Didn't catch any games Friday night (went to South Columbus , but got rained out and was busy Saturday). New Hanover seemed to roll in their first game, but heard Hoke didn't help themselves with turnovers. New Hanover took advantage of their mistakes and that is what you are suppose to do. Good win for the Wildcats. Wallace flexed their muscle against Laney and heard that Watkins was held in check for most of the night. If Laney can't run the ball, they are in trouble. I expect Watkins and the Bucs to get it rolling. Ashley seemed to put up a fight (which I thought would happen with Turner), but came up short against White Oak ( I have no idea what White Oak has). Hoggard won, but heard it was played in a down pour ... Port City could probably add more to this on how the Vikings played. Topsail (hotterhand's sleeper) got a big win over Trask, but it's Trask. West Brunswick looked good according to a buddy of mine. He said the defense played really well and gave a big play for a TD, but played stout the rest of the night. South Brunswick put up a lot of points against West Columbus, but gave up a lot too. If the Cougars can't stop anybody, it's going to be a long year.
Hoggard played well and played sloppy. Sasser had and int on hoggards opening poss with a bad pass deep in Hoggard terr but defense stuffed them and HS made a 40 FG. However Sasser finished 5-6 with a great TD pass. Hoggard offense ran it and passed it but also had a few costly penalties and fumbles. HS ran 2nd half kickoff back for TD. The defense gave up 3-4 plays but outside of that they shut them down. I would say HS had mahout 125total offensive yards. It poured most of the game and the field was slippery. I was disappointed with the score but under the conditions this is the kind of game where lesser teams can pull out an upset so Hoggard should take the win and get ready for a much tougher test this week. Hoggard will need allegret back, he did not play against HS. I also think they need to get Louthan more involved. He is a weapon that needs to be used. I would also like to see the other big TE more involved at other positions. Morrison is an option at TE but would like to see him play on the defense line some. He can really move well and is big. Hoggard will probably be 12 point underdogs and will need to improve this week and sure up a few things to pull off the upset. Should be fun.