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1A Top Teams this year?

Top 2 are Essex and Riverheads.

Next tier I would put Altavista, Luray, Galax, Radford, Lunenburg and Honaker. Any one of these teams could become top tier though.. its just too early to tell right now.
 
Radford or Galax with a dominant win this week could put themselves in that category with Essex/Riverheads in my opinion.
 
Lunenburg beat Altavista last week 41-34. Should be an interesting season on both sides of the state
 
The EAST is ridonkulously nasty.... Essex, AltaVista, Luray, Riverheads, Lunenberg
Riverheads may have a weakness that could catch up with them at some point as they threw 1 pass last week, and it was intercepted. Granted, they had no use for passing as they spanked Lee and rushed for 500+ yards. I've heard that Casto may move Agnor to some QB out of the singlewing, and that they may rotate 2 other QBs throughout the year for their base stuff. We will learn a lot more about this years Redteam after they play Waynesboro as they should provide a more quality opponent. That game will give me a better idea of what to expect but based off what I saw last week, I look for them to be playing in at least the state semis. But again, this came against a Lee team that may not finish the season at .500
 
Altavista not even close to Top 10

Keith:

You are correct in that the Lee game was not necessarily a true barometer to gauge how good Riverheads is. The Leemen just had so many mistakes and mental errors in that game that we got no clue as to the talent level they may have. Their game at Wilson may tell us a little bit more about them, just as it may give us further insight into how good both Wilson and Waynesboro are.
 
To paraphrase what Casto has said a number of times, " We will run the same offense we always run. If you can stop it you will win, if not it will be a long night". I have seen us run some variations that have Agnor taking a direct snap but it is more of the wildcat and not a true single wing. Either way it is way too early and the first game was way too lopsided to get any indication as to what we have. Waynesboro will give insight but so far speed outside hasn't been an issue for our D. Luray, Buffalo Gap, and East Rock will be other significant challenges we will face along with Stuart's Draft since it's a local rival. Way, way too much football to talk about who is the best 1A team in the state. Most successful playoff teams grow through the season and find themselves as they come down the stretch. Good luck to all and of course #RollPride
 
Riverheads is not very good yet ! Lee was big and sloppy . The RED TEAM better not get the big head or they could get a reality check . Not this week, as Covington looks to be weak . Waynesboro will be the test .
I see them in the top three at this point . GO BIG RED !
 
The Galax at Radford game will tell a lot about who is in the conversation for some of the top teams out west.
 
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