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Congratulations to Dillon Smith of Ryle. He accepted a scholarship from UofL.  Well deserved!

Ryle over Beechwood 8-2 today. Nice win, Raiders!

Nice win for the Lady Raiders!

1 hour ago, Runcible Owl said:

⚔️ 🏴‍☠️ | Final at Union per The Scoreboard. 

Nice win for the Cru. Congrats!

🤔 27 points. Didn't see this one coming. 

Up next ~ 

St. Henry (9-13, R9 #11), Monday at Eminence. 

Ryle (15-10, R9 #7), Wednesday at Bishop Brossart.

I think you have the scores reversed.

Side note. When he was the Head Coach at SK, Noel Rash was an assistant for a year or 2. 

43 minutes ago, CoachMulvi said:

Cooper is significantly better now than they were when they played Ryle. 

I think Ryle got significantly better too. Bryan Station certainly got better as well.

Bryan Station is significantly better than Cooper, CovCath, BG, and CAL (Highlands too). 

As a Ryle fan, we got to see all of those teams up close (except BG). Different levels to this game and those teams aren't on their level. 

4 hours ago, coachhawk said:

In 3 years of football, to date, Trenton Cutwright has only played 18 full games (24 others played 1-2 quarters because of Running clocks).

5943 passing 62 TDs

1600 rushing 20 TDs

No telling what they could have been. I like our guy too!

Very impressive!

From what I’ve seen on film, Station deserves to be the favorite in this one. Ryle has their hands full with a potent run game and great athletes at the WR positions. 

Hoping the Raiders keep it close and find a way to pull another one out in the end!

Wow. Didn’t expect this.

Raiders rolling!

11 minutes ago, Unrivaled97 said:

So they were underdogs or at best evenly matched against Southern?  Anyway, nobody is disparaging the young man.  I guess it’s a good thing they have a cupcake tomorrow night, with the weak schedule BE has played and all.  Anyway, question for everyone….what is a good place to eat in Union?

Now don’t go putting words in my mouth! I was referencing the games they scheduled.

It should be a great game. Another toss up for sure! For the record, we were all pulling for BE last year. Incredible run! Good luck tomorrow night.

if you’re looking for a sports bar, I’d suggest Barleycorns, Blind Squirrel, Wings and Rings, or Longnecks. All are solid.

There will be an unofficial tail-gating area going on near the field house. Feel free to come join. We won’t bite.

32 minutes ago, Unrivaled97 said:

I can't see that either.  But to be honest, it's not the TD/INT ratio that surprises me per se.  Ryle puts the ball in the air quite a bit so the 8 INTs aren't necessarily surprising to me, but the fact he only has 24 TD passes this season.  As solid of a QB as he is and the fact they put the ball in the air as much as they do (they have almost more pass completions this year than rushing attempts), I figured he would have well over 30 at this point in the season.

As mentioned, Ryle had no cupcakes. 8 of their 11 games they were underdogs or at best, evenly matched games. The other 3 were Campbell County, Conner, and Great Crossings who aren’t push overs. I would assume that with a weaker schedule, his All State #’s would look even better.

21 minutes ago, theguru said:

Really!  I can't find where RO used the word last, but I can find you using it twice.

I did edit because the term he used was “highest” when discussing his negative cherry picked, seemingly off topic stat. 

QB metrics can be very deceiving. There are many to choose from. He chose to bring his TD/INT one from left field in response to someone else’s nice overview of NKY’s top QB’s.

It seemed like a dig at one of the state’s top QB’s to me. 
 

48 minutes ago, theguru said:

Honestly I think you just did that.

With RO, I am stuck here:

Really? RO first used a cherry picked metric to apparently undermine his season.

Maybe I misunderstood, but it certainly felt off topic and like a shot. If it wasn’t, by bad.

All those QB’s had great seasons. 

48 minutes ago, Runcible Owl said:

 

I agree on the overall schedule; playing St. X, CAL, Cov Cath, and Highlands (all losses) will pump up an SoS. Kudos to the schedule makers for putting the team to the fire. I've liked Ryle's scheduling for a while now.

The Massey Ratings list the #22 Raiders' schedule to date as the seventh toughest in the state. The top 11 are all 6A teams.

