Western Carolina Piedmont area tell me about this team three season as a football program, and playing for a State Chip is pretty amazing.
Corvian Community School
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Oh lord don’t get them started lol
Built from the bottom up. Started with nothing, rejects, bad news bears. Massaged their hamstrings every night with goats milk for 3 years. All that hard work and now playing for the ship. Movie worthy story
Come on guys, Shaun is probably just trying to get some information on a team outside his area for their show.
If you haven't been reading the boards there is some controversy/hard feelings over Corvian being a charter school and the quick success they are having. Mainly, over the fact that charter schools can get players from a larger surrounding area than traditional schools and some feel this allowance makes prime opportunities to recruit players in from outside the schools local community. I would encourage you to go back and read other thread or this one will just become another arguement over where charter schools are advantaged over traditional schools and should they have their own playoffs.
As for Corvian, I don't know anymore than what I have watched over the past 3 weeks and on here. Their coach is from Youngstown Ohio a few year back. Coached at Chaney High. This team has some very fast and athletic players all over the field. I have been most impressed with their defensive line. The two DT look to be around 6'2 or 6'3 and about 260-280. They get a good push and clog the middle pretty well. Both look strong, but I have noticed 55 will take a play off from time to time. Saw it happen once in the Mountain Heritage game and one of the players and coach fussed at him a bit. Next play dude when all out trying to get in the backfield. Showed they he can follow corrections which honestly the whole team seems well coached and responsive. The DEs are tall and fast. Probably 6'4ish about 220ish. They edge rush very well and contain the pocket pushing thing back to the middle for the big tackles and LBs. Their speed will make finding time to pass difficult, but I will say they do seem vulnerable to screen passes due to rush. They tackle well and look to strip the ball a lot.
Offensively, they run 3 WR a lot. Best, No.5, looks like he splits time at WR and sometime in the backfield on some plays. Best is fast and a good returner. Definitely a weapon to look for and avoid kicking to. He has reversed the field on a run against MH and MA for big plays, so end contain is important. Running back, No. 10 I believe is good, but nothing you don't necessarily see with other good teams. Good size, good speed, runs hard. The Qb can run and throw. He looks smaller than the rest, but that could just be because the line is big. He has a good arm, but accuracy seems to be more of the weaker spot. The WRs are tall and athletic enough to make up for that though. They pass the ball more than your average 1A team in NC. They are not East Surry of 2019, but they can move through the air.
They have an excellent kicker if high school. Probably good for 35 to 40 every time. Longer may have issues accuracy wise, I just haven't seen enough to say one that. Definitely makes the field shorter for Corvian to get poi ts on the board and long for Tarboro on kickoffs.
How they will match up with Tarboro, I have no idea. I like Tarboro to win, just because Corvian didn't win by large margins again Mountain Heritage and Mount Airy. Mount Airy was good this year, but they just weren't the same level as last year. Tarboro has a good number back from last year and seem hungry. It should be a very good game. I think gameplay will look more like the East Surry-Tarboro games than the Mount Airy Tarboro games just because of the pass game. They don't seem to do the screen pass game East Surry used a lot, they will be going down field more.
Anyway, that's about all I have to offer for info.
If you haven't been reading the boards there is some controversy/hard feelings over Corvian being a charter school and the quick success they are having. Mainly, over the fact that charter schools can get players from a larger surrounding area than traditional schools and some feel this allowance makes prime opportunities to recruit players in from outside the schools local community. I would encourage you to go back and read other thread or this one will just become another arguement over where charter schools are advantaged over traditional schools and should they have their own playoffs.
As for Corvian, I don't know anymore than what I have watched over the past 3 weeks and on here. Their coach is from Youngstown Ohio a few year back. Coached at Chaney High. This team has some very fast and athletic players all over the field. I have been most impressed with their defensive line. The two DT look to be around 6'2 or 6'3 and about 260-280. They get a good push and clog the middle pretty well. Both look strong, but I have noticed 55 will take a play off from time to time. Saw it happen once in the Mountain Heritage game and one of the players and coach fussed at him a bit. Next play dude when all out trying to get in the backfield. Showed they he can follow corrections which honestly the whole team seems well coached and responsive. The DEs are tall and fast. Probably 6'4ish about 220ish. They edge rush very well and contain the pocket pushing thing back to the middle for the big tackles and LBs. Their speed will make finding time to pass difficult, but I will say they do seem vulnerable to screen passes due to rush. They tackle well and look to strip the ball a lot.
