East Surry and North Surry are soft? You can tie both teams to West Stokes. Quite frankly East should have beaten a VERY good west stokes team. That west stokes team should have beaten Randleman . West stokes will finish 2nd in what appears to be a pretty strong conference with walkertown jumping into the top 10 in 2a rankings. We hear the same things every year. Everyone above mentioned will get their shots at the CHAMPS at Wallace Shelton this year. Will be interested to hear your response on Saturday morning following that title shot. With a VERY GOOD Starmount team that should be a legit test for this team , a really good East Wilkes team , and the continued success of East Surry , North Surry , Ashe and yes West Stokes the Bears rpi will continue to rise. A conference championship, Number seed, a western regional championship and another game with Tarboro. That expectation has been established with this group and they are VERY capable of making it happen.

Ppl on the this board must not have seen Kannapolis defense this year. It’s not one of their best.
But I hope everyone is right.

GraniteCity4Life said:

Maybe I am missing something. If you look at the stats we are every bit as good as last year. A few more penalties that will be cleaned up but we have a bunch of athletes still in the fold. Guess you might find out first or second round this year instead of the late rounds.

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I don’t judge by stats, I’m looking at the highlights you put on here. 4 is good no doubt, but he ain’t mason. Line play is not as strong either. Good, yes, but not what they had. Don’t get butt hurt buzzy, just because my opinion doesn’t match yours 👍

If we are being honest IMO MA is not as good as last year they lost a lot of leadership. Starmount game will tell a lot.
A lot of penalty's that hasn't gotten better. Hard to replace 2 D1 players that played both ways and a QB that was spark plug of the team. This MA team has to find their own identity. Starting center lost for the year will hurt. Depth is not there this year. Don't get me wrong MA is still top dog in the West but very beatable. #4 is amazing but if he gets injured would be hard to replace. Trust me Bears are missing #21 #25 #32 #15 #65 #3 #51. If Bears find a passing game would be a game changer. I think next year Bears could be 2023 good!

In other news, I think we are all waiting to see if Highland Tech is for real......

SHS LION said:

Biggest mystery in Cleveland County history.

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You ain’t lying. This wild stuff. All kinds of craziness being said.

Kendre Harrison 5 star TE ranked # 1 at his position went to Providence Day and only played 3 games and is returning back to Reidsville for another State Championship run in football & basketball. He was their leading Receiver and led the team in sacks after 3 games.

He reportedly did NOT get paid any NIL money; therefore, he can return to any public school. I'm curious why he went there at all... He's been stock piling State Titles in 2 sports at Reidsville.

I just wonder if he was homesick/missed his boys at Reidsville, or them not paying him NIL money was the main factor to return back to Reidsville.

It's crazy but Greensboro has the # 1 QB in the Nation for the Class 2026 and Reidsville has the # 1 ranked TE Class of 2026. Both may end up at Tennessee.

I'd say rn it's not crazy to think Robbinsville could keep it within 2-3 scores of Mt Airy Murphy might be closer than that, I could be wrong but I don't think Mt Airy would just flat out dominate those two, I think between Mt. Airy, Heritage, Starmount and Eastern Randolph those would all be extremely close games

Mr. Rutledge said:

There's still so much football ahead, and honestly, none of that who-beat-who matters to me right now. However, Weddington is a dazzling beacon strong potential as a leading contender.

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Leading Contender, That's debatable but they are the defending Champs.

Chopper747 said:

Saw Cherryville road has alot of high level state and federal law enforcement traffic over there.

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Biggest mystery in Cleveland County history.

When Cherryville hired the Crest coach did he take any other coaches with him?

I’ll take SI in this one. WC is 90% their QB who they can’t protect…he runs non stop. On a side note I’ve heard rumor of the WC QB transferring to HR after this season.

I absolutely love looking at his picks! Hope he continues to do them!!!!

FHJackets90 said:

I just looked at his site. It's updated through week 3. He'll probably update again late Thursday night. That's what he usually does.

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Thanks

dogs79 said:

Jk / Ed will be close game

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Is Ed getting the big RB back this week? If so, could be a lot closer then people think.

Upset of the week
SWO 28 WRH 26
SWO new look offense is spread them out and throw all around the yard. Changed QB last week, put old QB at slot and changed RB to the coaches son lol. When I seen coach, said we don't have the fight or heart to run the T lol. Hopefully WRH can't defend the pass and SWO can catch them over looking the stallions

This has been a wild situation. Feel bad for the kid, hopefully everything works out for him.

BlackCat93 said:

maybe so, but my opinion, mt airy isn’t anywhere close to what they were last year.

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Maybe I am missing something. If you look at the stats we are every bit as good as last year. A few more penalties that will be cleaned up but we have a bunch of athletes still in the fold. Guess you might find out first or second round this year instead of the late rounds.

amaidendevil said:

@Lincolnton no freebies here. I'm not Barney. Give me some ammunition bullets are going to fly. 🤣🤣🤣

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LOL more like Earnest T. Bass!

@Lincolnton no freebies here. I'm not Barney. Give me some ammunition bullets are going to fly. 🤣🤣🤣

GraniteCity4Life said:

My Airy = 2 time defending state champions. SMC wants no part of them especially this year

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maybe so, but my opinion, mt airy isn’t anywhere close to what they were last year.

Deana_King said:

Beamer picks added

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… only to bump me down! 😆😂🤣

@Lincolnton if you want a valid defense I did one him when he first showed up 🤣🤣

Well Lincoln County has a nice advantage this week. They don't have to worry about wet or sloppy fields. Hopefully ours dry out by Friday

maroonbrave said:

Mt. Airy= Cupcake

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My Airy = 2 time defending state champions. SMC wants no part of them especially this year