The Ryle Raiders have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Beechwood Tigers at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday.
Ryle is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: St. Henry, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Ryle was ranked fifth). Ryle lost 3-0 to St. Henry on Tuesday. The loss continues a trend for the Raiders in their matchups with the Crusaders: they've now lost four in a row.
Ryle was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-16, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Beechwood entered their tilt with Highlands on Tuesday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They came out on top against the Bluebirds by a score of 3-1.
Beechwood had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 25-27, 25-19, 25-20, 25-23.
Ryle's defeat dropped their record down to 20-6. As for Beechwood, their victory was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-7.
Everything went Ryle's way against Beechwood when the teams last played back in September of 2021, as Ryle made off with a 3-0 win. Does Ryle have another victory up their sleeve, or will Beechwood turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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