Week 12 top 10

[G MASTER BLASTER W]

1 Sussex 10-0 Bye

2 Riverheads 9-1 Bye

3 Galax 9-2 Beat Honaker 62-14

4 George Wythe 10-1 Beat Twin Springs 61-6

5 Hurley 11-0 Beat Rural Retreat 56-20

6 Parry McCluer 10-1 Beat Covington 49-20

7 Altavista 8-3 Beat Surry 63-16

8 Central-Lunenberg 8-2 Bye

9 Fort Chiswell 8-3 Beat Twin Valley 61-12

10 Chilhowie 9-2 Beat Castlewood 33-28

No change this week heading into week 2 of the playoffs. Thoughts?

 

[eh31]

Hurley has the most wins in 1A at the moment.

Also- just asking opinions - do you think it's fair the west has to win 5 games to win state but the top teams from the east would only have to win 4?

 

[G MASTER BLASTER W]

For me personally I prefer the extra game. I feel that it keeps the kids fresh. But I see where the argument can be made about 4 games rather than 5. 1 less game for injuries ect.

 

[kwhs95fan]

I think both should play the equal amount of playoff games whether it be 4 or 5. In the Personally I think 12 would work best for each region. I know in the East the overall depth isn't very good and if you look at the scores from the games out West last week involving the top 4 seeds they all were blowouts with the closest game being 36 points so maybe 12 would work for them as well. But with things changing next year it'll probably be different once again as some regions will have as many as 17 teams where some will have as few or 6 or 7 so obviously it'll be a huge discrepancy again. But for this current setup I think 12 teams for each region would work good. It kind of rewards the top 4 in each region and evens it out on both sides. I also understand the whole keeping teams playing and in rhythm thing as well. Because say a team would not have their regular bye week until week 11 and then get a first round bye in the playoffs then you are looking at about 3 weeks in between games. So I definitely can see both sides.

 

[woodlayer#952002]

1 Sussex 10-0 Bye

2 Riverheads 9-1 Bye

3 Galax 9-2 Beat Honaker 62-14

4 George Wythe 10-1 Beat Twin Springs 61-6

5 Hurley 11-0 Beat Rural Retreat 56-20

6 Parry McCluer 10-1 Beat Covington 49-20

7 Altavista 8-3 Beat Surry 63-16

8 Central-Lunenberg 8-2 Bye

9 Fort Chiswell 8-3 Beat Twin Valley 61-12

10 Chilhowie 9-2 Beat Castlewood 33-28

No change this week heading into week 2 of the playoffs. Thoughts?

I think fort should be #5 or #6

 

[woodlayer#952002]

I think both should play the equal amount of playoff games whether it be 4 or 5. In the Personally I think 12 would work best for each region. I know in the East the overall depth isn't very good and if you look at the scores from the games out West last week involving the top 4 seeds they all were blowouts with the closest game being 36 points so maybe 12 would work for them as well. But with things changing next year it'll probably be different once again as some regions will have as many as 17 teams where some will have as few or 6 or 7 so obviously it'll be a huge discrepancy again. But for this current setup I think 12 teams for each region would work good. It kind of rewards the top 4 in each region and evens it out on both sides. I also understand the whole keeping teams playing and in rhythm thing as well. Because say a team would not have their regular bye week until week 11 and then get a first round bye in the playoffs then you are looking at about 3 weeks in between games. So I definitely can see both sides.

I think it should only be eight teams from each region

 

[CallMeCoach19]

I think Fort is right where they should be for now. I would expect much bigger changes after tomorrow and Saturday. We just didn't learn much on these teams last week.

 

[HighestPoint]

I don't really have an issue with 16 from the west or the 12 from the east. Regions have always been able to allow whatever they voted on, going back to the 4 region setup. Same as will be going forward. I think there should be some discrepancy between the 4 regions with them being unbalanced. I think next year it would be largely unfair to Region A and D to only allow 4 teams in, while 4 fits Region B well. They can't allow 8 in because there won't be 8 teams playing football.
Back to this year, I have no problem with allowing more teams than is probably needed to get in. I think 12 is a good number but this is the first year since 2012 that there hasn't been a low seed win in the West.

2015- 9 Bland over 8 Patrick Henry
2014- 10 Covington over 7 Northwood, 11 Patrick Henry over 6 Clintwood, 12 Auburn over 5 Fort Chiswell
2013- 9 Galax over 8 GW, 10 Radford over 7 Holston, 12 JI Burton over 5 Clintwood, 13 Auburn over 4 Chilhowie.

The furthest of those lower seeds to advance was JI Burton in 2013, losing in the 3rd round after beating Auburn in the 2nd.
So yes, none of these teams are making it much further than getting one upset win. However, 1A is very cyclical for most teams (minus the top 4 or so from each side). I think allowing more teams in helps keep the competitive balance by getting kids out. If you area 6-4/7-3 team and you have no shot at post season play, kids wont come play and that team may fall to 3-7 without a few guys. Those teams up top have kids coming out, good coaching, and are able to maintain. I don't see the harm in having a few extra teams in, they can use that as a benchmark for their program, maybe they get an upset and stay alive one more week or maybe they are just a tune up for the top dogs before they move on.
And the VHSL is keeping it at 5 weeks of post season play (still up to the regions as to how many teams), most likely due to the gate from the extra 12 games you get by having the first round.

 

[G MASTER BLASTER W]

I think fort should be #5 or #6

For me if the Fort that beat Galax shows up they could be in that 5-6 range. But they just haven't shown enough consistency throughout the year. They beat 1 really good team and lost to the other 2 they've played by blowouts.