West Charlotte at Erwin
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I would think West Charlotte would be a heavy favorite. Erwin has had a great season and do have some weapons, not sure if they have enough for West Charlotte though. The fact that WC has over twice as many students to choose from makes a difference as well.
That’s a long ride. And it’s going to be real cold.
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Erwin will have trouble on defense. Their offense is very good with a big line, steong armed QB and fast RB, but their Achilles heel has always been there defense even though it's improved this season.
WC offense is their weakness. Contain and don't get caught over pursuing. They have the athletes to add a defense and special teams score as well. Adapting to the cold will make any passing that much harder.
What does the student population have to do with it? Erwin's one defeat came at the hands of Mountain Heritage, a 1A school.
Think he was just pointing out that WC has 2300+ kids and will be 8a(highest qualification) next year but yet playing in 3a
We had a student pop of 1,400 when the last classification was done. In fact, we don't even have 2,300 now, it's about 2,000. The CMS Athletic Director added 300 to the number for potential student body growth that will probably occur over the next 4 - 5 years.
Myers Park has the highest student pop in all of NC, have for some years. Along with parents and supporters with significant wealth and they're not even in the playoffs. Heck, their booster club budget is about $1.1 million dollars year over year.
Win or lose I'm definitely proud of Erwin and what they did this season. They should be good again next year too. They lose their line and a really good receiver but return a sophomore qb that has 3000yds passing and 36td's to just 4 interception and his go to receiver Reynolds. Erwin's rb is really good but very soft too. He gets hurt every time the wind blows. I like the jr replacement much better anyways.
As for the West Charlotte game I really don't know much about them. Looking at their record they seem to be really good defensively and they have put up some points too. Erwin usually out athletes teams with our passing game but that will not be the case this week. We will have to play a very good game to have a chance. Like crestrulz said, one thing that might help is the weather. Driving almost 3 hrs to play in 20° weather will suck for them. It will also slow our passing game down so who knows. My heart says Erwin 35 WC 28. My brain says WC 28 Erwin 14
As for the West Charlotte game I really don't know much about them. Looking at their record they seem to be really good defensively and they have put up some points too. Erwin usually out athletes teams with our passing game but that will not be the case this week. We will have to play a very good game to have a chance. Like crestrulz said, one thing that might help is the weather. Driving almost 3 hrs to play in 20° weather will suck for them. It will also slow our passing game down so who knows. My heart says Erwin 35 WC 28. My brain says WC 28 Erwin 14
