Anyone know which teams matchup in states next year? Is it A-B and C-D again or will it change?
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Hey we have to go through Danville.I’d like for the formats to change every year. I got a feeling we’ll be seeing a yearly Salem vs. whoever comes out of the East, who has a much much harder path to the state championship. The brutal truth.
Danville is in very good hands for the next 4-5 years...Thing is, Salem has a formula that has not been duplicated. They win when it matters and I doubt they stop winning when it matters anytime soon. If Salem goes 9-1/10-0 every year, nobody in the West (4C or 4D) will beat them in the playoffs, especially if it’s in Salem. I like the rotating regions for the state semi’s. Let A play D and C play B then rotate it the next year...B play D and A play C. So what if you have to travel a little bit, the 3A teams don’t seem to mind.Hey we have to go through Danville.
Danville is in very good hands for the next 4-5 years...Thing is, Salem has a formula that has not been duplicated. They win when it matters and I doubt they stop winning when it matters anytime soon. If Salem goes 9-1/10-0 every year, nobody in the West (4C or 4D) will beat them in the playoffs, especially if it’s in Salem. I like the rotating regions for the state semi’s. Let A play D and C play B then rotate it the next year...B play D and A play C. So what if you have to travel a little bit, the 3A teams don’t seem to mind.
Hoos, I’m going to call your boys out! They played Courtland, goes on the road and beats undefeated Monacan and Dinwiddie in back to back weeks and then plays the best defensive team in the state in Lafayette in the state semi’s. Their path was wayyy harder than Salem’s, who we all knew whoever won the Salem/Blacksburg game would go on to the state championship from the West. We would not have been able to make that judgement had we seen a Lafayette/Salem and Louisa/Sherando semifinal. Gimme 3A’s setup. If two East teams play for the championship...SO WHAT! If two West teams play..THEY EARNED IT... If a 5 loss team makes it..Who doesn’t love a Cinderella run? Rotate the regions!
Why the drop in enrollment?Tuscarora is moving back to 4A after this season.
I don't think @DanvilleSportsHead was saying Salem's schedule was soft, but comparing playoffs, Louisa had the tougher road overall. (That might not always be the case)I don't think everyone believed that at all in the West . Salem had lost in the regular season to Dinwiddie and was clobbered by Blacksburg. Danville knocked out Amherst in convincing fashion. Amherst had led Salem earlier in the season during the first half. Glass gave Blacksburg a great game. Danville was jelling at the right time. Oh yeah BTW Louisa had beat Dinwiddie, came back to beat Monacan and toughed it out against Lafayette. Most people thought that Louisa was too big and tough. I hear this every year but the truth is you don't play the same team every year even if you have the same schedule. Salem has played some very tough Brookville teams under Woody when Logan Thomas was there, physical and speedy Amherst teams, Northside when they won two championships and when they were in it every year , and Byrd of 2016 had the best team they ever had. Now we are playing Dinwiddie. This is what I think. There is this perception that if you are Richmond East you play a tougher schedule but that is not necessarily the case every year. Dinwiddie has tried to go out of their way to schedule tougher competition. Monacan plays tougher teams. Not all the teams in the east are tough. Lafayette has sometimes had an easy schedule. It is what it is. Why is everyone trying to figure out why Salem has won three in a row. Maybe they just deserved it. There is always this angle of they played an easy schedule even though we played Dinwiddie, Blacksburg and Amherst not to mention the other teams up top.
Definitely Mike. That’s no knock against Salem at all.I don't think @DanvilleSportsHead was saying Salem's schedule was soft, but comparing playoffs, Louisa had the tougher road overall. (That might not always be the case)
I think Salem played a tougher reg season schedule than did Louisa, but Louisa had a tougher playoff route.
Louisa's run to the championship game was as tough as I've seen in a while. It was similar to Salem in 2015- beating undefeated Champe and JF on the road to make it to the finals. (Louisa had a 3rd tough game in Monacan, Dinwiddie, and Lafayette to make it to the finals- no byes either)Definitely Mike. That’s no knock against Salem at all.
Not to mention Courtland taking it to Louisa for much of the game, and led at halftime. The Lions had to get their heads together and make a bunch of clutch plays.Louisa's run to the championship game was as tough as I've seen in a while. It was similar to Salem in 2015- beating undefeated Champe and JF on the road to make it to the finals. (Louisa had a 3rd tough game in Monacan, Dinwiddie, and Lafayette to make it to the finals- no byes either)
I don't think @DanvilleSportsHead was saying Salem's schedule was soft, but comparing playoffs, Louisa had the tougher road overall. (That might not always be the case)
I think Salem played a tougher reg season schedule than did Louisa, but Louisa had a tougher playoff route.
I'm fine with the regional format we've had in place the last couple of years. It makes more sense travel and gate wise.I did not take it as a swipe at Salem at all. I probably got into areas I did not have to but he was actually doing the opposite and I understand that but before you make wholesale changes you should consider some other things. One is the earlier games, or regional matchups, the way the setup is now will have better attendance at the games.