South Point vs. Rocky Mount
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Congratulations South Point. Great season; took a couple of lumps early on, but got better and better. Great job by everyone; well deserved.
With one heck of a tough defense. Congrats on a spectacular season !
It seemed like there were at least 5000 on the SP side and more than what RM had.
Most of Rocky Mount's yards were through the air, when they could avoid the tackle for loss.
Although they are only losing 9 seniors, I am going on the record and taking all bets that SP will not be the 3A champions next year.
Raiders side was loaded. Expected a big Raider following with the game 90 minutes from Belmont. And got it.
South Point finally learned they can't win without passing the ball lol. The passing TD is why they won.
Congrats again!
Congrats again!
No, that passing TD was crucial because it made the game a 3 score game. Without it the dynamics change. I stand correct.
Furthermore you passed to move the ball, unlike last year. *exhale*
Not unless Havelock is also moving to 2A. We are moving down to break up Shelby's 4 year private party. Time for them to share, haha.
We had 7 yards passing today; did you miss our game? And it was never a 3 score game today.
Yeah, we really slung it around. By that reasoning Rocky Mount should have won. While the pass resulted in a TD and the points that put us ahead, it was not our bread and butter. SP's D came to play and to win.
Here are the stats:
SP RM
1st downs 9 6
Rushing 53-199 30-27
Passing 7 91
Total 206 116
Com/Att/Int 1-6-1 10-19-1
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1
Penalties 6-35 2-19
No the reasoning is NOT a comparison. Its the same reasoning I used last year when they didn't throw at all. It's the one little thing that pushed them over the hump. SP improved their chances if they implement a certain strategy. If SP mixed enough of the pass last year with their bread and butter they would have won, but they did not. That was the difference between the game this year and last year. That is what I'm illustrating. It's NOT the yards, its the concept that they even threw the ball or had the threat of throwing. You would not have won without it.
Congrats again
Can't catch this bunch asleep! Look out 2A, there is a new champion moving in!
If SP would have thrown more in this game, they WOULD have lost. 2-3 of those passes were almost picked. Our only semi-fast receiver caught the only completion. Their athletes put a spotlight on the lack of athletes we have on the edge. We throw anymore than we did, we lose this game because the ONLY thing that could've kept RM in it was turnovers on our side of the field.
That offense they had was not real good. Chopper, when you are forced to throw out of a run offense (their wing t look or our redbone), then you score 7 points and lose.
If you want to win, you throw when you want to throw...not when you have to throw.
I really believe Havelock would have been a better game for South Point. They pretty much controlled RM until the last 45 seconds of the game. It was a close defensive game but I would love Havelocks chances with Cooper in the State title game.
I guess that the playoffs are now over, there are no more teams that are going to really show SP what a playoff team looks like. So now it looks like the "armchair experts" are going to have us get stomped by every 3A team in the state that we didn't play but were previously eliminated by those so called "weak sisters" we were fortunate enough to play every week. Call them anything you want but they are still the 2016 3A champions. What's in your trophy case?
73, one of my favorite parts of the game was when #43 came in. He has to be the shortest player on the team but man could he get into that backfield and take out the QB. It was fun watching him.
This is a joke isn't it? The only question was to be the final score. Rocky Mount played their finest game and couldn't find a way to win. Unlike last year it wasn't to be. Congrats especially to the coaches of each team for the preparation and discipline demonstrated.
Wasn't trying to down SP nor did I say Havelock would have won. Much less stomp. I do think it would have been a better matchup for South Point. But as another poster stated " woulda coulda shoulda" lot of truth in that.
Even if true....they're still 3a champs and made the mountain teams look like middle school teams.
You are making yourself look foolish now. 3A state champs in a dominating fashion.
if they where so dominating what happen when they played Shelby, Lincolnton, hunter huss, all 2a schools by the way and a mediocre clover team.
The team at the end of the season was not the same team at the beginning of the season. I would imagine that the results would be different today? Let it go - the Red Raiders are State Champions!
Stop worrying about the too small,too slow, overrated midgets and start worrying about the underachieveing Mounties. Year after year they have the talent to be a contender. Year after year they underachieve.
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Our too slow, too small overrated midgets are state champions (again). We played the schedule and beat everyone on it when it counted. We have the trophy in our case to prove it. What is in your trophy case, hope & change or dust?