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Pick em Week 11

Smithfield @ Tabb (Thur)
Henrico @ Atlee
Spotsylvania @ Culpeper Co
Midlothian (C5) @ LC Bird (C5)
Menchville (C5) @ Bethel (C5) (Thur)
Colonial Forge (C6) @ N Stafford (C6)
Stafford (C6) @ Mountain View (C6)
York (C3) @ Grafton (C3)
Norview (C5) @ Lake Taylor (C3)
Poquoson (C2) @ Lafayette (C3) (Thur)
Courtland @ Eastern View*
Matoaca @ Dinwiddie*

Sherando @ Handley*
LCA @ Jefferson Forest*
Loudoun Valley @ Woodgrove
Rustburg @ EC Glass
Millbrook @ James Wood
Battlefield (C6) @ Patriot (C6)
Northside (C3) @ William Byrd (C3)
Fauquier (C3) @ Meridian (C3)
Turner Ashby (C3) @ Spotswood (C3)
William Monroe (C3) @ Rockbridge Co (C3)
Strasburg (C2) @ Central Woodstock (C2)
Stuart's Draft (C2) @ Wilson Memorial (C2)

*GOW 2 pts each

Down to 4 Contest update

It 'appears' we have to do make adjustments for Class 6 as well.....
As far as C6 goes it looks like the Semifinal matchups will go back to the A/B and C/D format.

As far as the Hayfield situation goes, I don't believe it's fair to the players of the contest who chose other teams in Reg C preseseason to have everyone who did pick Hayfield be allowed to pick another team now. They were determined to have been cheating the rules and they aren't eligible for the playoffs. For the purposes of the game, it's my opinion that we should stick with our original picks. If everyone picked Hayfield I could see making an exception, but to keep it fair it's a preseason contest.

My State Top 10 (November 3rd)

I do my rankings like college football does theirs. So, while a 5 loss Buffalo Gap or a 4 loss Grundy, might be a tough out in the playoffs, you won't find them here currently. Ultimately, it'll all play itself out on the field, and this is just for conversation purposes for us old guys 😆

1. Altavista
2. Rappahannock
3. Rye Cove
4. Essex
5. Grayson Co
6. Eastside
7. George Wythe
8. Bath Co
9. Holston
10. Honaker

Phoebus 27 Warwick 17 FINAL

No. They might not even make it past Granby/Kings Fork. It’s the same thing with them every year: talk nonstop offseason about beating Phoebus (not winning a state title) and dominant all the lesser teams then lose to Phoebus and go to playoffs win a couple games and get beat in the playoffs. Literally happened 3 years in a row…well playoffs part to be determined.
From what I saw today Warwick will have its hands full with KF. Granby will have to come through Maury if they make it pass Nansemond River.

Final: Tazewell 245, Graham 185

Are you being facetious?

I watched Tazewell’s. It was right after halftime losing around 17-0.

Kind of makes sense to do that if you’re trying to win, right?

Doing it up 30 in the 4th is just, well…

But anyways, it made me laugh. As chippy as it was I would think you would want to get out of there. Not give Tazewell more reason to be upset lol
Yes, I was joking. I have no idea why they did it at that point. Was it the back up kicker though? Could be just giving him practice kicking one & seeing if they could recover it. 😂

2024 Class 6 Region C/D Power Points

Region C Playoff Scenarios*
*As of 11/3 with all teams eligible for post-season play. Will update if anything changes.

IN:

HAYFIELD
(@ 1-8 Lewis)
Current Points: 260
Max points with a win: 292-300
Max points with a loss: 280-288
Points with wins from: West Springfield +2, Annandale +2, Chantilly +2, South County +2

LAKE BRADDOCK (vs. 3-6 Robinson)
Current Points: 278
Max points with a win: 316-320
Max points with a loss: 302-306
Points with wins from: Colgan +2, Madison +1, Westfield +1

WEST SPRINGFIELD (vs. 0-9 C.G. Woodson)
Current Points: 254
Max points with a win: 283-291
Max points with a loss: 272-280
Points with wins from: Hayfield +1, West Potomac +1, Oakton +2, Yorktown +2, Fairfax +1, Robinson +1

FAIRFAX (@ 3-6 Alexandria City)
Current Points: 248
Max points with a win: 284-291
Max points with a loss: 270-277
Points with wins from: Wakefield +2, Oakton +1, Centreville +2, Robinson +1, C.G. Woodson +1

