Do you all want all 32 games next week and going forward?

14 players left - I will need 8 affirmative votes to do it

What happened to Jordan Patterson

I'm just glad to be playing the Braves in something other than girls basketball. Atmosphere should be electric. Cherokee travels very, very well.

As far as the game, I'm not sure what to expect. I just hope it's a good one.

WNC forecasts are calling for snow Friday. Any word on if any games will be impacted?

Just saw that coach has retired from coaching. What route does MC go from here?
Life after West & East Montgomery has not produced like maybe they thought. However they did get to the 6 win mark this past year. The best in the young schools time. Gotta believe in time they will be a consistent winner. Not sure if they get to the West Montgomery level of consistency but they very well may.

Not sure we learned much. However, Mt Airy played as if their life depended on the game. Played nearly a perfect game.

Who on earth is Corvian? Another charter school who "totally doesn't recruit"? I've been out of the loop this year dealing with Helene, then my wife getting diagnosed with cancer. Does Mitchell have a chance? Are these the North Charlotte All-Stars? Or have they just not played anyone with a pulse?

Second round in 4A is going to be great

what are your thoughts

I saw a headline in the Lexington Dispatch that Ann Ferguson is leaving Thomasville to coach Ledford men’s basketball.
I don’t subscribe to The Dispatch so I couldn’t read the article.
She’s been pretty successful at Tville.

I know will be smart comments made but why are MA threads sometimes closed when they get a little heated. The thread about conferences was not that bad and was locked. MrMann talked about MA and its fans like a dog saying some pretty bad things and accusing MA of recruiting etc. IK of some good MA people that usually don't post much that e mailed Deana to have these comments stopped. We do have bias on this board from the moderators especially one I will not mention. Go ahead and berate me for posting this if it makes you feel better about your life!

We have several high schools across the state named after folks. Some after politicians, local leaders/activist, and legends.

But what's in the name? I'm curious to know about many of the schools named after folks and who those folks where if anyone has some history to share.

Add schools with a name not associated with a county or city as well.

Freedom had a nice opening against Draughn tonight. The boys got a running clock win, while the girls pulled out a workmanlike victory. The Lady Pats have some holes to plug, but they get E. Burke next week and that will tell me a lot about what they might look like going forward. As for the boys, they were firing on all cylinders and got nice balance in their scoring in the win. Amore Connelly threw down two nice dunks and Kobe Bryant also got one. Freedom has depth, shooters and plays good defense and they could go a long way if they'll push the tempo and get their opponent's tongues hanging out. I'll know more about them after they face Hickory and A.C. Reynolds in December.

Let's try and have a serious discussion about this considering the other thread will be locked soon. I'm actually intrigued by the thoughts of regions like other states have.

Pros
-Gives more scheduling flexibility
-Allows teams to move on from teams that they do not benefit from playing
-Allows teams like a North Stokes the ability to set up a schedule for success
-Potential for more big gate and marquis matchups

Cons
-May hurt weaker and smaller programs in scheduling

I'm sure there are more cons and I don't know the full details of how this works in other states.

Trying to stay away from split conferences as much as possible. Here are some potential 6A conferences for the west, with some 7A schools added:
Western 6A/7A
Watauga
TC Roberson
Asheville
S. Caldwell
Freedom
AC Reynolds
McDowell (7A)
It's a two hour and six-minute drive from Watauga to TCR, which I think is the longest drive for this conference.

Mid-west 6A
St. Stephens
Statesville
N. Iredell
Kings Mountain
Ashbrook
Alexander Central
Kings Mountain to N. Iredell is an hour and 24 minutes. There might be one or two 7A schools they would add to this from Mecklenburg or Iredell County.

Metro 6A
Sun Valley
Piedmont
Harding
Catholic
Central Cabarrus
Berry
Olympic
Not sure what the longest drive for this conference would be. Probably none more than an hour

That leaves 10 6A schools in the Triad and they would probably go into two different 6A/7A conferences. I'm not really sure how they might work that out.
Ben L. Smith
Mt. Tabor
Glenn
Dudley
Ragsdale
W. Guilford
E. Guilford
N. Guilford
Asheboro
SE Guilford

Looks like a high-scoring game may be in the works. Both teams are averaging just under 50 points a game.

Reidsville (11-0) features dynamic junior QB Dionte Neal, who came close to a school record last week in the playoff opener with 381 yards passing on an 18-of-23 night. Kendon Doe still has the record with 385 yards passing against Western Alamance in 2003. Rams have great receivers in Cam'Ron Jones, Kendre Harrison, Johnniyus Sharpe, Jukhari Pinnix and Frankie Galloway. They survived without injured all-star RB Jariel Cobb, who set school record this season with 10.7 yards per carry. He ended the season with 1524 yards. Freshman Kasean Henry emerged from nowhere with 116 yards and 2 TDs on 12 carries. Much of the credit goes to the offensive line.

Reidsville's defense, which has been often burned by opponents running the ball, will have to contend with East Rutherford junior Brandon Pinkerton, who is averaging 166.4 yards per game. He has 1664 yards and 28 TDs on the ground and is also a receiving target with 16 receptions and 4 TDs. Junior QB Landon Flynn has competed 102 of 178 passes for 1805 yards.

Worthless common opponent comparison is R-S Central. ER Cavaliers defeated R-S Central 57-26 on Nov. 1 and Reidsville beat R-S Central 56-22 last week in the playoff opener.

East Rutherford is 7-3 with five straight wins. Cavaliers' last loss was in late September to Brevard, 24-21. Brevard is 8-2 heading into a second-round game at Bunker Hill (9-2) this Friday.

Should suit up next week.

Maiden at Shelby

Bunker Hill vs Brevard


Final Standings
🧸Bunker Hill 9-2, 6-1 🏆
🐺Lincolnton 6-5, 6-1 🏆
Ⓜ️Maiden 8-3, 5-2
🛶Bandys 7-4, 4-3
🤠West Lincoln 6-5, 4-3
👹Newton-Conover 2-8, 2-5
⚔️East Burke 2-8, 1-6
🚾West Caldwell 0-10, 0-7

We will be hosting our 25th Annual Bank OZK JV Basketball Holiday Classic in Asheboro, NC from December 26-28, 2024, which is a Thursday-Saturday. The tournament is open to both JV Boys and JV Girls Teams. It is open to public schools. private schools, charter schools, and home school associations. All teams play 3 games, and we charge no entry fee. Teams are divided into brackets based on school size and talent level. We draw from all over North Carolina, so teams get to play against schools not on their schedule. If you want to play in our event, please have your AD email me at david.cross@ozk.com or call me at (336) 953-2344.

We welcome a “Newcomer” to Mooresville as these 2 team have never met but Mooresville is no stranger to the Winston/Guilford area schools and Traditionally Mooresville is like 2-11 or something like that vs schools in that area. I believe our wins are over SWG (Cowboys) and Page ….

Mooresville has to clean up penalties as they have had at least 5-10 personal foul in last 2-3 games and such. Mooresville laid 70 on Alexander Central but I don’t see it this week.

NWG has always seemed to be a good competitive program and they are somewhat like Mooresville in term of size , style and all.

I still think Mooresville DL and Offense is clicking right now. Only weakness is maybe Secondary in spots/times

Give me Mooresville by 10 at home

Thomasville loses to West Davidson for the FIRST TIME in history. I hate to say it, but the program has reached a new low. I believe at this point you have to look for a new coach to take over the program. Sad that Thomasville football has fallen off this far in only a year.