2-A Third Round (sweet 16) - observations all in one place

[TGT2]

EAST
#1 Princeton (11-1) vs. #8 Cummings (8-3)
#4 Nash Central (9-3) vs. #12 Wallace-Rose Hill (10-2)
#3 Whiteville (11-1) vs. #11 Hertford County (11-1)
#2 East Duplin (11-1) vs. #7 Clinton (11-1)
WEST
#1 Reidsville (11-1) vs. #8 Chase (12-0)
#5 Maiden (11-1) vs. #13 Bunker Hill (11-1)
#3 Burns (11-1) vs. #6 Salisbury (11-1)
#2 East Surry (12-0) vs. #7 Monroe (11-1)

Notes:
• Only two undefeated teams
• 11 of 16 have one loss or less
• All #1 and #2 seeds still going
• Highest remaining seed is No. 13 Bunker Hill; No. 12 Wallace-Rose Hill and No. 11 Hertford County not far back
• Bunker Hill and Maiden is a conference rematch; Maiden won 36-33 on Oct. 14
• East Duplin and Wallace-Rose Hill are also from same conference, East D won on Oct. 21 13-12; also note that East Duplin's only loss was to Princeton way back in August, 58-57; a WRH vs. East Duplin rematch is possible in the East final
• Spell check changes Duplin to Dublin (can we change the school name to Beulaville?
• There are two Easts and one Central, but all other compass points have been eliminated

 

[Sportscribe]

Saw Deana on one of the Eastern NC TV stations a week or so ago. She was pronouncing Duplin like "Dumplin". Correct pronunciation is "Dooplin" for those keeping score lol.

Beulaville is often misspelled as well. I have seen an extra "A" included many times and was actually guilty of it myself many moons ago. Good people in that area and throughout Duplin County.

 

[TGT2]

Any other possible rematches in either bracket?

 

[GrizzlyDevil]

Top 5 Scoring offenses:
Princeton - 640 (95% rushing offense)
Chase - 620 (67% rushing offense)
Hertford Co - 582 (60% rushing offense)
East Duplin - 569 (76% rushing offense)
Monroe - 557 (52% rushing offense)

Top 5 scoring defenses:
Monroe - 89
Burns - 113
East Surry - 116
Chase - 126
Salisbury - 132

Top 5 Margin of Victory:
Chase - 41
Monroe - 39
Burns - 36
East Surry - 36
East Duplin - 33

Top 5 Strength of Schedule:
Burns - 3.0
Monroe - 0.8
Maiden - 0.8
Bunker Hill - 0.5
WRH - -1.7

Top 5 in total offensive yards:
Princeton - 5912
Hertford Co - 5651
WRH - 5150
Maiden - 4966
Monroe - 4916

Top 5 Passing Offenses:
Maiden - 3247 (65%)
East Surry - 2862 (59%)
Burns - 2546 (57%)
Monroe - 2346 (48%)
Reidsville - 2322 (55%)

Top 5 Rushing Offenses:
Princeton - 5620 (95%)
WRH - 4782 (93%)
East Duplin - 3617 (76%)
Hertford Co - 3391 (60%)
Chase - 3251 (67%)

 

[TGT2]

Saw Deana on one of the Eastern NC TV stations a week or so ago. She was pronouncing Duplin like "Dumplin". Correct pronunciation is "Dooplin" for those keeping score lol.

Beulaville is often misspelled as well. I have seen an extra "A" included many times and was actually guilty of it myself many moons ago. Good people in that area and throughout Duplin County.

Spell check got that one too ... Belleville? Where in the wide, wide world of sports is Belleville? Fixed in original post, thanks.

 

[TGT2]

There's a Belville in NC ... but not Belleville. Google revealed a Belleville in Illinois and another in New Jersey. The Belville NC is just southwest of Wilmington. I'm thinking the high school in that area is North Brunswick.

 

[NCBBFB]

Based on those stats it looks like Monroe is the best team with Chase and Burns in the mix as well. I know that it still comes down to matchups.

