Winchester lifts Ryle to win

Junior catcher Evan Winchester drove in Caleb Lonkard with the winning run on a sacrifice fly to center field in the seventh inning to lift Ryle, ranked No. 6 in the Enquirer Northern Kentucky coaches' poll, to a 5-4 victory over No. 8 Campbell County on Friday.

Winchester lifts Ryle to win
The Raiders (12-4) trailed 4-1 in the sixth inning but scored three runs to give themselves a chance to win the game. Pitcher Matt Gorbandt improved his record to 4-1 this season, tossing a complete game and striking out 10.

Ryle 5, Campbell County 4
WP -Gorbandt (4-1); LP -Huesman. Leaders: R -O'Bryan 3-3, 2 R. C -Shepard 2B. Records: R 12-4 C 9-7.


SOFTBALL

Ryle 3, Walton-Verona 1: Eighth grader Haylee Smith pitched a complete-game, giving up five hits and no earned runs and striking out six for the Raiders (12-3), who are No. 1 in the Enquirer Northern Kentucky coaches' poll. No. 7 Walton fell to 15-5.

WP -Smith (11-2); LP -Thacker (8-3). Leaders: R -Hamilton 2B; Steinle 2-4. Records: R 12-3 W 15-5.


BOYS TENNIS

Ryle 5, Conner 0
K. Okita d. N. Eberhard 6-0, 6-2; Y. Okita d. J. Eberhard 6-0, 6-1; Rost d. T. Johnson 6-3, 6-1; Wagner-North d. Hodge-Owens 6-1, 6-2; Arnett-Geis d. F. Johnson-Garnett 6-0, 6-0. Records: R 9-1 C 2-6.