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Edenton Holmes @ Elizabeth City Northeastern

Game time 7pm
Radio/online 103.7 Fm WTIB (Greenville)

Holmes comes into the game as a big underdog. In their opening rd they throttled Midway on the road. They have 4 losses on the season with their worst loss being to North Pitt. They lost by 4 pts on the road at Hertford County and by 4 points at home to Currituck County. In the first meeting against Northeastern they lost their starting rb Najir White for the season and ended up losing by 45 Since that game Coach Hoggard has brought up a lot of jv players and his team has played some good ball. They have two young rb’s in the backfield both who have been playing well and one heck of a kicker in Perez who is deadly. This kid will split the uprights from 50 and not even try. In Northeastern’s last game the Eagles chose not to play it’s top rb Tyselle Spencer and the Eagles placed big #4 Devaughn Bell in the backfield and he did to North Johnston what he did against Wrh last season. That kid didn’t disappoint and was unstoppable just knocking defenders out of his way with ease. I see this game being a lot closer and it’s always fun when Holmes comes to town because they pack the stands. Aside from the Swo teams of the past I’ve never seen a fan base travel as deep as the Aces. Elizabeth City will be the place to be tonight and it’s definitely going to be an explosive game.

Bessemer City

I was cruising through MaxPreps and noticed that Bessemer City has no record listed on the site.

Nothing at all, 0-0 it says on their page for the season.

Why is that? Is it a glitch?

I've kept up with them casually for a while now and it seems they are perennial under-achievers, and I mean that in the best way possible.

They have the ability to make some noise, or more, in the playoffs most years but never do so; every time I watch them they have size, speed and talent but can never put it all together, why is that?
They are a bit undisciplined but most teams are to some degree, does anyone know what is goin on over there?

Also, if i'm not mistaken I believe they had some posters who would come on the boards from time to time, are any of y'all still out there?

SW Edgecombe 55 Farmville Central 12

The 3rd seeded Cougars will be hosting a rematch with the 14th seeded Jaguars of Farmville Central. These conference rivals separated by 20 miles had a barn burner earlier this year, with SWE handing the 5-0 Jags their first loss, 54-48. Farmville has an outstanding offense that leads the state in points scored, however, they have played such a terrible schedule, I believe that Farmville could be replaced by any team and lead the state in scoring. The two teams with winning records that they did face, (SWE, West Craven) handed them defeats. They couldn't stop SWE, and WC stopped them completely, 20-7. With that being said, I still didn't want to see this matchup because their QB scares me. He is electric and is hard to contain. Not only is he accurate throwing the ball, he also has no problem at all with tucking and running, and boy, does he runs well. Making sure there's a man on the receivers tends to leave the middle of the field wide open, and he knows what to do with it. Although the SWE defense has improved late in the season, I still wouldn't depend on it to win a game. I know the revenge factor is gonna give FC extra motivation. I don't doubt we'll be able to score on them again. I'm just hoping we'll be able to keep them from scoring more. Grab your popcorn. This one should be a good one!
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#11 West Forsyth @ #6 Butler

This is the worst case scenario for West Forsyth, they are beat up right now with star RB Caman Chaplin hurt(didn’t return last night) along with Tarheel commit OL Desmond Jackson who is out for the year.

It kills me to say this:
Butler has absolutely destroyed West Forsyth the past 20yrs and they’ve Never beat Butler… In Fact, they’ve never played a close game(out of 6 times) they’ve all been 50pt blowouts. They’ve faced Christian & Benny Lemay Title teams along with Riley Ferguson Title teams. Butler came to West Forsyth 6 or 7 years ago when West thought they had a good team and they got throttled. Butler has scarred me mentally as a West fan. It’s the Kryptonite team for West.

I wish the game would be as close as the seeds #6 & #11 ….but I don’t see it. It could get ugly again.
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