Round 3: Riverside-Martin (11-1) @ Tarboro (10-1)
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I’m not sure who Goat is talking about. I haven’t heard of any RB being out this week. Unless the FB #10 is still banged up from last week.
We see a ton of good backs in Tarboro. The freshman and sophomore we have are very special
From my understanding, everything has been worked out. He may have to sit a half though but Train(#10) may not be available due to his knee
Mason gonna get a lot of carries Friday night looks like. Throw our FB Bruce number 25 in the mix to. He went wild in the first game against Riverside
We have McDaniels back and also don’t forget number 1, dozier. He played great early in the year before Kam got the call up. I believe even with Mason, mcdaniels, dozier, and Bruce, we’ll still have plenty of fire power
Bingo. That’s Tyquan Lewis’s little brother. He’s a very good runner. He could very easily be a starter as well. Tarboro has a full stable or RBs this year.
Haha, I would roll to hear Mr. Butch say shields up just one time
Vikings have shields so you can use it if you want. 🤣🤣🤣
Vikings have shields so you can use it if you want. 🤣🤣🤣
This has nothing to do with the game this week, but rumor has it that Northampton has already been preparing for Tarboro for a couple of weeks now. Maybe that’s why they had a close game last week.
We have to get thru this week but I’ve been telling people all year I thought Northampton was going to be a problem for anybody they play.
Just from watching some interviews before the season and posts on social media I think they’ve had Tarboro circled.
Hopefully we get thru this week. Riverside wants Tarboro too.
Would you change anything from the first time you played riverside this year? I’d go with the same game plan. I don’t think they’ll be able to keep up with Tarboro’s tempo. 48-14 is what I’m going with.
From what I saw last game, I just don’t see riverside being able to stop us.
Northampton coach in 2019 said at halftime that Robbinsville was playing bully ball. 😆
Like it wasn't real ball.
Like it wasn't real ball.
I think west Columbus may upset Northampton Imo. Overlooking teams this time of year isn't a good idea. Plus I look at their schedule, their smallest of victory came against a down Washington team.
I don't think it will be a competitive game with Tarboro winning easily. But Riverside I'd goingnto be a tough out over the next few years. With Paschalk getting a few years with the players in his lifting program and Jim Bob running the O with all that young talent, they are going to be a factor moving forward. Just hope you can avoid the annoying PA guy. 🤣🤣🤣
Agreed, I think they can definitely become a more serious contender in the coming years
I would like to see us put more pressure on the quarterback this time and get a few sacks. I don’t know if we can because he gets rid of the ball quickly
Their QB is only a freshman. They have a lot of young guys on their team so potential is there. And also this time around there won't be an annoying PA guy since it's in Tarboro lol
Shields up! 😂😂😂. A lot of their skill guys are only sophomores.
In all my years of attending high School football games he was easily the worst PA announcer I've ever heard. Yeah Riverside is young, I don't know how true it is but I think they're Middle School team went undefeated this year
I was just about to say that.
Right. I mean I think Northampton should be favored. But at the same time though, west Columbus has impressed me this year. They gave whiteville a good game earlier this year. It would be very unwise to overlook them or else you won't get to play Tarboro.
i didn’t even realize they played Whiteville that close.
Yep only lost 21-7. I think turnovers hurt them that night more than anything looking at MaxPreps.
It’s funny to see Tarboro and tempo in the same phrase. We all spent years watching Tarboro offenses shorten games playing a methodical, sometimes plodding lack of tempo game. The no-huddle quick pace actually works really nicely with their offense and makes it harder for opposing defenses to settle in on their assignments. That has been a nice evolution to the Vikings game through the course of the year.
I may be mistaken in the 2016 eastern finals Tarboro was leading WRH at the half. WRH came out in the third and ran their no huddle “nascar” offense. It slowed our defense down and they took the lead. I think we learned that from them.
As Lee Corso would say “not so fast” lol. I like our chances but some of the teams left are pretty good. All of them will bring their A game and not lay down because it is Tarboro. We will have to play our best each game to advance.
I keep getting contradictory messages that he is not playing. I hope you are right. Has Mom cooled down?
I’ve heated from multiple people he will play in some capacity
We were leading at the half but I still think offensively we out scored them. They scored twice on fumbles and once on a blocked punt.
Offensively we switched things after the half and it didn’t go as well as things went in the first half. Their coach Joey price said on a podcast or interview somewhere that we had them on their heels first half and they didn’t know what we were going to do
Lots of should’ve could’ve sand would’ve but I still feel we were better than them that year. I’ve heard from reputable people in the high school football industry who also felt we were probably better, but they executed on our mistakes and made us pay for it
I remember two things about that game. It was damn cold and I thought we were fortunate to be leading at the half. Those Dogs were strong and they had another gear in that 3rd quarter that Tarboro had no answers for. They kept the Vikings pinned back on their own territory and just mashed us unto the turf, getting short fields and easy points in the process. They deserved the win and the 1AA title. They moved up to 2A and were the best in the whole classification in 2017. That was truly the best team Tarboro has faced in the last 15 years. I think watching 2017 WRH against 2019 East Surry would be a dream matchup, but those Dogs had a defense that was special.
They were a good team, but so was the 2010 carver and 2011 Lincoln team. Those were two great wins
