It all comes down to Friday….

It's going to be a showdown in the Village of Clemmons...It's been 4 long years since the Titans(2019) won the outright CPC Title led by RB G'Money Wilson. Welcome back to contending West Forsyth! It's like old times again...

East Forsyth has outscored West 102-7(2022) the last two games. Those players remember that... and I still think it was a factor in Coach Snow's decision to resign.

East Forsyth is young and you better get them now is the sentiment that teams across the Triad have stated; East has been dominate in recent years and it will be a mighty task for West Forsyth to dethrone the Champs.

Two super well coached teams, It will be a jam packed in Jerry Peoples Stadium..just an electric environment.

Southeast Wake Conf - Apex Friendship & Holly Springs are tied for 1st. Automatic Bid to Apex Friendship based on HTH. AF beat HS in wk. 5.

4A Cap 6 - Athens Drive RPI is 26 and Broughton is 40. Broughton won the Head-to-head. Athens Driver cannot "leap frog" Broughton to get into the playoffs.

3A/4A United 8- Three way tie for between Purnell Swett, Gray's Creek, & Lumberton. Tie cannot be broken on HTH or against rest of conf. and must be broken using RPI, which puts in the playoffs Purnell Swett and Gray's Creek. Lumberton RPI is 45.

Determining NCHSAA Playoff Representatives:
1. Conference Standings
If a tie break, the tie break decided in the following order:
2. Head-to-Head
3. How the tied team fared again the rest of the conference, starting with the number one team and moving down throughout the conference.
4. NCHSAA RPI standings.
5. Draw will be held by the tied teams for the seeds available.

Arguably the biggest game in city history. Tickets have been on sale for over 2 weeks already… expect a beyond standing room only crowd. Heard rumors of 10-12k expected.

Both teams, obviously, come in off wins, but neither team played their best. Expect a hard hitting game here.. and I think there could be a lot of points scored.

What in the wild wild world of sports is this...

Post those 2A week 11 scores!!!! Gettin’ ready for the playoffs!

I can't think of a better scenario to decide a conference championship. Identical records. Both on 5 game winning streaks. RPI # 5 vs #6. SWE with the second most points scored of all conference teams. WC with the third most. In the exact reverse order, WC has allowed the second fewest, while SWE has allowed the third fewest. Farmville Central holds the number 1 spot in both categories. By the way, both SWE and WC has whooped Farmville. WC is even perfect at home and 2-2 on the road, while SWE is perfect in the road and 2-2 at home. These teams are so even, I'd be surprised if the game didn't go into OT. It's true that WC is technically 6-3 on the field, but of those 3 field losses, we would have lost them too. East Duplin, New Bern, Havelock....come on, now. I think the only true difference between the two teams is how we gather our victories. We average 311ypg on the ground to their 175. However, they average over 130 in the air to our 66. A SWE team even averaging that much through the air is remarkable. I have noticed that the WC defense is the real deal. Conversely, that is our weak point. Despite their fantastic defense, I think we should be able to put up the low 30s. But can we keep them from scoring in the high 30s? Lol. It's going to be an excellent game, with huge playoff implications.

If all are healthy next week could SC pull off the win?

So I had to choose between driving 1:30 to Plymouth and watch Tarboro end another game early against Washington County or attend the biggest game in the 1A east at Wilson Prep for the Tar-Roanoke conference championship. So I can listen to Tarboro on 98.5 and I will get home a lot quicker if I don’t leave the Wilson city limits, so that solves that.

I’ll be giving updates along the way. I want to see if either of these teams has any hope beyond the first couple of rounds in the playoffs.

This weeks playoff projections includes all week 10 results except for Fuquay - Varina @ South Garner which was rescheduled from Friday, Oct 20 to Monday, Oct 23 at 7:00 pm.

W. Iredell 6
N. Iredell. 0 1st

I think North takes this one but its gonna be close. Albemarle has improved alot this year and North cant take them lightly or they might loose. GO COMETS!!

Still should change alot but good grief..

