As you can see from other threads, the math whizzes among us are feverishly trying to figure out the points and who will finish where in the final rankings. I will leave that up to them since the system sails wayyyy above me. So instead I will do what I do about this time every week, which is try to stimulate some discussion about the four Shenandoah games that are on tap.
Recapping last Friday's games, there were no surprises, although I will comment that both Riverheads' win over Wilson and East Rock's over Luray came a little easier than expected. So that may mean that things have sorted themselves out a little more and that we may not have too much suspense left in the regular season.
So looking ahead to this week......
Riverheads is hosting Stonewall and Gap travels to Page in a couple of games where the only mystery will be the final score. In the other two, Wilson will be fighting for whatever playoff hopes it might still have with a trip to East Rock and Stuarts Draft travels to Luray in what could be the closest game of the night.
East Rock seems to have found itself with the return of McNair and I think they will have enough horses to handle Wilson. So I will go with the home team by about two touchdowns in that one.
SD and Luray seem to each be solidly in the playoffs in their respective divisions, so there might not be a ton of pressure at work in this one. The Dogs seemed to have had their strongest bark and bite earlier in the season, when they started out 4-0, but things have gone south for them since then. SD has been a little more consistent and should be able to bring a win back home, but it could be within a touchdown or two.
If these two games do go that way, then we are probably looking at those two winners ultimately finishing 4-3 in the district, although they wrap up the regular season with trips to Buffalo Gap and Riverheads where they would love to knock those two programs out of their high perches in the rankings. But we will discuss that next week.
If Wilson and Luray are in fact unable to get the job done this week, they will drop to 2-4 in the district, but will get to finish on a high note since they close out their seasons with Page and Stonewall. Luray might then say they were better since they won a 7-6 head-to-head match-up, but Wilson might claim otherwise, since they won that one every place but on the scoreboard if I remember the story correctly.
However it all sorts out, it appears that we could have as many as five, maybe even six, playoff teams and that is pretty impressive any way you slice it.
Recapping last Friday's games, there were no surprises, although I will comment that both Riverheads' win over Wilson and East Rock's over Luray came a little easier than expected. So that may mean that things have sorted themselves out a little more and that we may not have too much suspense left in the regular season.
So looking ahead to this week......
Riverheads is hosting Stonewall and Gap travels to Page in a couple of games where the only mystery will be the final score. In the other two, Wilson will be fighting for whatever playoff hopes it might still have with a trip to East Rock and Stuarts Draft travels to Luray in what could be the closest game of the night.
East Rock seems to have found itself with the return of McNair and I think they will have enough horses to handle Wilson. So I will go with the home team by about two touchdowns in that one.
SD and Luray seem to each be solidly in the playoffs in their respective divisions, so there might not be a ton of pressure at work in this one. The Dogs seemed to have had their strongest bark and bite earlier in the season, when they started out 4-0, but things have gone south for them since then. SD has been a little more consistent and should be able to bring a win back home, but it could be within a touchdown or two.
If these two games do go that way, then we are probably looking at those two winners ultimately finishing 4-3 in the district, although they wrap up the regular season with trips to Buffalo Gap and Riverheads where they would love to knock those two programs out of their high perches in the rankings. But we will discuss that next week.
If Wilson and Luray are in fact unable to get the job done this week, they will drop to 2-4 in the district, but will get to finish on a high note since they close out their seasons with Page and Stonewall. Luray might then say they were better since they won a 7-6 head-to-head match-up, but Wilson might claim otherwise, since they won that one every place but on the scoreboard if I remember the story correctly.
However it all sorts out, it appears that we could have as many as five, maybe even six, playoff teams and that is pretty impressive any way you slice it.
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