By the way, I support Northumberland and coached at Essex before that. Rapp has been one of my rivals for 20 years. Had NHS some how upset Galax, it would have to been to our advantage to play Auburn who has no offense unlike Rapp and Galax which are loaded.
While Galax was really good, they did not seem the impossible to defeat machine that I had expected. Many NHS fans feared we would lose 8-0.
Rapp's offense is better this year (scary young talent especially on O) and they had their 1st team all Region Keeper back (who had emergency surgery an hour before the title game last season- totally destroyed the mentality of the team facing Galax).
I had planned to see it - already had booked my hotel. Alas, it was not to be.