Denton RC High School

The Ryan Lady Raiders and Mesquite Poteet are the two unscathed teams after the first day of action at the Ryan Kickoff Classic.

They have reached the semifinals of the Gold Bracket by beating Corsicana, Princeton and Aubrey, and two more will join them after Friday's play. District 5-4A's Lake Dallas fared well by beating Irving and Denison before falling to Poteet and moving on to the Bronze Bracket.

Lake Dallas will play Aubrey at 2 p.m. on Saturday as the Lady Chaps beat Sherman and Liberty Christian before losing to Ryan.

The Dallas Morning News released its Class 4A area poll today and your Ryan Raiders are ranked No. 6 going into the 2008 season.

I think this is a fair spot for Ryan. Three teams that dropped from Class 5A (No. 3 Dallas Carter, No. 4 Rockwall and No. 5 Mansfield Timberview) are ranked ahead of the Raiders. That seems reasonable to me.

Everman, which had a phenomenal year in 2007, comes in at No. 2 with 11 starters returning. The Bulldogs should be strong and might make a run at a state title this year.