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Centreville 31 - South County 27

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Centreville and South County squared off in what was a pretty good game, with Centreville building a 10 point lead in the second quarter, falling behind in the third quarter before retaking the lead, then holding off South County to win 31-27.

Centreville received the ball first on their own 20 yard line. On the very first play, the QB handed the ball to a RB, who handed it off to the WR in what looked like a reverse. But then the WR flipped the ball back to the QB who had a wide open player down the middle of the field-but the pass was off and the receiver could not haul in the pass for what would have been a sure TD. CV then punted three plays later and SC took over on the CV 48 yard line. Unable to move the ball, SC punted and pinned CV on their own 1 yard line. SC's Dunn intercepted QB Egbers several plays later and SC had the ball back on their own 43 yard line, but a Tull fumble was recovered by CV on the SC 34 yard line. CV completed this drive with a 24 yard run by Kanu and went ahead 7-0 (Greer XP) with 2:30 to play in the first quarter. SC then put together a quick 80 yard drive to tie the score at 7-7 (Arquette XP) on a 3 yard run by Spalding at the 11:32 mark of the second quarter. CV immediately answered with an 80 yard drive of their own, capped by a 1 yard Kanu TD run at the 5:52 mark to put CV ahead 14-7. After a SC punt, CV drove from their own 19 yard line to face a 4th and goal at the SC 2 yard line, where they elected to go for a 17 yard FG, which Greer hit, to go into the half leading 17-7.

SC started the second half on their 35 yard line and had to punt. CV then returned the favor, giving SC the ball on their own 37 yard line. On the first play of this possession SC's Tull went 63 yards on a QB keeper and pulled SC to within 17-13 (Arquette's XP missed). CV again went three and out, giving SC the ball back on the SC 44 yard line. SC went on to score again, this time on a 4th and 1 from the CV 2 yard line when Spalding ran it in the 2 yards and put SC ahead, 21-17 (Tillard 2XP) with 1:57 to play in the 3rd quarter. CV would immediately answer, using a one play, 77 yard run by Wright to jump back in front, 24-21 (Greer XP) with 1:35 left in the third quarter. SC's next possession was a three and out, giving CV the ball on their own 43 yard line. A few plays later CV's Kanu went 44 yards up the middle and CV extended their lead to 31-21 (Greer XP) with 7:45 remaining in the game. SC again went three and out, as did CV. With 3:36 left and trailing by 10 points, SC started on their own 37 yard line and marched 63 yards, capping the drive with a Tull 1 yard run to pull within 31-27 (XP missed on a bad snap) with 2:23 to play. SC tried an onside kick on the ensuing kickoff and a CV player touched the ball and it was recovered by SC at the SC 48 yard line with just over two minutes to play. SC got a Tull run to the CV 46, then a penalty on CV pushed the ball to the CV 41. CV's defense then broke through on the next play and sacked Tull at the SC 49 yard line, but two plays later CV's Maxwell intercepted Tull and CV was able to run out the clock to win 31-27
 
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Excellent game summary as always. It's getting to be some kind of syndrome for SouthCo, that they play tough, close games but seem just fall short.

Any thoughts about what's missing for them?
 
Excellent game summary as always. It's getting to be some kind of syndrome for SouthCo, that they play tough, close games but seem just fall short. Any thoughts about what's missing for them?

To be honest, I am not that educated in the intricate schemes and tactics required to analyze a football team well. But I have found over the years that I can see some scores, watch a few games, and then be quite accurate as to which teams are the better ones. That said, I expected a SC win last night based on the egg that CV laid last week against Champe, but I think the CV loss last week was just a bad game after I saw them in person last night. The CV running game was certainly able to exploit the SC defense with its speed and quickness, but the most important factor was that CV's #13, Anunay, played exceptional defense on Spalding. He tipped away the first three passes thrown to Spalding and was only beat on two pass plays all night, limiting Spalding to just 3-4 catches. Spalding's ability just kills most teams so the defense of Anunay was the deciding factor, IMO. When SC had the ball on their last drive with about 2 mins to go I thought they might pull it out since they marched right down the field on CV the previous drive using their bread and butter, the passing game. But when Tull did not/could not throw the ball away and was sacked near midfield, that was huge as far as a single play in the game. The Maxwell kid for CV then made a great read and got the INT that sealed the win.
 
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I expected a SC win last night based on the egg that CV laid last week against Champe, but I think the CV loss last week was just a bad game after I saw them in person last night. The CV running game was certainly able to exploit the SC defense with its speed and quickness . . .