Mount Airy @ Alleghany
Alleghany has played some good teams this year including Playing at Mitchell losing 22 to 14 and playing Robbinsville at home losing 35 to 7. Starmount won 40 to 0 at Starmount, scoring more than Mitchell & Robbinsville so that says a lot about Starmount. So will they be ready for Mount Airy on 10/27/23 at Alleghany

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Mt Airy’s Tyler Mason took first play of game 6 0 yards making 10 straight Carrie’s for 10 straight touchdowns over 3 games.

Lee County @ Southern Lee, LC, 34-24
Richmond @ Scotland, S, 42-28
Pinecrest @ Union Pines, Pinecrest 52-7
Hoke County, BYE

I wrote this on another thread but thought it might deserve its own thread.

From the comments posted about not just last nights games but also last week, it think a lot is becoming clear.

1. SMC has a lot of parity but not necessarily great teams.
2. Swain is the unknown. How good are they? Mostly likely very good. Next Friday night is even bigger now.

3. Draughn is better than anticipated, maybe much better.
4. Eastern Randolph faces undefeated 2A Randleman next Friday. This game may determine if ER is just very very good or great.

5. North Rowan and Thomasville are sleepers. Not doubt they are good, sometimes really good. Can they play with the best. NR plays Salisbury next Friday and might answer some of that question.
6. Starmount has shown they are getting better each game and has found a way to score lots of points on weaker teams. Have they gotten good enough to play with the top 3 or 4 top 1A teams?

7. At least in my view, Mt Airy is still the clear top 1A team in the West until somebody proves otherwise. With two MIP (Most Important Players) out for at least the next 3 weeks, can THE BEARS adjust and keep on marching in step?
8. The RPI system is tremendously flawed if the intent is to identify the best teams and rank them in a reasonable order.

This is for the 2A Eastern Plains Conference Championship. Should be one of the better games this week. I haven’t had a chance to sit down and watch a SWE game yet so I can’t really speak on them. We have an athletic Qb that is strong and tough. We’ve been able to run the ball with success all year. We have some really good receivers. I expect our defense to really show out this week like they did against FarmVille. Coach Twichell is 41-4 in his career at West Craven in conferences play. He has won 5 out of 7 conference titles. I like our chances. SWE has been able to benefit from redistricting lines that allow kids to play at SWE instead of going to RM. it’s been good for the conference. You need competition to be good. Our RPI has suffered from playing 1A Pamlico. They have won some games and could win their conference tomorrow night with a win but their oowp has been bad. I really believe when we schedule games now we need to be looking at those factors. But a win tomorrow night will certainly have us in a good spot. I’m not discussing the what ifs of losing. It’s not an option!! @SWE'98 i should be there around 5:30. I’ll be setting up end zone camera and sideline equipment if you want to come over and meet up. Though we are on opposite sides of the fence tomorrow good luck to you and SWE. Hopefully we have a good game with no injuries.

Could be a upset in ED
SWO has been playing different then game vs WRH. Much more disciplined smash mouth football. Got a QB about 5*7 140 that is a certified play maker. Burney has really been working with him and you can definitely tell. Threw a 70 yard bomb and scored two rushing TDs last night. He trucked a defensive player from JK at the goal line to set the tone last night.

I've got JK beating WRH Friday and SWO beating ED. To set up a tie at the conference title...... Maybe just wishful thinking, but could happen lol. Finally something to be excited about this time of year at SWO. I'll be there at 530 for this one.

I'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts on what realignment will look like for next season and if it will even take place as scheduled with the recent events happening at the legislature with the NCHSAA.

I thought I would make a separate thread from what I been doing for this conference. 2 teams battling out for the conference. I’m sure it will be hard fought game and big attendance as well. Any thoughts on this game. Should be a good one.

Another interesting matchup in Charlotte. Even though Mallard Creek might seem down some, they still could hang around in this game and pull out a win. This conference definitely is brutal so anything can happen. Any thoughts.

Both teams 3-6 and 2-4 in conference. This game looks to be a tossup. Wouldn’t surprise me if this game is decided by 3-7 points. Any thoughts

Both teams are 0-9 but the good news is someone with get a win. Both teams has struggled and hopefully we will see a turn around with their program in the future. I’m giving this one a tossup but leaning toward St Stephens for the win. Any thoughts.