The fact is that there were somewhere in the vicinity of 10 teams that were close enough to get to this weekend and for the last few years that has been case. We talk about this or that, where they are playing etc. This is what most of these games boil down to when you have teams that are fairly close in talent.
Preparation by coaches and players
Executuon
Turnovers
Timing of injuries
How much one team wants it.
Matchups
There were very close games, sometimes more than one.
Louisa lost by five to Eastern View, who lost by 4 to Lake Taylor in a seesaw affair
Monacan lost by 6 to Dinwiddie , who lost by 10 to Eastern View because they turned the ball over too much.
Pulaski County lost by 7 twice to Blacksburg and by 11 to Salem and beat George Washington by three. Blacksburg beat Glass pretty handily, who had mauled Jefferson Forest, who had beat Salem by 2 but lost to Woodgrove in ot.
I heard something about Sherando losing their QB. Salem had lost their starter who never got back to where he was.
There is probably more than this but division four, in my opinion, is very competitive statewide. You can look at Lake Taylor's schedule and see the teams that they have beat this year and see there are probably a few teams in division 4 who would be competitive with every team in state . The exception this year may be Highland Springs and possibly Manchester, who I think Monacan played. The other divisions are pretty much the same. Heritage vs Lord Botetourt was a tough battle. Heritage simply got it done.. Good Luck to all the teams and players.
Preparation by coaches and players
Executuon
Turnovers
Timing of injuries
How much one team wants it.
Matchups
There were very close games, sometimes more than one.
Louisa lost by five to Eastern View, who lost by 4 to Lake Taylor in a seesaw affair
Monacan lost by 6 to Dinwiddie , who lost by 10 to Eastern View because they turned the ball over too much.
Pulaski County lost by 7 twice to Blacksburg and by 11 to Salem and beat George Washington by three. Blacksburg beat Glass pretty handily, who had mauled Jefferson Forest, who had beat Salem by 2 but lost to Woodgrove in ot.
I heard something about Sherando losing their QB. Salem had lost their starter who never got back to where he was.
There is probably more than this but division four, in my opinion, is very competitive statewide. You can look at Lake Taylor's schedule and see the teams that they have beat this year and see there are probably a few teams in division 4 who would be competitive with every team in state . The exception this year may be Highland Springs and possibly Manchester, who I think Monacan played. The other divisions are pretty much the same. Heritage vs Lord Botetourt was a tough battle. Heritage simply got it done.. Good Luck to all the teams and players.
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