Agreed. This was a different Centreville team last night. They obviously learned a lot from their loss to Champe.

. . . the most important factor was that CV's #13, Anunay, played exceptional defense on Spalding. He tipped away the first three passes thrown to Spalding and was only beat on two pass plays all night, limiting Spalding to just 3-4 catches. Spalding's ability just kills most teams so the defense of Anunay was the deciding factor, IMO.

Spalding gave Westfield a lot of problems, but he wasn't much of a factor against Centreville. That may say a lot about Centreville's defense.
 
It simply says Centreville's Defensive Coordinator knows what every other Coordinator should know, You press Spalding and provide Safety help over the Top. Westfield Chose to stay in Zone most of the night allowing Spalding to catch a ball underneath and run through several Arm Tackles. Very few HS QB's are afforded more than 3 seconds in the pocket if you as a defense can hold up/ disrupt the receivers route(s) for even 1.5 seconds the Reads change dramatically and with one or two exceptions most QB's at this level are lucky to get to their second read before tucking and running or getting Sacked. Westfield utilized that Template to great success the Previous year when Joey Free had as many interceptions as Spalding had catches in their 2 Matchups. We all know Spalding is going to get his, it doesn't mean Teams should pad his stats by refusing to implement the demonstrated scheme that Works. #13 for Centreville did a great job and battled all night. There are several more Langleys on South County's schedule so Tull and Spalding will have ample opportunity to exploit overmatched Defenses.
 
Probably not a bad choice in the end. When your best corner is 5'6" and the other is playing in second varsity game ever. Plan will likely be different if they meet again in the playoffs.
It simply says Centreville's Defensive Coordinator knows what every other Coordinator should know, You press Spalding and provide Safety help over the Top. Westfield Chose to stay in Zone most of the night allowing Spalding to catch a ball underneath and run through several Arm Tackles. Very few HS QB's are afforded more than 3 seconds in the pocket if you as a defense can hold up/ disrupt the receivers route(s) for even 1.5 seconds the Reads change dramatically and with one or two exceptions most QB's at this level are lucky to get to their second read before tucking and running or getting Sacked. Westfield utilized that Template to great success the Previous year when Joey Free had as many interceptions as Spalding had catches in their 2 Matchups. We all know Spalding is going to get his, it doesn't mean Teams should pad his stats by refusing to implement the demonstrated scheme that Works. #13 for Centreville did a great job and battled all night. There are several more Langleys on South County's schedule so Tull and Spalding will have ample opportunity to exploit overmatched Defenses.
Westfield did press Spalding with help over the top on almost every snap. He caught one ball with three defenders on top of him and his catch in overtime for a TD with was with two defenders closely covering him. In both cases Spalding made a tremendous adjustment to the ball which he does so well. Tull threw the ball into coverage because Spalding wins the majority of 50/50 balls. The hitch he caught for a 76 yard TD was a good adjustment by South County's coaches (and poor tackling by the Westfield secondary) by moving Spalding from the outside position in trips to an inside slot. Lastly, Spalding had 4 catches for 101 yards against Centreville. Although he did not have a receiving TD, 25 yards a catch is very impressive. Spalding deserves his due. So to say teams are choosing to refuse to implement schemes work is totally inaccurate.
 
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There is no better possession Reciever in the Northern Region than Spalding, and if I needed a Big play his would be the number I would call. The vast majority of the Teams in the Region simply don't have an Athlete the caliber needed to match up. No disrespect to Mr. Spalding.
 
There is no better possession Reciever in the Northern Region than Spalding, and if I needed a Big play his would be the number I would call. The vast majority of the Teams in the Region simply don't have an Athlete the caliber needed to match up. No disrespect to Mr. Spalding.

Au contraire, Cobbs from Hayfield is by far the best receiver in the region. Both are good athletes but Cobbs gets the nod in terms of athleticism. Bigger, stronger and faster and he excels on both sides of the ball.
 
757FridayNightZ (or whomever is doing this):

Are you the one reposting on FFX Underground? I wouldn't waste my time. You are not going to cut through the juvenile BS, and the trolls outnumber the genuine posters about 100-1. Please, don't try to drag those fools over here!
 
Part of what they do on FFU, is copy each other's name. BUT, I did start the HS Football 2017 thread in an attempt to get rid of the troll that was posting all the gay porn crap.

As a secondary step, I actually trolled my own thread trying to get the adults on FFU to start contributing here. It has seemed to work to some extent, right? I just wish we could get Steve K2 on here.

I'm not sure the separation of the threads here by Class is helping keep interest high. It seems that by region could a bit more effective.
 
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