Lace 'em Up

Congrats to Anderson County who moves on to the semi finals against Owen.

Simon Kenton ends a great season after hanging near the top in the state all season.

Ryle wins over Holy Cross by 22, it was their first meeting in 2 years.

Ryle and Holy Cross didn't play this year.

What a great District Championship game in a packed house at Cooper HS in Union between the #1 girls HS team in all of Kentucky, Conner Cougars, and the #3 (or #5) in KY, Ryle Raiders! The Lady Raiders avenge a 5 point loss to Conner just a couple weeks back and stopped an incredible 26 game win streak for Conner. Ryle goes to 26 - 5, Conner is 29-2, both of their losses coming from Ryle.

Great close game, great environment! Hard to believe one of these fine teams had to be the runner up in their district!

Plan on catching these 2 teams play at NKU next week.

Ryle got through 3 fine teams in defeating Eastern, Lincoln co, then GRC. Congrats to the Raiders!

Ryle's 10th grader Brie Crittendon put up nice stats for tourney as well, made a great impact during the title game, so it may have seemed a no-brainer to include her in the all tourney team after helping her team win the LIT. But, as mentioned, this wasn't the typical "winner gets more" all tourney members. And certainly the others who made the team were also deserving.

Lauren Schwartz was named the LIT Defensive MVP, while Maddie Scherr was named the LIT Offensive MVP. Great job ladies!

Per Khsaa, this game is re-scheduled for Friday, February 8, 7:30.

Should be a very interesting game between two teams who are more friends than foe. Crazy that they are in the same district, yet both are soundly in top 5 in the state (top 3 in some polls). Ryle gave Conner their only loss of the season by 11 back in December, in Hebron. Since then both teams have played tough schedules. Ryle suffered a few losses recently to a couple hi end teams, but seem to be finding a way to play without the athletic MacGregor who appears to be out for the season.

It will be senior night at Ryle, and it will no doubt be a good one!

I would probably switch #1 and #4. Boyd looks pretty strong, defeating 3 top teams in Lexington for the tourney win as well as winning a Florida tournament. Their lone loss this year came when the 30+ ppg Wheeler was out.

Scott County is off to a good start picking up some out of state tournament wins, but they haven't played any ranked in-state teams yet so we'll see how they stack up soon enough.

Great to see Conner getting some love after picking up a couple of tournament championships over the holidays! They beat several ranked teams and their lone loss this year came at the hands of district rival Ryle.

The Raiders dropped their one loss to Boyd but have defeated 5 of these ranked teams fairly handily (SK twice) plus picked up W's against some top 5 out of state teams.

Rankings are always fun to see, but typically reflect a strong regional slant. It will be interesting to see what CJ rankings show when they start.

Ryle wins again in their second meeting of year with Simon Kenton. Lauren Schwartz led all scorers with 3 Ryle players reaching double digits. The Raiders thumped Dunbar and handily beat Male before falling to eventual champion Boyd County to land in the consolation game at the Traditional Bank Classic in Lexington.

Simon Kenton handed host Lexington Catholic a loss earlier in the tournament and then beat Mercy before falling to Highlands, then Ryle. A good showing by NKy teams, but falling short of the championship.

Lady Bluebirds were leading coming in to the 4th quarter of the finals at Lexington Catholic in the Traditional Bank holiday classic. Boyd just edged them out for the championship. Marshall commit Savannah Wheeler was a no brainer for the MVP after her scoring performance this weekend.

Kudos to Highlands for defeating top teams Lincoln County and Butler as well as Simon Kenton to earn the finals slot. They came to play! The 9th Region is looking more interesting going into the new year!

Very impressive win, tied at half, see- saw game.

What a tournament the unranked Raiders have had, 2 OT wins, beat bgp's # 4, 6, and 14, thrashed by #3. 4 of the games within 48 hours! Ryle should be battle toughened now! Congrats ladies!

Great win for the Raiders! Wow!

Murray was ranked 6 in state this week while many questioned Ryle being in the top 5 of the 9th region pre-season and more so with their early season struggles without Scherr. Congrats Ladies!

Keep dancing, Cinderella!

Isnt that 4 or 5 double-doubles for Schwartz, JJ? Impressive as Ryle has had a tough run in December. Got run over by Simon Kenton and Holmes with the PG Scherr out hurt, but got wins over Mason, now Eastern. No cream puffs on their schedule so far! Tomorrow the Lady Raiders face top ten Murray.

