state predictions

[tylerrossfc10]

with 2 weeks to go before playoffs i decided to give it a shot for every class

6a title game oscar smith over westfield
6a sleeper mount vernon
6a dark horse tc williams

5a title game highland springs over stone bridge
5a sleeper woodside
5a dark horse prince george

4a title game ec glass over louisa
4a sleeper dinwiddie
4a dark horse sherando

3a title game hopewell over lord botetourt
3a sleeper york
3a dark horse liberty christian

2a title game ridgeview over thomas jefferson
2a sleeper appomattox
2a dark horse central wise

1a title game riverheads over galax
1a sleeper chilhowie
1a dark horse washington and lee

let me know what you think

 

[Baseball215]

Don’t know much about upper division but 1A looks good 2A I would have to put Stuart’s Draft in discussion

 

[trutiger16]

I can’t speak on everyone but I feel strongly that the motor blows in the Red Machine this year .

 

[mmqp]

I can’t speak on everyone but I feel strongly that the motor blows in the Red Machine this year .

Problem is they're in a 4 engine plane. And while a handful of other teams are in turboprops, most of D1 is in bi-planes, handgliders, and a few paper airplanes.

 

[Gladiatorfencepatrol]

with 2 weeks to go before playoffs i decided to give it a shot for every class

6a title game oscar smith over westfield
6a sleeper mount vernon
6a dark horse tc williams

5a title game highland springs over stone bridge
5a sleeper woodside
5a dark horse prince george

4a title game ec glass over louisa
4a sleeper dinwiddie
4a dark horse sherando

3a title game hopewell over lord botetourt
3a sleeper york
3a dark horse liberty christian

2a title game ridgeview over thomas jefferson
2a sleeper appomattox
2a dark horse central wise

1a title game riverheads over galax
1a sleeper chilhowie
1a dark horse washington and lee

let me know what you think

Dont know much about 3A-6A but I would definitely have Stuarts Draft in the 2A title game. They will be 9-0 after this week and next week is the big showdown with Riverheads. If they win that Im going to say they have to be favored to reach the title game. I mostly agree with your 1A picks except not sure about Chilhowie, they lost a ton of talent last year, dont think they can hang with PH or Galax.

 

[RedPride07]

The next two weeks will tell us a lot

 

[Bama1985]

I can’t speak on everyone but I feel strongly that the motor blows in the Red Machine this year .

hopefully the only motor that blows In Greenville is XCROSS'S tractor GO BIG RED

 

[SW_VA_boy]

Not shading on teams out east, I just dont know anything about them. 1A I'd go with Narrows as a sleeper and PH as the dark horse. Chilhowie isnt the same teams from the last 2 years.

2A, I'd go with Union or Graham as the dark horse. Both of them would take care of Central in a playoff scenario I think. I know they already knocked off Union once but playoff experience counts.

 

[RedPrideNation_RollPride]

2a title game Graham over Stuarts Draft
2a sleeper Appomattox
2a dark horse TeeJay

1a title game Riverheads over Galax
1a sleeper Narrows
1a dark horse Essex

I read the dark horse as someone that is in the discussion for the most part but not at the tip top of everyone's list. The sleeper to me is the team that every one is overlooking at this point regardless of their accomplishments.

To defend my selections or my omissions.
2A
Graham- is what we think they are, speed and skill all over the field with quality coaching
Stuarts Draft-young but able to score in bunches, above average defense for 2A
Appomattox-starting to gel with athletes all over the field, dangerous come playoff time
TeeJay-more athletes than we thought with enough defense to cause any team to struggle
Ridgeview-wins over JI Burton and Gate City are good but loss to Union and no other quality wins make me pause on jumping on the band wagon just yet
Buckingham-have won their games decisively so certainly a threat to represent A/B in Salem
Radford-loss to their one high level opponent scares me, very good team but a close win over a good not great Glenvar team does not bode well deep in post season
Luray/Clarke County/etc-not enough horses to this year to compete deep into the playoffs.
Union-win over Graham was big so they have the potential but too much of a Jekyll & Hyde for me to put them in the state semi's (really close to picking them)
Big R-signature win is over Radford, competed with Bluefield but layed an egg in games with Union and Graham, couple of players/plays away from late Nov

1A
Riverheads-young team defensively that is finding its identity, offense is showing signs of being very diverse when needed
Galax-quality team with plenty of weapons and great coaching
Narrows-speed and instincts on defense with more skill players than they have had in a number of years
Essex-premier 1A school with athletes all over the field with quality coaching
PHGS-more than enough offense to play with anyone in the state, no signature wins so far but very capable team
W&L-a little inconsistent but certainly have playmakers and enough defense to win stay in any game they play
Rappahannock-quality team with playmakers enough to compete, loss to CB was not expected so which team shows up
GW-good talent but mistakes galore and average coaching
Chilhowie-better than expected year considering graduation numbers from last year, loss to Narrows has me pause on them being in the upper tier of teams
Sussex-young team that is coming together but may be a year away from Salem

This is my feeble attempt at justifying who I selected as well as who I left off my list. I think there are a bunch of quality teams right at the edge of being on the state stage but anything can and will happen in the playoffs.

