Well East had a good defense that year; they had a reason to blabber. Upchurch had great defenses when he was at East. Anyone who beat or shutout a Hutchins era Starmount team had serious talent. Same for the power era of Elkin for that matter. East beat them pretty good that year too.
If you guys went small 1A that year they could have perhaps made the title game in 1AA. Heard that one was something else due to all the people there; I think that's the most East's stadium has ever held (may have changed since then.) The game itself was what it was though; that Alby team was too loaded for a lot a of levels.