Oak Grove 7-0 vs Ledford 7-0
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OG big pass play and face mask gets them down to the 13. TD run next play right up the gut. 21-14 OG with 3:49 in the 3rd
OG defense with the 3 and out. They take over at their own 40 with 2 and a half mins in the 3rd
Ledford with another ground and pound drive. Going for 2 OG stuffs it. 21-20 Grizzlies with 8:04 in the game
Number 9 for Oak Grove is a sho' nuff player..Twenty six penalties so far.
Heck of a game two very good teams.
Ledford killed themselves with penalties and dropped balls. OG with a sure path to an unbeaten season conference title and good playoff seed as long as they don't mess it up against Central.
This was such an intense game and with so much on the line, its a shame the refs couldn't let them play instead of tossing laundry every other play. Plus, some of the flags should not have been called, especially the late hit that was called on Ledford on the sidelines when the Oak Grove ball carrier was visibly still in bounds. Oak Grove had a questionable call or two go against them, too, so it wasn't one sided, but did appear Ledford had more " costly " penalties called against them. Overall, a great game and both squads showed a tremendous amount of grit.. Good luck to both squads entering the playoffs.
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Lots of penalties to be sure. Not a fan of the late hit call… but I’m not a fan of the two penalties on Oak Grove. One being the “roughing the punter” call. Oak Grove wasn’t even trying to block the punt. There should have been a call on one of the last extra points where the Ledford kid doge right at the ankles of the kicker and put him on the ground. Dangerous, but no call. A lot of Ledford’s penalties couldn’t have been ignored since they were offsides and illegal procedure. Plus the ineligible procedure call too. Officials can’t ignore those calls. They are what they are.
Ledford also had two very costly ineligible receiver calls, one of which cost them an almost sure touchdown. They were plays where linemen leaked downfield on RPO's, but the ball was thrown deep and they weren't even in position to block for the receiver. But as PrepFanNC says, you still have to call them, even if they don't affect the play.
I'm really happy to see Oak Grove win, but I have to believe that Ledford wins the game if they clean up the penalties. I hope OG doesn't see them in the playoffs.
I'm really happy to see Oak Grove win, but I have to believe that Ledford wins the game if they clean up the penalties. I hope OG doesn't see them in the playoffs.
Agreed. Ledford may very well be the better team. I don’t want to see them in the playoffs.
Oak Grove's defense reminded me of Northern Guilford's of a few years ago during the Keenan Allen/TJ Logan years. They flew to the ball and their toughness was apparent as the game progressed. Two very gritty squads and best of luck to both in the playoffs.
I Just went back and watched for the penalties as there were plenty.
Ledford 15 penalties for 92 yards
Og 15 penalties for 113.
There were some very questionable no calls 1 hit out of bounds on Ledford did not get called but was close and a penalty for same that counted against OG and player never actually touched Ledford player. Touchback for OG that didnt get called against Led and led to only a 10 yard gain fro Ledford.
I don’t think any team in the MPC has the horses to get past the second round this year.
Maybe the third round if an opponent benefits from a first round surprise upset.
I’ve seen both play I know a lot about each team and many of the players. I’m an OG fan and would love nothing better than to see them go far but realistically… hoping to get to 2nd round. Not sure either can do better than that. HOWEVER, I didn’t think Salisbury could win the whole thing and they did. OG has had their number for few years and beat them the year the won it all so I’m not too good with my picks. Lol
It's just so hard to compare to the rest of the state, but my gut feel is that nobody in this conference is going deep. I'd love to be wrong.
if anybody in this league gets matched up with a team with speed on the edges, it’s a wrap.
Ledford, Oak Grove, and North Davidson are good teams. But none of them would be within 14 points of King Mountain, East Lincoln or Dudley
Ledford has a handful of offensive plays. Super predictable. Not very good.
1. QB draw for Carr
2. QB sweep left Carr
3. QB sweep right Carr
4. Carr drops back to pass, tucks and runs
5. Carr drops back and actually throws the ball
1. QB draw for Carr
2. QB sweep left Carr
3. QB sweep right Carr
4. Carr drops back to pass, tucks and runs
5. Carr drops back and actually throws the ball
North made the third round last year. With a good seed I could see OG getting there. But being made from ND and Ledford OG has the same weakness both of them do: lack of speed in the secondary. So when they play a team with burners they'll be in trouble.
That said I haven't seen anyone from any of these teams predicting states since they moved up to 3A. OG still has to prove they can win more than one playoff game before anyone expects anything. They beat 3 average 4A teams but at least they tried to prepare themselves. And to their credit West Forsyth has looked much better the last few weeks.
Ledford hurts themselves by scheduling weak teams out of conference and not bring prepared for big games. Their history says as much. They are on the wrong side of 46-6-1 against ND and haven't beaten OG except when OG was juniors and sophomores.
North ironically hurt themselves by scheduling tough opponents but not winning any of them because now they're in a situation where they may not even make the playoffs due to the RPI system. It all hinges on the next two games.
That said I haven't seen anyone from any of these teams predicting states since they moved up to 3A. OG still has to prove they can win more than one playoff game before anyone expects anything. They beat 3 average 4A teams but at least they tried to prepare themselves. And to their credit West Forsyth has looked much better the last few weeks.
Ledford hurts themselves by scheduling weak teams out of conference and not bring prepared for big games. Their history says as much. They are on the wrong side of 46-6-1 against ND and haven't beaten OG except when OG was juniors and sophomores.
North ironically hurt themselves by scheduling tough opponents but not winning any of them because now they're in a situation where they may not even make the playoffs due to the RPI system. It all hinges on the next two games.
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I almost for Ledford played them last year and OG almost beat East Lincoln first round.
Many of those 46 wins are when North was 4A and Ledford was 2A. Not sure that’s worth bragging over. Cant fault Ledford for playing a weak schedule when North was playing 2A teams when they were 4A…..and I’m not coming from either school
North was 2A in the 60s and 3A in the 70s to the mid 80s and only became a mainstay in 4A after 2001. Not much difference... Ledford grew to 3A in the mid 2000s and still got beat badly. Ledford became somewhat relevant after being horrendous forever because the Thomasville City School District was frozen and they have benefited from it ever since. Three wins when Brad Hoover was there and three since. Ball Park road kids and kids closer to Tville go to Ledford.
What's the excuse for not beating OG then? Except for sophomores and juniors?
You're also reaching pretty far back in regards to the schedule. North upgraded their schedule after Coach Holcomb came back. I was against playing the directional schools because they didn't offer anything but a big gate. Nevermind that North was playing and beating West Forsyth and other 4A teams and competing for conference titles against bigger schools unlike Ledford so apples to oranges. Ledford has never played schools that had 600-800 more kids than them and beat them.
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Which is cool because some schools are just better than others in some things. And OG gets Wallburg now so yay for them.