Mitchell football
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It’s going to dip for a couple of years. We’re going to be competitive but probably not ripping off 10-13 wins a year. Pittman has done a tremendous job building a program.
Mitchell will be "down" next year, but I fully expect a winning season, 7-4 or 8-3 or so. 2021 the talent wave hits again, and they should be good for another few years, provided the line play continues to be strong. (It usually is) The team to watch in the near future is Avery. They have some real good talent coming up, and if they will let the coach implement his system, they should win conference by 2022 or 2023.
I agree they'll be down probably for a couple years, especially next year graduating 18 this year. Next year's probable QB is talented but did lose a years experience getting hurt early in the season but the biggest concern is probably the size losing in the line. But you never know for sure. This year's freshman and eighth graders though were undefeated last year in middle school so when they're sophomores and juniors it might pick back up. The middle school didn't have a very good year but several injuries. Pittman has done a good job in trying to build a feeder program but it's hard in small county.
Agree I think Mitchell will be down for a couple of years in the conference. They could drop to 4 or 5 in the conference I believe. Owen has a good returning squad and Polk and Heritage as well. Avery will be solid also I would think.
When you have been soo good that a 7-4/8-3 season is a down year
I for one think we will be "down" for a few years. We have some talent coming up and several with a lot of potential. As long as our kids keep working and developing we will continue to be successful. Pittman has done a very good job turning our program around and i have no doubt he will figure out how to keep winning ball games. As for next year i expect a 6-5 season after that I believe we will get stronger
Meh. Wrestling is on the decline. Should be solid still tho. Not dominate like in years past tho...
2020 will be Travise's true test as a coach. Whether or not he can win without the talent. We have been blessed with a steady stream of talent this decade, but people tend to forget that Mitchell county has always produced good talent most years. Getting it put together for wins has been the issue. Mitchell won't be down for a few years, maybe not even next year. We still have some really good juniors this season, and our jv team was loaded with talent this year, but the injury bug was more like a epidemic among the jv squad. I'm comfortable with what we've got, and if we have to have a 6-5 between 13 win seasons then so be it.
Mitchell loses basically the entire offense and defensive lines. Gonna be sophomores mostly. Losing QB, WR and hell of a kicker.
From looking at the ones graduating and from what I hear size is going to be an issue. Maybe the other guys hear something different
it depends on who comes out. Line will be smaller but two freshmen linemen this year have a chance to be excellent at guard spots
I was just looking at the roster on the JV and varsity. Looks like most of the JV guys are around 5'11" but they could have a growth spurt at thier age , on varsity 2 juniors 6'1" 220 & 6'0" 190 and 1 sophomore 5'11" 220. But right now you have guys from 6'2"- 6'6" near 300lbs and the best lineman on the team , I believe he got the award for best lineman last at the school banquet is the smallest guy at 5'10" 210lbs.
I have to agree Pittman has a great system and he puts our talent together i think thats why we have been so successful
Any system takes good lineman and good skilled players. Heritage and Mitchell have been blessed with both. The coaches definitely are responsible and hone them to perfection.
I think Mitchell should be fine next yr. return backs and linebackers. Have a lot to replace, but have a lot to replace with. Mitchell lost a lot 2 yrs ago and was fine last year. Probably lean more on the running game, maybe even see more wing T than wing gun. But all in all, they should be pretty good.
Heritage will return more than Mitchell next year and had a great JV squad coming. Should be good again.
Although Heritage's numbers continue to drop, they still have 150 more students. And like you said, it allows them to keep more sophomores on jv instead of bringing them up to varsity.
Avery wrestling is on the uptrend. Most everyone back from last year and a hand full of freshman that have transferred from Watauga will join the team. I predict Avery to win a team State Title in the next couple of years.
Yep. I fully expect Avery to be back to being competitive soon. Might even get a win next year.
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No, he had a bad shoulder injury last year. He's no longer playing. He has been helping on the sidelines at Mitchell tho.
He's studying at ETSU now.
Is he? I didn't know that. He was at Mayland back in the spring semester. I would see him on campus from time to time.
If I heard him right ,I believe that were he told me he transferred to ,I forgot what he said he was majoring in. But yeah they are both the nicest boys you'll ever meet. Remember them and thier parents with Christmas coming up and just passing a year since losing Seth.
Mitchell will dip in talent for about 5 years, I've coached most of the kids in the 4th-10th grades in different sports. Football is going to go downhill, basketball might get a little bit better, Baseball however is going to take a large step up.