By Terry Boehmker

NKyTribune sports reporter

With three of the top five scorers on the final leaderboard, Ryle won the team title at the Region 7 boys golf tournament on Tuesday at Boone Links.

The Raiders’ winning total of 293 was 10 strokes better than runner-up Covington Catholic in the team standings. This is the third time in five years that Ryle took home the championship trophy.

Ryle senior Paxton McKelvey was medalist with a 2-under 70 and his sophomore teammate Thomas Leone was one stroke behind him. CovCath junior Joseph Mangine placed third with a 73.

McKelvey is the first Ryle golfer to win a boys region tournament since 2017. The Raiders’ other two scorers were eighth-grader Hayden Li (75) and and junior Chandler James (77), who tied for fourth and 10th on the leaderboar

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