in the west: polk, east surry, swain county, possibly murphy if they go up. In the east: tarboro, edenton, princeton? thoughts?
1aa contenders
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Granville Central will likely be #4 in the east. They will be a conference champion as they only have to beat Louisburg in their conference and they lost to Princeton earlier this season by 4.
How funny would it be if East Surry got put in the eastern bracket. It may sound crazy but they are closer to Tarboro than North Stanly was last year.
Not sure they are a contender, but Mitchell could be a tough out for most 1aa west teams.
Go Mountaineers
Go Mountaineers
Swain County or any other team in the west would like that. Although it would be a challenging game and swain always welcomes that.
There are 4 1a teams farther West than North Stanly before East Surry. WS Prep, South Stokes, North Stokes, and North Rowan.
If the brackets were selected today, 1aa would look real similar to this:
East
1 Tarboro
2 Holmes
3 Princeton
4 Rosewood
5 Granville Central
6 Manteo
7 Hobbton
8 North Rowan
9 South Stanly
10 Riverside
11 Lakewood
12 East Carteret
West
1 East Surry
2 Polk
3 Mount Airy
4 Swain
5 Starmount
6 Avery
7 MICS
8 Bessemer City
9 Pine Lake Prep
10 East Wilkes
11 Cherryville
12 CSOD
Now bear in mind this doesn't reflect conference champions, and is based off last year's numbers. The big/small cutoff is Hobbton 501 and South Stokes 500.
The East/West cutoff is East Surry longitude 80.47, and North Rowan 80.43. With some numbers and ranking shuffling, it is very possible that East Surry ends up in the East.
East
1 Tarboro
2 Holmes
3 Princeton
4 Rosewood
5 Granville Central
6 Manteo
7 Hobbton
8 North Rowan
9 South Stanly
10 Riverside
11 Lakewood
12 East Carteret
West
1 East Surry
2 Polk
3 Mount Airy
4 Swain
5 Starmount
6 Avery
7 MICS
8 Bessemer City
9 Pine Lake Prep
10 East Wilkes
11 Cherryville
12 CSOD
Now bear in mind this doesn't reflect conference champions, and is based off last year's numbers. The big/small cutoff is Hobbton 501 and South Stokes 500.
The East/West cutoff is East Surry longitude 80.47, and North Rowan 80.43. With some numbers and ranking shuffling, it is very possible that East Surry ends up in the East.
East Surry is due north of Charlotte 12 to 15 miles from the Virginia state line and Mount Airy is 54 miles from Virginia. North Stanly is east of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County closer to South Carolina. Not a lot of difference but NS probably 25 closer east and due south of Stokes County. I can't See them sending a #1 west seed east and can't ever remember them doing so. That would be totally unfair for the west and hopefull thinking for some in the west. LOL.
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Swain 4th in West? Or is this assuming we loose to Murphy and or Robbinsville? If we are Conference champs and undefeated or even if there is a three way tie then I see us being a 2 seed.
Uhhh they did it last year. That's why mount airy and East Surry were able to make it to the 4th round. It's all about longitude. You can't just look at a map and go, duuuh that luuks west.East Surry is due north of Charlotte 12 to 15 miles from the Virginia state line and Mount Airy is 54 miles from Virginia. North Stanly is east of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County closer to South Carolina. Not a lot of difference but NS probably 25 closer east and due south of Stokes County. I can't See them sending a #1 west seed east and can't ever remember them doing so. That would be totally unfair for the west and hopefull thinking for some in the west. LOL.
Read the fine print. It doesn't take conference champions into consideration. Swain is ranked 4th behind East Surry, Polk, and Mount Airy.
Thank you. Hence why the would have been #1 seed North Stanly ended up a 5 seed in the east.
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This is fun and all but let’s play some more football and see how conf. play goes. Some of us have a lot of battles left to fight I’m sure Mitchell is gonna have something to say about this if they go BIG 1A
I’m sure Mitchell is gonna have something to say about this if they go BIG 1A The gate would probably be the same no matter who’s in the title game. I’ve been to 7 state title games and the crowds have been basically the same at all of them
Mount Airy beat Swain in the 1st round and lost to East Surry in the 2nd round. Maybe y'all have lost me. Gets harder every year to keep up with changes. Sorry !
I'm sorry, you are correct. Still, the fact remains, North Stanly was the best 1aa West team... right up until they went east.
That was second and third round last season. Swain played and beat MIC in the first round.
East Surry is 80.4771° W. North Stanly is 80.2117° W
However North Stanly is a long shot to make the playoffs. Some western teams may get pushed east with all the charter schools.
However North Stanly is a long shot to make the playoffs. Some western teams may get pushed east with all the charter schools.
Now wouldn’t that be some kinda stupid to see east Surry in the east
I would wager trying to get thru Holmes and Tarboro would be a wee bit tougher than trying to get thru Mount Airy and Starmount...
Seriously tho the whole west/east line is kinda stupid every year. Sometimes I’m like HOW is that even a thing
Sorry I was looking at Mount Airy's schedule and missed a week. Forgot Mount Airy got a first-week bye. I just remembered Mount airy lost the 2nd game they played.
https://www.maxpreps.com/high-schoo...(mount-airy,nc)/football-fall-18/schedule.htm
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It is weird how it happens but once they figure out who makes playoffs they seed east first and take 12 teams that are the furthest east. It happens and there is no way around it in 1A. Elkin won a state title and didn't play a single team from the west in 2006.
no different than Whiteville playing 2A West....couple of years ago they had to travel all the way to Burnsville (Mountain Heritage) for a 2nd round playoff game.....now that's a haul.................
I would love for Mitchell to come up otherwise I don’t know that East Surry will have a tough game until the title unless Swain gives us one.This is fun and all but let’s play some more football and see how conf. play goes. Some of us have a lot of battles left to fight
Mitchell are one of very few that stylistically can present issues for East with their power run game and big line(s). Swain has the run game and the big line and linebackers but they don't have the height that Mitchell has with some of their skill people and secondary. Mitchell's QB and WR are more athletic than anyone on Swain's team as well. Mitchell are probably one of the few teams with some legitimate height in the secondary that East would potentially see.
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Mitchell is as rounded as any team you’ll see in 1a/1aa. They have size on the line, a great passing/ running qb. Good backs, good receivers. Defensively they are sound, good d line and good secondary. But they would be hard pressed to contain a very athletic team like ES. They would welcome the challenge of course, but it would be a tough challenge.
For perspective last season this same group pretty much at Mitchell played a good 3AA spread team that was more athletic overall than East Surry is, Erwin. Mitchell held their own in that game for the most part, just losing by 13. Of course that Erwin team didn't have anybody like Gosnell at WR, that kid is on another level, but still. I get where you're coming from about Mitchell struggling with a team like East but I think Mitchell would give East a good game either way.
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For sure. The last few yrs have been as good as I’ve seen at Mitchell. This year could be the best just because it’s this year.
I believe Mitchell has a better defensive coordinator this year , he seems more aggressive.
Well yeah will find out more when they play better about the whole team. But even before I knew they had a new D coach I noticed they blitz more and just seem to have a more aggressive attitude, instead of just it seemed before sometimes they were sitting back and letting it come to them.