Birds sank the ship: Win over Ryle Raiders

Will Todd and Saylor Macke

September 12, 2023

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The Bluebirds offense was borderline unstoppable for the second week in a row as Highlands defeated Ryle 52-20 in week 4.

This game was being heavily hyped up around the state and for good reasons. Both Highlands and Ryle have veteran quarterbacks and high-powered offenses. The Raiders showed flashes of a locked-in offense on their first drive game as they scored a touchdown in just under 3 minutes, that was the only point they put up until late in the third quarter. After the Raiders scored on the opening drive the Birds would go on to score thirty-eight unanswered points thanks to their QB tandem of Senior Brody Benke and Rio Litmer. Brody Benke is the Swiss army knife for the Bird’s offense as he threw for a touchdown, rushed for a touchdown, and caught a touchdown all in the same game for the second time this season. Benke and Litmer combined for 346 passing yards and 6 passing touchdowns.

In back-to-back weeks Highlands has scored 50+ points, these past two weeks were exactly what the Birds’ offense needed to get some confidence and chemistry as they head to Raceland, Kentucky to take on the Raceland Rams this Friday.

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About the Contributors

Will Todd

Will is a Senior at Highlands High School. This is his fourth year in the journalism program at HHS. He has a strong passion for sports creative media. At the end of the 2021-2022 school year, he took on the role of director of creative media for Highlands Football. Based on his work with the football team he has also landed a spot with NKU men's basketball as a member of their creative media team. This school year he will be the main sports photographer for the Highlands High School journalism department.

Saylor Macke

Olivia Clark-Tipton

Tipton is a Senior at Highlands Highschool and has been enrolled in Fort Thomas Independent Schools since Kindergarten at Moyer Elementary. She struggled with writing for years until she took AP Seminar in her Sophomore year. She loves reading when it comes to books she is interested in and would like to increase the number of writing abilities she thinks she can accomplish. She is an opinionated person who can speak on one topic that she believes could potentially affect her perception of life. Olivia is a hard worker in school and in her part-time job. She has learned how to manage her time over the years and figured out what works for her and what does not. Her love for family and friends is out of this world and although school and her job are important to her, she puts those she loves first.