Central Davidson steam rolls Lexington. Lexington is still finding itself, a coaching staff and has issues to resolve before taking that next step. Central has improved every year and the offense is a machine that chews up rushing yards and a decent defensive unit that can keep them in games. CD whoops the Jackets up front real bad, creates turnovers against the Jacket offense, gains over 300 rushing yards and beats Lexington real bad.
Ledford scores 50+ destroying West Davidson. West lost one of the only games they might have won all season last week to East 9-0. Ledford has a solid throwing and running QB, a big strong RB, excellent kicking game and good defense that will be too much for the Green Dragons. Ledford RB had 4 TD's last week against hapless Graham and he may repeat that task this week or topple it. The Panthers are not as good upfront as they have been, but have more than enough to topple the Green Dragons in another lopsided game between the two schools.
East Davidson uses that new offense and just enough defense to beat South Rowan. T/he Eagles rolled out a new offensive scheme this year that is built for their type of player personnel. One that relies on a pound and ground running game with occasional passing the TE getting open because defenses have to pack the box to stop the run. East always has big strong Offensive lineman and if the defense has improved can win 2-3 games this year. South Rowan runs a spread offense and struggles to score with limited athletes in that system. They lost bad last week and will continue that trend to 0-2 as the Eagles win in a semi close game to go 2-0 on the season.
Thomasville-North Davidson: This one will be good as both teams need a win to stay in the playoff hunt and have games coming up against really good teams. ND is 0-1 after losing a close game to 1A power East Surry. THS plays their first game of the season after a cancelled game last Friday and a short week of practice due to Covid. Both have good experience and the nod goes to the Bulldogs athletically as they have 5-6 players on offense that can break a long run or make a big play on every snap. North gets their BB players this week fulltime and has an advantage over the Dogs in numbers. North has the advantage over a young bulldog OL that has good size but lacks varsity playing time. Penalties have been huge in this game the last few years so watch and see who makes the most mistakes as that may very well decide this one. Heat is not an issue playing in March so I say the Bulldogs play steady defense and score on big plays to best North in a close game.
Salisbury-OG: OG got the big win last year over the Hornets, After that loss the Hornets rolled all the way to the state finals losing to power house Shelby. OG took some heavy losses on the OL/DL and lost a big part of the passing game with their TE going to college early. Salisbury's offense has shown improvement and has speedy guys to make big plays. The Hornets have several highly rated defensive players and are big, fast and experienced on that side of the ball. If the Hornets shut down the OG running game and force them to throw the ball then the Hornets win. If OG gets that big RB running downhill to set up the pass then they can win. I go with the Hornets as they are too athletic for the Grizzlies this year.
Ledford scores 50+ destroying West Davidson. West lost one of the only games they might have won all season last week to East 9-0. Ledford has a solid throwing and running QB, a big strong RB, excellent kicking game and good defense that will be too much for the Green Dragons. Ledford RB had 4 TD's last week against hapless Graham and he may repeat that task this week or topple it. The Panthers are not as good upfront as they have been, but have more than enough to topple the Green Dragons in another lopsided game between the two schools.
East Davidson uses that new offense and just enough defense to beat South Rowan. T/he Eagles rolled out a new offensive scheme this year that is built for their type of player personnel. One that relies on a pound and ground running game with occasional passing the TE getting open because defenses have to pack the box to stop the run. East always has big strong Offensive lineman and if the defense has improved can win 2-3 games this year. South Rowan runs a spread offense and struggles to score with limited athletes in that system. They lost bad last week and will continue that trend to 0-2 as the Eagles win in a semi close game to go 2-0 on the season.
Thomasville-North Davidson: This one will be good as both teams need a win to stay in the playoff hunt and have games coming up against really good teams. ND is 0-1 after losing a close game to 1A power East Surry. THS plays their first game of the season after a cancelled game last Friday and a short week of practice due to Covid. Both have good experience and the nod goes to the Bulldogs athletically as they have 5-6 players on offense that can break a long run or make a big play on every snap. North gets their BB players this week fulltime and has an advantage over the Dogs in numbers. North has the advantage over a young bulldog OL that has good size but lacks varsity playing time. Penalties have been huge in this game the last few years so watch and see who makes the most mistakes as that may very well decide this one. Heat is not an issue playing in March so I say the Bulldogs play steady defense and score on big plays to best North in a close game.
Salisbury-OG: OG got the big win last year over the Hornets, After that loss the Hornets rolled all the way to the state finals losing to power house Shelby. OG took some heavy losses on the OL/DL and lost a big part of the passing game with their TE going to college early. Salisbury's offense has shown improvement and has speedy guys to make big plays. The Hornets have several highly rated defensive players and are big, fast and experienced on that side of the ball. If the Hornets shut down the OG running game and force them to throw the ball then the Hornets win. If OG gets that big RB running downhill to set up the pass then they can win. I go with the Hornets as they are too athletic for the Grizzlies this year.
