ER's run defense on paper suggest other wise. You have to remember the competition near the southern border is a bit tougher than 2A in triad area. Ya'll had Cobb in the West Stokes and Walkertown games. We saw how those went.
East Rutherford at Reidsville - Round 2
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The game was closer than it should have been. ER had the ball stripped for a Reidsville TD and on the next possession the punter missed the ball and Reidsville walked 5 yards in. ER defense dominated the majority of that game. Neal is all Reidsville had.
Rams D tried to overload one side, and ER simply ran the other way most of the night.
This went unnoticed. On paper they have been doing this for a couple of weeks.
I know bro. When the brackets were announced this matchup peaked my interest. I’m not surprised but it wasn’t as close as the score.
No reason to talk any more football when comes to Reidsville anytime soon. It’s officially basketball season and I’m for one happy to be pulling for the Rams
Give credit to the Forest City boys' defensive effort. Holding high-powered Reidsville attack to two touchdowns took a great performance. ER played the best pass defense Reidsville has seen in a while. They gambled that the Rams were not a big running threat and overloaded the secondary. Neal's scrambling accounted for most of Reidsville's rushing yards.
On offense, Cavaliers just ran the ball right up the middle all night and kept ball control. Rams were lucky to get back in the game after trailing 21-0 ... Neal's fumble return came when running back was fighting for extra yardage after picking up a first down. And the punt debacle was a gift. The punting game looked to be a weakness for the Cavaliers.
On offense, Cavaliers just ran the ball right up the middle all night and kept ball control. Rams were lucky to get back in the game after trailing 21-0 ... Neal's fumble return came when running back was fighting for extra yardage after picking up a first down. And the punt debacle was a gift. The punting game looked to be a weakness for the Cavaliers.
And that right there is what's wrong with Reidsville football. F basketball. You guys were the king of the mountain. Basketball who cares. Stay off these boards
TGT perfecr decription... the East pass defense was very good.... Any bubbles or screens were immediately met and they tripled Harrison all night, he still had a few catches... I dont remember Sharp getting many touches.... their game plan was great... When East scored with a little over 2 to go I knew that was too much time .... It was as good a ball game as I have seen all year... Great run by the Rams...and huge win for the East program...
Upset tone was set early when Reidsville moved inside the 10-yard line on their first two possessions but came away with 0.
What good is talking about something you can’t change or fix? Lol I love the rams football team. But we lost. We deserved to lose. Even with the terrible penalties that blew our Gw TD run
Yep. Run it down the middle. Takes a real coach to figure that one out. Lol when ER gets crushed in a week or 2 people won’t think this was such an upset anymore. Shelby time to come to the top. But they say Monroe has finally arrived
Here's some stats:
ER Rushing - 64 carries, 355 yards; Pinkerton 38-222, McClellan 20-113;
Reidsville rushing- 29 attempts, 139 yards; Neal 12 for 124 yards;
Neal 9 of 17 passing for 95 yards with 2 interceptions. He had suffered only 3 interceptions in the first 11 games and 2 of those were on deflected passes.
ER completed only 1 pass in the game for 17 yards.
Offensive Plays: ER 71 , Reidsville 46
ER Rushing - 64 carries, 355 yards; Pinkerton 38-222, McClellan 20-113;
Reidsville rushing- 29 attempts, 139 yards; Neal 12 for 124 yards;
Neal 9 of 17 passing for 95 yards with 2 interceptions. He had suffered only 3 interceptions in the first 11 games and 2 of those were on deflected passes.
ER completed only 1 pass in the game for 17 yards.
Offensive Plays: ER 71 , Reidsville 46
I did say that Reidsville would not win it this year. I would like to just say that as the world turns and the weather gets colder the football is very difficult to throw the ball. This is where teams with QBs with no experience can get exposed. Both teams played their hearts out.
When it gets cold, running the ball will solve a lo of issues.
Sounds like ER played control of the game on the ground. I bet there was a significant difference in time of possession. ER just took the air out of the ball. Sounds like they play Eastern nc style
That my brother we can agree
Let's just face the music here..it doesn't matter what the referees did.. it doesn't matter about injuries. There are no excuses. ER did what they set our to do. A bit of humble pie was maybe needed for the Rams. The scoreboard says it all! Great season for the Rams and a continuing pursuit for ER who played a great game also. Let us all sing KumBahYah and smile as the beat goes on;
Tried to tell Reidsville fans, they couldn't stop a nose bleed. ER is not very good, especially the RB. Reidsville just can't stop the run, never seen anything like it at allllll. Coaches made zero adjustments the whole season. If Neal wasn't there, Reidsville might have won 5 games.
Jones 3 receptions, 23 yards; Harrison 3 catches 30 yards; J Sharpe 3 catches 42 yards ....
East Rutherford's defense did a great job against the Rams' passing attack. Not many open receivers all night. 95 team passing yards was a season low. That was one week after coming close to 400 yards.
Neal was forced to scramble, not so much because of pressure, but because of no open targets. Neal was amazing with 124 yards on 12 carries (scrambles) ... I don't think many (if any) were designed running plays.
Neal also had an interception in the end zone and a fumble return for a touchdown. Pound for pound (160), the best player in the state - offense, defense, special teams. He does it all.
one thing that hasn't been mentioned is the size of ER's offensive line.....they were massive, especially for a 2A school............
We have said this for years.
Reidsville piled up many previous championships without having to play other greats in the state within their classification.
They avoided them by either membership in a rival association, or by sub classification where 50% of same size schools in the state were dodged.
