Turner Ashby at LCA

[blackknight_pride]

Over here in the valley virtually no one thinks TA has a chance (to be fair, few Class 3 teams do) but this is certainly TA’s best team they’ve had. Any crazy predictions or do we all think the bulldogs roll here? Either way TA has had one of the best seasons in school history.

 

[VolNation85]

Over here in the valley virtually no one thinks TA has a chance (to be fair, few Class 3 teams do) but this is certainly TA’s best team they’ve had. Any crazy predictions or do we all think the bulldogs roll here? Either way TA has had one of the best seasons in school history.

Bulldogs roll. Maybe not by 50 like last year but still by 21+

 

[wikki]

Over here in the valley virtually no one thinks TA has a chance (to be fair, few Class 3 teams do) but this is certainly TA’s best team they’ve had. Any crazy predictions or do we all think the bulldogs roll here? Either way TA has had one of the best seasons in school history.

LCA will roll. Gideon will score at least 4 TDs himself. I’m glad he’s a senior. lol

 

[AntGZee]

Where will the game be played?

 

[cutnjump]

Where will the game be played?

LCA

 

[AntGZee]

Thanks bud. Does LCA have a lot of seating?

 

[wikki]

Thanks bud. Does LCA have a lot of seating?

Yes they have enough but the visitor side is low, so sit near the top or you will barely be able to see.

 

[southbottomU]

I think one of the problems TA will have is they haven't played anyone . LCA played Heritage, Jefferson Forest, Glass, and Salem. This is a huge step up for TA
35-14 LCA. A big improvement from last year but still a huge gap.

 

[VolNation85]

Where will the game be played?

At LCA's home field. They opened a stadium on their campus last year so all of their home games are there now.

 

[VolNation85]

I think one of the problems TA will have is they haven't played anyone . LCA played Heritage, Jefferson Forest, Glass, and Salem. This is a huge step up for TA
35-14 LCA. A big improvement from last year but still a huge gap.

I agree that LCA has faced better competition but for what it's worth, Heritage and Salem are the only teams that played them within 21 pts. None of the other games were close.

 

[southbottomU]

Point was that LCA had played much much better competition than TA. Last year TA got culture shocked because they had not seen anything close to LCA. TA should evaluate their schedule. They should look into playing Handley or Sherando , Lord Botetourt or Heritage. They need to expose their kids to teams that have some real talent.

 

[CentralVAFootballFan]

Point was that LCA had played much much better competition than TA. Last year TA got culture shocked because they had not seen anything close to LCA. TA should evaluate their schedule. They should look into playing Handley or Sherando , Lord Botetourt or Heritage. They need to expose their kids to teams that have some real talent.

Unfortunately this seems to be a common theme with Harrisonburg area/Valley District teams. By no means do I think TA is bad team, but they're schedule tends to be weak. There's only so much you can do with your district schedule, but TA and others in that area need to bolster their OoD schedules to make the strides needed to get out of the region playoffs.

I'm thinking back to '21 when Broadway went 10-0 and only managed to get the 4-seed in Region C (I'm pretty sure I'm remembering that right, feel free to correct me), earned every accolade in the district, and were down something like 42-0 at half in the second round of region playoffs.

 

[one man]

Unfortunately this seems to be a common theme with Harrisonburg area/Valley District teams. By no means do I think TA is bad team, but they're schedule tends to be weak. There's only so much you can do with your district schedule, but TA and others in that area need to bolster their OoD schedules to make the strides needed to get out of the region playoffs.

I'm thinking back to '21 when Broadway went 10-0 and only managed to get the 4-seed in Region C (I'm pretty sure I'm remembering that right, feel free to correct me), earned every accolade in the district, and were down something like 42-0 at half in the second round of region playoffs.

Per MaxPreps, Broadway was 6-4(5 seed) in '21. Beat TA in the 4/5 game before getting boots smoked 48-0 to eventual state runner up LCA in 2nd rd. I'm still somewhat new to Hburg but to my knowledge, this year's TA team is the first 10-0 Valley team since Harrisonburg in the late 2000s/early 2010s. The Valley has been down in football as a whole since that time. Just not many great athletes out here compared to other areas of the state.

Coach Turner has got TA program consistently winning. Their middle and JV programs are strong so it'll likely continue for the foreseeable future. He def needs to find at least 1 challenging OOD game to help them not be shellshocked when they get deeper into the playoffs. I don't expect them to win Friday but it'll be closer than 56-14 IMO. TA has been ground and pound this year compared to being very balanced last year. They are more physical on both sides of the ball which leads me to believe they can shorten the game and should be better prepared to contain Gid the Kid from the I -Formation. Still don't think they've got enough size/depth in the trenches to hold up for 4 quarters but on any given friday night anything can happen. Someone else earlier had the same sentiments as I. LCA by 21, 35-14 sounds about right. I'm rooting for TA to pull the upset, Valley desperately needs the street cred!

Seminole has won every 3C title since going back to 4 regions. Valley, Jefferson, Shenandoah football just not built like Seminole.