#8 Turner Ashby @ #1 Spotswood
This would be my upset pick if there will be one. Spotswood beat TA by 9 and then 7. It's hard to beat a good team three times. However, Spotswood has some great players and is a fantastic program. I also don't think TA has beaten them in years so the Blazers very well could come out and blitz them. My gut just tells me TA will give them all they can handle. Spotswood -7.5
#5 Charlottesville @ #4 Heritage Lynchburg
Game of the day for me. Similar teams with similar records. Charlottesville hasn't been healthy all year but has shown flashes of excellence, beating EC Glass and crushing Wilson by 29 when healthy. Also boasts a 30 point loss to Albemarle among other strange things. Heritage put it together to end the regular season. I do think the Pioneers could very well blitz Charlottesville if the Black Knights do not show up, which is very possible. If they do, however, I think this will be a fantastic game between two teams that have the potential to win the region IMO. Heritage -4.5
#6 Broadway @ #3 LCA
Unless LCA comes out real flat, I have the Bulldogs by 15+. Broadway has some good playmakers but LCA is too disciplined and too talented to let this one slip away. When hot, the Bulldogs are the best team in the region. LCA -12
#7 Fluvanna @ #2 Wilson Memorial
Wilson has been an enigma this year, beating Spotswood and Charlottesville early and then losing two late season head scratchers to Fort Defiance and Stuarts Draft. Fluvanna has shown some good promise this year and I think they will come ready to play. The Jefferson this year was extremely good and I think Fluvanna will pull this one off. Wilson -3.5
This would be my upset pick if there will be one. Spotswood beat TA by 9 and then 7. It's hard to beat a good team three times. However, Spotswood has some great players and is a fantastic program. I also don't think TA has beaten them in years so the Blazers very well could come out and blitz them. My gut just tells me TA will give them all they can handle. Spotswood -7.5
#5 Charlottesville @ #4 Heritage Lynchburg
Game of the day for me. Similar teams with similar records. Charlottesville hasn't been healthy all year but has shown flashes of excellence, beating EC Glass and crushing Wilson by 29 when healthy. Also boasts a 30 point loss to Albemarle among other strange things. Heritage put it together to end the regular season. I do think the Pioneers could very well blitz Charlottesville if the Black Knights do not show up, which is very possible. If they do, however, I think this will be a fantastic game between two teams that have the potential to win the region IMO. Heritage -4.5
#6 Broadway @ #3 LCA
Unless LCA comes out real flat, I have the Bulldogs by 15+. Broadway has some good playmakers but LCA is too disciplined and too talented to let this one slip away. When hot, the Bulldogs are the best team in the region. LCA -12
#7 Fluvanna @ #2 Wilson Memorial
Wilson has been an enigma this year, beating Spotswood and Charlottesville early and then losing two late season head scratchers to Fort Defiance and Stuarts Draft. Fluvanna has shown some good promise this year and I think they will come ready to play. The Jefferson this year was extremely good and I think Fluvanna will pull this one off. Wilson -3.5