Well that is an interesting question because it's only 10 games this year. And I believe our conference is six games. So I'm going to wing it and say Rocky Mount ,Washington, Northern Nash, and swe.
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That would be a good non conference schedule. What about North Edgecombe?
I’m not sure about this year. Normally we play Washington, Northern Nash, and North Edgecombe....We may be playing Rocky Mount this year too because the schools agreed on a 2-game series and the 2nd game didn’t happen last year because of the Coco
We play Rocky Mount, Hertford County, TTAC and North. Northern Nash and Washington elected to not continue the series.
I've never understood the point of the Tarboro Washington series. I'd rather Tarboro play Havelock or New Bern or DH Conley or JH Rose personally.
I hate to hear that about Northern Nash because they had a good team this past season. Plus that's always a very physical matchup. Excited about Hertford county though.
Those 4 don't want to take the risk of toting a butt whipping from a 1A school.
Havelock and New Bern are decent hauls. Not cheap to run 2 or 3 buses 70 to 100 miles away.
Mount Airy and East Surry have in the mid to high 20s low 30s on varsity football players most years. I just looked at Tarboro 2020-2021 and how many does Tarboro has on average annually. I counted I think 44 this year and in the 20s JV.
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Yeah I see your point. I am surprised that we can't get DH Conley or West craven though. Tarboro has scrimmaged DH Conley the last couple of years before covid hit.
We played Southern Nash from 2013 to 2016. Wish Tarboro could revive that series.
The Tarboro JV being 1-3 was a perfect storm of sorts. We had a low number of kids turn out due to COVID and then we had injuries to key players which also lowered the number. Factor in lack of time for instruction/coaching and working out due to COVID restrictions/precautions and the kids simply were not where they usually are. Let me add that I am fully aware all schools had to deal with the COVID issues so that is nothing unique to THS. The players that moved up for the playoffs performed very well in the 3 blow out wins in the playoffs, so I dont think they were as "bad" as the 1-3 record may lead one to believe. All that said, the Varsity does have to replace a LOT of players, so we will have to wait and see. My hope is that a COVID free off season will lead to bigger number of kids coming out and most importantly to a full off season workout and coaching program. If we can get those things, then I am optimistic.
Same thing with Carver. When I was in school we had all of Walkertown and most kids on the eastern side of Winston Salem with little over 1k students as a 3A. Now my Yellow Jackets are 1A after Aikens, and Walkertown were built.
You did mean Atkin, didn't you ? I can't Aikens anywhere.
If so don't worry I get in a hurry typing sometimes and hit the wrong keys. We are not perfect only humans.
Correct, yeah was texting fast. Atkins High School
I can remember you all winning a 3a title in 2002, also, we (tarboro) played against you guys in 2010. You all had a great team that year. Was an awesome game that went down to the wireCorrect, yeah was texting fast. Atkins High School
Going to be fun competing against Salisbury and and North Rowan for the Conference. Need to get back to playing better in post season. Looks like we could be possibly face ER, MA and some other mountain teams.
Your good I see misspelled words a lot and I do it also. Sorry I ask, I don't usually pay any attention to miss spelled words and usually know what they mean. I was just wondering if it was a non-football school.Correct, yeah was texting fast. Atkins High School
Yeah that team was huge, college size o and d-lines, beat Wilson Fike for the title. If I wasn't gaining my weight back from Chemotherapy probably would have tried out for the team at WR. Same for Tarboro, you guys had Todd Gurley that year, nothing was stopping that Vikings team. Like to see Thomasville, Tarboro, and hopefully Carver meet up at some point.
NP, think there is another Atkins school in NC or similar name. It can be confusing, just like with Andrews, and T.W. Andrews
Not to mention two of those losses were pretty close games. We lost in triple overtime to northeastern and then we lost by 8 to rosewood.
Carver won the State 3A State Title in 1998. Defeated Kings Mountain 33-28. I also miss Carver football.
? For Tarboro. Will Bertie be in your Conference? That is another program that use to be real good. They won the 3A State Title in 1995 and 2000.
Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Bertie in tarboro's conference back in the 90s?
Bertie and Hertford county were both in tarboro's conference back in the 90s. The big east 3a conference featured Tarboro, Southwest Edgecombe, Hertford county, Southern Nash, Bertie, Hunt, Fike, and beddingfield.
Bertie was probably the best team we faced during the 3A 2002 playoffs. Heck of a team and game!
Robbinsville season in jeopardy before it even starts..one surgery after another ...season ending surgeries..hard to believe some of the injuries some of these kids tried to play with in the playoffs
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Eastern Randolph will be 1A. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that would ever happen.