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Hopewell @Phoebus

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The Class 3, Region A Semifinal between Hopewell and top seed Phoebus is set for Saturday.....

 
I know it’s frustrating, but the mis-information does not originate with the VHSL. It is 100% the responsibility of the Region to provide the VHSL with the matchups. The League only post what it is provided. It’s like the old computer cliche, junk in, junk out!
 
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Not really. They did beat Lafayette virtually the whole game. Gotta give BTW some credit. They can play.
They can play for sure but this years defense for Lafayette was the weakest in years giving up lots of yards and big plays in quite a few game. Btw won by 2 points with Lafayette’s 1,000 yd rusher out and Hopewell won by 4 TDs over a still decent LT team. Can BTW beat York? I don’t think so but they do have the talent to spring the upset.
 
They can play for sure but this years defense for Lafayette was the weakest in years giving up lots of yards and big plays in quite a few game. Btw won by 2 points with Lafayette’s 1,000 yd rusher out and Hopewell won by 4 TDs over a still decent LT team. Can BTW beat York? I don’t think so but they do have the talent to spring the upset.
Lol Hell Lafayette beat York. BTW can beat York too. They just beat Lafayette. (Stop making excuses, y'all loss at home and BTW was beating the Rams majority of the game). BTW has played Hampton, Lake Taylor, Maury and Lafayette. Tougher schedule but York is the favorite but BTW can beat them. They just need to stop the run. I wouldn't be surprised if BTW won.
 
Lol Hell Lafayette beat York. BTW can beat York too. They just beat Lafayette. (Stop making excuses, y'all loss at home and BTW was beating the Rams majority of the game). BTW has played Hampton, Lake Taylor, Maury and Lafayette. Tougher schedule but York is the favorite but BTW can beat them. They just need to stop the run. I wouldn't be surprised if BTW won.
I would be surprised. It took a 4 th Q rally to beat York over a month ago. That missing 1,000 yd runner Adrian Warren for the BTW game was key in the York game. Ps, we didn’t play BTW at home, Wanner stadium was unavailable and we had to play at York on Saturday afternoon.We lost that home field advantage. But York doesn’t have the best passing attack, if you stop their #1 back Btw may very well win. But that back is approaching 2,000 yards and Lafayette’s head called him the best running back in our district. I would go but the forecast is for very cold weather that night. It’s on NHFS.
 
I would be surprised. It took a 4 th Q rally to beat York over a month ago. That missing 1,000 yd runner Adrian Warren for the BTW game was key in the York game. Ps, we didn’t play BTW at home, Wanner stadium was unavailable and we had to play at York on Saturday afternoon.We lost that home field advantage. But York doesn’t have the best passing attack, if you stop their #1 back Btw may very well win. But that back is approaching 2,000 yards and Lafayette’s head called him the best running back in our district. I would go but the forecast is for very cold weather that night. It’s on NHFS.
We shall see. BTW has seen plenty. Going to the Hampton vs Warsaw game Fri then Phoebus vs. Hopewell gm Sat. The corder the better. Football weather...
 
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We shall see. BTW has seen plenty. Going to the Hampton vs Warsaw game Fri then Phoebus vs. Hopewell gm Sat. The corder the better. Football weather...
I see Hamptons defense really shutting down Warhill. Warhill is almost exclusively a running team and I don’t think that will work. Warhill has a very good defense but I see Hampton 21-7. The Phoebus game is interesting with Hopewell’s rout of LT. If it started at noon I’d go but that later 2 pm start doesn’t fit into my schedule unfortunately.
 
I see Hamptons defense really shutting down Warhill. Warhill is almost exclusively a running team and I don’t think that will work. Warhill has a very good defense but I see Hampton 21-7. The Phoebus game is interesting with Hopewell’s rout of LT. If it started at noon I’d go but that later 2 pm start doesn’t fit into my schedule unfortunately.
Phoebus routed LT too. 56 -6. We shall see.
 
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If Hopewell show up like last week then Phoebus in for a fight but if I see the same team that came out against Dinwiddie and Dale Hopewell might have a long ride back down 64. My gut is telling me Hopewell schedule got them battle tested and is ready to get they revenge from last year I just hope they don’t get called for 15 penalties in the 1st half
 
They can play for sure but this years defense for Lafayette was the weakest in years giving up lots of yards and big plays in quite a few game. Btw won by 2 points with Lafayette’s 1,000 yd rusher out and Hopewell won by 4 TDs over a still decent LT team. Can BTW beat York? I don’t think so but they do have the talent to spring the upset.
Hell, Lafayette beat York..lol and BTW beat Lafayette, the same team that played and beat York. Lol BTW can beat York. Hopewell is always a good team. and Phoebus beat LT by 7 TDs. Regardless they still have to play each other. Too bad Lafayette had too many issues to go far this year. Hopefully next year everyone will remain healthy but if they lose I'm sure it will be some sort of issue as to why. Sometimes teams just play better than you on a given night. As last year when Lafayette beat Phoebus. Yet Noone from Phoebus made excuses.
 
