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1 minute ago, Unrivaled97 said:

Ryle did beat Bullitt East and I give them credit, but East was without Gracie Merkle in that game as well.  She is a difference maker and hopefully, we'll get to see the 2 teams play again with her in the lineup.

Ryle was without Brie Crittendon as well.  

2 hours ago, The Double Deuce said:

Owl, I'm not sure if this is what you were looking for or not, but I think #2 is a bit high for Ryle, to be honest.  

Could you expand on this?

Ryle is 4-0 against that current AP top 10.  They have wins against Anderson Co., Bullitt East, Bethlehem and Cooper.

Currently have the HIGHEST RPI in the entire State.

Do you feel like they don't deserve to be 2nd?  If so where do you rank them and who is ahead of the?

Hard to play a slow paced game if you go in a hole early... Good W for Raiders!

Highlands up next

They don’t leave their region? They’ve played 20 games and only 6 against their region. If they don’t vote for her, they’ll have to find a different excuse for sure.

I was referring to other coaches who don’t leave their region and haven’t seen Maddie.

Agreed Ryle plays everywhere

I saw an article on twitter yesterday from "Prep Girls Hoops Kentucky" talking about the Race for KY Miss Basketball.

The comment was made that "Maddie isnt setting the world on fire individually. and the gap for other candidates is not big."

I agree with others on this post that Maddie is on a different level but will coaches around the state vote for her? (some who have never seen her play because they don't leave their region) I certainly hope so given her credentials and capabilities.

By the way, according to the KHSAA Riherds website Maddie is averaging 15.8 PPG and 8.8 RPG- seems pretty good against Ryle's schedule.

Congrats Maddie! Miss KY Basketball next?

Highly anticipated 9th region final rematch and I think it answered 2 big questions:

- Scherr is easily the best player in the state.

-9th region is Ryles to lose.

Any updates?

Macke at 2? You are drinking a lot of blue kool-aid with this one.

If SK has the best post player in NKY then we see something different. She is young and it shows. I would say Drummond’s at Conner is way more polished then her. Remember watching Conner play Male at TMU last year and Drummond put on a clinic in the post against whoever guarded her including Browning.

Also SK has the luxury of being in NKY but playing in the 8th. SK is 4th or 5th in the 9th but because they play in the 8th they have a shot at making it to state.

Your last point about coaching. I have seen multiple games where the staff literally just gives up. I have never seen this from a varsity coach. Literally things didn’t go well in the first quarter and not one word said or timeouts called the rest of game. I have seen multiple and had parents confirm it has happened also.

Never too early! Its a sports chatter website... who you got Shooter?

Who do you have for your favorites to win state this year?

I’m saying SHA, Mercy and Ryle.

Interesting. Did he get demoted from Brown? Saw the Calvary coach is the JV / varsity asst? I thought he had interest in being head coach and with his history in the diocese thought St Henry might be perfect spot for him to start his career as a head coach.

What about Marcus Harris? He had been on a journey coaching in NKY. With Holy Cross when they won state then NDA then was asst at St Henry last year. Never heard anyone say a bad thing about him and players seem to like him.

I saw the coach from Calvary had stepped down but also mentioned something that he was not done and had more news coming soon. Could this be it?

Will Tom still run the Murray Globetrotters weave for half a quarter and tout their exceptional defense like his brother or will he open it up and play some basketball?

Any predictions on how you think Gambrel will do here? How long has she been JV coach?

I don’t think seeding helps them either. Murray was way overmatched in that contest. Foust admitted that they don’t see players like Scherr or Schwartz. But I think they struggle to hang with a lot of the teams there. Murray was a gimmick. Literally stand and hold the ball for minutes at a time and really shorten the game to keep it tight.

I also agree about the game against Ryle. If you are a fan or foe of him, what w.

Why would his fiancé leave and follow. If the pattern continues he will take an established program that someone else built, win with players not developed by him then run for the next job when his talent runs out. Within 3 years his fiancé is graduated and he is moving to the next school when they found out he is a scam.

Feel awful for Lawson. She is a great player.

I think NDA will make a huge jump next year. They played really well in the region. I think they will make the jump over Dixie. Their guards haven’t improved much over the last couple years. Their individual play seems predictable and haven’t really improved the other parts of their games. For this reason I think NDA will jump ahead of them.

With that being said, everyone is still probably chasing Ryle. They will have the best player on the court every single night. Crittenden will be the 2nd best player on the court. I think people really overlook what the Douthit kid does for them. With that said they will have the 3 best guards on the court most nights. They won it all this year without a true post player so no reason to think they can’t play without one next year either.

I do feel that the powers to be at the school only care that the programs run smoothly without a bunch of parent complaints or feed back. I think wins and losses are low on the priority list for them. But when the parents complain long and loud enough it sure seems like the coaches get booted. I have no dog in the fight as far as who the coaches are but make sure they get a fair shake and let them run their program not the parents.

You say that, but McFarland stepped down and wasn't "booted". Same goes for Niemi who stepped away for an administrative role.

Raiders move to 5-0!

Big win for the Raiders as they move to 3-0 on the season.

Well I get what your saying and I would definitely have Ryle as a top team in the region. One of 3-4 teams that could win it. And although they will be highly ranked in the state cause they are champs, in my opinion they lose too much. Between Schwartz and McGregor they lose 30 points and 15 rebounds a game. The four returning can absorb some but not much of that. I watched them play this year and they never once subbed beyond their 6th player. They seem very weak after the next year top 4. With a weak 5th and 6th and 7th man next year and also losing all the production of the graduates they will not be as good as the last two seasons. Dixie beat them at Ryle with the starters for the state champs team. Dixie held their own with them in the regional final.

 

It’s just my opinion, but I think Dixie is the best team next year. Followed by Ryle, Highlands and NDA. I also think the 9th region will represent well again at state and have several top 20 teams in the state.

Dixie loses 20 points and 8 rebounds a game (McGinn & Perry) and will have the same struggles as their bench failed to impress similar to Ryle's.

No teams in the 9th [that I saw] were "deep" this year so I don't anticipate any to be in the 19-20 season as talent is gone all over the place.

Should be another fun year in the 9th region! According to the state website the top teams returners are below:

Ryle: Scherr, Crittendon, Douthit

Conner: Drummonds, Murphy, Taylor

Highlands: Macke, O'Hara, Hinegardner

Holy Cross: Thomas, Simpson, Bezold

Dixie: Lawson, Lockard, Pelfrey

NDA: Bradshaw, Feldman, Aytes

NCC: Heck, Turner, Murphy