Heres my predictions for this season, I'm sure you all will disagree.
Single A
Division 1: William Campbell
Division 2: Gretna
Double A
Division 3: Brookville
Division 4: Pulaski County
Triple A
Division 5: Phoebus
Division 6: Oscar Smith
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Heres my predictions for this season, I'm sure you all will disagree.
Single A
Division 1: William Campbell
Division 2: Gretna
Double A
Division 3: Brookville
Division 4: Pulaski County
Triple A
Division 5: Phoebus
Division 6: Oscar Smith
I agree with you when it comes to Single A. I don't know anything about the others so I can't comment on those. I've heard a lot of great things about how tough William Campbell is, so I don't realistically see Clintwood beating them if they do get matched up. It would be great to set an upset, though! I wonder how Buffalo Gap will fare this year in the playoffs?
I'm not 100% positive about Gretna winning it. I know that they were an excellent team last year and totally destroyed Gate City, but this year I've heard that without their QB and due to a few other problems, they aren't quite as good as they were last year. I'd still say they're favorites to win, though, as I understand that they're still one of the better D2 teams out there.
Nick Miller should be back for the playoffs, which should make Gretna a mortal lock for A-D2 champs. I hope you're wrong about A-D1 though, but it's going to be tough going for anyone that comes up against William Campbell.
Single A picks look to be right on the money.
May the best teams win!
I just want to see the trophy brought back to SWVa. I don't care who does it!!
Single A
Division 1: William Campbell
Division 2: Gretna
Double A
Division 3: James Monroe
Division 4: Powhatan
Triple A
Division 5: Phoebus
Division 6: Oscar Smith
I hope the predictions you guys have for D1 are wrong.
I'd love to see a state championship in Region D Div II as well, but Gretna looks like a tough obstacle.
If your going to get Gretna you'd better get them this year. I'm not sold on the fact that Miller is going to play in the playoffs. As of this past weekend he hadn't even practiced yet.
I've heard that Floyd County in Region C is good.
But it sounds like Gretna should win it all.
D1: Thomas Walker
D2: Powell Valley
Crack Kills!
he is obviously confused, the thread was the teams that were going to win state not the ones that were a lock to get bounced in the first round
I was being sarcastic.
Still alive with all six picks. AAA worries me though.
D1
Clintwood vs William Campbell with WC unfortunately winning.
D2
Floyd County vs. Gretna with Gretna winning big.
Way to go Pioneers! Region D Champs! If we can beat GC this year we can beat anyone! Lets go beat Floyd County and anyone else out there then return to win the region in basketball!
haha yeah you can beat anybody this year bc you beat Gate City
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On the Clintwood-WC matchup (if it does indeed happen), I have no doubt that no one in our region fields the speed or talent that the Generals possess,but I promise you that WC will not face anyone that will play as physical or hit you in the mouth the way that Clintwood will. If the Wave can withstand the early charge,they will wear WC down IMO. I think it will be a barn-burner.
I don't even think it will be close, but I still would love to watch it because I know the Wave will be playing with all the heart in the world. I'd love to see them prove me wrong . . very wrong!
Only game that matters is the game in front of you...no use worrying about the state game when you're not even there yet.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> On the Clintwood-WC matchup (if it does indeed happen), I have no doubt that no one in our region fields the speed or talent that the Generals possess,but I promise you that WC will not face anyone that will play as physical or hit you in the mouth the way that Clintwood will. If the Wave can withstand the early charge,they will wear WC down IMO. I think it will be a barn-burner.</div></div>
You realize they whipped Gretna who has D1 Talent on the line right?
Goodness Gretna has a D1 prospect on their line? I wouldn't have thought that, of course I don't get to pay attention to the line too often.
Bennett Fulper (sp?) is the kids name, I know he's gotten a look from Maryland.
I'd love to see Fulper and Hull matchup, shame CW had to drop.
damn stripes, how far do you have to travel each week?
thats insane man, long ass trips
do you live in rye cove?
http://virginiapreps.rivals.com/view...=78662&sport=1
6-4 285, he's a big young in.
