For the third time this season, the Weather played havoc with the schedules of the Western 1A teams...This time every conference in the West was affected for the first time this season as games were played last Thursday and Friday with more postponed games scheduled for today(Monday)....
YVC-9
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YVC and Montgomery County foes East and West got a jump on the predicted forecast last week as both teams played last Thursday...East Montgomery(6-1 & 4-0) remained atop the YVC standings with a 40-8 victory over South Stanly(1-5 & 1-2)...Meanwhile, West Montgomery(6-0 & 3-0) remained unbeaten and a game back of the Eagles with a 70-0 shutout of Union Academy(1-6 & 1-3)....On monday in Bear Creek, North Stanly(5-1 & 3-0) moved into a tie for 2nd with a 48-0 shutout of Chaham Central(0-7 & 0-4)....Meanwhile, North Moore's(2-3 & 1-2) game in Robbins against South Davidson(0-6 & 0-3) has been rescheduled for Tuesday Nov 3rd...Albemarle(2-4 & 2-1) was OPEN last week....
Looking Ahead: There are two marquee games this coming friday that will tell us a lot about the power structure of the YVC as Albemarle will host West Montgomery, while North Stanly will host East Montgomery....In other YVC games this coming friday, Union Acadmey will host North Moore and South Davidson will host South Stanly....Chatham Central will be OPEN this coming friday....
SMC-7
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The SMC did have one contest played as scheduled last friday night as Swain County(3-3 & 1-0) opened conference play with a road win(43-15) at Hayesville(3-3 & 0-2), sending the Yellowjackets to their 3 straight defeat after opening the season with 3 consecutive victories... Two SMC games to be played in Cherokee County on friday, were moved to monday..... In a battle between the last 2 state 1A champions, Robbinsville(4-2 & 2-0) jumped out to the early 16-0 lead before Murphy(5-2 & 1-1) rallied to trail at the half by 2pts(16-14)...In the 2nd half, Robbinsville's defense stopped Murphy 3 times inside the Redzone, including the final Bulldog drive in the last minute as the Black Knights rose to the top of the SMC with a hard fought 30-22 victory over Murphy...Meanwhile in Andrews, Rosman(5-1 & 2-0) broke away from a scoreless halftime deadlock to record their 2nd shutout(21-0) of the season, and move into a tie with Robbinsville for first place in the SMC as the Tigers beat Andrews(3-4 & 0-2) on the road...Cherokee was OPEN last friday night, but their field was still being used as 2A Franklin beat 3A Pisgah on the Reservation in a WNCAC game that was moved from Franklin, due to poor field conditions....Franklin won that game 21-7 with a 100yd INT return for a TD, being the crucial play in determining the outcome...
Looking Ahead: Rosman will host Robbinsville in the SMC Game of the Week this coming friday after a short week of practice for both teams...Ditto for Murphy and Andrews who will play at Andrews this friday....In Bryson City, Swain County will host Cherokee, while Hayesville will be OPEN this coming friday....
NWC-7
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The NWC had two games moved to Thursday last week in anticipation of the bad weather....East Surry(5-0 & 0-0) stepped out of conference play for one final time as the unbeaten Cardinals demolished(54-6) winless 2A South Stokes(0-6)....Meanwhile, Walkertown(3-4 & 2-0) made it two NWC shutouts in a row as the Wolfpack shutout(48-0) fellow NWC foe Atkins(0-6 & 0-1) , keeping the Camels winless on the season...In games played on Monday, Bishop McGuinness(2-5 & 0-2) and WS-Prep(3-3 & 1-1) lit up the scoreboard, but the Phoenix prevailed in the end(75-62) to record their first-ever NWC victory....Meanwhile, Mount Airy(4-2 & 1-0) shutout(38-0) North Stokes(4-3 & 1-1) on Monday to record their first NWC victory of the season....
