bball4 wrote:The Schwab wrote:bball4 wrote:Rivershark wrote:Barfly wrote:Rivershark wrote:I don't see any team from the West making it to the Championship game. The East will continue their streak.
Who do you see making the semifinals?
Hillsboro, Oak Groove, Trinity, Des Lacs, Velva, Beulah, Langdon, EEK
Hillsboro, Trinity, Beulah, EEK
Hillsboro, EEK
Hillsboro - reclassification worked out in their favor this year.
Couldn't agree more with that working in their favor. Stating the obvious...I watch teams like Oak Grove and Enderlin/MV dress 20 kids for a game & most kids play both ways. Tough to compete with a team that dresses double that. I am sure some Hillsboro kids play both ways but I would guess it's quite a few less than the others.
Would really like to see a rematch of EEK/Hillsboro.
I haven't seen any of the 3 teams play. I see that HCV has 44 players on their roster with 10 of them being freshman. I also see that Oak Grove and EMV both have 25 players on their roster with 2 freshman each. My question would be: How many freshman, if any, play major minutes for HCV? In my experience you don't see a lot of freshman contributing for a playoff football team. I could be way off on this, just an observation.
Good observation because that does make a difference. No idea how much the freshman play. Also not sure if HCV has any injuries.
Bismarck St. Mary’s lists 37 on their roster 10-12... I would say that does compare to HCV 34 in 10-12. just some food for thought. I don’t know their enrollment so maybe that is a better guage. NDHSAA has their rules for a reason I guess and whether or not I think they should be in A is irrelevant
I was told that when oak grove played EMV, one team dressed 20 & the other dressed 21. By this time of the year, there always seems to be some crutches on the side lines for everyone. Even some inexperienced freshman can make a difference IMO.
Agreed @defensewinsgames, they are good. Remove the freshman and they are still good. I just think when it comes down to the 4th quarter, it matters. First a team needs to compete with them for the first 3