I'd like to see Essex play some bigger schools in the Richmond or Fredericksburg area but obviously those schools don't have much incentive to play a smaller school. Not playing KW is a big blow in what is usually a tough, competitive game as well as a long time rival.Essex has a hard time finding teams that will schedule a regular season game. Realistically Essex needs to drop Franklin, KQ and Charles City and schedule tougher competition. It hurt when king William dropped Essex. Rappahannock and Northumberland have done a decent job scheduling games with other teams not in the area.
Essex is an hour from Gloucester and juat across the bridge after Gloucester is York County with York, Tabb, Grafton, and Poquoson also nearby.Essex has a hard time finding teams that will schedule a regular season game. Realistically Essex needs to drop Franklin, KQ and Charles City and schedule tougher competition. It hurt when king William dropped Essex. Rappahannock and Northumberland have done a decent job scheduling games with other teams not in the area.