Guess what he is saying is just about any game for a 2A school or a school looking for a crutch could be considered playing up. Was Weddington playing up or providence Day playing up? Both could make the argument. Was west charlotte playing up against Harding or was Harding playing up as WC is perceived the better team? Was Shelby really playing up as they beat AC reynolds previously.
The point of the post was to note Shelby even when ranked highly and with their better championship teams cant regularly compete at 4A level even vs. middle of pack 4A teams. Shelby is great at their level and a great deal of their success is because 2A ball is not nearly as competitive as 3A, and not close to 4A. Even at the 3A level most of the better teams were former historically 4A teams.
When was the last time Shelby won a State Championship and was clearly the best team in the state and also nationally ranked in the USA Today rankings and such? The reason I ask is, just because you've won the most games or have the most 1A/2A championships, doesn't mean you are hands down the best. Sure, we can label you one of the best programs...... but you cannot just say you're better than everyone else, when clearly you haven't ever been........
Well, time again to set the record straight.
Funny how you guys come to completely erroneous positions on us, or even make stuff up just to then rag on us for something never said or implied.
We have never said or implied that you could dump 2A Shelby into NC 4A and we would walk away with the same 19 Titles we have won over the last 50 so years. Wouldn’t happen. Satisfied?
What we do claim is that Shelby is the most successful, sustained, winningest PROGRAM in NC high school history, accurate over all PROGRAMS in all classifications.
That is historically and factually undeniable.
Not opinion.
Roughly half the Titles and most of the wins were at the 3A level. The rest were as 2A since 1997. Did you know that?
Someone could come up with the most successful PROGRAM in NC 4A, as one surely exists. We would suggest that is Richmond County. But their stats are dwarfed by Shelby’s.
And they have only one Title and appearance in the last 23 years
Same with Robbinsville in 1A. Great program.
But can’t touch Shelby.
Now listen closely.
We have no misconceptions that most Championship RIchmond County teams would defeat most Championship Shelby teams. Maybe all of them. More on that later.
But that has absolutely nothing to do with accurately describing the Shelby PROGRAM as statistically ahead of the RC PROGRAM in accomplishments.
Why do you think Classifications exist?
Go to war with 2400 soldiers versus an army of 800.
Does that really need explaining? If so, you are a fool and you are on here posting nonsense, and you know it.
When challenged as to whether Shelby has EVER competed or won against the best in 4A, we give 3 examples. One is distant past, one is 25 years ago, and one is recent.
1960 - Shelby, in the 9th game of the season, defeated Gaffney,SC, who went on to win the SC 4A title that year. Gaffney has won more titles than any other PROGRAM in SC history.
1993-1997 - Shelby defeated 4A Crest in 93,95, and 97, while the Crest PROGRAM won the unified 4A State titleS in 94 and 96 after close wins over the Golden Lions. Shelby was State Runnerup in 97 and won it all in 98. Same year RC won 4A.
Hmmm…
2021 - Just last year, Shelby trailed 4A Rock Hill South Pointe by only 7 points and the ball late in the 4th quarter but was defeated 51-37 with a late garbage time TD after a late 4 th down attempt in the SP red zone.
South Pointe won the 4A SC Title in 2021.
South Pointe beat Mallard Creek last week.
Hmmm again …..
The Golden Lions have nothing left to prove.
And we accept some of you will hate us cause you ain’t us.
We just need to IMprove with this season’s team and see how far we can go. We have been here before