Powhatan’s the worst nightmare to a team like Huguenot or Varina. Look at what happened in 2021 they played. Powhatan was minus 2-3 athletes to this years’s team and Varina won the state championship. 28-27 Varina that year. Powhatan lost to Huguenot twice last year by a combined 9 points. In the playoff loss, Huguenot scored with no time left to win. This year was the outlier where if they played 5 times, 4 would be close (toss up for either team) and 1 would be a blowout.. This year was the blowout. I really don’t know how they stack up with Dinwiddie or KG.. I think Mills and Lunsford are PROVEN to make adjustments vs a slower paced/power team.
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@BoKnowsSports . I have watched their video and like what I see. The Indians rb's seem to be used as decoys for the passing game and their QB Elliott Murphy gets most of the yardage on the ground. Powhatan certainly can throw the rock and they have three darn good receivers to go get it in Whitver, Henderson (Penn St.) and Morris.
The Indians have a solid defense, but the one area Dinwiddie can have success is their greatest strength. Powhatan has struggled mightily with their opponents run game. The Generals can surely run it and that's what they did last week to wear Matoaca down in the fourth quarter.
According to stats on Maxpreps, Dinwiddie averages about 100 yards per game more than Powhatan on the ground and the passing yardage is only separated by 30 yards per game.
Defensively, Dinwiddie holds opponents to under 100 rushing and 149 yards passing per game. Powhatan looks to give up about 200 on the ground and 150 in the air per game. That's about a 100 yards per game difference.
Both teams have very experienced coaches who know how to win. The two teams have faced once in 2022 and Dinwiddie's won convincingly.
Yes, Powhatan has proven they can play good teams well and can score, but they have also given up a lot of points in those games. In fact, they have given up more than 20 points five times and have lost four of those games. Comparatively speaking Dinwiddie has given up 20 points or more in four games. The difference is Dinwiddie won three out of four of those games.
This should be a good game. I don't think Dinwiddie will lay the wood to Powhatan, but I do believe they will wear the Indians down in the second half. Home field advantage is huge. Give me the Generals by 14.