SOUTH COUNTY (@ 4-5 West Potomac)
Current Points: 235
Max points with a win: 273-277
Max points with a loss: 258-262
Points with wins from: Robinson +1, Alexandria +1, Hayfield +1, Madison +1

ON THE BUBBLE (5 TEAMS/3 SPOTS):

WEST POTOMAC
(vs. 4-5 South County)
Current Points: 221
Max points with a win: 258-265
Max points with a loss: 243-250
Points with wins from: Mount Vernon +2, Centreville +2, Alexandria +1, Oakton +1, C.G. Woodson +1

- In with a win.
- In a loss, in with one loss from Alexandria or Robinson.
- Owns tiebreaker with Edison if both teams lose.

EDISON (vs. 4-5 Mount Vernon)
Current Points: 218
Max points with a win: 257-260
Max points with a loss: 242-245
Points with wins from: Lewis +1, Annandale +2

- In with a win.
- In a loss, in with losses from Alexandria and Robinson.

MOUNT VERNON (@ 4-5 Edison)
Current Points: 212
Max points with a win: 250-255
Max points with a loss: 235-240
Points with wins from: Unity Reed +1, Lewis +1, Annandale +2, West Potomac +1

- In a win, in with one loss from West Potomac, Alexandria, or Robinson OR beat one of West Potomac, Alexandria, or Robinson in points.
- In a loss, in with losses from Alexandria and Robinson AND beat Alexandria and Robinson in points.

ALEXANDRIA CITY (vs. 6-3 Fairfax)
Current Points: 209
Max points with a win: 251-255
Max points with a loss: 234-238
Points with wins from: Centreville +1, Colonial Forge +1, Forest Park +1, Robinson +1

- In a win, if Edison wins, in with a West Potomac loss OR beat Robinson in points.
- In a win, if Mount Vernon wins, in with a West Potomac loss OR beat Mount Vernon or Robinson in points.
- In a loss, if Edison wins, needs Robinson loss AND beat Mount Vernon and Robinson in points.

ROBINSON (@ 7-2 Lake Braddock)
Current Points: 208
Max points with a win: 251-257
Max points with a loss: 233-239
Points with wins from: West Potomac +1, South Lakes +2, Madison +1, Gainesville +1, C.G. Woodson +1

- In a win, in by beating two of West Potomac, Edison, Mount Vernon, or Alexandria in points.
- In a loss, in by beating Edison/Mount Vernon loser and Alexandria in points.

OUT: FALLS CHURCH, ANNANDALE, JUSTICE, LEWIS, C.G. WOODSON
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Phoebus 27 Warwick 17 FINAL

Flip side of this game is Warwick showing up and not backing down. Do they have anything to potentially give Maury a game?
No. They might not even make it past Granby/Kings Fork. It’s the same thing with them every year: talk nonstop offseason about beating Phoebus (not winning a state title) and dominant all the lesser teams then lose to Phoebus and go to playoffs win a couple games and get beat in the playoffs. Literally happened 3 years in a row…well playoffs part to be determined.

Final: Tazewell 245, Graham 185

I think it was just returning the favor of Tazewell kicking one & recovering it.

Are you being facetious?

I watched Tazewell’s. It was right after halftime losing around 17-0.

Kind of makes sense to do that if you’re trying to win, right?

Doing it up 30 in the 4th is just, well…

But anyways, it made me laugh. As chippy as it was I would think you would want to get out of there. Not give Tazewell more reason to be upset lol
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Final: Tazewell 245, Graham 185

Appreciate people like you giving fact based opinions.

I watched some of the Graham game last night while switching back and forth between others.

Their offense didn’t seem to have that home run hitter like they always have.

On another note, a funny one, as soon as I started watching at one point I saw Graham kick a successful onside kick. Don’t remember the exactly when it was.. either late 3rd or early 4th, but they were up at least 30+ at the time LOL
I think it was just returning the favor of Tazewell kicking one & recovering it.

Final: Tazewell 245, Graham 185

Graham struggled with Union, a short handed V High team and Lebanon. Everybody else on the schedule were cupcakes. I'm not going to sugar coat anything. Graham's offense struggles against quality opponents and it will end up being their downfall Sure those stats look good, but when you look at who they have played and factor in over 100 yards in penalties per gamei, t's not nearly as impressive. Defensively, they are better then last season. Offensively, last year, they were much better

Appreciate people like you giving fact based opinions.

