[Stardust]

This was a win-win for me. I didn't care who won. Simon Kenton dominated...particularly Simpson and Lawrence. Simpson is a man among boys. Ryle has their bright spots, but they have a lot to work on. I still think they are 2 in NKY 6A. Coaching staff has some stuff they need to reevalutate. Elliott is great, really. But you have to have other options. When you go to Eubanks, or pass to Fugate *who needed to catch those balls!*, or go to Nichols *wow, that works!?* it opens up Elliott. Hempel had some issues passing tonight, but again, his line has issues with the big D of SK and the conditions weren't stellar for a passing game. For any game really lol. So there are things to work on as far as the coaching staff goes and obviously as far as the players go, but I see hope in Ryle. SK is dominating at this point though...

I'm having a tough time understanding this. Ryle put up 29 points, and you are stating that they need to do something differently on offense? Scoring 29 does not tell me the change needs to be on the offensive side of the ball. Last night was a continued demonstration of Ryle's inability to stop the other team. No one was going to stop Simpson last night, but last night was just another example of the holes on the defensive side of the ball.

Hats off to both teams. Ryle did prove that they are an exceptional offensive team. Elliott is a gifted a runner as anyone in the state. Ryle competed for a period of time before the Pioneers exposed the Raider's D. Simon Kenton is for real. I've been impressed with this "team" not just Miles for a long time. Chad Lawrence has proven he is a leader. Much of the publicity will go to Simpson and all the numbers that he is racking up, but to me the real glue is Lawrence.