Curious to see how South Rowan does with their new coach. Sounds like the kids are excited and ready to get things going. I have no idea what either teams brings. This game is at South Rowan. Any thoughts.
South Rowan vs Parkland
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The last time Parkland and South played, I was a sophomore and Parkland won 21-0 on the night that we retired Tommy Barnhardt's #12. Parkland has struggled mightily and is in the extreme lower-tier of 4A schools at the time being, but they'll still be more talented and faster than South for sure. But will they be stronger? Doubtful.
This is a hard game for me to predict, I think it is a good chance for South to get a win, but they could also get out-athleted.
Give that the game is at home, I'll give South a slight advatnage. If it were a little later in the year, Parkland may get them.
This is a hard game for me to predict, I think it is a good chance for South to get a win, but they could also get out-athleted.
Give that the game is at home, I'll give South a slight advatnage. If it were a little later in the year, Parkland may get them.
I haven't met Coach Walsh yet, although hopefully one day I'll get the chance. I have heard that the kids are responding, and that's all that matters. There is nothing than starting out your tenure with a win, and while it'll be a tough battle, I think they can win it on Friday.
No disrespect to S.R. From the Scrimmage last night it could be another long year.
I haven’t. Hopefully the new coach at South can change the culture back to what it used to be.
Interesting history, back in 1989, South Rowan had a tremendous team that just couldn't get over the hump. The Raiders lost the season opener 20-0 to the eventual state champion A.L. Brown Wonders. In that game, Reggie Wells ran the opening kickoff back 87-yards for a touchdown, then he added another 58-yard punt return for a score. Otherwise, South held the Wonders' prolific offense to under 100-yards.
Later on in the season, South lost 34-28 in OT to West Forsyth, 14-13 to Dudley, 25-22 to Davie, and a heartbreaking 39-36 loss to Parkland.
Back then, Parkland would play its games inside the race track at Bowman Gray Stadium. That night, Parkland hastily lined up and kicked a 40-plus yard FG as time expired to win that game.
South lost its four conference games by a total of 13 points. That season also snapped a 15-year winning season mark by the Raiders as they finished 5-5. While South went on to have a stellar year in 1994, they won back-to-back CPC titles in 2000-01, and won 9-games in 2009, that 1989 season was the tipping point that saw South take a step back from being a year-in-year-out perennial Top-10 team, to only having had seven winning seasons since.
Later on in the season, South lost 34-28 in OT to West Forsyth, 14-13 to Dudley, 25-22 to Davie, and a heartbreaking 39-36 loss to Parkland.
Back then, Parkland would play its games inside the race track at Bowman Gray Stadium. That night, Parkland hastily lined up and kicked a 40-plus yard FG as time expired to win that game.
South lost its four conference games by a total of 13 points. That season also snapped a 15-year winning season mark by the Raiders as they finished 5-5. While South went on to have a stellar year in 1994, they won back-to-back CPC titles in 2000-01, and won 9-games in 2009, that 1989 season was the tipping point that saw South take a step back from being a year-in-year-out perennial Top-10 team, to only having had seven winning seasons since.
sadly it might be , i think we got a shot tho
I wonder how many kids from Parkland's district are starting for other Forsyth County schools? I know a few years back it was like 17 or 18.
The Forsyth County transfer portal giveth, the Forsyth County transfer portal taketh away.
You have to start somewhere! Hopefully this new coach can change the atmosphere and make the kids believe they can compete!
Oh, I know. It's been that way for a long time. It's good for the kids in some ways, but it really makes it tough for a school like Parkland to dig out of their hole.
Samek dug them out. So another coach of that level can, but without a coach like that it seems like they suffer.
Or Mecklenburg, Davidson, Guilford and everyone else.
Parklands talent ether at EF, Tabor, Glenn, and Reagan.
Parkland kids going back to West Forsyth where they "belong" just like before Samek got there...
Supposed to but still lots of transfers, whether legit or not I believe was his point.
Little bit off topic but my question is South Davidson why do they keep it open n could SD ever get better or are they outlier in Davidson co ? I mean could get more athlete if they redone the lines or kids stay at SD?
There are, particularly out of Lexington. But they at least have to play the housing game to make it legal. That's not the case in Forsyth.
Stop it. That's the same thing they do in Forsyth county. Not hard to commute between each school.
Because we want it open and love our school and kids. That will NOT ever change so closure will never be an option. With only a 300-350 enrollment and only 30 kids consistently out for football (4 grades), we are against all odds in football. Just a fact and a numbers issue regardless of what some “football experts” on here think. Re-districting of the whole county is needed and recommended but DCS and the school board politically aren’t interested in upsetting or ruffling the feathers of the other county schools.
Moving into the district is not a requirement in Forsyth County. It is open enrollment.Stop it. That's the same thing they do in Forsyth county. Not hard to commute between each school.
No hate or disrespect is intended but Understood ….. Hopefully one day they will redo the line
Geographically, SD already has the largest attendance zone - so the magic solution is to make it larger? I’m not sure what that actually solves. I suppose lines could be tweaked but I believe the issue is the fact that it just isn’t seen as a viable option and folks leave for charter or private schools in surrounding counties. Thus the #’s seem to continue to go down as it becomes less viable - a continuous loop.
Turns out, I went to school in both counties and fully aware of that.
Seen plenty of families not follow the district guidelines in Davidson... pretty sure they don't in other counties too. That's why its funny reading about Forsyth county schools using open enrollment in this thread.
The difference and distinction being drawn is that FC is truly “open”; the other counties aren’t - you have to live in the attendance zone, whether real or fictitious or have a parent that works at a school outside of your zone, or get some type of waiver through the central office.
I know there was a history of ignoring the line between CD, ED and SD that came to an end last year, or at least that’s my understanding.
We are rural in location and only lose a few to Charters and private schools and they are not athletes. The few that we do lose go to the charters for what they believe is a better education. However, a lot of them if not the majority return to SDHS. CD has 950 kids in the middle school we have 250. Certainly, you get this?
True - sorry for the turn - I played those late ‘80’s SR and Parkland teams - an amazing fall for both programs. SR can be rebuilt through hard work down to the youth level. Parkland will take another energetic coaching staff willing to put on the full court recruiting press and play a style of ball attractive to athletes.
My thoughts on the S Davidson issue.. Probably the best situation is to shut down Silver Valley Elementary and draw the line to include Brier Creek Elementary into the South Davidson district. That'll still only give you 100 more kids or so throughout the 4 grades though. Maybe not even that.
Its a mess. I do feel bad. But small schools can win in football. Robbinsville has a similar enrollment and they nearly always having a winning season.
Getting beat by 3 touchdowns by North Stokes and likely taking a whooping from Chatham Central coming up... Those are small schools too.
I've got friends down in Denton and Silver Valley. We have this conversation quite often. I rarely hear anyone say "We need to change the culture" or anything like that. East Davidson has 900 kids and they are pretty terrible too. Numbers always increase your chances of having talent, but it clearly isn't the only factor.