 

[Gunz41]

2a title game Graham over Stuarts Draft
2a sleeper Appomattox
2a dark horse TeeJay

1a title game Riverheads over Galax
1a sleeper Narrows
1a dark horse Essex

I read the dark horse as someone that is in the discussion for the most part but not at the tip top of everyone's list. The sleeper to me is the team that every one is overlooking at this point regardless of their accomplishments.

To defend my selections or my omissions.
2A
Graham- is what we think they are, speed and skill all over the field with quality coaching
Stuarts Draft-young but able to score in bunches, above average defense for 2A
Appomattox-starting to gel with athletes all over the field, dangerous come playoff time
TeeJay-more athletes than we thought with enough defense to cause any team to struggle
Ridgeview-wins over JI Burton and Gate City are good but loss to Union and no other quality wins make me pause on jumping on the band wagon just yet
Radford-loss to their one high level opponent scares me, very good team but a close win over a good not great Glenvar team does not bode well deep in post season
Luray/Clarke County/etc-not enough horses to this year to compete deep into the playoffs.
Union-win over Graham was big so they have the potential but too much of a Jekyll & Hyde for me to put them in the state semi's (really close to picking them)
Big R-signature win is over Radford, competed with Bluefield but layed an egg in games with Union and Graham, couple of players/plays away from late Nov

1A
Riverheads-young team defensively that is finding its identity, offense is showing signs of being very diverse when needed
Galax-quality team with plenty of weapons and great coaching
Narrows-speed and instincts on defense with more skill players than they have had in a number of years
Essex-premier 1A school with athletes all over the field with quality coaching
PHGS-more than enough offense to play with anyone in the state, no signature wins so far but very capable team
W&L-a little inconsistent but certainly have playmakers and enough defense to win stay in any game they play
Rappahannock-quality team with playmakers enough to compete, loss to CB was not expected so which team shows up
GW-good talent but mistakes galore and average coaching
Chilhowie-better than expected year considering graduation numbers from last year, loss to Narrows has me pause on them being in the upper tier of teams
Sussex-young team that is coming together but may be a year away from Salem

This is my feeble attempt at justifying who I selected as well as who I left off my list. I think there are a bunch of quality teams right at the edge of being on the state stage but anything can and will happen in the playoffs.

Maybe it was an unintentional oversight, but I def think Buckingham should be mentioned

 

[RedPrideNation_RollPride]

I apologize for the oversight as they are certainly a quality team and will make plenty of noise in these playoffs. It is corrected.

 

[Essex Trojan1]

hopefully the only motor that blows In Greenville is XCROSS'S tractor GO BIG RED

Man y’all hard on Xcross. Just some good clean fun by both sides. Lol

 

[Essex Trojan1]

Manchester in 5A should be in the mix

 

[TimWakefield]

Stuarts Draft might make State Semi but that is as far as it goes. I also have my doubts about them in the region. I think their best football is behind them and they very well could fall in region semi of final. Luray might just beat them in a rematch.

 

[Gunz41]

Stuarts Draft might make State Semi but that is as far as it goes. I also have my doubts about them in the region. I think their best football is behind them and they very well could fall in region semi of final. Luray might just beat them in a rematch.

You could be right about SD, but Luray would be 3rd I would worry about on my list in the Region

 

[BarnStormer802]

Stuarts Draft might make State Semi but that is as far as it goes. I also have my doubts about them in the region. I think their best football is behind them and they very well could fall in region semi of final. Luray might just beat them in a rematch.

You could be right about SD, but Luray would be 3rd I would worry about on my list in the Region

Agreed... Luray can’t defend the pass to save their life..They won’t beat Draft. Buckingham is the team.. nobody knows a lot about. Just hope my storm can make some noise this week and beat Wilson team (which is very likely) next week and make the playoffs!!!

 

[Gunz41]

Agreed... Luray can’t defend the pass to save their life..They won’t beat Draft. Buckingham is the team.. nobody knows a lot about. Just hope my storm can make some noise this week and beat Wilson team (which is very likely) next week and make the playoffs!!!

If you beat Wilson and Fort Defiance beats Gap you are in unless some wonky stuff happens

 

[Baseball215]

I think Buckingham and draft in finals of region the winner in the championship

 

[Bama1985]

Man y’all hard on Xcross. Just some good clean fun by both sides. Lol

he brought a lot on himself, XCROSS = mystery man, must be some relative of bigfoot, nobody knows who he is

 

[mmqp]

hopefully the only motor that blows In Greenville is XCROSS'S tractor GO BIG RED

You may regret hoping that if he ends up blocking off one side of route 11 with that dilapidated pile of junk

 

[Bama1985]

You may regret hoping that if he ends up blocking off one side of route 11 with that dilapidated pile of junk

we get to the games at 5, so we will beat the traffic, we know a lot backroads, he needs to set up a go fund me page for that ole tractor

 

[Xcross]

Thanks guys !!

 

[toetheline]

I think your list looks great. I also agree with many that Riverheads May have some issues with Galax this year. However in the end Casto will find a way. There’s not a better Coach in the Business. Gladiators are very lucky he returned.

 

[bulldog1150]

Buckingham over Appo in 2A final(rematch of week 1 game)
Riverheads over Galax in 1A final