I watched some of the Graham game last night while switching back and forth between others.

Their offense didn’t seem to have that home run hitter like they always have.

On another note, a funny one, as soon as I started watching at one point I saw Graham kick a successful onside kick. Don’t remember the exactly when it was.. either late 3rd or early 4th, but they were up at least 30+ at the time LOL

Pick em Week 10 Results and Standings

Congratulations to ArcticBuc for winning this week's Pick em!

mike salem 24
ArcticBuc 24
Scalvinscaliwag 23
OCBoy 22
Bfootball08 22
BleedingNavy 22
VirginiaGreat08 22
SFUWO 22
lyhsports 22
freeatlast2013 21
tylerrossfc10 21
gladiators01 21
General172011 21
cutnjump 20
salemfan32 20
m-squared 19
CHUKNOW 19
edwinanderson2nd 19
BoKnowsSports 19
Virginia HS Football Fan 18
MrSir#5 18
Shruikan 18
DinwiddieProud 17
FoxesPride 17
BullRun66 17
Gunz41 16


freeatlast2013 193
gladiators01 192
Bfootball08 189
SFUWO 189
mike salem 188
BoKnowsSports 188
cutnjump 185
tylerrossfc10 185
lyhsports 185
DinwiddieProud 183
salemfan32 183
Scalvinscaliwag 183
MrSir#5 182
BleedingNavy 180
ArcticBuc 179
edwinanderson2nd 178
VirginiaGreat08 178
Shruikan 177
General172011 174
CHUKNOW 172
FoxesPride 170
Gunz41 167
BullRun66 166
m-squared 163
Virginia HS Football Fan 162
CavsGrad 152
OCBoy 150

Final: Tazewell 245, Graham 185

Graham averaging 33 pts a game offense and giving up 5 on defense —- but let yall tell it they are down and struggling
Graham struggled with Union, a short handed V High team and Lebanon. Everybody else on the schedule were cupcakes. I'm not going to sugar coat anything. Graham's offense struggles against quality opponents and it will end up being their downfall Sure those stats look good, but when you look at who they have played and factor in over 100 yards in penalties per gamei, t's not nearly as impressive. Defensively, they are better then last season. Offensively, last year, they were much better

Final: Tazewell 245, Graham 185

He also had the tazewell kids chop block all night going at the knees of our defensive line. Shouldn't expect a little league Coach that graduated to the high school level to have any class.

Honest question - are chop blocks against the rules with the VHSL?

I assume you are calling a chop block what we used to call it.. basically just diving at the legs below the knees.

Or are you saying something different happened?

Final: Tazewell 245, Graham 185

If will be tough for Graham to past Union with that kind of lack of discipline. Graham's A game is better than any team in Class 2. But their offense is not good enough to overcome discipline issues 3 times in a row in games 3, 4, and 5 of the playoffs. They will get caught on of those games if they play with lack of discipline and turnover inside there own territory deep. I understand Graham has been solid at not turning over deep inside their own territory. If they have a game in games 3, 4 or 5 where the discipline issues show up and they have 1 or 2 deep turnovers in their territory leading to an easy 10 or 14 points for the opponent, they will caught.

If Graham fixes the penalty problems and doesn't turn over deep in their own territory, they will go 15 and 0. Defense is too good for any Class 2 team to go down the field consistently for 3 sustained drives. Maybe 2, but not 3 in one game.
I agree with your assessment. I think that Graham's defense is fantastic. If there's a better defense in 2A, I'd love to see it. However, the offense is inconsistent and the amount of penalties is flat out ludicrous. That will be their downfall

Final: Tazewell 245, Graham 185

The real story is how bad and unprepared Tazewell looked .. they decided to huddle instead of signaling and had numerous delay of game penalties. They prob spent the week looking for ways to get Graham players kicked out instead of actually preparing for football .. they have ZERO running game and way too many random formations ,, kids couldn’t get lined up. Yes the penalties were bad but a bunch of it was phantom flags back and forth flopping .
I agree. They seemed disorganized for the 9th game of the season. They run out of the shotgun all the time and I think they were trying to run the play clock down quite a bit to play keep away. I can't wrap my head around what Tazewell is trying to do when I watch them play. I just assume they like to throw the ball and it is very hard to run out of the shotgun
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