Here's another that caught my eye....
Walkertown 46, McMichael 0
Walkertown 46, McMichael 0
Post 2A scores 10/14/2022
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Polk has 25 kids ... QB and running back both play LB ....no one gets a break. I knew Chase would win but the measuring stick was the first 2 quarters and it didn’t look good. I have watched Shelby and Burns play this year and those would have NOT been down at half. I’m not hating on Chase I personally know a lot of the kids on that team. Top 10 team ... I don’t see it
I wouldn’t say that. In Chase’s defense, they were knocked off balance by the early touchdown and the onside kick but made adjustments and out scored Polk 34-6 in the 2nd half. Polk was also considered 18th or so in the rankings and Chase won by 21. Being able to battle back like they did showed they can adjust and execute on the field. The concerns I had from watching it was their secondary at times.
Whew, glad we base how good a team is based on one half of football…a half of football that was likely their worst of the season.
Polk played a great first half, got a break or two, and Ollis made some great calls (i.e. onsides, etc), but I wouldn’t base how good a team is based on one half of ball.
Polk played a great first half, got a break or two, and Ollis made some great calls (i.e. onsides, etc), but I wouldn’t base how good a team is based on one half of ball.
Polk was +4 in turnovers in the first half. 2 int’s, onside, and a fumble on the punt trickery.. they absolutely can’t have that !!!
Missing Marquis really hurts Chase
Exactly, and yet they still made adjustments and found a way to win. About 10 years ago Chase was 6-5 and played Shelby in the first round of the playoffs and lost 12-6. Yet Shelby went on to win the state championship, that wasn’t an indictment on Shelby but a Chase team that played hard. Ugly wins are still wins, and teams that can find a way to win despite adversity are good teams. I agree that Chase isn’t the same without McCombs. I think Chase with McCombs puts them on the same level as Burns and Shelby this year, without him doesn’t disqualify them (definitely hurts though) but doesn’t mean they are going to run over Chase as in some of the years past in some 55-10 bloodbath, there is other talent.
Umm, has Chase ever beat Shelby?
I can’t remember if it that ever happened.
A common theme that I have observed is how great Chase is till they play Shelby or Burns. Maybe this is the year like Kings Mountain breaks out from the past.
I can’t remember if it that ever happened.
A common theme that I have observed is how great Chase is till they play Shelby or Burns. Maybe this is the year like Kings Mountain breaks out from the past.
I think there was a tie in the 60s or 70s but I don’t think they ever won. Been a lot of close ones. But I also don’t think there has been a 8-0 Chase team either so there’s that too.
Your also quick to forget Chases "improvement" on defense came in the second half after one of Polks best receivers got injured early in the 3rd missed the rest of the game he also plays defensive back and his replacement was beaten twice for long touchdowns. It's also a different world playing a Polk team who his only playing 2a because of the nchsaa asinine decision to include irrelevant information in their last alignment formula. Hints part of the reason 95% of Polks kids play both ways. Bigger schools will likely have more athletes and a deeper bench. Shelby and Burns will have more than 2 recievers that can legitimately threaten the defense Chase secondary will have to vastly improve to compete with them. From what I saw last night there best hope would be a high scoring shoot out.
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I actually heard that Polk was going to get to go back to 1A next year... but what conference would Polk go ? Western highlands is full of 1a and the 1/2 split that shelbys in is full also
That's always been a problem for Polk small school in no man's land with no other 1a schools around us they've been in smokey mountain conference the western highlands southern foothills but a few of those teams they were with have now moved solidly to 2a I'd prefer us to play in the mountains that's the teams the middle school and youth level plays with but I could see them doing some switch with Shelby and Burns and making an all 1a conference in the area of the old southern foothills conference but man those were some long bus rides back then
7 teams 4 1a’s and 3 2a’s
And that would also mean that all the schools would have to drop a non-conference game and that would be terrible for Shelby and Burns... heck look at the conference already tho 😂
A better for most solution would be for Burns and Shelby to go elsewhere as they are not benefitting from the weak conference schedule. The smaller, less athletic schools would draw bigger crowds to battle each other.
