If both Heritage and LB win, who would host the state semifinals? Both finished the regular season with 29.9 power points. What would be the tie-breaker?
Who would host state semi-finals next week?
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I read somewhere that the Northside LB winner would be at home for state semi game...but you never know with a newspaper lol
Maybe someone from one of these schools would know for sure
I do know that the team with the highest power points gets to host but I’m not sure what the first tie breaker is. If Northside wind then it’s nothing to worry about because they have more power point than Heritage and Liberty but Heritage and LB are tied.
I would assume because heritage has a better record they would host. I'm interested in finding this out too now that we know Lb will play heritage.
yeah I heard the Lynchburg paper said heritage had home field throughout, but we know that was never true because they were always gonna have to go to Northside if Northside had won .I never trust a paper.
Not necessarily. He also tweeted that the Glass-Blacksburg game would be Saturday.
Definitely not a shot at Ben. He and I are actually good friends. Just saying that social media isn’t always 100% reliable. Especially when there is a complicated tie breaker system involved.
I would think the tie-breaker would go to team record or common opponents. If it’s better record then, HHS would host but if it’s common opponents then LB would host since they beat Northside and HHS lost to Northside. Who knows!
I heard yesterday the the Northside/LB would host but that was from a newspaper...who knows
Ok....just saying what I saw in paper
Don't think it matters where game is played though
I think absolutely matters where it is played. City Stadium has turf, LB has grass. A turf field is in HHS advantage, a grass field is in LB advantage.
I meant I don't think it matters where it's played cause LB will win either place...too physical
Per VHSL tie-breaking procedures:
(a) The Rating Scale-Considering all regular season games played against
public and non-public Virginia schools and scheduled in accordance with the provisions of
68-4-6.
(b) The winner of any games between the two tied teams if only the tied
teams are involved. If more than two teams tied, and one of the tied teams beat all other
tied teams, that team shall advance.
(c) The team with the better record against all common opponents.
Meaning Lord Botetourt would host because they were 2-1 against Northside and William Fleming. Heritage was 1-1 against Northside and William Fleming.
(a) The Rating Scale-Considering all regular season games played against
public and non-public Virginia schools and scheduled in accordance with the provisions of
68-4-6.
(b) The winner of any games between the two tied teams if only the tied
teams are involved. If more than two teams tied, and one of the tied teams beat all other
tied teams, that team shall advance.
(c) The team with the better record against all common opponents.
Meaning Lord Botetourt would host because they were 2-1 against Northside and William Fleming. Heritage was 1-1 against Northside and William Fleming.
Thanks Mike! I searched and searched for this but couldn’t find it. But that’s what I figured it was.
I'm really confused as to why the tie breaker wouldn't be overall record. That makes zero sense but it is the vhsl so I guess it's to be expected.
LB lost it's first game against Northside as did Heritage. Difference is Heritage wasnt given another opportunity to play Northside though. Also I bekbeli if this is the tie breaker then only one of the regular season games should count .Just not fair to a team that went undeafeated in the Seminole and handled business at home throughout the playoffs.
I could be wrong, this is just my interpretation of the rules. They would have been common opponents on both occasions so I don't know how the VHSL will interpret this. If I'm wrong I'll fix it. I have no dog in this fight.
In the past when teams played opponents twice during the regular season only one of the games counted and it was normally the first game. I definitely don't see the playoff game counting. In my opinion I don't see how heritage doesn't host, but you are correct Mike it is up to how the vhsl interpret it's rules .time will tell .
Yeah the playoff game doesn't count. The power rating stops at the end of the regular season.
Does anyone know if LB and Northside we're scheduled for two regular season games or did rainouts cause them to play a makeup game against one another?
They were scheduled before season...both had hard time getting a 10th game
The vhsl bracket has Heritage listed as the home team. It also has heritage athletic director listed as the site director. Time and site are listed as TBA.
If LB feels they have been wronged, then they should challenge it.