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James Brown and Miles Davis from Boone Co were at least as good as Grey and Murray. The trio of Menetry, Sawyer, and Curley for Beechwood were better. Holy Cross had two backs who were dynamite but they didn't have the supporting cast around them. I believe Highlands had three RBs who all gained over 1000 yards in the regular season one year (Mueller, Gramstadt, and ?). Those are just a few that are at least as good as Ryle's RBs.

Apparently Grey wasn't fast enough to catch Farris on his 73 yard TD run against Ryle. IMHO, Grey is faster than Murray. http://news.nky.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/C2/20061005/SPT/610050392/1041/NEWS0103

HT, If you say he had 30+ tackles then he had 30+ tackles.

The Daily Independent said JC ran 72 plays. The Ky Post said JC was 1-6 passing. JC scored twice. So 72-5-2=65 opportunities for a tackle. I don't know if JC turned the ball over, if punts were included in the number of JC plays, or if Flynn was in the game on every defensive snap but it would appear that Flynn made a tackle literally every other play.

Agreed. Add my name to the list of people hoping for the best.

Sam's a great player and I'm sure that he had a whole bunch of tackles tonight but 31 is such a huge number that it makes me wonder if his dad is CovCath's statistician.

I have no problem with kicking the field goal. If they run the ball and score a TD they would be acused of running the score up also. I wasn't at the game so I don't know the particulars of what actually transpired but it's hard to justify one personal foul let alone 5 or them.

I would make them the underdog in at least two and possibly all three games. Ryle is a decided underdog against Trinity. NCC is a slight underdog against Danville. The CovCath vs Bowling Green is either a tossup or BG is a very slight favorite.

Not too surprising particularly given the way the 4A brackets were set up this year. Ryle was the preseason favorite in NKY 4A and other than stubbing their toe against rival Boone Co they have proven to be the best in a very competitive district. While some people have described NKY 4A as "weak", I have been saying for several years that NKY 4A is as good or better than the rest of the state in 4A with the exception of the big 3. I offer Ryle's convincing wins against Meade Co and Henderson Co as exhibit's A and B in support of my argument. We'll see just how far NKY 4A has come when Ryle matches up with Trinity. While Trinity ought to be the favorite, I do not expect the blowout like recent matchups between Trinity and Ryle.

Yes. Congratulations Ryle. Represent NKY 4A!

I am surpirsed at the number of people picking Ryle to score over 30 points. Their running game tends to eat the clock and with Meade also being a running team the game should move quickly. Also, the field can only be getting worse with the rain and the late season home games. I don't see Ryle scoring 30+ points unless Meade turns the ball over and gives Ryle a short field.

Ryle isn't used to playing football this late in the year. :sssh: My wife will be going to the craft show. Maybe I'll go with her and sneak over to the football game.:thumb: I think Ryle puts up another W sinilar to their wins over Campbell and Dixie. It will be a close game for a couple of quarters but they will wear down the Greenwave and eventually win by 2 TDs.

I believe that Trinity and Male are the two best teams remaining. That said ,the state championship will be determined like it always is - on the field in the state championship game.

NCC 26 Beechwood 21 5:32 left Beechwood ball.

Who won the fight? You or the cheerleaders?

I would have posted sooner but I left to go out of town immediately after the game and I didn't get back until now. Moiser played better than anyone could have expected. If you didn't know any better you would have thought he played QB all year. I did think that he wore down a bit from playing both ways and in hindsight he should have taken fewer snaps on D. During the game I mentioned to the guy next to me that they might be asking him to do too much. I talked to him the night before the game and I was both surprised and pleased that he seemed quietly confident that he could handle the QB position. I don't think that Ryle wanted it more than Dixie. I thought that Ryle was able to wear Dixie down with their running game and Dixie's D might have been a little tired when Ryle scored on that crucial run right before half. It seemed to take the wind out of Dixie's sails. Dixie didn't have a answer to Murray all night. Dixie knew he was going to get the ball and they couldn't stop it. I also thought that Ryle's D made the right adjustments at the half. They took away the quick slant to Detmer that worked so well on both of Dixie's drives that resulted in TD's. I would also like to say that I was very impressed with the way Scottie Grey conducted himself after the game. He could have been off celebrating the victory but he made a point of seeking out Moiser and congratulating him on his effort during the game. To Dixie's seniors I would like to congratulate you on a great carreer. Even though you would have preferred to still be playing, all good things must come to an end sometime and Friday night was not your night. You can hold your head high knowing you gave a valiant effort. I know that for some of you seniors I have been watching play for a long time. I could (and perhaps should) say something about all the seniors but I'll settle for mentioning two and leave the rest to others. To Jason Stahlkamp I would like to say that you played with as much emotion as any other player I have ever seen and it's a joy to watch a player play with as much heart as you. To Jake Neugent who could have easily quit football after surgeries on both knees and both shoulders, I respect your positive outlook in the midst of adversity; it's obvious that your love of the game kept you coming back. Again, cogratulations to Jason, Jake and all the seniors.

From a scheduling standpoint perhaps not. From the standpoint of "deserving to be in the playoffs" by having a winning record (which seems to be a issue with some) I believe the comparison is valid. IMHO the number of teams in the playoffs should only be limited by scheduling constraints.

I think Campbell Co beats Boone Co because Campbell Co is the better team.

Is there any other sport besides football that does not allow all teams to participant in the post season?

His comment left me confused about what he meant. Has it ever been possible to meet a district opponent in the state championship game? What exactly was he advocating?

I would guess that the CovCath line moved ahead of the Highlands line more than the Highlands line dropped.

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Holy Cross scored their TD on a 4th and goal from about the 3 with 47 seconds left. I believe the HC QB scored the TD but I'm not quite sure. I think his number was 17. I only saw one TD that was called back for HC but I missed almost the entire first half. Here's the situation on the one I saw. HC is on offense deep in Newport territory. A Newport player hits a HC player at about the 2 yard line and the ball pops up into the air. A Newport player and a Holy Cross player struggle for the ball right at the goal line. Both players cross the goal line still struggling over the ball. The HC player eventually pulls it away from the Newport player in the endzone. One ref signals a TD and then the refs huddle and rule Newport ball on the 20 yard line. I believe the refs ruled it was dual possession when they crossed the goal line and therefore possession goes to the defense and it's a touchback. I believe they made the right call (eventually).

I guess you didn't know you were part of "the staff". :lol:

Our complaints helped get the turf field. Perhaps football24/7 still has copies of the petitions that were passed around and were sent to the school board asking for the turf field. You'll find my signature and numerous others on those petitions. I signed in 2001. A year before the first Dixie-Highlands game mentioned in this thread.