Seems to be some talk about the Appomattox / Heritage game. Maybe a thread on this is a good place to air your thoughts.
Appomattox vs Heritage
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My opinion.....Heritage is just too big and fast for Appomattox this year. Not sure the score but going to be at least 14 point win.
This is in my opinion the most highly anticipated game in the Lynchburg area this year. Heritage looks very good this year on the lines and as a team. My pick is Heritage, but it should be a close one! I plan on being there early! It should be PACKED!
Right now, I agree with you. On paper, Heritage has the players and the coaching staff to go all the way this year. Appomattox has put together a great program the past few years, and they have the winning formula. I hope and pray they stay healthy!
Is heritage bigger on the line across the board than LCA? And they had a really good running back and the raiders won that half with them ! I know it was a scrimmage but they matched up well and they could not stop graves on the edges so look for him to have a explosive game and the heritage running back who is all world will get hit hard often , let's see how that works out ! Raiders will score often and win this one going away !! Heritage will have a hard time with LCA !!!! They just won't be able to Handle the speed coming at them and Bradley will be running up and down the sideline saying someone catch that guy omg
Stabler you have said what I was thinking also but I don't kkep up with football too much so I tend to not make my mark as bold as I should sometimes.
Pioneer if it goes any other way and I eat my words I will be the first one to say good job but to be the champ you have to beat the champ and then you have to deal with the PO1 hope you will be there the pregame Appo does will raise the hair on your arms and make everyone forget what's going on this world for a few mins , so it will be fun eather way !!
you hit the nail on the head. Staying healthy worries me with this team. Without a strong backup QB that can play that position with poise concerns me with Appomattox. I know we have Scruggs playing both sides of the ball and Im not "in the know" anymore with my move, but I dont see a quality back up with Senior Moo Moo Slaughter (whom was a great Safety on D as well) not playing this year. I see Graves going to QB if Scruggs goes down. Just a random thought that concerns me with Appo.
Off hand I don't see graves moving to QB in a have to situation. However, I have faith Doug has a plan in mind. Doug has done a great job at putting the younger guys in and developing them. This was very evident at the scrimmage game with LCA where winning was not the focus. Just my opinion and that's all it is an opinion.
I got Appo in this one by 10 points. The talent is even and Appo's coach is better and Scruggs and Graves are smart and super talented seniors that will be the difference makers. Appo 31, Heritage 21.
It's sure to be a another packed house this Friday. Heritage is very talented and has been on a roll so far. If they win I'll be sure to say good job. For today we will enjoy our win on Thursday over a very gamey Rustburg bunch. Tomorrow we are 0-0. PO1
The joke is how few heritage fans come to a game. Appo fans outnumbered heritage at City Stadium by atleast 2 to 1 last year.
Appomattox is not a good venue. Parking is a problem now that they are a good team, unless one gets there early. For some reason, I have never liked their entrance gate. Wish this game was at City Stadium
Won't argue with you about parking, but seriously I goto all the away games and it's as bad or worse everywhere else.
Won't argue with you about parking, but seriously I goto all the away games and it's as bad or worse everywhere else.
There's very few good venues in high school football in the area. Amherst is good, Altavista is good. Brookville is fair. Wm Campbell is fair. LCA is the best, but they play at LU, not really on school grounds .
If you really want to see bad head out to SWVA, now a lot of them are major jokes. Baseball/football field !
I'm a Bedford county guy. All 3 of our high schools have good parking, good fields, horrible visitors bleachers, horrible bathroom facilities. Staunton River, Jefferson Forest and Liberty. If I ever hit a major lottery that would be on my charity list major upgrades for all 3 schools. Stadiums, facilities, equipment everything with hopes of making it so attractive that all the little guys want to be on that stage one day. Maybe participation would go way up.
Yeah Marion isn't good.. but I'd put the top SWVA stadiums up against any from the 434
If u want to see inferior facilities go East of highway 29.
I forgot to mention Giles. They have good stadium. One of best around. Martinsville is also good.
I forgot to mention Giles. They have good stadium. One of best around. Martinsville is also good.
That's a shame too. You got a good team that deserves to have fan support behind them.
Good luck Friday.....well.....
Our vistor bleachers are 100% better than Buckingham or Cumberland !!
I thought we had decent parking with that whole fat lot at the high school but I guess not.
Yes I do not like their stadium at all, the visitor side is horrible. Everything else is ok.
My prediction : Appomattox / PO1 35 Heritage 28............. Late score by the Raiders at home...... PO1 is more than a slogan. Something special for real.
Giles has a great stadium. I like it! I hear Richlands has the best though in 2A, but they did drop down so they had to carry more bleachers when they were 3A. Altavista is good for being 1A.
Buckingham has the worst field and stadium I have seen in 2A thus far. I remember 2 years ago. At halftime, a dude was walking around thowing sand in holes in field. Sad thing is they upgraded the bleachers from wood to small metal ones a couple years ago. Them wooden ones had me scared every time I went to step down them. Sorry, BCknights, nothing but love man...lol
Come on....Cumberland....a 1A team that thrives to be relevant. Nah, they dont need to invest in that. Put that money elsewhere. Cumberland will probably stay independent like Nelson for a long time. Nelson actually has a decent stadium with a lot of seating.
If last years team was one of the best teams that came through Appomattox and we squeaked by with at QB that was not their starter....it was 29-21 and came down to last minutes to decide the fate of that game. I told several coaches at appomattox that if they had a qb that could see the field last year....We would have got beat easily. That TE and several WRs was open all night long that game. They only wanted to throw it to WR Snead because the QB had tunnel vision. I call it the way it is. That is the reason Richlands scared me so much because if anyone seen Heritage vs Appo last year, they knew we had a weakness at DB.
Old fool is telling the truth. Heritage has a horrible following. Last year we had 2x their fans in stadium, maybe 3x at the City Stadium???
I know you think your team is the best, heck we all should feel that way, even if we don't voice that opinion. But do you really think this won't be a game? Just curious because that score makes it a route
Then imagine what they will not bring to Appomattox. I would be surprised if they filled it, if so, it will other fans just wanting to see a good game