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Hell, Lafayette beat York..lol and BTW beat Lafayette, the same team that played and beat York. Lol BTW can beat York. Hopewell is always a good team. and Phoebus beat LT by 7 TDs. Regardless they still have to play each other. Too bad Lafayette had too many issues to go far this year. Hopefully next year everyone will remain healthy but if they lose I'm sure it will be some sort of issue as to why. Sometimes teams just play better than you on a given night. As last year when Lafayette beat Phoebus. Yet Noone from Phoebus made excuses.
For Lafayette this year, in my 24 years of following them have never seen so many things just go wrong so quickly. Three returning starters from last years team get injuries from May that kept them out the whole year, one was all region LB and RB, three other returning starters transfer out to other teams, several players including the new starting LB/Rb go down in first game and take weeks to return. In a class 3 size school that graduated several top players, losing over half of your experienced expected starters causes serious problems. Hopefully this crazy situation doesn’t again.
 
For Lafayette this year, in my 24 years of following them have never seen so many things just go wrong so quickly. Three returning starters from last years team get injuries from May that kept them out the whole year, one was all region LB and RB, three other returning starters transfer out to other teams, several players including the new starting LB/Rb go down in first game and take weeks to return. In a class 3 size school that graduated several top players, losing over half of your experienced expected starters causes serious problems. Hopefully this crazy situation doesn’t again.
Well considering all of that you guys had going on yall had an amazing season and you should be very proud they won their district and made it to the playoffs. When they loss you said the season was a waste. Sounds like a good coaching job to me.
 
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I thought this topic was about Hopewell vs Phoebus! Lafayette, you guys had a great run and but fell short on your goals. Great job! even if you don't think so. Many programs would love to have a season that you guys just had. I know I supported the Rams all the way to the championship after they beat Phoebus. We made no excuses because we knew we were going to get better this season and I got news for you, the Phantoms may be even better next year with a more improved and experienced O-line and D-Line and two dynamic lil running backs. Right now, our focus is on Hopewell. One game at a time!
 
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I thought this topic was about Hopewell vs Phoebus! Lafayette, you guys had a great run and but fell short on your goals. Great job! even you don't think so. Many programs would love to have a season that you guys just had. I know I supported the Rams all the way to the championship after they beat Phoebus. We made no excuses because we knew we were going to get better this season and I got news for you, the Phantoms may be even better next year with a more improved and experienced O-line and D-Line and two dynamic lil running backs. Right now, our focus is on Hopewell. One game at a time!
Good luck on Saturday. I don’t see Hopewell winning. They played well against LT but this year that’s not the usual standard as a number of teams scored quite a bit on LT. I see a Phoebus/ LCA final. I would expect the picks for that game to be 50/50, split along where you live. Going to York game tonite. If your game was noon instead of 2pm I would go but the later start causes schedule problems for me. Not on NHFS as I subscribe. I believe it’s on your local cable channel but not up here. Sorry about my unintended hijacking of the topic.
 
Good luck on Saturday. I don’t see Hopewell winning. They played well against LT but this year that’s not the usual standard as a number of teams scored quite a bit on LT. I see a Phoebus/ LCA final. I would expect the picks for that game to be 50/50, split along where you live. Going to York game tonite. If your game was noon instead of 2pm I would go but the later start causes schedule problems for me. Not on NHFS as I subscribe. I believe it’s on your local cable channel but not up here. Sorry about my unintended hijacking of the topic.
No worries. I'm sure the game will be on Youtube by Hampton Media Network. Big time win for Warhill tonite!
 
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Terrible offensive showing by Phoebus minus 2-3 drives. Luckily Hopewell QB gifted wrapped us the game with those INTs. Jalen Mayo with 2 pick 6s.
 
Should be a good game between Phoebus and York. York has a great running game and doesn’t force the pass . Game is Saturday at what time?
 
Lol Hell Lafayette beat York. BTW can beat York too. They just beat Lafayette. (Stop making excuses, y'all loss at home and BTW was beating the Rams majority of the game). BTW has played Hampton, Lake Taylor, Maury and Lafayette. Tougher schedule but York is the favorite but BTW can beat them. They just need to stop the run. I wouldn't be surprised if BTW won.
BTW played an excellent game and the offense moved the ball. A large number of penalties on BtW and a lot of them holding calls. One negated a TD and another brought back a great KO return. It was a very close back and forth game. Hats off to BTW.
 
Should be a good game between Phoebus and York. York has a great running game and doesn’t force the pass . Game is Saturday at what time?
Phoebus has to clean up a lot of things this week particularly on the offensive side of the ball. Hopewell gave a valiant effort but the offense was out of sync all game with basic fundamental errors such as center to QB exchange, missed blocking assignments upfront, really dumb penalties. They better not play like this next week or York will be advancing. Easily the worst offensive performance all year. Even worst than the Oscar Smith game! Smith was just simply the more dominant team that didn't give us that many opportunities to execute.
 
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