Raiders' first runs in the fourth inning, and senior Brian Ernst threw seven solid innings for the win.

RYLE 000-302-1—6 6 2
at DIXIE 000-010-0—1 3 2

WP: Ernst (1-0), 7IP, 3H. LP: Owens. HITTING LEADERS: R—Raines HR (1), RBI; Comora 2B; Lonnemann 2 RBI. D—York 2B. RECORDS: Ryle 13-7, Dixie Heights 16-7.

Read more: http://www.kypost.com/dpp/sports/423-base-covcath-rallies-to-top-scott#ixzz1swpalUHs

Ryle golfers tee off for college

by James Weber   Ryle golfers tee off for college

UNION — They made history for the Ryle High School golf teams this past fall.Ryle seniors Blake Hamilton and Alex Bruce have their eyes on more when they head out to play college golf after graduation.

Hamilton will play for Division I Cincinnati, Bruce will play for Division II Converse College in Spartanburg, S.C.

Hamilton tied for third place in the Kentucky state tournament last fall, leading Ryle to fifth place as a team. Both are the highest finishes in Ryle history, and Hamilton finished three strokes out of first place as he came close to becoming the second boys state champion in Northern Kentucky history.

Bruce tied for 15th in the girls tourney, sharing the spot with freshman teammate Nadine Innes, as they marked the highest finish in Ryle girls history.

Hamilton has been tutoring for most of his years under local golf pro Doug Martin. Martin, one of the area’s top teaching pros, is the UC head coach.

UC’s home course is also Hamilton’s, Traditions in Hebron.

“They play in a lot of great tournaments,” Hamilton said. “Doug Martin has been my swing coach forever. He’s like a father. He’ll keep me on track to what I want to do, which is play professionally when I graduate.”

Bruce was the conference champion last fall after a strong summer in local and national events. Her favorite golf memory was winning the Notre Dame Invitational last season in a sudden-death playoff.

“It was the first playoff I’d won, and it really helped me learn how to play under pressure,” she said. “The whole team was lining the fairway and cheering me on. It’s something I’ll always remember.”

She chose Converse, whose head coach is former LPGA Tour veteran Sara Anne McGetrick.

“She knows how to connect with the teenage population,” Bruce said. “It’s a very secure campus and it’s small, so I’ll get the academic attention I need.”

Bruce enjoys the social aspect of golf.

“It’s great competition,” she said. “It teaches you morals and respect and courtesy. You play with someone for five hours, you meet the person and you get to know them.”

Full-credit Summer School Offerings

This summer Ryle will be offering two full-credit summer school classes - Computer & Technical Applications (CTA) and Health/PE.  Both classes are full-credit classes that meet the technical course and health/pe course graduation requirements, respectively.

 These full-credit summer classes will start on May 23rd and end on June 20th; class hours will be 8:00 am to 12:00 pm.

 Students wishing to register must submit a summer school fee of $150 to the school guidance office for the summer class by Monday, April 30, 2012.  Space is limited and students will be accepted on a first come-first serve basis.

Ryle wrestling foundation built at youth level

by James Weber   Ryle wrestling foundation built at youth level


UNION — Ryle High School has been a state contender in wrestling for most of its 20-year existence. The Raiders have come close to the state team championship several times and have 13 individual state champions.

Those state champs usually start out winning matches as little kids and getting their first medals when their weights still have two digits. The Raider youth program has been going strong for many years.

“A lot of the kids who you see now like (current senior and 2011 state champ) T.J. Ruschell started in the Raider youth program years ago,” said youth head coach Darren Thomas. “Some of them go to Cooper or Walton-Verona, but the majority go to Ryle eventually.”

The youth program won its third straight Kentucky state championship Feb. 19, the first team to win three straight in state history.

About 100 kids participate in the program on a yearly basis. The team trains at New Haven Elementary in Union.

“We start in October and compete against a lot of Cincinnati and southeast Indiana kids in youth wrestling,” Thomas said. “Our kids do very well. We’ve had many of our kids win the state championship in their weight groups from age 5 to eighth-graders.”

The team recently went to the AAU spring nationals in Kingsport, Tenn. Cole Thomas, 8, took third place at 55 pounds and Mason Jakob was a runner-up. Both were named AAU All-Americans. Four others finished fifth in their weights: Shay Horton, Sebastian Vega, Joshua Logan and Cody Donohoo.

At the middle school level, Johnny Meiman and Logan Erdman became two-time middle school state champions as they split time with the varsity squad.

Meiman was a four-time regional champion and five-time state placer. Erdman was a four-time state placer and three-time regional champion.

David Rich was a state champion at 130 and a two-time regional champion.

Thomas is starting weekly clinics at Sports of All Sorts on Mt. Zion Road in Boone County. Clinics are Wednesdays from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 9-11 a.m.

Coaches from other schools will give instruction and the clinics are open to all wrestlers. For more information, contact Thomas at 393-3983.

Ryle Students Awarded EKU Scholarships

Congratulations to the following Ryle seniors for earning scholarship offers from Eastern Kentucky University:

Regents Scholarship
Lindsey Smith

Presidential Scholarship
Whitney Brown
Taylor Dantes
Jonathan Heimbrock

Crittendon named to All-State Team

Congratulations to Jenna Crittendon for being named to the Lexington Herald-Leader All-State basketball team.

Jenna Crittendon

Crittendon, headed for Xavier, averaged 17.1 points and 6.3 rebounds in helping the Raiders finish 27-6. Ryle won the 33rd District and reached the semifinals of the 9th Region Tournament. She shared Player of the Year honors in the region with Moss.


