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One of the volunteer assistants resigned. All of the other coaches are united. I would imagine at Ryle if you are support staff that becomes demand staff you will no longer be a part of the staff.

Dixie would be an outstanding job for a lot of coaches that want to build a great program. Tom Spritzky did a great job for many years. He is probably worn out. He certainly cared a lot about his players.

My family and I just visited with Travis and his family. Travis is handling this situation with tremendous character and toughness just like he played football. He will be a complete inspiration to the Ryle Raiders and he will be at every game as well as most practices doing whatever he can to help the team. He showed up to today's practice and brightened everyone's spirits. The Ryle Raiders have lost Travis only on the field but not as a teammate and there will be many who step up to fill the void. Others will get an opportunity to succeed where before who else would you really want handling the ball the majority of the time. This is not a tragedy but a challenge that Travis will meet head on and conquer. Please keep Travis in your thoughts and prayers as he will have surgery tomorrow. The support the community, other programs, friends and family have given Travis has been awesome! Thank you!

The guidelines that have been set to be a Ryle Raider Football player are demanding and tough. There are many testomonials from the young men who have put the uniform on the past nine years at Ryle that appreciate the demand it takes to be a Ryle Raider Football player. For example contact Conner Hempel at Harvard or Vince Murray at Navy or Tate Nichols at Notre Dame or Greg Schild serving our country in the Air Force or Ben Abshire serving our country in the Air Force or Nick Chamberlain serving our country in the Marines or each of the four Mace brothers that are serving our country- these are just a few examples of many that appreciate what it takes to be a Ryle Raider Football player. It is hard to believe that people actually complain about tough guidelines to be a part of something that succeeds and teaches life through football. I for one cannot wait until my son plays football for the Ryle Raiders and he will also appreciate the tough standards it takes to be a part of the team. Make it a great day!

Actually, I could see where those rules will change very soon. It is KHSAA rule that the team stay a distance from the sidelines that their stand space does not allow. It has been and is a liability. The fact of the matter is that sometimes somebody had to get hurt before liabilities are fixed. The old thats the way it has always been doesn't hold up in court.

Your opinion. Larger schools cant even comply with KHSAA rules due to a lack of space on the sidelines. I am sure that someday the liability issue will be recognized.

Yet it is an issue.

It would cost very little compared to what you are thinking to remove stands in the front to have room for the opposition during the game. It is simply not a priority.

No. They have two division 1 football players on their team.

Take out stands. You are simply not supplying your opposing team proper facilities at gametime. Do you know how much charter buses cost? If you use them every game, I guarantee you are overspending by 10-15 K a year.

I won't act like people treat the opposing team like crap from the Fort as Rob put it. However, it is tough to argue that you have problems with funds when you are taking charter buses to local games. I have a feeling that sideline issue could be fixed if it was deemed necessary.

They are not mediocre. Mediocre was early in the decade for Highlands.

Is anyone going to mention why he fumbled?? Hempel stuck him, short of the line for the two point conversion.

Really? Not compete? As I recall, and I am far from Louisville or being a Trinity fan, Trinity has doubled up the score in head to head competition on the Ohio division 1 state champion in recent history. The fact is that they can compete because they are only one of two schools in this state that carries the male population of Ohio division 1 teams. Making overgeneralizations like Trinity couldn't compete in Ohio is so far from fact that it makes the poster who wrote it sound ridiculous. Trinity is starting six sophmores this year, and still beat a GCL team. Can't compete?

Talent is talent, and they seem to be lacking it at these levels. It isn't like they have a bunch of sophmores starting for them this season.

They look mediocre at the JV an freshman level.

They are a one man show this season. They have had no running game against good competition. Where is the talent pool that is going to allow this to happen. Please, back this statement up with some information.

Let me make this bold prediction. SK will not be hosting a first round playoff game for the next two years. They will not regress where they once were, but their lower level in school talent pool is very average right now.

Score of head to head competition says different.

If you take away Trinity, and I am asking, is Louisville 6A not down this year?

That down St. X team beat both Louisville powers and lost to a team that they had beaten during regular season in the playoffs. They also had 4 D1 recruits on defense. Your quickly losing credibility with these statements. The simple fact is that SK has been contacted about playing Highlands three times, and they want no part of playing Highlands.

Region flops every other year on a one vs. one seed.

Lucky for Ryle, you are not on their staff.

Ryle scored every possession except for the first one of the game.

Your football knowledge wouldn't fill a thimble.