Bgp #14 Eastern falls to the Lady Raiders at the Traditional Bank Classic. Nice win for Ryle.

Wow! Didn't even realize this game was being played. I saw the Mason vs Mercer prediction thread and assumed they didn't play til the weekend. Why wasn't there a Mason vs Ryle prediction thread?

1) there are virtually no Lady Raider fans who post on BGP.

2) Mason co was clearly looking past the young Raiders to the BIG GAME, especially with Ryle's only returning starter out with an injury.

Long ride home to Maysville tonight. Congrats Ryle

Ryle was extra amped on homecoming they won't be as lucky next time.

You don't think Ryle will be 'extra amped' in a state playoff game? On their home field?

Have heard numbers are down also. 8th grader Bri Crittendon (sister of Xavier's Jenna) pulled up to help.

No idea what this 8th grader's talent level is but, possibly she was pulled up because of her skills? For the same reason her talented sister was pulled up? Not because the 'program is down'? And for the same reasons maddy Scherr, Lauren Schwartz, and McGregor were pulled up in 8th grade. (7th grade for Scherr who ended up as starting pg as 8th grader....)

Nothing new for Ryle or most other female programs.

Can we get an accurate number of horns in the program?

There are 15 players on the Lady Raider roster. Pretty typical (or better) than other programs and of Ryle in past years.

Wow!!

How'd scoring wind up? Sounded like Leigh was the whole show early, and Scherr came through again. Scherr with two outstanding games, and I hate to jinx her, but if they pull off one more win, she would certainly be in the conversation for MVP of the regional. Has that ever happened before, an 8th grader MVP?

Ryle had 3 players in double digits. yes, Scherr with 13, Mallory Schwartz with 13, Lange with 12.

Not sure about highlands, but I believe Leigh was in double digits first quarter.

Details? Statistics?

Ryle – Scherr 7 0 19, Williams 1 0 2, Jones 3 2 9, M. Schwartz 3 3 10, Miller 2 0 4, Branson 1 0 2, L. Schwartz 2 0 5, Lange 2 6 10. Totals: 21 11 61.

St. Henry – Potts 1 0 3, Kosco 1 0 3, Millay 4 0 9, Landry 1 1 3, Darlington 2 0 4, Iloegbunam 1 4 6, Kellam 0 1 1, Ives 1 0 3. Totals: 11 6 32

Saner led all scorers with 21, she and fellow senior Foster played their hearts out. Good luck to both at the next level!

Freshman Lauren Schwartz led Ryle with 17, 4 Raiders reached double digits. Very nice help off the bench.

From Enquirer:

Boone County–Saner 7 5 21, Boner 1 1 3, Foster 5 3 16, Hirn 2 3 8, Anderson 5 0 10, Wilmes 1 0 2. Totals: 21 12 60.

Ryle–Scherr 3 5 12, Williams 4 0 8, Jones 2 7 13, M. Schwartz 3 1 7, L. Schwartz 6 4 17, Lange 6 3 15, Jump 2 0 4. Totals: 26 20 76.

Halftime: R 33-19. 3-pointers: R 4 (Jones 2, Scherr, L. Schwartz); BC 6 (Foster 3, Saner 2, Hirn).

Congratulations to Ryle senior Carly Lange who nailed a free throw late in the 33rd district semi-finals tonight to tally her 1000 point as a Lady Raider! Carly helped lead her team to victory over Boone Co and will move on to the finals on Thursday.

Carly is a four year starter at Ryle and is committed to Indiana Wesleyan University.

Way to go, Carly!!:dancingpa

Lady Rebels came out strong early, ending the first quarter on top 13 - 11. But the younger Schwartz lit a fire in the 2nd period as the Lady Raiders outscored Boone 22 to 6 and never looked back.

Ryle takes on Conner in the finals Thursday in Hebron.

With whistle happy refs early on, and 2 Ryle starters on bench early in second quarter, the 5 plus minute pause in action may have benefitted the Raiders in the end.

Conner played very scrappy, and Coach Stamm kept them fired up thru the end, credit to them! Lots of good D on both sides and Conner started hitting 3's which kept it close.

Fun crosstown / district rival game! (Except the 2nd qtr!)

Lady Raiders defeat Lady Cardnals in Georgetown at the Toyota Classic. Ryle avenges an early loss this season to Scott Co.