With W&L destroying Rapp last night does this move them even further in the rankings or was it just a bad game? Does Rapp rebound and was this a wake up call for them. Essex seems to be getting back on track after a bad game with many turnovers on Essex against KW. How is franklin?Northumberland haven’t played much competition yet, how good will they match up this year against the rest of NND. After Colonial Beach’s loss to Sussex by one how good are these two teams against the bigger NND teams. Especially since CB has WP in a couple of weeks who seems to be improving week by week. Wp only let up 2 offensive TDS against W&L and was hanging with Rapp but just couldn’t score which hurt them, will they be better when everyone is healthy? K&Q without a true test yet can’t really say how they are but congrats to them on a great season so far!
Region A gets interesting
- Thread starter 1a_Analyst
- Start date
CB @ Riverheads will tell a lot ! Just hope I am well enough to ride my ole tractor down to watch this one . Good luck to both teams !
Some folks on the other side of the rivah aren't going to like this, but may have read a little too much about how great they are supposed to be this year. That's not to say they aren't a good team. With all due respect to the Trojans I think W&L is the team to beat this year in 1A. Northumberland is a really good team but missing just a little dynamic something that graduated. I think year in year out CB is just about as well coached as anyone they just don't have the numbers. West Point is still trying to work thru some things and figure out what kind of team they are. When they do they're going to be a handful. The big unknown is K&Q, High Ceiling with a favorable schedule early. Gonna be exciting to watch it all unfold.
I picked WL to win. No one said Rapp is out. But the fact is head to head WL dominated Rapp, and dominated WP. They're play on the field has put them at the top of the heap IMO.
There’s still that team from Tappahannock that will have to be dealt with. Not saying that Essex will win the region but they are kinda being overlooked again.
I’m not overlooking Essex. But I did say after the RHS-WP game that we now have a basis of comparison between W&L and RHS and it was my opinion that W&L appeared to be the better team and the score after their meeting supports my hypothesis. I also said after the RHS-CCS that RHS did not look like the same team WP played twice last year and that if they did not improve, they would face some tough challenges. I have faith that RHS coach will get his team in playoff shape. I expect the NND will be anyone’s for the taking (I think both CB and NHS coaching can also surprise anyone on any given night).
I thought I was the only one getting old, stayed up watched them rams play last night paying the price today.
I had a feeling W&L was going to be tough. Rapp doesn't see to like teams with a power running game. But until proven otherwise, Essex is still king.
After seeing #12 Gaines in pre-season scrimmage and vs. WP, I've stated here a couple of times that RHS should be able to win if they just run Gaines. The fact that Gaines throws on a rope and is hard to stop on the run, I'm baffled as to why they are losing to teams I thought they would easily beat. If anyone has any insight on this, please post. As per my current rank order, I concur with Essex is the one to beat, followed by W&L.
Thanks for those stats. I'm still a little perplexed. I thought this was #12 year for All State. But we have a lot of games left.
He's a great kid. Very polite and humble based on my personal observations.
I see what you did there with the "TEAM", sweet. But history shows that in 1A that one player can be the primary reason the other team loses. Palmer, Porter, Dameron and Gaines just from last year's recollection. This is not saying the rest of their team did not contribute to the win. What it is saying is that sometimes other teams cannot stop the other team's best player.
I hope you're correct. Raiders were #2 on my pre-season list with a Trojan v Raider 1A championship game.
Rapp look pretty one dimensional that game against W&L. They go far as Gaines legs take them
LMAO!!! What are you talking about!?? Please stop reading into things that aren't there. And own what? Man, sir, goodnight.
