I'm glad you mentioned Appo at CH. I figured everyone would think I was nuts if I said I was interested in that game. It will probably be a blow out, but something about it intrigues me. Maybe it's because it's a first time matchup? It's next to the last game of the year for CH, so if Coach Edwards has got his boys believing, they could keep it respectable. I would love to see this game to finally get a look at Appo, but I'll be down the road at Dinwiddie at Hopewell. (Second year in a row for Dinwiddie at Hopewell.)
I think Appo gets a lot of hype. I wouldn't be surprised to see an upset depending on how CH looks up front and at the skill positions. I also know that CH plays a very difficult schedule so they will be up for the challenge. I think it'll be closer than a lot of people think. If you have athletes and discipline then imo you can play with Appo.
The biggest of the bigs, AAA is the largest in WV, they are at somewhere around 1400 to 1500.
I wouldn't go that far DSH. You are right, they play some pretty physical teams in the Central District. They opted out of playing Thomas Dale, but still have 5a Matoaca, Meadowbrook, Prince George, 3a Hopewell, and Petersburg, all before Appo comes to town. So they sure as heck won't be in awe of the Raiders. But...!
Tiquest Terry is the best player on Blacksburg's offense imo but teams do so much to try to take him away. He is one of the biggest reasons the running game opens up the way it does. WR Coffey is a returning junior like Terry and he is pretty good on the outside. You might have happened to catch a couple of games where they weren't as productive but for most of the season they were very effective.
Blacksburg is more versatile offensively than William Byrd was last year. I'm not saying they'll do better than Byrd did last year, but Blacksburg has a good spread offense. Beck isn't the total offense. The QB Johnston was like 6'4" 200 last year as a Sophomore. (His dad was the QB at WVU from '93-'96) His go to WR is Terry, who is small but nearly as fast as Beck. Another good WR is Coffey. They have a couple of other good WR's in Babcock, Wise, and Vangilder to complement the spread. They have an excellent kicker in Wise. They have their top tackler back in Vangilder. They have 2 good returning DE's in Orndorff and Driscoll. Their pass defense is very solid with a lot of interceptions in big games.
I agree 100% with both statements. Appo to me wouldn't fare well in 4a. They have pieces. I'm a firm believer that you can win with pieces in the lower divisions. Take the trio of Entsminger, TJ Washington, and Rivers off of Sherando and put them on Strasburg.. I bet you they play for the state championship. Put Pope and Freeland on Brunswick or Greensville County, they're going to do the same.. I don't expect Appo to drop off that much .. Scroggins and Graves are the real deal... I also watched a few Blacksburg games on YouTube as well and I think they are good but would definitely be a "contender" in 3a. Beck is an outstanding player. They remind me of the GW Danville and Courtland teams. Very good athletes but not many pure football players like you're going to see at Sherando/Salem/Dinwiddie/LT. They just don't have the depth and the pure hard nose football players as the top teams in 4a. They'll more than likely be 9-1/8/2.
Yes! I forgot to add Amherst vs. Salem and Amherst vs. Blacksburg as well!
Millbrook@Sherando will definitely be a good game, they always are.Martinsburg @ Sherando doesn't sound very fun to me this year, the Dogs would win 4A in Virginia easily this year. We will be lucky to stay withing two or three Td's.
Millbrook @ Sherando will be a good game.
Most interesting game on the board are the ones you all have already stated , the Salem Dinwiddie game is naturally very interesting. Louisa Charlottesville is also very nice game to watch, has Charlottesville taken the next step over the hump?
Anyway, glad you guys are talking football, and we all hope Salem doesn't get all the best recruits.
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