Old man watching NFHSnetwork. I'll jump from game to game!

mountie pride said:

I think OUR SC COACH did a pretty good job at BOILING SPRINGS a few WEEKS AGO. YOU must have FORGOTTEN.

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Happy Thanksgiving MP. Keep us updated on the score of the KM game tomorrow night.

thekidd12 said:

I figured you would take it the way I intended. And you have always been an interesting, to me anyway, poster. Without bias of any sort but simply an observer of high school football, as well as other sports. In other words, me 😂😂😂
Ok I’m just a little biased 🤷‍♂️

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Thank you it's always been interesting to read what you and Chute have to say. 1a has been fun to keep up with last few years. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone

BIGSAUSAGES said:

two teams move on to third round
Two teams have hoops season
Wonder how long Binky keeps paying the high priced SC coach to keep losing early in playoffs?
Young Mounties will be back , a lot of 7th graders coming up next season

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I think OUR SC COACH did a pretty good job at BOILING SPRINGS a few WEEKS AGO. YOU must have FORGOTTEN.

Vik-Val 86 said:

After Helene came through and cause the damage that it did I was very surprised that some of the mountains schools was even able to continue their sports. But yes it’s amazing to know that Erwin and Heritage is still in it playing football. Even some of the Asheville schools had good year in soccer as well.

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It really is a miracle we are getting to play. Erwin had a lot of damage in the French Broad river area and Heritage was devastated county wide. It's funny though that schools in the far west like Murphy and Robbinsville were barely touched at all. I would guess there are kids on heritage that lost homes and even loved ones. There is a lot to be thankful about today!

I believe this has the potentials of being a good game. If Mooresville plays two good halves like they did the 2nd half last week we will see a good one I believe. They just can’t start out like they did last week in 1st half or it will get ugly fast.

shelbyfan1 said:

So u think CSD. Is better then Crest. KM and ACR...?
Dont think so bud....

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I was more or less talking about their conference. Obviously those are very strong teams but I think this team could go toe to toe with any of those teams.

Case in point:
Mt Pleasant lost to JM Robinson 36-29 (close).
JM Robinson beat Kings Mountain 41-14. (Not close)
Kings Mountain lost to Shelby 32-16.

Mt Pleasant lost to CSD 30-7.

All this to say: these teams are more evenly matched than people think and it’s gonna be a good game (hopefully!).

BD Warrior said:

I know this is an older post but we are still living it up here in the mountains. Hurricane Helene is by far the worst to ever hit NC. Hazel caused 19 deaths and 974 million(adjusted) in damage. In NC Helene has caused 103 deaths and 53 billion. Both of these numbers will rise too. It's still blows my mind to see the damage every day going to work in Asheville. It's become kind of normal but it will never be normal. The fact that teams like Erwin and Heritage are even playing football still is pretty darn cool.

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After Helene came through and cause the damage that it did I was very surprised that some of the mountains schools was even able to continue their sports. But yes it’s amazing to know that Erwin and Heritage is still in it playing football. Even some of the Asheville schools had good year in soccer as well.

The younger Bare is going to be a special player for N Wilkes.

When I was at AC Reynolds last Friday, I went to concession to get hot chocolate, which I thought would be a big seller, and was told no coffee or hot chocolate. I was like, wow sure missed out on big sellers. I was reminded that they had no usable water.

How soon we forget, please don’t let us flatlanders forget, remind us everyday.

My sons went to Hibriten, only my youngest did sports, he graduated in 2017. I went to Hickory and my wife went to Foard. I have had family at East Burke, Foard, St. Stephens, South Caldwell and McDowell. I mainly pull for Hibriten and Hickory and I'm sure I'll be pulling for South as my great-nephews get to high school. I'm happy when any of our local schools do well in athletics, it is such a good character builder and develops terrific skills for functioning well in society. Frank Barger was athletic director when I was at Hickory. Troy Washam was my algebra teacher and David Elder was my teacher and friend of my parents (we went to church together where my wife and I were married).

Cash would be the best and safest bet!

kingbluedevil said:

Yes we definitely getting cart before the horse. I think you guys have their best chance yet to represent the West. No clear cut favorite this year. Could be upsets this round

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I figured you would take it the way I intended. And you have always been an interesting, to me anyway, poster. Without bias of any sort but simply an observer of high school football, as well as other sports. In other words, me 😂😂😂
Ok I’m just a little biased 🤷‍♂️

owen98 said:

We are on the same page. ACR and Asheville have shown some success in the spread as well but it’s when you run up against those teams that are equal or more talented that it doesn’t go well. I think the South Point reference is what I am talking about though. If you can play a different style(which calls for an entirely different week of practice and installation of a whole new defense for your opponent) then you have an advantage. Then if you execute it with discipline and have minimal mistakes then you likely win.

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I agree. This year's Erwin team is a little different because we do throw the ball a lot but we also have a really good running back when he's not hurt.

MagicRaider said:

South Point runs the triple option as most of know. They do this because they don't have the size or speed to match up with the majority of our competition. Yet they have multiple championships with this talent. What they do they do well. If they ran from the spread they could not compete.

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It's almost impossible to stop when done right.

So u think CSD. Is better then Crest. KM and ACR...?
Dont think so bud....

EWCards#1 said:

This thread has covered every school in the state I believe, lol.

As for all the comments about different topics, personally I don't believe EW has a big line, nor do I believe they have speed(#3 is fastest). We just have kids in the skill positions that love to hit and fight for every extra yard they can get (especially #10, QB)

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Looks like EW has a good all around team. This may be the round for upsets

shelbyfan1 said:

One key factor, CSD. Plays lots kids both ways, Shelby needs to come out and play smash mouth against them and pound football...with mixes of throws
Wear some these kids out early.
I promise this will be best front 7 there offense has seen.
We cant be committing turnovers.or all those pentlys..

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Yup - I think we are the best team Shelby has seen all year as well. We love smash mouth football and welcome the physicality. I think if we can play like we have the last 3 weeks - there will be a lot of surprised Shelby fans. I think it’s a good game either way and looking forward to it.

Same to you Deana

thekidd12 said:

Yes ma’am I did understand the intention…
I don’t know if you have noticed, but I occasionally play the “don’t forget about ER” card for effects sake…
Sometimes it works well, sometimes not 🤷‍♂️

Also wouldn’t MH be at home anyway the following week no matter the outcome of Starmount/Mt Airy game?
The only game that the outcome of Starmount/Mt Airy would have an immediate effect on would be the next week against winner of ER/Corvian…

And that’s how I would have played the card if our conversation had continued 😂😂

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Yes we definitely getting cart before the horse. I think you guys have their best chance yet to represent the West. No clear cut favorite this year. Could be upsets this round

One key factor, CSD. Plays lots kids both ways, Shelby needs to come out and play smash mouth against them and pound football...with mixes of throws
Wear some these kids out early.
I promise this will be best front 7 there offense has seen.
We cant be committing turnovers.or all those pentlys..

Does EF Concessions take card or do I need get cash ?

Time for the Thanksgiving tradition I’ve Got !!!!!

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