WHC week 3 Picks

[Yosef1381]

Lets hear yall's picks for this week.
Avery 20 North Buncombe 34
Polk 49 RS central 20
Madison 14 Rosman 28
Owen 20 A.C Reynolds 45
Mitchell 63 Trinity 6

Avery has a touch matchup this week, they could upset the Blackhawks but I have my doubts.

Polk should roll against RS, this polk team is much improved. Look for polk to aggressively target the weak strong-side of RS's D-Line.

Madison might hang with the tigers for the 1st half, but doubtful they keep the game close.

Owen faces the toughest opponent for the WHC this week. They will more than likely be overmatched.

Mitchell should not have a hard time with Trinity. Coach Pittman's unwillingness to schedule solid opponents still confuses me.

Possible upset: Even though im picking the Blackhawks over the Vikings, I do believe that avery has a chance to win if they play very well.

Player of the week: Mitchell's Noah Pittman is likely to put up large numbers this week.

 

[Mitchell county mountie]

Coach Pitman doesn't have an unwillingness to schedule quality opponents, quality opponents have an unwillingness to play Mitchell.

 

[Yosef1381]

Coach Pitman doesn't have an unwillingness to schedule quality opponents, quality opponents have an unwillingness to play Mitchell.

I have to politely disagree, Mitchell plays the likes of trinity, and cannon. I'm not trying to insult these teams but they have no chance of keeping a competitive game with Mitchell. I played for mitchell a while ago so I'm not trying to hate on them or travis. But the reason for not winning the playoff games that they should is as simple as not being battle tested enough to handle the pressure. I know for a fact that mitchell has been approached by solid teams to play. I have always liked how teams like Murphy and Owen challenge themselves in their non-conference schedules.

 

[AHVikingNation]

Coach Pitman doesn't have an unwillingness to schedule quality opponents, quality opponents have an unwillingness to play Mitchell.

I have to politely disagree, Mitchell plays the likes of trinity, and cannon. I'm not trying to insult these teams but they have no chance of keeping a competitive game with Mitchell. I played for mitchell a while ago so I'm not trying to hate on them or travis. But the reason for not winning the playoff games that they should is as simple as not being battle tested enough to handle the pressure. I know for a fact that mitchell has been approached by solid teams to play. I have always liked how teams like Murphy and Owen challenge themselves in their non-conference schedules.

Like I stated in another thread... About 4 years ago Watauga approached Mitchell about playing and Mitchell refused. I know someone involved with the program at Watauga and he has no reason to lie. He was very disappointed when Avery dropped them.

 

[Old Mountaineer]

I would rather not play Cannon but as I've post before the one reason Mitchell plays them the Cannon couch and Pittman are good friends from playing football at Western Carolina together. But there has also been scheduling issues with other teams.
As far as Mitchell flat out turning down anyone , someone else meantion Watauga but I haven't found anyone associated with the football program that ever heard of that happening, I'm not saying anyone is lying but even if they did I don't believe Pittman would flat out refuse there sometimes schedule issues or commitments already made to other schools.(I know some others to ask and maybe one of the other Mitchell fans know more about it) but on the other hand I have been told by some of them that a 3A school did turn Mitchell saying if they took a chance on a 1A school and lost the game hurts thier playoff position.
Owen and Mitchell both play East Henderson and Franklin, Owen plays 0-2 North Henderson ,. Mitchell plays 1-1 Trinity.
Mitchell plays neighboring county McDowell but that goes back to the Bowman-Harris days. Owen does play A/C Reynolds , Mitchell picked up Erwin who might be down this year but you can't predict the future they've always had good teams. Plus there the fact that several teams have dropped Mitchell over the last few years.
But while would like for Mitchell to play a better team , and I'll agree playing quality teams can make you a better team, I don't believe playing Cannon is the reason Mitchell hasn't won a state championship.

 

[Owen Stampede]

Owen played probably the toughest non conference schedule last year with ACR, Hendo, Brevard and Franklin but we also havent been competing for the WHC crown. Mitchell has been. Honestly I like Mitchell but its embarrassing that they play those teams. It's like when Heritage played the Rosman's etc. You play big boy ball these days. Man up.

 

[Owen Stampede]

North Henderwon at 0-2 is likely better than both Cannon and Trinity. Just because Trinity is 1-1 doesnt mean anything. ACR is 0-2 but I think we all know they are better than likely any 0-2 in the state

 

[MHHS_12]

North Buncombe 42-20

Polk 28-7

Madison 30-28

Reynolds 44-13

Mitchell 61-7

And one you forgot to mention was Life Christian @ Heritage. I’m going Heritage 30-6, been hearing from Robbinsville fans that this team is pretty big and fast but since Swain beat them 25-6 I’m fairly confident we will win this game by three or more scores, Heritage defense has looked outstanding up till this point but their offense has been a little sluggish I’m kind of hoping it’s because we’ve only faced good defenses.