Looking Ahead: East Surry will travel to Walkertown this friday for the NWC Game of the Week, while Mount Airy will also travel to Winston-Salem this friday to face WS-Prep for the first time on the gridiron...Atkins will travel to Bishop McGuinness, while North Stokes will be OPEN this coming friday....
SPC-7
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There was only 1 game played in the SPC last week as Mountain Island Charter(2-5 & 1-4) finally got that elusive first SPC win with a 34-0 shutout of winless Highland Tech(0-5 & 0-1), so congrats to the Raptors and Coach Robert Washington Sr. on picking-up that first conference win....Meanwhile, Thomas Jefferson(5-0 & 1-0) was scheduled to play in Rock Hill S.C. on saturday against the Carolina Crusaders, but that game was cancelled, and will not be made up....Bessemer City(2-4 & 1-0), Cherryville(0-6 & 0-0), Comm. Sch. of Davidson(4-2 & 1-0) and Pine Lake Prep(6-0 & 1-0) were all OPEN last week....
Looking Ahead: The Community School of Davidson will travel to Bessemer City for the SPC Game of the Week this friday as the Spartans try to take the first step to unseat the 3-time reigning SPC Champs from Bessemer City...In other SPC action later this week, Unbeaten Thomas Jefferson will travel to Cherryville, while Unbeaten Pine Lake Prep will make the trip to Gastonia to face winless Highland Tech in another SPC matchup...In Non-Conference play, Mountain Island Charter will host the Peculiar Generation......
1A/2A MVC-4
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The MVC got a jump on the weather last week with two games being contested last Thursday as Unbeaten 1A East Wilkes(6-0 & 2-0) shutout(49-0) Alleghany(1-5 & 0-2) to keep the Trojans winless in MVC play...In another Thursday game last week, 1A Starmount(4-2 & 2-0) remained unbeaten in the MVC with a convincing 47-7 victory over 2A West Wilkes(3-4 & 0-2)....A couple other MVC games were moved to Monday as 1A Elkin(1-5 & 1-1) picked up their first win of the season with a 28-14 victory over 2A North Wilkes(1-5 & 0-2).......In the MVC Game of the Week on Monday, 2A Ashe County(3-3 & 2-0) remained unbeaten in conference play, and tied atop the MVC standings with Starmount and East Wilkes as the Huskies stunned(35-7) previously unbeaten Wilkes Central(5-1 & 1-1) in West Jefferson....
Looking Ahead: 1A Starmount will travel to 2A Wilkes Central in the MVC Game of the Week this coming friday...In other MVC action later this week, 1A East Wilkes and 1A Elkin will renew their border rivalry when the two teams meet in Elkin....1A Alleghany will travel to 2A North Wilkes, while 2A West Wilkes will travel to 2A Ashe County as all 8 MVC teams will be in action this coming friday as conference play really heats up in the MVC
1A/2A WHC-2
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Thanks to artificial turf, two WHC games were played last friday night: 1A Mitchell County(6-0 & 1-0) won for the first time at 2A Owen(1-5 & 1-1) since 1995, and won for the first time at the new stadium as the Mountaineers opened WHC play with a 42-20 victory over the 2A Warhorses....Meanwhile, the Mountain Heritage(5-2 & 1-1) and Polk County(3-4 & 1-1) contest was moved to North Buncombe who had an OPEN date last friday...The game would come down to the final seconds with the Cougars stopping a potential game-winning 2pt conversion in a Heart-Stopping 26-25 Cougar's victory....In a game moved to Monday, 2A Hendersonville(3-4 & 2-0) climbed to the top of the WHC standings with a 56-27 win over winless Madison County(0-7 & 0-2)....
Looking Ahead: Two marquee games are on tap this coming week as 1A Mitchell County will travel down the Saluda Grade on Thursday to face 2A Polk County in a game that will be televised by local station My40, while 2A Mountain Heritage will host improving 2A Owen...In other WHC action this coming friday, 1A Avery County will travel to 2A Hendersonville....Madison County will be OPEN this coming friday...
As usual, Corrections, Comments and Opinions are welcomed!
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