Hickory will play for 3A State Title since 1996. So lets hear it. Your thoughts on this matchup. Should be a good one.
15-0 Hickory vs 15-0 71st 3A State Final
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Calpreps projects on a neutral field:
[2023] Hickory (NC) 35 (53%), [2023] Seventy-First (Fayetteville, NC) 34 (47%)
Toss up basically.
[2023] Hickory (NC) 35 (53%), [2023] Seventy-First (Fayetteville, NC) 34 (47%)
Toss up basically.
Both teams are undefeated
so somebody's "O" gotta' go!!!
so somebody's "O" gotta' go!!!
I'm from pulling for Hickory and the west teams down here in Forest Hills/Marshville territory. Two undefeated teams "should" be a great matchup. There's been some great teams come out of the Fayetteville area over the years and shouldn't be no different with 71st.
No one gave hickory a chance vs Dudley - Give me hickory again by 10
Massey has Seventy First 38 Hickory 28
This is a down side to having a huge state .. either you have seen Hickory or you seen 71st play…. Probably not many have seen both play so talking about the game matchup would be pure speculation…. Pulling for Hickory to get it done
Good luck to Hickory. A very well deserved trip to the Championship game.
I'm looking forward to this game. The time and venue is okay with me. We normally play on Friday night and our '96 team won their state championship in this stadium. The down side is the distance to travel to make the game is going to be hard on most of our fans and parents. I'm sure we'll have a good crowd there. It should be a competitive game.
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I wonder if Hickory will be taking a bus 1st come 1st serve for fans to the game.
I haven't heard anything, but will post any information if it comes about. I'd hope the school would, but most likely it will be some churches that may put together some busses and/or vans.
Good luck to the Red Tornados. It's been 10+ years since you've won more than 7 games and you burst on the scene to have a year like this. It's truly remarkable. Congrats on the season so far. I know you'll represent the West very well.
Im pulling for Hickory. Hope they can complete the magical run. Best of luck to the Hickory team. They been looking good so far.
71st plays old school football. They will run it down your throat and hit hard on defense. Never thought that kind of ball would translate well outside of Fayettville, but man was I wrong! Took them a few years to get over that hump, but they finally did it. I think the qb #11 Nance is probably the best qb to come out of Fayetteville since the qb from 2016 Cape Fear’s state runner up team. I don’t know much about Hickory so I won’t comment on them, but if they cannot stop the 71st qb it will be a long night for them.
This is the hardest game for me to pick this week. I know hickory won but Dudley did a lot of dumb stuff to help them along the way Friday night. I know hickory offense is the real deal though they were unstoppable Friday night.
West Henderson seemed to have a better defensive game against Hickory than Dudley did. I think the championship will probably be a shootout.
I have said since the brackets were released , whoever comes out of the West wins title.
Go get that title Hickory. Finish your story.
Well deserved trip.
Go get that title Hickory. Finish your story.
Well deserved trip.
1250 down here in the bottom on nc, our home metv is out of
myrtle beach i think ,, probably not going to be on here ?????????
myrtle beach i think ,, probably not going to be on here ?????????
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Thanks I found where it will be on METV but I can’t find the 1A and 2A anywhere
Go Falcons. Been a good while since Fayetteville has seen a title. Fayetteville football has been down compared to what it once was.
Whky radio station should have it
That's 1290 AM and 102.3 FM , and they have a stream available at whky.com, just for folks who may not know.
This should be a great game. All the best to Cheerduck and his Red Tornadoes.
I’d like to say to the Hickory fan base, I was one of the doubters. I’ve seen Dudley one time each of the past three years. I haven’t seen Hickory in many years. Because Dudley had been there so many times in the last 8 - 10 years I expected they would win last week. The past sometimes is not a very good gage of the future
Spot on as many fans were. I heard that HHS wouldn't get by Huss, Why did Huss score so many points. Then they couldn't beat a North Lincoln as they were improved with a superb triple option and it would be hard to defeat a team twice in the same season. The Red Tornadoes really turned some heads with the 61 point explosion over AC Reynolds, a team that hadn't given up a point in 2 playoff wins. Then came West Henderson, another team that had all of the parts to defeat Hickory. Another fine effort by HHS, this time by our defensive unit and the Dudley game definitely was an instant classic.
That's why we play the game! I can't tell you enough about this group of Red Tornadoes. They just have a lot of heart, are smart and well coached. The most respectful group of kids I have known in many years. I'm very proud of them and hope they can pull off one more win to cap off this surprising season.
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I know next year lot of eyes will be on Hickory as they return a big core of players back. I‘m already ready for next season to come. Hopefully they can pull it out this week. It definitely will be a story to be told.
Will be making the trip from laurinburg Friday evening for this one
According to Siri, the drive to Kenan Stadium is 77 miles from Seventy First in Fayetteville; nearly twice as far from Hickory at 146 miles, and 91 miles from Laurinburg.
Be glad when they get these state title games in the middle of the state where they belong.
According to most experts...the exact middle of NC is in Chatham County, near Siler City...........
If Hickory can't create serious problems for the 71st qb running the ball they will not win. Stopping the run performance of the 71st QB is the key. If they can limit him they will have a good chance. If he has a good game running the ball it will be extremely hard for Hickory to win.
Well, I always heard it was in Randolph County? Think near NC Zoo in Asheboro?
Also was taught when I was younger center was in small town of Star in Montgomery County?
Either way would be out in the country and hosting SC games would be problematic…