Who ya got? Murphy blowout or does elkin have a chance? I will be attending this game and hope it's not a blowout.
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If Elkin is going to do something they better do it this year because they will be in the conference with East Surry & Mount Airy this fall. No guarantees of a close game. But of course, they will still be sm 1A I guess. I hope it will still be called The Northwest ConferenceELKIN BUCKING ELKS
They wont be small A next year.If Elkin is going to do something they better do it this year because they will be in the conference with East Surry & Mount Airy this fall. No guarantees of a close game. But of course, they will still be sm 1A I guess. I hope it will still be called The Northwest Conference
Alleghany
East Wilkes
Elkin
Mount Airy
North Stokes
South Stokes
Starmount
I was thinking the same thing. 😄After what WSP did to Robbinsville..Im shocked..you're using scoring comparisons.for potential outcomes...LOL..using your logic is bascially saying that both M.Airy and East Surry would beat Murphy and Robbinsville by 5 or 6 td's..since they both beat their 3rd place team WSP by that many...LOL..be careful...LOL..with that being said..I give a slight edge to Murphy at Elkin..but wouldn't be surprised at all if Elkin pulled off the upset...Styles make fights.
I'll give you Mount Airy some years, but when did East become some bastion of speed? Murphy's played them three times and I've seen them on film this year, it's a bunch of white boys dude lol. Murphy was more athletic than them the last two times they played them. C'mon man, East have some really good players, a good scheme and definitely some good athletes but nobody is in awe of them. Last year was an anamoly, a once in a lifetime event for them that was helped along by two big time transfers and a pair of brothers (Gosnell) that are the type of talents East may never have walk their halls again.In Robbinsville's win last night...they were severely humbled..and with all intents and purposes should have lost...had WSP had a little better coaching. MA and ES simply match up better with WSP simply due to overall team speed. What Robbinsville and Murphy have are good hard nosed, die hard players and amazing coaches who both will there teams to victory. I honestly think that gone are the days of super parity in the SMC..it is now severely top heavy. You have Murphy...You have Robbinsville..all other teams in that conference would definitely not win other conferences like they would have in the past. Times are and have changed. SMC has amazing tradition and 2 perennial power house teams..after that...its an average conference much like others now..This isn't a bad thing...just a real thing.
Sounds a lot like Mount Airy and East Surry's conference. The SMC's 3rd place team took a good conference champion team down to the wire last night too compadre.In Robbinsville's win last night...they were severely humbled..and with all intents and purposes should have lost...had WSP had a little better coaching. MA and ES simply match up better with WSP simply due to overall team speed. What Robbinsville and Murphy have are good hard nosed, die hard players and amazing coaches who both will there teams to victory. I honestly think that gone are the days of super parity in the SMC..it is now severely top heavy. You have Murphy...You have Robbinsville..all other teams in that conference would definitely not win other conferences like they would have in the past. Times are and have changed. SMC has amazing tradition and 2 perennial power house teams..after that...its an average conference much like others now..This isn't a bad thing...just a real thing.
Not true, I actually did see that coming. Maybe not a nailbiter (which was helped along by Robbinsville injuries) but I definitely foresaw Prep putting some real points on the board last night. Unless you've seen them or athletes similar to them they are extremely difficult to prepare for.regardless of what you guys think...there's no way you or your fans seen that one coming..
I actually kind of agree with him, take away the great group they had a decade ago ('11-'13) and Swain has fallen somewhere between mediocre to solid since '04. I think Swain will bounce back from this season pretty soon but the days of them being a yearly threat appear to be over.Murphy and Robbinsville have both been through some rough patches too over the years, hell so has Swain prior to this rough patch, but all three have and will continue overcome it and rise back to the top at some point. Don’t see how this is even debatable.
So is the ebb and flow of high school sports. There is only a handful of teams that have enjoyed decades of borderline domination. When's the last time you heard Cummings, Thomasville, Albemarle, Ayden Grifton, Independence, Starmount, Asheville, James Kenan be spoke of with fear? Those all were once yearly contenders, very very dominate teams. Then comes the time that the fans quit saying "their only down, just rebuilding", and they fade off to irrelevance. Sure, they might have a good season here and there, but their run is over. It will happen to Mitchell (hopefully we get a ring before then), It will certainly happen to Murphy, as they are going away soon. And it will certainly happen to East Surry. The cards are a flash in the pan, like so many we have seen before, their boisterous fans are more proof as such.I actually kind of agree with him, take away the great group they had a decade ago ('11-'13) and Swain has fallen somewhere between mediocre to solid since '04. I think Swain will bounce back from this season pretty soon but the days of them being a yearly threat appear to be over.
Well back to the thread... Elkin runs a similar offensive scheme as Thomas Jefferson but without TJ's level of athletes. If Murphy comes to play they win by multiple scores.
Elkin didn't play last week wonder if they were rusty
If iam not mistaken East Surry will move up to 2A?If Elkin is going to do something they better do it this year because they will be in the conference with East Surry & Mount Airy this fall. No guarantees of a close game. But of course, they will still be sm 1A I guess. I hope it will still be called The Northwest Conference
Alleghany
East Wilkes
Elkin
Mount Airy
North Stokes
South Stokes
Starmount
Difference in game was 2 interceptions and 2 fumbles for Andrews in 1st half. No turnovers in 2nd halfIf Andrews had any semblance of a passing game they would've won last night. They outplayed Elkin in the 2nd half
That one yard pick 6 was a killer, put Andrews in an early 14 point hole that they never quite got out of.Difference in game was 2 interceptions and 2 fumbles for Andrews in 1st half. No turnovers in 2nd half
Murphy was supposed to blow TJ out. So I wouldn't count on anything.
Who said we were supposed to blow them out? Nobody from Murphy.....We knew going into last night it was going to be a tough game.
Well it doesn't really matter what Joe Blow from XYZ said on NCPreps, Murphy staff intimated that TJ was the most talented team they had seen this year as soon as they got a good look at film. So the people that matter (players and coaches) always knew that was going to be a hard fought game.If you look back on that thread you'll see some people that said so. It doesn't matter if they were from Murphy or not. You might have not thought it would have been a blowout but I'm sure many others did.
That is my point. People just assume a Murphy blowout because it's Murphy.
They could be in for another dog fight Friday. The ones that don't study film don't know how well anyone matches up. It's just a guess.
I’m pretty sure almost everyone from Robbinsville and Murphy on here predicted it to be a close game.The only folks talking junk about TJ last week were TJ haters from out their way.