Not saying to look ahead. Just that I was wondering out of the 4 left, who might match up with the Vikes the best? East Surry in 2019 threw the ball to beat them. Draughn maybe the only team left that throws much. Just dont know much about ER or Andrews
Why do you say that? Im not posting this for BS talk like alot of these do. Im dead serious about it. I love my Bears and will cheer for them all the way but I am a HS football fan too and know what any team from the West will have to face. Watch them every year in the Championship game
Because I’ve watched about every Tarboro game and I’ve watched all film available online of every other team.
Respect your opinion. Seems like ER, MA and Andrews offensive style that I know about plays right into what the Vikes always do best and that is stop the run game.
I could Be wrong, but don’t ever remember Russell Stone being at Tarboro.
Agree 100 percent. We are very talented but we are very young in key positions.
He probably meant Russell Weinstein
The real strength of this team is line play on both sides of the ball and a dozen running backs. Kicking game is average.
Having a simpler offensive scheme the Vikings spend much more practice time on defending opponents offense
I’ve read the dozen running backs before. If ER had 12 RBs they wouldn’t have enough to play OL…
Thank you for being consistent there BK. ER last in your Final Four in the west. Then you completely leave them out of wonder if Tarboro had to play list…
Still no respect for your team. He has been carrying one around for 15 years against MA. At least he will talk about you now and you will hear all the reasons why they were better.
A couple been working on that last part already. I’ve never understood that rationale and never used it. But apparently I’m a da…
Out of curiosity I wonder where BK would put Robbinsville in his rankings if they had won last Friday like they should have???
Did Andrews get beat. I nissed thar one
What is the enrollment at Draughn ?
631.. maybe Draughn is small and Andrews is tiny. It is amazing to but together that good of a football program with 210 kids a couple of websites has Andrews @ 203 , 99 boys 104 girls.
It might be. I went by what a School Board Member had posted because I figured he knew. Wow Draughn has 631. But you can only put 11 on the field
I have said before that as a Tarboro fan, I very much envy the parity and competition in the West. I remember that incredible East Surry side that demolished Tarboro in 2019 was just a hair's breadth away from losing the week before to a very determined Mitchell team. Every single game is about matchups. While the supposed blueprint to defeat Tarboro comes back to a passing game, the Vikings have had matchup issues the last couple of seasons with certain teams. Teams with a mobile QB have given the Viking defense problems. Teams with a solid run defense give themselves a chance late. There are certain things any team can do to stay close with Tarboro. Ball security is one. Solid special teams play is another. I have often thought the Vikings Achilles' Heel could well be keeping the game close into the 4th quarter. Don't be afraid to use as much of the play clock as you can.
Well the school board person I would say has the right numbers plus I saw 210 as well I was just curious what the boy/girl breakdown was and only one site had it because we talk school adm but you still have to figure usually around half will be boys. True about only 11 on the field but say if Andrews has 210 and 105 are boys Mitchell last ADM 489 if half are boys that's 140 more potential players than Andrews so some 1A schools will have around 200 more.
It took East Surry's running game and a great passing game to beat Tarboro in 2019. Without that passing game, ES would have lost.
Yes you can only put 11 on the field at a time, but numbers definitely matter. Your ADM impacts the pool from which you draw those best 11 players. It’s why 3A and 4A schools are more competitive than most 1A and 2A schools…it’s why people get up in arms about open enrollment schools, charters/parochial schools drawing from wider geographic areas, etc. That also makes Andrews’ season even more impressive, drawing from such a small group!
As good as that East Surry passing game was, Tarboro lost four fumbles in that game, two on kickoff returns. I'll say it again...Ball security and special teams were critical factors in that game and can't be overlooked.
And Tarboro's inability to get pressure on Boaz. In 2018 our d line had Boaz running practically Everytime he threw the ball. In 2019 we couldn't get any pressure on him.
