I am one of the ones who is touting how wild this region will be, and I still believe that. But for the most part, on paper it looks like we will have to get past the first round before the real fireworks will start. Although I don't know every team, here is what we will likely see:
# 8 Strasburg at # 1 Clarke: All sources indicate that this one will be a blow-out so I will trust their judgment. The good news is that there will no long trip involved.
# 7 Buffalo Gap at # 2 Central: If you compare scores.....Central beat Riverheads by two TDs and Riverheads beat Gap by two scores, which is to say a margin of a touchdown and a field goal. Therefore on paper the Falcons would seem to be anywhere from 20-25 points better than the Bison. The Gap may keep it close for awhile and Central might lose sight of Rivenburg a time or two, but in the end I think the Falcons win this one by about a 42-14 or 49-21 count.
# 6 George Mason at #3 R E Lee: I know little or nothing about Mason but even fans from their own district have said that neither they nor Strasburg deserve to be in the field and that the narrowly-missed Stuarts Draft Cougars would have been a better choice. I will take their word for it and predict that Lee will score early and often and make this one ugly by halftime. l will say the Leemen score in the 50s and Mason will struggle to make it to 20.
# 5 East Rockingham at # 4 Luray: As most of you know, these two just met Friday night in the regular season finale, and the paper made it sound as if ER had to throw two incompletions in the end zone in the final seconds for the Dogs to hold on and win 52-44. Therefore a re-match so soon afterwards sounds like it could be a classic. Sometimes the underdog has the advantage in that situation because they can show up better-prepared and more familiar, so I will put this one in the too-close-to-call category. Two things are for certain.....a very good team will be going home after just one week..........and the semis in this region really WILL be the dogfight we are expecting. We will just have to be patient until we get to that point.
# 8 Strasburg at # 1 Clarke: All sources indicate that this one will be a blow-out so I will trust their judgment. The good news is that there will no long trip involved.
# 7 Buffalo Gap at # 2 Central: If you compare scores.....Central beat Riverheads by two TDs and Riverheads beat Gap by two scores, which is to say a margin of a touchdown and a field goal. Therefore on paper the Falcons would seem to be anywhere from 20-25 points better than the Bison. The Gap may keep it close for awhile and Central might lose sight of Rivenburg a time or two, but in the end I think the Falcons win this one by about a 42-14 or 49-21 count.
# 6 George Mason at #3 R E Lee: I know little or nothing about Mason but even fans from their own district have said that neither they nor Strasburg deserve to be in the field and that the narrowly-missed Stuarts Draft Cougars would have been a better choice. I will take their word for it and predict that Lee will score early and often and make this one ugly by halftime. l will say the Leemen score in the 50s and Mason will struggle to make it to 20.
# 5 East Rockingham at # 4 Luray: As most of you know, these two just met Friday night in the regular season finale, and the paper made it sound as if ER had to throw two incompletions in the end zone in the final seconds for the Dogs to hold on and win 52-44. Therefore a re-match so soon afterwards sounds like it could be a classic. Sometimes the underdog has the advantage in that situation because they can show up better-prepared and more familiar, so I will put this one in the too-close-to-call category. Two things are for certain.....a very good team will be going home after just one week..........and the semis in this region really WILL be the dogfight we are expecting. We will just have to be patient until we get to that point.
