A few week 5 thoughts

[NND Sports Fan]

1. It was week 5 right? I know it was game 2 for some teams and game 3 for some others. Just 6 weeks left in the season!
2. Looks like games Monday and Tuesday will be wet ones.
3. I still have not seen a team in Region 1A that is as good as Essex or Sussex of a year ago.
4. Where's the middle in Region 1A. Lots of really struggling teams and others that are above average. Are there is teams that grade a C?
5. Northumberland should be 5-0 when they open NND play.
6. And speaking of the NND right now it appears it is legitimately a 5 team race at this point.
7. Let's see how Essex responds to its 1-2 start. The have 2 games this week. 1-4 would be a disaster. 2-3 not good. 3-2 much better.
8. West Point might be a tough out in the first round of the regional playoffs.
9. King & Queen has a good chance to go 4-5 this season.

 

[WP02alum]

That would be awesome for K&Q!

 

[HighestPoint]

Couple of thoughts:

Kind and queen only plays 8 games, correct? While I am happy they got their win, they have Mathews, WP, Middlesex, and KW. Left Mathews is their best chance at another win. But the other 3 are going to be tough games.
West point will be more than a tough out. They'll probably be a top 4 seed and host in round 1.

I'd say there's 9 maybe 10 teams in the running for a playoff spot in region A.

 

[NND Sports Fan]

K&Q is taking a forfeit win from Charles City. So they have two wins. Mathews and Middlesex are their best shots at getting two more wins.

 

[HighestPoint]

Charles City isn't on the vhsl schedule at all. I figured that since most teams found an alternate opponent, teams to decided not to would just not have that 9/10th game. But hey count it as a WIN. Good for them, they had enough players to have a team, CC did not. Guess it's a win in a sense. K+Q should feel good about it.

 

[NND Sports Fan]

When Charles City elected to not field a team the VHSL gave their scheduled opponents 3 options: 1. Take a forfeit. 2. Play a 9-game schedule. or 3. Find an opponent to fill the vacancy. I would figure teams expected to be below .500 will take the forfeit to get the 16 points, while those who figure to finish above .500 will play 9 games since the 16 points would likely be a detriment to their final rating. I believe Cumberland, Southampton, Franklin, Colonial Beach, Mathews and West Point found opponents to fill the vacancies. W&L, KW, K&Q, and Middlesex have not. I suspect KW will go with 9 games, not sure about W&L. K&Q is taking the forfeit and I suspect Middlesex will do the same.

 

[dringtuoti]

Whether a team takes the forfeit or decides to just count it as a 9 game season can have an impact on power points. Middlesex and KQ take forfeit and that's 2 bonus points for teams that beat them. I applaud WP for trying to fill their schedule and take on another opponent.

 

[VHSL_Footballer]

Whether a team takes the forfeit or decides to just count it as a 9 game season can have an impact on power points. Middlesex and KQ take forfeit and that's 2 bonus points for teams that beat them. I applaud WP for trying to fill their schedule and take on another opponent.

Yeah West Point plays 2a Clarke County in place of Charles City