Most football coaches will tell you that a team's success starts with what kind of production that they get out of the players in the trenches. Assuming that is true, Gretna Head Coach Chris Thurman has to be looking forward to the 2008 season because his line is anchored by two outstanding linemen in Bennett Fulper and Ethan Winn.
Both are three-year starters for a Gretna Hawks program which has put up a 34-3 record over the course of those seasons and each has been an impact player for the Hawks.
"Both are big, strong kids," says the coach, "they took their lumps freshman year, but since then they've more than handled their own with everyone that they've had to play."
Bennett Fulper is a 6-foot-4, 285-pound center / defensive tackle who projects as an offensive lineman at the college level and is currently getting looks from a number of I-AA schools. "His potential is unlimited and he still hasn't finished growing," says Thurman, "he's athletic and he's a big broad kid. He's not fat an he's very physical up front."
"We run the ball probably 60% of the time from the spread and he rarely gives up sacks, but he run blocks very well too." Though Thurman loves the physical nature of Fulper's game, it's his mental approach that most impresses his coach. He makes all of the team's line calls and helped out his freshman quarterback last season by checking out of plays from his center position. "His biggest strength is his smarts. If they [the defense] gives us a shade look, he determines which way we are running it. I don't know if I could ask any more of him than I have."
His on-the-field intelligence should come as no surprise because Fulper carries a 4.2 grade point average and has already scored a 1200 on the SAT. "He's smarter than his coach, I'll tell you that," joked Thurman.
Ethan Winn is a 6-foot-4, 275-pound offensive and defensive tackle who not only has started alongside Fulper on the offensive line for three season but who also joins him at family reunions because the two are cousins.
"Ethan is the more physical of the two and he may be a bit stronger than Bennett," says Thurman who projects that Winn could play on either side of the ball in college, but will probably find himself playing defense at the next level.
"He likes to get out and mix it up, hit and get after people."
He didn't start on the defensive line until his junior season so Thurman thinks that Winn's best football days are still ahead of him. "We run a 3-3 defense so he is responsible for shooting gaps and penetrating. He's quick enough to get off the ball and get into the backfield and create havoc and he's working on his speed, so he should be more disruptive for us this season."
That should be a scary proposition for opponents considering that Winn recorded 9 sacks in 2007 including two in the state championship game.
Like his cousin, Ethan is an outstanding student currently carrying a 3.4 GPA.
Could the two find a home on the big stage at the college level? "It's hard to get DI schools to take a look at kids coming from a small school, but I think that they can play DI," says the coach.
Biggin, Gretna played Graham.
boy that link sure doesnt tell you much, his size and weight and grad. year
what was the status of the miller kid?
he play at all?
effective?
No, Miller hasn't played I don't believe. He wasnt in the video clips of this past weeks games.
They must have moved Fulper because Gretnas center wasn't 200 pounds I would bet when I saw them. Gretna only had two bigger guys and both played tackle. I wouldn't have thought either was that big. 6-1 250 maybe, but not that big.
Wonder how Hall would match up with him
kid sounds good if he's got maryland interested
D1-WC over Clintwood 28-14
D2-Essex over Lebanon 42-13
D3-Monticello over Brookville 31-28(OT)
D4-Amherst
D5-?
D6-?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: PVFAN</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> On the Clintwood-WC matchup (if it does indeed happen), I have no doubt that no one in our region fields the speed or talent that the Generals possess,but I promise you that WC will not face anyone that will play as physical or hit you in the mouth the way that Clintwood will. If the Wave can withstand the early charge,they will wear WC down IMO. I think it will be a barn-burner.</div></div>
You realize they whipped Gretna who has D1 Talent on the line right? </div></div>
I saw some footage of WC as well as Gretna,and while they burn you with speed and athletic ability,they do not physically whip you. I didn't see hard-hitting physical play in the film I saw. If WC beats the Wave,it will be because they OUTRAN 'em-not because they physically whipped the Green Wave.
You didn't go to Salem last year either did you? Gretna man handled GC.
Gretna manhandled a GC squad who to be honest,was dang surprised to be there. The Wave are seasoned and on a mission. There's a bit of a difference there. I think this one will be closer than you have it figured.