Ryle Wins 21-6 at Simon Kenton

Raiders get back to Commonwealth, win column vs. Pioneers

by Richard Skinner, Enquirer Contributor

After suffering back-to-back blowout losses to Ohio powers in which Ryle was still adjusting to a season-ending injury to star running back Travis Elliott, the Raiders showed on Friday night they're still going to be a force in Kentucky.

Ryle got two big-play touchdowns in the first six minutes of the game, and its defense held off Simon Kenton for a 21-6 victory at Chlorine Menefee Stadium in Independence.

Ryle (3-2, 1-0 Class 6A) improved to 3-0 against Kentucky teams this season and has outscored them 105-31.

The Raiders were outscored the last two weeks by Colerain and Columbus St. Francis DeSales 79-7. Elliott was injured in the first quarter of the loss to Colerain.

"When you lose what we think was the best player in the state there's going to be an adjustment period so it was great to go against those two teams to find out what our strengths and weaknesses are," said Ryle coach Bryson Warner. "We have a lot of guys that can still execute a lot of plays. We're a different team, but we can certainly still be good."

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Ryle Defense Too Much For Simon Kenton

By Terry Boehmker, Ky Post

INDEPENDENCE, Ky. - When Ryle took a 14-0 lead in the first six minutes of its Class 6A district game against Simon Kenton on Friday, it looked like the Raiders would put up some big numbers on offense.

It didn’t turn out that way, but the Ryle defense played so well that it didn’t really matter.
Ryle came away with a 21-6 victory because Simon Kenton wasn’t able to make big plays or sustain drives on offense.

The Pioneers ended up averaging just 4.2 yards per play and they were 5-of-18 on third- and fourth-down conversions against Ryle’s stubborn defense.

“They’ve got a great run game and that’s the first thing you’ve got to stop,” said Ryle coach Bryson Warner. “If you shut that down, they’re not comfortable if they don’t have a running game going on. So we were able to do that, and then zero in on their pass plays.”

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