A 5-11 guard/forward, the senior shot 52 percent from the field, 36.5 percent from three-point distance and 72 percent at the free-throw line. A five-year starter, Crittendon had 15 double-doubles this season and is Ryle's career leader in points (1,911) and rebounds (886).


Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/04/15/2151779/girls-herald-leader-all-state.html#storylink=cpy

Ryle edges Dixie Heights

by Marc Harden, NKY Enquirer


Don't be deceived by the Ryle softball team's losing record.

The two-time defending 9th Region champion Raiders have seven losses after the first 10 games. They have played mostly top-shelf competition after facing three downstate teams at the Meade County tournament, and three teams from South Carolina, one against a Tennessee squad and one from Ohio at the Azalea Invitational.

"We have a lot of girls at new positions. Early in the season, we're still trying to figure out some things," Ryle coach Patti Oliverio said. "Playing tough teams in tournaments early helps make us better a lot faster."

Exhibit A on Wednesday in Union was sophomore first-year starter Katelyn Stephens. Playing just their second game against a local team, the Raiders narrowly avoided an upset while outlasting Dixie Heights, 7-6, thanks in large part to Stephens' improved situational hitting.

The right-handed-hitting Stephens has been taking in extra sessions as Ryle assistant coach Steve Oliverio's star pupil. She has a penchant for hitting to the opposite field and the coach is working to improve her mechanics at the plate to ensure she continues to be an asset while going the other way with the pitch. 

In a game two weeks ago in South Carolina, Stephens' run-scoring hit to the opposite field plated a key run and her confidence soared.

"Now, I'm normally hitting it to right field," she said. "Every time, when I come up, I think I can put it there."

That's what she did Wednesday with the score tied at 6 in the bottom of the seventh inning. With runners on second and third and one out, Stephens took a fastball on the outside part of the plate and laced a double to right field for the game-winning, walk-off hit.
 
"We have new fielders and Dixie put pressure on us by putting the ball in play early, and that's what we want," Patti Oliverio said. "In the end, it came down to hitting in the seventh and Katelyn has been working hard."

The Raiders carried momentum into their final at-bats after right fielder Sydney Langsdale, with a runner on first and two outs, made a catch of a slicing liner as she sprinted toward the foul line. Langsdale, a first-year starter, said five games in South Carolina has boosted her confidence in the field.

"I usually don't get to those balls," she said. "But I like the opportunity, and I got that one." 

Dixie (6-4) jumped on all-region ace Haylee Smith with five hits while plating a pair of first-inning runs against the Raiders (3-7). The Colonels led 6-4 after five.

"We almost made a statement," Dixie coach Roddy Stainforth said. 

Dixie Heights 220 110 0 -- 6 - 11 - 2
Ryle 301 001 2 -- 7 - 11 - 1

WP: Smith 1-4 (7 K's). LP: Spencer 4-3. Leaders: D-James 4-4; Garrett 2-5. R-Stephens 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI; Smith 2-4, 2B; Rouse 2-4, 2B; Hommes 2-4. Records: D 6-4, Ryle 3-7.

Ryle edges Dixie Heights

Ryle-PNC Bank win BEST Partnership award

BEST or Business Education Success Teams is a program established to connect the business community to schools across Northern Kentucky.  BEST seeks to bring schools and businesses across the region together to develop activities to impact student achievement, support needs of schools and businesses and prepare students for college and careers.

This year Ryle and PNC Bank were recognized as achieving a Gold Level of activity in their partnership, which is defined as a partnership that:

1. Supplies measurable results and impacts student achievement.
2. Provides equal benefits to both school and business.
3. Demonstrates the implementation of high impact initiatives.
4. Impacts the community through partnership activities.

Our thanks go out to Michelle Proud and the staff at PNC Bank in Union!

Ryle tops Pioneers

Ryle Raider Baseball

Junior designated hitter Tyler Mason drove in pinch-runner Hide Imai from second base in the sixth inning to lead Ryle to a 10-9 victory over Simon Kenton.

Junior right-hander Justin Hoard (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings of relief to pick up the win for Ryle (7-4).


NKY Enquirer - Ryle tops Pioneers

Ryle Drama presents "Anything Goes"

The Ryle Drama club presents "Anything Goes" on May 3rd through May 5th at 7:30 p.m. in the Ryle auditorium.

Tickets are $5 for students and $8 for adults.

Also join us APRIL 28th for Ryle Drama's Spaghetti Dinner Showcase.  Enjoy food and live entertainment for $5 a plate!

Ryle Baseball over Walton

Spring break baseball . . .


RYLE 9, WALTON-VERONA 8 – Raiders senior shortstop Leiff Clarkson and junior center fielder Thomas Baumann scored the tying and go-ahead runs in the bottom of the sixth on an error.
The Bearcats had runners at first and second with two outs in the top of the seventh, but Clarkson went into the hole to field a grounder and gunned down the hitter at first to end the game.
Clarkson finished with four hits, and Baumann added three and a pair of RBI to pace Ryle.

WALTON 001-106-0—8 10 2
at RYLE 003-015-X—9 11 4

WP: Lonemann (1-0). LP: Sargent. HITTING LEADERS: R—L. Clarkson 4-4; Baumann 3-4, 2 RBI; Mason 2-4. WV—Greene 2-4; McWhorter 2-3; Roth 2-3; Lohr 2-4, 2 RBI. RECORDS: Ryle 5-3, Walton-Verona 8-4.


Read more: http://www.kypost.com/dpp/sports/45-base-newcath-ryle-winners#ixzz1rFzxy26I