The fun part of high school championship games is that typically there are no common opponents and the teams are not very familiar with each other. It means that all you have to go on is the film you watch, the coaches and fans that you talk to in preparation, and putting your own game plan together.
When the dust settles, the cream typically rises to the top.
There have been seasons that Shelby went deep into the playoffs with a ton of elite athletes but actually ran into a team that could match the athletes or perhaps the most elite athlete that made the difference. Years that come to mind are Burlington Cummings in 1988 with Burnette, Griffis, Davis and company, Clinton in 1997 with Parker and company, Cummings again in 2001 and 2002 with the Tate brother and the Williamson brothers, SW Onslow in 2004 with Burney, Marshall and Hardison, Hibriten in 2017 with Witherspoon and a great D.
There have been other seasons where Shelby's opponent had truly gaudy stats and were undefeated and Shelby blew them out.
You just never know until the you get on the field and play the game.
I'm looking forward to seeing if Shelby's vaunted Defense can stop the ridiculous running game of WRH. I've truly never seen a team with three 1,000 yard rushers, with one of them over 3,000....I've seen only a couple of times where a team three with just a little over 1,000 each...but not like WRH has this year.