I remember the 2004 ACR scheduling fiasco very well. ACR had a two game contract with Swain for 2003 and 2004. ACR won the game in 2003 but when it came time for the game in 2004 someone suddenly remembered the September 10 play date had already been filled

. This did not set well with the Swain community which resulted in ACR paying out a tidy little sum of 10,000 dollars.

The local sentiment at the time was that the mighty ACR machine was chickening out on the deal because they knew what a butt whooping they were about to receive from a 1-A team.
As a result of the lost game, Swain scheduled Watauga the following Friday but due to terrible rain, flooding, and tornado watches throughout WNC this game never happened either. I remember this because I went to Wally World and bought a new rain suit a couple of days before in anticipation of attending the game at Watauga. I don't know where MaxPreps got the idea that Watauga had beaten Swain but trust me.......the game never happened.
As a matter of fact...."and this is just for you goknightsgo" the combined 2004 regular season record for ACR and Watauga was 4-15. The Maroon Machine would have gobbled these two up like Pac-Man that year. No one in Swain County was "scared to death" of the mighty ACR Chicken Rockets.
