Baseball
1. Covington Catholic (8) 80
2. Holy Cross 62
3. Ryle 54
4. Dixie Heights 53
5. Boone County 39
5. Newport Catholic 39
7. Brossart 33
8. Conner 28
9. Scott 14
10. St. Henry 10
Others: Beechwood 8; Simon Kenton 7; Lloyd 5; Walton-Verona 4; Ludlow 2; Campbell County 1; Highlands 1.
The final Enquirer Northern Kentucky baseball coaches’ poll ended with a clear-cut No. 1 team, while the final softball coaches’ poll ended with a bit of a surprise No. 1 team.
Covington Catholic was the unanimous No. 1 selection in the baseball poll after rolling through the regular season with a 31-5 record, including going 18-3 against Ninth Region teams.
The final softball poll ended with perennial Ninth Region power Ryle at No. 1 despite the fact it lost to No. 3 St. Henry 4-1 in the only matchup between the teams this season. St. Henry finished 20-1 against Ninth Region teams.
CovCath, which outscored opponents 226-74 and has a team ERA under 2.00, earned all eight first-place votes from the coaches to outdistance No. 2 Holy Cross (24-10) by 18 points.
The two teams faced each other three times this season with CovCath winning all three meetings, by scores of 6-3, 4-1 and 11-2.
Ryle (24-11-1) finished third thanks in part to ending the season with a five-game winning streak that included a 6-5 win over CovCath last week.
Dixie Heights (24-10) was fourth, followed by Boone County (25-10-1) and defending Ninth Region champion Newport Central Catholic (20-15-1), which tied for fifth, Bishop Brossart (20-12), last year’s Ninth Region runner-up Conner (15-19-1), Scott (21-13) and St. Henry (19-13).
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