Did they play and win against what was placed in front of them by others?
Of course they did.
But they have never proven or established themselves as the self proclaimed “capitol (sic)” of anything.
Reidsville went 31 consecutive recent years without a title or even a title game appearance.
So what has happened in these four years where the classes had unified titles and Reidsville had to play in a format that included ALL similar sized schools in the state.
1 for 4.
And with Shelby winning its fourth unified title as Reidsville won its first during this period.
Without question, the 2023 Reidsville squad was a super team, probably the best across all classes. We acknowledge greatness.
But you are not the “capitol (sic)” of anything.
And tonight you lose in the second round to East Rutherford.
It should be noted, that outside of our consistently winning 3 Cleveland County rivals, East Rutherford is geographically the next closest NC high school to Shelby.
We have played them forever, mostly as conference opponents.
We are not surprised they beat you tonight.
You play nobody in conference or out, and get rewarded with another #1 seed.
You benefit enormously from the weakness of teams in your area.
Another point.
We challenged years ago whether Reidsville’s recent resurgent success would continue beyond Coach Teague Sr’s tenure.
Will history show he was the dominant factor and the program will suffer significantly with his departure.
By comparison, the Shelby program has enjoyed multiple titles under each of the 5 recent head coaches, going all the way back to 1955.
That is a program DYNASTY.
No gaps, no let ups.
Can Teague Jr do it? Can his successor?
Still a lot to prove before talking the capitol nonsense.
Finally, a significant number of the current Golden Lion squad did not celebrate your loss tonight.
They wanted the shot at you this year as repayment for last year’s defeat.
And we are now all aware that realignment has conveniently placed Reidsville safely away from any rematches with Shelby for the next four years. By one spot.
Essentially, the realignment is nothing more than a reset of the subclasses where 3 of your titles were opposite of 3 of Shelby’s, and Shelby clearly was dominant.
It continues to pay off for Reidsville’s own Que Tucker to head the association and subtly assist “ her team”.
So while it is easy enough for us to prove your self proclaimed claim is bogus….
It’s much better to watch you prove it for us.
The Shelby Golden Lions.
The True Dynasty.
The most successful, sustained, winningest high school football program in North Carolina.
Www.shelbyhighfootball.com
Reidsville piled up many previous championships without having to play other greats in the state within their classification.
They avoided them by either membership in a rival association, or by sub classification where 50% of same size schools in the state were dodged.
Did they play and win against what was placed in front of them by others?
Of course they did.
But they have never proven or established themselves as the self proclaimed “capitol (sic)” of anything.
Reidsville went 31 consecutive recent years without a title or even a title game appearance.
So what has happened in these four years where the classes had unified titles and Reidsville had to play in a format that included ALL similar sized schools in the state.
1 for 4.
And with Shelby winning its fourth unified title as Reidsville won its first during this period.
Without question, the 2023 Reidsville squad was a super team, probably the best across all classes. We acknowledge greatness.
But you are not the “capitol (sic)” of anything.
And tonight you lose in the second round to East Rutherford.
It should be noted, that outside of our consistently winning 3 Cleveland County rivals, East Rutherford is geographically the next closest NC high school to Shelby.
We have played them forever, mostly as conference opponents.
We are not surprised they beat you tonight.
You play nobody in conference or out, and get rewarded with another #1 seed.
You benefit enormously from the weakness of teams in your area.
Another point.
We challenged years ago whether Reidsville’s recent resurgent success would continue beyond Coach Teague Sr’s tenure.
Will history show he was the dominant factor and the program will suffer significantly with his departure.
By comparison, the Shelby program has enjoyed multiple titles under each of the 5 recent head coaches, going all the way back to 1955.
That is a program DYNASTY.
No gaps, no let ups.
Can Teague Jr do it? Can his successor?
Still a lot to prove before talking the capitol nonsense.
Finally, a significant number of the current Golden Lion squad did not celebrate your loss tonight.
They wanted the shot at you this year as repayment for last year’s defeat.
And we are now all aware that realignment has conveniently placed Reidsville safely away from any rematches with Shelby for the next four years. By one spot.
Essentially, the realignment is nothing more than a reset of the subclasses where 3 of your titles were opposite of 3 of Shelby’s, and Shelby clearly was dominant.
It continues to pay off for Reidsville’s own Que Tucker to head the association and subtly assist “ her team”.
So while it is easy enough for us to prove your self proclaimed claim is bogus….
It’s much better to watch you prove it for us.
The Shelby Golden Lions.
The True Dynasty.
The most successful, sustained, winningest high school football program in North Carolina.
Www.shelbyhighfootball.com
you just never stop do you? I don't see you posting all this crap when Shelby gets ousted in the playoffs...like last Dec................
I'm not gonna lie, after the 1st 5 sentences I stop. You might as well type out the words from the teacher in the Peanuts cartoon. We dont always have the time.
Practice writing cliff notes, like really short cliff notes.
So ER's coach was an assistant at Burns before? Maybe he learned something from that Burns loss to Reidsville in 2022(and playing the Shelby passing attack every year). Doesn't Chase have a Burns coach also?
I'm giving ER their 704 card back even though they're 828 these days.
Who had the genius idea to put a 6'7 DE at middle linebacker?
tried everything else ... no replacing that LB duo of the last two years
Absolutely. Widerman and Mansfield were the most missed players from last season. Still dont see the logic in using a guy there that didnt want to play defense in the first place.
Again, they tried everything else