Who wants to watch a beat down every game till the Conference Championship ? What about the kids in the smaller schools ? It would suck knowing your going to take a beating every time they play a Cleveland County School. OK, I am done rambling
Who wants to watch a beat down every game till the Conference Championship ? What about the kids in the smaller schools ? It would suck knowing your going to take a beating every time they play a Cleveland County School. OK, I am done rambling
No you are 100% correct!!!shelby and Burns have no business playing Bessemer city , TJ ,Cherville and highland tech ... for both parties it helps nothing
Can they request to move up to 3A? I know both schools have been there before because FH has played both teams in the 3A playoffs in the past when we were there and they both have won the 3A titles also. If they stay 2A what conference could they be in or what could be created?
Shelby will never be 3A. They'll never let it happen. Biggest city in the county, but smallest school. Growing up, I was 10 minutes away from Shelby and 15 from Burns. I actually lived in Shelby. But I was in Burns district. Lol.
Switching polk into that conference makes since they have played all those schools as conference teams before the old Southern Foothills Conference was polk, maiden, hendersonville, Cherryville, Bessemer city, highland tech and north Lincoln when they first opened and thomas Jefferson started in the western highlands so if polk was 1a it would work but not big fan of 5 team conference need at least 6 so still leaves some questions
You could consider moving Shelby and Burns with the Rutherford teams and hendersonville and brevard moving patton to the Western highlands to give them another 2a team then polk with the others and include maybe Rosman smaller school would fit better but there would be some serious travel for Rosman I'm sure there would be push back it's hard to build a 1a conference in this area of the state that work with travel both Rosman and polk are kinda out of the way of other 1a schools
I expect Forest Hills to move up to 3A in the next 5-8 years probably. If the bond passes here in Union County this November they're going to build a brand new and larger Forest Hills High School. With the new Toll Bypass that comes out right at Forest Hills they're expecting huge growth and they're plan is a much larger school. Plus they're going to redraw the district lines to relieve overcrowding at 4A Piedmont and possibly draw some students from Parkwood and the east side of Monroe. Construction starts next spring. Union County is the second fastest growing county in NC and It's getting crowded unfortunately. Especially on the west side where 5 of the 6 4A schools are in the county. Luckily I live out the country North of Marshville. 😆
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I will do you one better.. Students are bussed to Fallston and Burns from City of Shelby streets.
Trust me, I know.
From what I have read on this forum the Rutherford Co. Schools wanted to get away from playing Cleveland Co. Schools. I would be surprised if that happened. And the way back days when I was in HS there was the Southwestern 3A Conference consisting of Burns, Crest, Kings Mountain, Shelby, East Rutherford, RS Central, and Chase. Which County has multiple State Titles under their belt ?I wouldnt want to play us either. lol
Oh I know. Crest kids ride by Shelby High School to get to Crest. Or at least used to. Not sure how the lines are now.
sounds like the kids that live in Reidsville whose parents make them travel six miles to the west to attend Rockingham County high school....
Back in my HS days we had Mooresville address and was about 4 miles from Mooresville HS. But the ones that lived on on side of the rd went to South Iredell and the other side of the rd went to Mooresville. So about 19 miles or so I had to go South Iredell.
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The Catawba County Lincoln line run through my wife's parents house. There was three of them she and one brother went to maiden one went to West Lincoln. So it just depends on which side of the house their bedroom was on 🤣🤣🤣. Just joking but it really did happen that way but the reason why was because somebody in the neighborhood complained they couldn't go to maiden so county looked into it and the youngest sibling was made to go to West Lincoln.
Also if you've ever been to Newton Conover high School there's a road nearby called Lafon road. A good golfer could probably hit a golf ball there from the high school but it fred t Ford school district 🤣🤣
Burns
Shelby
Maiden
West Lincoln
Lincolnton
Newton-Conver
Bunker Hill
Shelby
Maiden
West Lincoln
Lincolnton
Newton-Conver
Bunker Hill
I haven't found the current ADM numbers for this year or last year. I checked them a couple of years ago and was very surprised to see that some teams ADM numbers nearly tripled other teams playing in the same division. Check Shelby's numbers versus East Surry's. Its no wonder some teams players do double duty offense and defense. They probably have to run the laundry and mow the field and stripe it too!!!!!
I would like to see a comparison of ADMs of last years top tens in each division, I bet you would see an overall advantage in the weight of higher attendance numbers. I will see if I can get those numbers. I may be wrong. Little guys do try harder.
I would like to see a comparison of ADMs of last years top tens in each division, I bet you would see an overall advantage in the weight of higher attendance numbers. I will see if I can get those numbers. I may be wrong. Little guys do try harder.
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