Yes. And that’s no question.

I’m fine playing Davie Reagan and Providence, they are at least 4A and see good competition through the year as well.

West Rowan needs to go. We have outgrown that game now. It worst if you’re gonna play down, it needs to be Statesville. But that’s in a worst case scenario.

My first choice would be to play Tabor over West Rowan. Wouldn’t mind seeing teams like Grimsley, Hough, Richmond, Watauga, AC Reynolds, East Forsyth, etc occupy that spot

TarVikes said:

The scary thing is that with as many playmakers Tarboro has on offense - I think Tarboros strength is on defense.

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Idk about that. I mean, three shutouts to start the season?? Ehh. Could be better lol.
Seriously, somebody has to eventually score. If we play at least average, we should be able to see if the lights still work on the visitor's side of the scoreboard. If we play like we did vs E. Wayne, then 4 straight shutouts it is. One thing is for sure though... Tarboro won't be scoring 75 points. Our defense has improved well. Will it be well enough? I don't know. But I do know that there will be pads cracking for both teams.

NCFB73 said:

Was there a backstory to this game? This reminds me of the 97-0 game between ALB and Northwest.

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As in bad blood or anything? No. This has never been a “heated” rivalry game or anything. Just a local geographical “rivalry”.

therealsquid said:

They need to put in some new wrinkles in the passing game with short throws. Some bubble screens to #3, motion him into the flat, and have another wr clear the flat out. Put him in a bunch formation with Clem and Shore...all three of those guys can house it at any time. Roll the QB and run levels on that side to shorten the throw needed.

But I agree #3 needs a minimum of 10 touches/game imho.

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Well I agree with you completely. Right now the passing game is limited to taking a couple shots downfield and that's just not #10's game, he doesn't have the arm strength to pose a threat in the vertical passing game. Even on the bomb to #3 last night it was #3 making a play on a ball that was underthrown. By and large they've just largely scrapped the passing attack all together since the Franklin game though and given how ineffective it was that night I understand it but you've got to be creative (something I know Watson has in his bag) and go a different way because it just puts too much onus on #5 ( who is not ready to carry that kind of load like Stalcup did yet) and #2 to produce all the offense.

#3 is more than capable of racking up YAC, get him the ball out in the flats and let him go to work (#10 has shown he can do ok in the short passing game, we saw them effectively get the ball in Stalcup's hands in the passing game that way last year). We also saw the damage #3 can do on the jet sweep last year against Mount Airy. The bottomline is the objective is to get the ball in your best athlete(s) hands, get it to #3 in space and let him create. They aren't maximizing that at the moment and that's something that will have to be rectified if this team wants to compete for a conference championship and make a deep run.

To give #10 some credit, the young man has good wheels at QB, a few more designed runs for him wouldn't be a bad thing (although the fumbles are a real problem), it gets him more involved and opens things up for others.

mbdfan said:

Good win for Murphy, showed a lot of perseverance and mental fortitude to come back after the ending to the first half.

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To me this was one of the most surprising scores of the week across the state. Hats off to the coaching staff and players. Wish I could have went and watched it.

Well damn after hauling the Taylormade Classic over to Crest Thur. Thought for sure id be bringing it back to Shelby.
Congrats to Ctest great
game plan, whipped us from start to finish..
Enjoy 1st year of The classic Trophy.

Hey Raider fans! Yall woke up yet? Same tired offense. Same defense that can’t defend the pass. Absolutely no talent at QB. Meanwhile the guy they didn’t hire is 3-0 down south. I’ve heard all kinds of excuses so far about this years team. Hey but admin made the right hire is what I’m hearing from the long time Raider fans. Outta of here I got a tee time..

Grey-Green and Gold said:

It will get ugly fast...

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Your spot on. It got ugly fast.

That was a terrible game. The refs that called that game. That might have been their first High School game as officals.

How things change in a couple weeks
Pre season Shelby best in county by all who ranked things like that
As much as things change this still stays the same Crest runs this county!
Awful quiet from BIG Shelby so far , SL about the only one that has the onions to come on here after a loss.
No SL not the onions you put on your mater sandmich

BIGSAUSAGES said:

My count Thompson had more drops than Shelby had rushing yards

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Yep.

t-townvikings said:

I can't see it turning into a low scoring contest. Tarboro's backfield is too deadly and with the added passing threat it’s too much to throttle back. It will be a feeling out period but someone will turn the wick up. But we all know how weird this contest can be. Strange things happen. lol

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The scary thing is that with as many playmakers Tarboro has on offense - I think Tarboros strength is on defense.

Reason why Concord is what it is now is - U have like what 8-10 all within 15-20 or so mins

District lines I’m sure could be a reason as well or talent is just leaving

Now as far as bulletin board material if I was y'all, I'd be more worried about winning a game first. We all know how Newton operates and don't think Newton recovers from this. I'd say this killed y'all's season and y'all won't recover

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Big Red RKO said:

Sadly yes. Games like this will lead a man to drink. Not knocking East Rutherford but Newton is better than to this. No explanation as to what happened. Just poor play. And to silence the uninformed. No Newton did not quit in any game. The Refs. Both school Athletic Directors, Principals and coaches made the decision to cancel the game against Hickory because of the weather. It was a non conference game that eventually would have been dropped anyway. But thanks for having such a concern for us this early in the season. Great bulletin board material. Funny stuff though. I will probley be out at Maiden and Saint next week since most of the conference is on a much needed bye week.

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last comment on Newton and hickory but u do realize ur comment is the definition of quitting. Y'all could of refused and game would have to continue. U said the decision involved coaches,A.D. and principal. Therefore all involved decided it was ok to quit lol. Thats the end of my hickory game talk

The key to the season is besting Providence. They lose that game I expect 3-7.

reddawg01 said:

Thomasville 12 CPLA 6

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The Point?

Once the game is not played on the scheduled night there is often more to it. South Rowan could not or would not Sourh Stanly on Saturday at home. South would not play Monday because they have thirty total players dressing for varsity and did not want to do two games in a week, three if you count eight quarter players

Who has Union Pines played? And no one ran Till out.

Tarborovikingsfan2018 said:

If it turns into a shootout idk if swe can keep up with Tarboro. I agree the best shot swe has is turning it into a defensive low scoring game

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I can't see it turning into a low scoring contest. Tarboro's backfield is too deadly and with the added passing threat its too much to throttle back. It will be a feeling out period but someone will turn the wick up. But we all know how weird this contest can be. Strange things happen. lol

Out coached out played week in week out next week gonna be about the same. But the way coach till 3-0 with a lot less talent then Richmond has. They gonna regret running him out