 

[AHVikingNation]

Avery 40- North Buncombe 35
Polk 42- RS Central 19
Madison 25- Rosman 19
AC Reynolds 38- Owen 21
Mitchell 52- Trinity 12

Avery wins a shootout.

Polk throttles RS Central to give the Hilltoppers their first loss.

Madison squeezes out a victory in a sloppy game.

AC Reynolds gets back on track with a win over a good Owen team.

Mitchell rolls with no issue.

 

[Old Mountaineer]

North Henderwon at 0-2 is likely better than both Cannon and Trinity. Just because Trinity is 1-1 doesnt mean anything. ACR is 0-2 but I think we all know they are better than likely any 0-2 in the state

Well that's hard to say one way or another about the only way you can compare without really getting into strength of schedule etc. Is look thier pass until now. Trinity 2016 the year before Mitchell started playing them were 9-4 ( including beating 9-5 Cherokee 50-32) 2017 6- 6 2018 5-6..Cannon 2016 the year before Mitchell played them 6-6 2017 7-5 ( Mitchell only beat them 27-14) 2018 : 6-6 ( Mitchell beat them 27-6) again not near the blow out Friday was and actually one would have thought combining with another team and a good coach they would have gotten better not worst.
North Henderson in the same period..2016: 3-8 2017: 2-9 2018: 0-11 so I'm not sure they can beat ether of these teams.
I understand what you mean about ACR but that's were strength of schedule fits in which is one variable between the three I can't just look up.

 

[Owen Stampede]

Again. Owen has been 1-9, 1-9, 1-9 and 4-7 and plays a tougher schedule than Mitchell. Come on man. Stop making excuses. Pittman is padding his record. Brevard last year and ACR every year would trounce Mitchell.

 

[wormyone42]

Again. Owen has been 1-9, 1-9, 1-9 and 4-7 and plays a tougher schedule than Mitchell. Come on man. Stop making excuses. Pittman is padding his record. Brevard last year and ACR every year would trounce Mitchell.

Padding it pretty good with Owen.

 

[Owen Stampede]

That's gonna stop this year and after this year Mitchell will be going to the gutter.

 

[wormyone42]

That's gonna stop this year and after this year Mitchell will be going to the gutter.

I'll put 20 on that. And I don't think we will drop that far after this year. There will be some but not 1 and 9.

 

[Appvol]

Mountie how is the Mitchell JV player that broke his leg at the Elizabethton JV game. I heard it was really bad. They said you could hear the pop throughout the whole stadium.

 

[Owen Stampede]

All I know is the all time record shows you have a long way to go to catch up to us and I'm sure 1-9 is out of the question when you play those cupcakes but 4th and 5th place WHC finishes are in the future very soon.

 

[Old Mountaineer]

Mountie how is the Mitchell JV player that broke his leg at the Elizabethton JV game. I heard it was really bad. They said you could hear the pop throughout the whole stadium.

I know you asked Mountie and he may know more then me , but told he had to have surgery, plus JV QB fractured his leg and another player is injured. Plus Mitchell middle school team has lost 5 players due to injuries.

 

[Appvol]

I know you asked Mountie and he may know more then me , but told he had to have surgery, plus JV QB fractured his leg and another player is injured. Plus Mitchell middle school team has lost 5 players due to injuries.

So it was the JV QB that broke his leg at the Elizabethton game.

 

[Old Mountaineer]

Again. Owen has been 1-9, 1-9, 1-9 and 4-7 and plays a tougher schedule than Mitchell. Come on man. Stop making excuses. Pittman is padding his record. Brevard last year and ACR every year would trounce Mitchell.

I honestly don't know how Mitchell would have done against ACR from how they beat Erwin last year and Mitchell lost to Erwin yeah probably lost , but not so sure about Brevard 2107 Mtn Heritage beat Brevard 30-7 and Mitchell 30-20 and last year they beat Brevard 28-14 and Mitchell 24-16 so looks like they may have been evenly matched.

 

[Old Mountaineer]

So it was the JV QB that broke his leg at the Elizabethton game.

No he fractured his leg at practice it not as bad will be in a cass three to four weeks the other boys from what the QB's dad told me it snapped.

