Who do you think wins and why? They play Thursday night.

I think SK is too much for them this year and it's early for the young Ryle team. Tough one for them to open up with! Another year and Ryle will be competitive in this game.

Simon Kenton has too much experience this early in the year. We'll see how Ryle does as the year goes on.

I think it will be a close game but Simon Kenton will outlast the Raiders, even though the best player on the floor is a freshman and will be wearing black and orange. I would not be at all surprised if the best player for Simon Kenton turned out to be a freshman, also, but I guess I will just wait and see.

I will say if this game is even remotely close then SK will have a lot of work to do to make that run to state.

 

Ryle was dismantled by Sacred Heart in their scrimmage with them. That's not being mean to Ryle. I'm a Ryle fan. But Sacred Heart is very good and if SK expects to make a run against teams like SH, this could be their first measuring stick.

I would be shocked if Ryle beats or comes close to Simon Kenton. But then again I Said the same thing this past weekend about a football game.

As usual, a good opening game test for Simon Kenton.

Simon has (3) all region guards and Neice will be best player on the floor, the freshmen for Ryle is good but lets not get carried away

I thought the freshman from Ryle has several D1 offers, I would think she's pretty good.

She is but not Ally, as of yet

Ryle has a good young team with 2 good young players in Scherr and Shwartz..that being said I would be surprised if this game is close this year..as RCC9 said if it ends up being a close game then SK has alot of work to do to if they are to compete against the best in the state...SK by 15+

Having two capable ball handlers in Niece and Harney should help out a lot this season. Can't wait to see them in person for the first time either on Thursday or Saturday.

Where is this game being played?

Where is this game being played?

 

Should be at SK.

I agree with the assessment that if this game is close, sk will have a lot of work to do. Not interested in final score as much as seeing how the game is played. Coach stowers often works on bench, plays, players early in season.

That said, I will find it interesting to see how sk guards stop ball penetration from Ryle. Sk has a huge advantage in strength at the guard and interior positions so I expect sk to be able to play a little bully ball. It's the finese part I'm curious to watch.

My first game to take in this year so I'm also curious to see how much ball movement they have vs settling for outside shots. Curious to see team chemistry. This team is going to have to learn to take high percentage shots if they want to make any run at the state. From what I was told about Merced scrimmage, way to much ball penetration by Mercer and they took sk to a clinic for ball movement and our rebounding wasn't lacking.

Early early early but I'm confident we will see improvement in these areas