Offensively, they run 3 WR a lot. Best, No.5, looks like he splits time at WR and sometime in the backfield on some plays. Best is fast and a good returner. Definitely a weapon to look for and avoid kicking to. He has reversed the field on a run against MH and MA for big plays, so end contain is important. Running back, No. 10 I believe is good, but nothing you don't necessarily see with other good teams. Good size, good speed, runs hard. The Qb can run and throw. He looks smaller than the rest, but that could just be because the line is big. He has a good arm, but accuracy seems to be more of the weaker spot. The WRs are tall and athletic enough to make up for that though. They pass the ball more than your average 1A team in NC. They are not East Surry of 2019, but they can move through the air.
They have an excellent kicker if high school. Probably good for 35 to 40 every time. Longer may have issues accuracy wise, I just haven't seen enough to say one that. Definitely makes the field shorter for Corvian to get poi ts on the board and long for Tarboro on kickoffs.
How they will match up with Tarboro, I have no idea. I like Tarboro to win, just because Corvian didn't win by large margins again Mountain Heritage and Mount Airy. Mount Airy was good this year, but they just weren't the same level as last year. Tarboro has a good number back from last year and seem hungry. It should be a very good game. I think gameplay will look more like the East Surry-Tarboro games than the Mount Airy Tarboro games just because of the pass game. They don't seem to do the screen pass game East Surry used a lot, they will be going down field more.
Anyway, that's about all I have to offer for info.
Spread team with a big fast defense, versus that vaunted running game and defense of Tarboro. Hats off to CC for the fine season and quick emergence into the state finals. Tarboro has plenty of athletes so speed will not be an edge for CC this week. The Vikings are a veteran playoff team and have one of if not the best football coach in NC. It will be fun to watch and good luck to both as we all watch the end of 1A football in NC as we knew it to be. The next four years it probably will be a one horse race for Robbinsville.
That exactly what I was trying to do make sure that I did not missed anything on them.
You haven’t…
Five hundred teams last couple of seasons then an undefeated one this year. 🤷♂️
@RexReally gave a thorough scouting report on their team. I, personally, didn’t see the QB throw it very well, two completions for like thirty some yards, but maybe he didn’t need to do so. Rest is a good synopsis.
Six of Corvians skilled players(their stars) were on that State Championship Runner-Up Team last year in Basketball.... Those 6 guys are the QB, RB and 3 WR's & DB are very athletic....super talented, this game is going to be close.
I know corvian graduated a lot, but I think they return a good amount as well. I think they'll be in the mix this year. But my pick to come out the West this year in 2a is Murphy. I think it's between them and starmount personally
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I'm sure Corvian will reload somehow.
How come the girls bball team isnt any good. Guess they don't recruit like the boys?
Not sure. But most athletic departments at any level will likely put their emphasis and attention on the two glamor sports that bring in gate receipts to the department - football and men's b-ball.
Every school recruits; however, your recruiting pool and others recruiting pool is probably very different. You don't think Reidsville was recruiting the kid to come back from Providence Day? I would imagine on a daily/hourly basis.
Girls basketball in Charlotte not that good, plus Mallard Creek girls are typically the better of those teams. Mallard Creek boys are not that great. Also, these schools have a ton of students which kills the opportunity for others. I would say that most Charlotte areas schools have kids walking the halls that could put a team together and beat most 1A/2A schools.
Not every school recruits. Charters may not recruit, but when strategically placed such as the current Corvian location, they have a distinct advantage to pull from 25 miles. Charters need to either go by the same rules as every other district (pulls from their own boundaries) or they go to a separate league and playoff system. I know it is a waste of breathe, but I will proclaim it until the state does it right.
I agree but these days, the rules vary so much county by county. Forsyth Co. has open enrollment. So if a kid in the Glenn HS district wants to make the long drive to West Forsyth HS every day, he/she can. From what I understand, Guilford Co. does not have open enrollment. But if a HS has a certain academic academy (specialization in STEM subjects for example), a kid can request to go to that HS to attend that academy. So that is probably a way for athletes to go to a school of their choice in Guilford Co. if they can arrange to do that. Throw in all the charter schools and this only adds another twist to this. I know I am the stay off my lawn grumpy old man, but it would be nice to return to how it was back in the day. No charters and you go to the school you are districted for unless there is a very compelling reason not to. I know those days are never coming back but I can still wish for it.
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