 

[Owen Stampede]

Cant compare scores. Matchups

 

[Mitchell county mountie]

I'm not gonna argue the scheduling. The coaching staff works very hard in the off season trying to schedule games. Everything is a trade off. Almost every school within an hours drive from Mitchell high is on the schedule. And I'll ask; who exactly should a small 1a team be playing? Trinity is the only school on the schedule that is smaller than Mitchell. They play 2 other 1a (1aa) teams, 5 2a teams, a 3a, a 4a, and 2 privates. What does a team like ACR or Watauga or Pisgah or Brevard have to gain from playing a 1a school? It's a lose lose situation for the big team; if they win, no big deal, they were supposed to. If they lose however, it hurts their overall resume. It's a win win for the little school; they lose, no big deal, they were supposed to. But if they pull off the upset, it's a big resume booster come November. A lot of coaches arent willing to take that risk. So I'll ask again, who exactly should Mitchell be scheduling?

 

[Owen Stampede]

Better than what they are. Play the teams from TN that Avery plays. Gotta be better than what you are playing. McDowell I'm actually fine with. They should be better than they are.

 

[Appvol]

No he fractured his leg at practice it not as bad will be in a cass three to four weeks the other boys from what the QB's dad told me it snapped.

Hate that for the young man. I pray that he has a speedy recovery and gets back 100%. I know the Elizabethton JV QB parents and they said it sounded and looked bad.

 

[Owen Stampede]

I dont think Watauga is a good idea. Frankly I dont think we should play ACR but we do

 

[Old Mountaineer]

Cant compare scores. Matchups

Well that's about the only thing you can look at last year a give an educated guess. Maybe a Mtn Heritage fan in the forum who saw both games last year can give thier thought in comparisons but it still just a guess, but you posted like it was a certain thing that Brevard would have trounced Mitchell last year, so what facts do you base that on?

 

[Mitchell county mountie]

Better than what they are. Play the teams from TN that Avery plays. Gotta be better than what you are playing. McDowell I'm actually fine with. They should be better than they are.

Take a seat Shirley. Owen isn't anywhere where they used to be. They've won exactly 1 game this year. It's a little early to be flapping gums. Stay within 3 scores of ACR and then we'll take notice. I'm glad that they are improving, but there's not need to accuse Pittman of padding his stats. And fyi, Avery plays cloudland. Mitchell would fertilize the field with the highlanders most every year.

 

[Appvol]

Better than what they are. Play the teams from TN that Avery plays. Gotta be better than what you are playing. McDowell I'm actually fine with. They should be better than they are.

The JVs play Elizabethton,Tn but they are almost all freshmen. I think Avery might beat Cloudland this year. Cloudland wouldn’t give Mitchell a good game. We might could hang for a quarter. Hampton wouldn’t either right now. They would have to play Elizabethton that wouldn’t help Mitchell or Elizabethton.

 

[Owen Stampede]

Mitchell hasn't won but against 2 horrible opponents so what are yall flapping about? Yall do every year only to lose to Heritage and the SMC

 

[Owen Stampede]

Your schedule is cream puff and your playoffs are until you get to the 3rd round against a opponent that wouldn't make it out of the second round in 2a.

 

[Appvol]

Easy Mountie Cloudland has had several teams that would boat race Mitchell just not right now. Mitchell has a good program right now.Dont start sounding like the East Surry people you were fussing about.

 

[Owen Stampede]

You forget Owen has won the WHC more recently than Mitchell. Even your best teams play second fiddle

 

[Owen Stampede]

Oh and your WHC champion team in 2011 lost to who?

 

[Mitchell county mountie]

You forget Owen has won the WHC more recently than Mitchell. Even your best teams play second fiddle

Really? Mitchell won in 2015 and 2016. I didn't realize Owen won in 17 or 18 on 1-9 seasons...

 

[Owen Stampede]

You were second to Heritage

 

[Mitchell county mountie]

You were second to Heritage

What? Not in 15 and 16 Shirley. In 17 and 18, yes. Heritage won outright.

 

[Mitchell county mountie]

Easy Mountie Cloudland has had several teams that would boat race Mitchell just not right now. Mitchell has a good program right now.Dont start sounding like the East Surry people you were fussing about.

I know that, not trying to offend you and yours or throw off on cloudland.

 

[Owen Stampede]

Shirley you lost head to head. Anyone knows that means you were second

 

[Mitchell county mountie]

Shirley you lost head to head. Anyone knows that means you were second

Hmmm apparently you aren't familiar with how a 3 way tie works. And I'm not sure why you are talking trash about those seasons, Owen lost to EVERYONE.

 

[Owen Stampede]

I can find some of those seasons for Mitchell too. Love on your shared titles that you got drilled by Heritage in. Run the table and get back to me. 2014 we did. Before those 3 years we had never won less than 3 games. We had a legend coach leave and many kids left the program but they are now staying so buckle up. These Warhorses are about to Stampede again.