 

[Maiden Creek]

EAST
#1 Princeton (11-1) vs. #8 Cummings (8-3)
#4 Nash Central (9-3) vs. #12 Wallace-Rose Hill (10-2)
#3 Whiteville (11-1) vs. #11 Hertford County (11-1)
#2 East Duplin (11-1) vs. #7 Clinton (11-1)
WEST
#1 Reidsville (11-1) vs. #8 Chase (12-0)
#5 Maiden (11-1) vs. #13 Bunker Hill (11-1)
#3 Burns (11-1) vs. #6 Salisbury (11-1)
#2 East Surry (12-0) vs. #7 Monroe (11-1)

Notes:
• Only two undefeated teams
• 11 of 16 have one loss or less
• All #1 and #2 seeds still going
• Highest remaining seed is No. 12 Wallace-Rose Hill with Hertford County a close second at No. 11
• East Duplin and Wallace-Rose Hill are from same conference, East D won on Oct. 21 13-12; also note that East Duplin's only loss was to Princeton way back in August, 58-57
• Spell check changes Duplin to Dublin (can we change the school name to Beulaville?
• There are two Easts and one Central, but all other compass points have been eliminated

Maiden-Bunker Hill is in the same conference…so this is a rematch as well. Maiden won the first one 36-33.
Bunker Hill is the highest remaining seed at lucky number 13.

 

[TGT2]

Maiden-Bunker Hill is in the same conference…so this is a rematch as well. Maiden won the first one 36-33.
Bunker Hill is the highest remaining seed at lucky number 13.

Thanks ... correction made about the highest remaining seed Bunker Hill; other additions also made in the original post. THANKS to the editors!
And thanks Grizzled Devil for your statistical info ... I wanted this thread to be facts (and fact checks) and not a bunch of predictions.

 

[TGT2]

More notes:
• Maiden's only loss was to Watauga back in August by a 23-19 count.
• Watauga (10-2) was eliminated by Northwest Guilford in 4A round two last week. Watauga's only other loss was to 2-A Burns by a 48-28 margin on early September. Impressive win for Burns.
• Reidsville's only loss was to 4-A Greensboro Page back in week 2. Page lost in playoffs round 1 and finished 5-6 overall, closing on a 3-game skid. Seems the Pirates played their best against the best competition ... gave undefeated Greensboro Grimsley a 27-22 scare in October.

In sum: there are some great resumes in the 2-A West final 8.

 

[daagoob]

I just think of what could be if Hertford County had some semblance of a defense. Not one team has been able to stop their qb but he can’t do it all by himself. Maybe we can find a qb like him

 

[PantherDad07081623]

There's a Belville in NC ... but not Belleville. Google revealed a Belleville in Illinois and another in New Jersey. The Belville NC is just southwest of Wilmington. I'm thinking the high school in that area is North Brunswick.

That is correct. Belville is just outside of Leland, NC where North Brunswick High School is.

 

[Strick68]

EAST
#1 Princeton (11-1) vs. #8 Cummings (8-3)
#4 Nash Central (9-3) vs. #12 Wallace-Rose Hill (10-2)
#3 Whiteville (11-1) vs. #11 Hertford County (11-1)
#2 East Duplin (11-1) vs. #7 Clinton (11-1)
WEST
#1 Reidsville (11-1) vs. #8 Chase (12-0)
#5 Maiden (11-1) vs. #13 Bunker Hill (11-1)
#3 Burns (11-1) vs. #6 Salisbury (11-1)
#2 East Surry (12-0) vs. #7 Monroe (11-1)

Notes:
• Only two undefeated teams
• 11 of 16 have one loss or less
• All #1 and #2 seeds still going
• Highest remaining seed is No. 13 Bunker Hill; No. 12 Wallace-Rose Hill and No. 11 Hertford County not far back
• Bunker Hill and Maiden is a conference rematch; Maiden won 36-33 on Oct. 14
• East Duplin and Wallace-Rose Hill are also from same conference, East D won on Oct. 21 13-12; also note that East Duplin's only loss was to Princeton way back in August, 58-57; a WRH vs. East Duplin rematch is possible in the East final
• Spell check changes Duplin to Dublin (can we change the school name to Beulaville?
• There are two Easts and one Central, but all other compass points have been eliminated

You forgot #3 seed Whiteville