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It wasn't about teams dropping down, my point was Phillips beat all 3 but for some reason people keep saying Phillips "ran" from 3A for the easier path of 5A. If that were true, why do they schedule 6A-8A for their nonconference games.
You skipped 2015 and 2017.
Well I am not one of the people who think Phillips ran. I think Phillips is a very good team.
They gave Rochester a solid game in 2014, but their vaulted defense was no match for Derek Leonard’s offense. They embarrassed Phillips D coordinator and he is still obviously salty about it.
Unfortunately Rochester couldn’t get past a very talented Althoff team in 2015 that would have setup an intriguing rematch especially considering how Althoff didn’t even show up for the title game.
2016 Phillips gave it away to Johnsburg otherwise another rematch could have been possible.
If Phillips really wanted a rematch they could have petitioned up only 1 class to 4A this year. I don’t think they were running from Rochester, they just wanted to play up because they seen how much talent they had recruited in the past few off seasons. Same reason they schedule tough non conference games, they know they can compete.
I’m not saying Rochester would have beaten Phillips this year, but give Derek Leonard a week to prepare and you never know.
I’m not going to sit here and say Rochester would steamroll thru entire 5A, but the 5A South was as weak as it’s ever been. I’d take Rochester, Highland, or Althoff to make it out of the 5A South bracket.
