Boone has turned up their game and has won districts tonight against Ryle.

Boone has turned up their game and has won districts tonight against Ryle.

 

Whoa ... that is a big upset. Who pitched for Boone? That is only the second time all season that Ryle has scored less than 3 runs in a game. Ryle has scored less than 5 runs only 5 times this year. Holding the Raiders to one run is a heck of a job on the mound.

 

On another note, the region is totally up for grabs now. The losers side is arguably as strong as the winners side:

 

Winners

 

Dixie

Boone

Cov Cath

Highlands

 

Losers

 

Ryle

Beechwood

New Cath

St. Henry

 

I don't think any district winners earned themselves a break in game one of the regional.

Did Ryle not want to win this game either?

WOW!! Totally surprised. As stated above, Region is up for grabs now. Who pitched for Ryle and what happened?

Ryle wanted to win, but their defense was a little shakey. Boone pitched Huff and Klein. Without a few questionable calls, The score should have been 5-0 win.

Congrats to Boone and am very surprised by one run for Raiders. Either team is capable of winning the region along with most everyone at Freedom next week.

Disappointing finish for Ryle. Congrats to Boone. Ryle would not be someone I would want as my first game reward for being a #1 seed. Of course, NCC and Beechwood aren't exactly cupcake #2 seeds either. And St Henry is a tough play with their ace on the bump.

If you were at the game as I was, it was sad to see the kids trying to play in the at time pouring down rain. Pitchers couldn't stride without fear of slipping or falling and batters at times had trouble seeing the ball. I understand that both schools didn't want to play Saturday morning but this wasn't a game, it was more survival.

 

BTW I thought the score was 3-1 not 4-1 as I kept my book as best as I could in the rain!

Edited May 24, 201313 yr by Theoldguy

Scoreboard showed game as 3-1. Less than ideal conditions to play in as a shower came through and dropped the temperature about 15 degrees. Field became tacky, but playable. Pitchers were obviously affected by it, but it was bad for both teams. I believe each team had 4 hits, depending on scorekeeper and several close calls. Strike zone started very tight, then loosened, then tightened again. Must have been fair, because both teams and coaches were complaining. Boone made some nice plays on defense - Brenden Stanley threw out a runner at home on a single by Ryle, Alex McGarr in center dove for a ball that looked destined for the gap. Trey Martin caught a shot about eye-ball high at 3B. Pitcher Nolan Klein snagged a ball at his feet off a rocket and threw the runner out easily. Austin Johnson in RF and Tyler Schultz at 2B collided on a ball in short right that fell in for a hit. Schultz took the brunt of the hit and has a potential arm injury, but stayed in the game - tough kid.

 

Outside of a few close ball and strike calls, the only bad call seemed to be at 2b with Ryle trying to turn a double play, Ryle 2b threw wide to SS and appeared to pull the SS off the bag. 2B umpire called out and Coach Huff went out for a lively discussion with the ump. First base ump also saw that play, and smiled, but couldn't really say anything. Boone scored a run that inning to go back up 3-1 and could have scored that run, but not a major affect in the outcome. From my angle, which was right down the baseline from 1b to 2b, it wasn't really close, pulled him way off.

 

Congrats to Boone on the upset, with a gutty pitching performance by Huff and Klein. Ryle's 2nd pitcher Bellew threw well and probably deserved better. Ryle will be just fine in the Region and it's going to be a great Regional tourney. Best of luck to both teams.

 

Kudos to Coach Huff and his staff. There were some nay-sayers on this site when he was hired at Boone as being a coach from a small school that couldn't succeed at a bigger school. In his 5 years, he has won the 33rd District 3 times and won the 9th Region once. Not bad, Coach, not bad at all.

I said before the season started that the 33rd was the toughest district top-to-bottom and seeding didn't really matter.

What does Huff do? He doesn't coach third, doesn't call for signs/plays and doesn't call pitches. All he seemed to do was argue calls when he thought necessary

What does Huff do? He doesn't coach third, doesn't call for signs/plays and doesn't call pitches. All he seemed to do was argue calls when he thought necessary

 

He wins.

Disappointing finish for Ryle. Congrats to Boone. Ryle would not be someone I would want as my first game reward for being a #1 seed. Of course, NCC and Beechwood aren't exactly cupcake #2 seeds either. And St Henry is a tough play with their ace on the bump.

 

Which is exactly why the 1st round should be played at the district winner's home field. There should be a reward for winning your district and the biggest one I can think of is playing on your own field.

Boone seems to win despite him. I ask again what does he do?

Congrats to Nolan Klein, Trey Martin and Trey Ganns.