🔗 masseyratings.com/hsf/ky/ratings

Ryle maybe should be playing the toughest schedule; they are the largest of the six schools. The others aren't playing slouches comparative to their Class. SoS, per Massey: 

6A ~ 7. Ryle 

5A ~ 2. Dixie; 4. Highlands; 12. Cooper 

4A ~ 2. Cov Cath 

2A ~ 2. Beechwood 

There are also a fair number of common opponents for teams of the QBs listed that Ryle has played -  Highlands 5, Cooper 5, Dixie 5, and Cov Cath 4. Beechwood has played 4 of the other teams - Simon Kenton, Campbell Co., Dixie, and Cov Cath. Great Crossing - 3. I think everyone is mostly playing in the same pool. 

Regarding Mr. Verax's performance this season: 

• For teams ranked ranked above Ryle: 2 INT/4 TD, .500.

• For teams ranked below the Raiders: 6 INT/20 TD, .300 

Career numbers, INT/TD

2020 (FR) 1 INT/3 TD, .333 

2021 (SO) 8 INT/18 TD, .444

2022 (JR) 19 INT/17 TD, 1.118 

2023 (SR) 8 INT/24 TD, .333 

Totals - 36 INT/62 TD, .580 

 

OK, thanks for all the data. I'm sure Mr. Verax will be glad to know someone's out there using metrics to highlight how he's LAST on the list. 

30 minutes ago, Runcible Owl said:

Thanks @FirstTimeLongTime.

Maybe worth noting, of the QBs on this list, Verax has the highest INT/TD ratio:

Litmer, Highlands ~ 1/20 .050 

O'Hara, Cooper ~ 5/39 .128 

Hayden, Beechwood ~ 5/38 .132 

Pitzer, Cov Cath ~ 4/26 .154 

Benke, Highlands ~ 4/24 .167 

Gregg, Dixie ~ 6/21 .286 

Verax, Ryle ~ 8/24 .333

He also played a much harder schedule. Safe to assume his TD's would be significantly higher with similar SOS as others in NKY. Harder to get in the end zone vs faster, better players. 

Congrats Dixie! 

38 minutes ago, Finkle Ray said:

A lot of deserving players didn't get selected. I actually agree with Aba being chosen. He wasn't just a role player. Kid played both ways and every game and was a force. While other players were good on one side of the ball or the other. 

Don’t disagree he’s a good choice and a great player, but the facts are: Ryle won the district, had a much harder schedule, and rarely do you see a QB who leads the state in those stats get snubbed.

I’d feel differently if SK won the district.

Logan Verax?

Leads 6A in passing yards, completions, 2nd in completion % vs one of the toughest schedules in KY. 

Should have been a no brainer! 

28 minutes ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

This is as good as a description of 6A that I've seen and you are absolutely 100% correct. I can say for sure that Douglass would much rather drive to Ryle or Simon Kenton than drive 3 miles and play at Bryan Station.

If Ryle continues to play like they did vs Dixie, they belong in group 2. Especially if PRP is in. That was my point.

59 minutes ago, gchs_uk9 said:

There are three groups in 6A:

Group 1 is the top five ranked teams here. All of them could win a title (although I’m not totally sold on Manual).

Group 2 is the collection of Station, Ballard, Bullitt East, and maybe PRP (although like Manual above, I’m not totally sold on PRP). All of them can win multiple playoff games and could scare one of the top five, but I don’t think they can win a title.

Group 3 is everyone else (including Ryle and Simon Kenton). And I’d say every team ranked 1-5 is dying to play a Group 3 team instead of one from Group 2.

That looks about right.

Ryle had a good showing vs Dixie that makes me think they could be in Group 2. They are also higher than PRP and Bullitt East in RPI and CalPreps, so Madden isn't the only one who places them there. 

Looks right. Would love to see Ryle vs Beechwood. Preseason scrimmage was very close. Would be an interesting game. 

Congrats to Beechwood. Great season.

Wish Ryle could have stayed healthy this year. After beating CCHS they have been playing without multiple key players. 

Great job by their coaches keeping them in the mix! 

I only like a playoff when needed for Frosh. If one team stands alone undefeated (like last year) then what’s the point? 

By the end of the season, the better players are finding their way onto the JV/Varsity teams. Many of which aren’t permitted to play, so technically it’s not the best players/teams anyways.

This year’s “bowl-like” format seems to be the best of both worlds. Allow a champion be crowned without having unnecessary first round blowouts. 

However, if I coached a team that ran the table, I’d prefer those kids have a week or two of JV/Varsity experience over additional Frosh games.