Union Academy at MA
MA starts it’s playoff run with a nice tuneup matchup. Union used to be one of the more fundamentally solid small 1A but it looks like the school was accidentally nuked or something because they sure wasn’t this year. Main thing here is how long it will be before MA puts the JV’s in. That will be a fun challenge.
Newton Conover at East Surry
East Surry starts it’s 2A playoff journey at home vs NC, a team who destroyed them in their previous encounter a decade ago. This NC team isn’t that team though but East totally shouldn’t overlook them either by any stretch. East’s achilles heel for ages before this run of the past few years has been first round matchups. If they make it past here they will have a nice run.
Surry Central at West Lincoln
Central’s year has taken a hard left turn after not coming out of Toast with the win a couple of weeks back. It doesn’t help that their best RB is out for the year and it makes their offense more one dimensional. They have to play a jamming West Lincoln team who is on a roll tonight; it’s gonna take some ball control magic from Southern’s gameplan to make this one close.
Elkin at Draughn
Elkin’s rough year is almost over.. They have to play a very solid mountain team who loves to run it down people’s throats tonight and that has been their weakness all year long. Expect more of the same here.
North Stokes at East Wilkes
In a surprise draw we managed to get another first round rematch between these two. It happened a lot in the 00’s in the old NW days so I’m glad there is another one. Unless East is badly beat up I don’t see it being that close. If they get the Graham kid back it definitely won’t be close. Unless N Stokes changes their offensive scheme I just don’t see them doing enough to win it here.
Christ The King at South Stokes
South has done such a good job that the Sauras have earned a home matchup vs CTK out of the Catawba Shores. This is the best year they have had as they have surprised some folks so South shouldn’t overlook these dudes. That being said Dave is the better HC and South has the better line so I expect them to roll here.
West Stokes at Robinson
Despite their win by forfeit over Walkertown last week it didn’t help West as they slid to the spot where they could get Robinson. Robinson’s a glorified 3A team in terms of playing with the athletes they have. They won their conference by a landslide and cruised through the 2nd half of the year giving up very few points. They are slotted for a nice run and look to start it with West. Robinson’s athletes will be too much for them to handle. If they can crack Robinson’s solid defense (76 points given up all year,) then that will give West a good moral win heading in to 2022.
North Forsyth at Salisbury
NF also didn’t have much luck with that extra win but the OT loss to McMichael didn’t help either. Now they have to play their first playoff game in 5 years vs the defending champion Salisbury team who are beyond excited for another run. Don’t see NF’s line hanging in long in this one but I do see them maybe getting some points late in the year. This will be a good benchmark to see what the Vikes have to work on going into next year.
Bishop at Andrews
The Villains have the mega long haul to Andrews tonight to face a very good Andrews team off their best year in a while. The Villains’s best games have been against athletic but terribly coached teams and Andrews isn’t that. I doubt this one will be close as Andrews will knock the Villains all over the field.
WS Prep at Robbinsville
Why bother with this one? Ouch.
MA starts it’s playoff run with a nice tuneup matchup. Union used to be one of the more fundamentally solid small 1A but it looks like the school was accidentally nuked or something because they sure wasn’t this year. Main thing here is how long it will be before MA puts the JV’s in. That will be a fun challenge.
Newton Conover at East Surry
East Surry starts it’s 2A playoff journey at home vs NC, a team who destroyed them in their previous encounter a decade ago. This NC team isn’t that team though but East totally shouldn’t overlook them either by any stretch. East’s achilles heel for ages before this run of the past few years has been first round matchups. If they make it past here they will have a nice run.
Surry Central at West Lincoln
Central’s year has taken a hard left turn after not coming out of Toast with the win a couple of weeks back. It doesn’t help that their best RB is out for the year and it makes their offense more one dimensional. They have to play a jamming West Lincoln team who is on a roll tonight; it’s gonna take some ball control magic from Southern’s gameplan to make this one close.
Elkin at Draughn
Elkin’s rough year is almost over.. They have to play a very solid mountain team who loves to run it down people’s throats tonight and that has been their weakness all year long. Expect more of the same here.
North Stokes at East Wilkes
In a surprise draw we managed to get another first round rematch between these two. It happened a lot in the 00’s in the old NW days so I’m glad there is another one. Unless East is badly beat up I don’t see it being that close. If they get the Graham kid back it definitely won’t be close. Unless N Stokes changes their offensive scheme I just don’t see them doing enough to win it here.
Christ The King at South Stokes
South has done such a good job that the Sauras have earned a home matchup vs CTK out of the Catawba Shores. This is the best year they have had as they have surprised some folks so South shouldn’t overlook these dudes. That being said Dave is the better HC and South has the better line so I expect them to roll here.
West Stokes at Robinson
Despite their win by forfeit over Walkertown last week it didn’t help West as they slid to the spot where they could get Robinson. Robinson’s a glorified 3A team in terms of playing with the athletes they have. They won their conference by a landslide and cruised through the 2nd half of the year giving up very few points. They are slotted for a nice run and look to start it with West. Robinson’s athletes will be too much for them to handle. If they can crack Robinson’s solid defense (76 points given up all year,) then that will give West a good moral win heading in to 2022.
North Forsyth at Salisbury
NF also didn’t have much luck with that extra win but the OT loss to McMichael didn’t help either. Now they have to play their first playoff game in 5 years vs the defending champion Salisbury team who are beyond excited for another run. Don’t see NF’s line hanging in long in this one but I do see them maybe getting some points late in the year. This will be a good benchmark to see what the Vikes have to work on going into next year.
Bishop at Andrews
The Villains have the mega long haul to Andrews tonight to face a very good Andrews team off their best year in a while. The Villains’s best games have been against athletic but terribly coached teams and Andrews isn’t that. I doubt this one will be close as Andrews will knock the Villains all over the field.
WS Prep at Robbinsville
Why bother with this one? Ouch.
