Red Pride Nation has already given us his take on this weekend's three games in another thread, but it kind of got buried among some other topics. So to start a fresh discussion and also clarify times, here is a new thread pertaining to the three games that will involve teams from our area. Hopefully someone will know in all three cases the exact time for the games so fans can plan.
Central Lunenburg at Riverheads: This one is most definitely a 7:00 Friday game. As for my thoughts on it, Central will definitely be a better team than Altavista turned out to be, but I still see a solid Big Red win. Central apparently gives up a ton of yardage and points, and I think it will come down to a case of Riverheads being able to move the ball at will, but yet having enough defense to keep the Chargers from doing the same thing. I predict a somewhat high scoring affair, but with RHS coming out on top by maybe 3 scores. Something in the 42-20 category.
Greensville at Buffalo Gap: I have not heard a time for this one, so hopefully someone can post it. But with UVa and Tech playing at noon, I would assume that only die hard fans would attend this one if it is a Saturday game. Hard one to predict but I will go with the Bison in a super close one. Here is how I arrived at that, convoluted as my thinking may be.......Riverheads beat Wilson by 35, as did Goochland. Therefore Riverheads and Goochland must have been fairly evenly matched this year. Riverheads beat Gap by 7 in the regular season but Goochland lost to Greensville by 3. Therefore Gap might be 4 points or so better than Greensville. Make any sense?
RE Lee at Clarke County: This is understandably the most intriguing of these three games because of the higher rankings the two have. On paper it looks like an all-out offensive explosion by both teams. I have read the usual stuff that the Bull Run was weak this year, etc. and that was possibly borne out by BG and Lee hammering two Bull Run opponents week before last. So I will go with the Leemen just on the assumption that they will have more firepower than anyone else Clarke has seen. No matter what happens in this one, Coach Girolmo deserves everyone's Coach of the Year vote this year, as they apparently do not even remotely resemble the team that RHS easily whipped on opening night. If the Leemen do win Friday, they will give the area a state semi-final home game to attend the following weekend, since the chances look better at this point that Riverheads and Buffalo Gap would both travel that weekend if they advance.
To look further ahead, and yes I know that you should NEVER do that in sports, but the mathematical possibility exists that we could have three Augusta County teams advance to Salem on the final weekend. Long shot yes, but boy would that EVER call attention to the caliber of play here in the area!
Central Lunenburg at Riverheads: This one is most definitely a 7:00 Friday game. As for my thoughts on it, Central will definitely be a better team than Altavista turned out to be, but I still see a solid Big Red win. Central apparently gives up a ton of yardage and points, and I think it will come down to a case of Riverheads being able to move the ball at will, but yet having enough defense to keep the Chargers from doing the same thing. I predict a somewhat high scoring affair, but with RHS coming out on top by maybe 3 scores. Something in the 42-20 category.
Greensville at Buffalo Gap: I have not heard a time for this one, so hopefully someone can post it. But with UVa and Tech playing at noon, I would assume that only die hard fans would attend this one if it is a Saturday game. Hard one to predict but I will go with the Bison in a super close one. Here is how I arrived at that, convoluted as my thinking may be.......Riverheads beat Wilson by 35, as did Goochland. Therefore Riverheads and Goochland must have been fairly evenly matched this year. Riverheads beat Gap by 7 in the regular season but Goochland lost to Greensville by 3. Therefore Gap might be 4 points or so better than Greensville. Make any sense?
RE Lee at Clarke County: This is understandably the most intriguing of these three games because of the higher rankings the two have. On paper it looks like an all-out offensive explosion by both teams. I have read the usual stuff that the Bull Run was weak this year, etc. and that was possibly borne out by BG and Lee hammering two Bull Run opponents week before last. So I will go with the Leemen just on the assumption that they will have more firepower than anyone else Clarke has seen. No matter what happens in this one, Coach Girolmo deserves everyone's Coach of the Year vote this year, as they apparently do not even remotely resemble the team that RHS easily whipped on opening night. If the Leemen do win Friday, they will give the area a state semi-final home game to attend the following weekend, since the chances look better at this point that Riverheads and Buffalo Gap would both travel that weekend if they advance.
To look further ahead, and yes I know that you should NEVER do that in sports, but the mathematical possibility exists that we could have three Augusta County teams advance to Salem on the final weekend. Long shot yes, but boy would that EVER call attention to the caliber of play here in the area!
