Lincolnton @ Mountain Heritage

kyleheel30

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Should be a dandy! Biggest question will be- can Lincolnton stop/slow down the Heritage run game and can Heritage play decent enough on special teams for it not to kill them in a likely close game
 
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Shelby Lion

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Heritage will absolutely have a major issue with Lincolntons QB he is slicker than a booger in a jar of honey...

Now I will say Lincolntons loss to a Huge power running Stuart Cramer team looms heavy for them against your power running attack

They have an amazing Linebacker J Mayfield that didnt play against Cramer...

this will an outstanding game between two very good programs with wonderful fanbases

toss up
 
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kyleheel30

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Heritage will absolutely have a major issue with Lincolntons QB he is slicker than a booger in a jar of honey...

Now I will say Lincolntons loss to a Huge power running Stuart Cramer team looms heavy for them against your power running attack

They have an amazing Linebacker J Mayfield that didnt play against Cramer...

this will an outstanding game between two very good programs with wonderful fanbase

toss up
I honestly expected Lincolnton to beat Hendersonville by more than 1 point. I know you aren't supposed to compare scores but Heritage did win at Hendersonville by a few scores. I still think Lincolntons team speed will cause some issues but Heritage has more speed than their normal teams mostly Jones and Rodriguez. Jones is an Elon signee and can hurt you running and catching the ball. He has legit speed and power.
 

Shelby Lion

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Does NFHS stream you guys games? This will be a dandy....

Theres a fellow I work with at local college In Shelby ... we were talking about Mt Heritage today and he said his nephew coaches up there....He talked highly of him and yalls new coach.. I shared my story of sitting amongst yalls fans at newton years ago .... He giggled at my stories and how much I enjoyed hanging with yall

If Mr Lincolnton makes the trip make it a point to meet him.. one of the finest humans the Good Lord ever created.... You all will love his stories and how humble this gentleman is....
 

kyleheel30

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Does NFHS stream you guys games? This will be a dandy....

Theres a fellow I work with at local college In Shelby ... we were talking about Mt Heritage today and he said his nephew coaches up there....He talked highly of him and yalls new coach.. I shared my story of sitting amongst yalls fans at newton years ago .... He giggled at my stories and how much I enjoyed hanging with yall

If Mr Lincolnton makes the trip make it a point to meet him.. one of the finest humans the Good Lord ever created.... You all will love his stories and how humble this gentleman is....
NFHS does stream at MH
 
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theKidd#12

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Does NFHS stream you guys games? This will be a dandy....

Theres a fellow I work with at local college In Shelby ... we were talking about Mt Heritage today and he said his nephew coaches up there....He talked highly of him and yalls new coach.. I shared my story of sitting amongst yalls fans at newton years ago .... He giggled at my stories and how much I enjoyed hanging with yall

If Mr Lincolnton makes the trip make it a point to meet him.. one of the finest humans the Good Lord ever created.... You all will love his stories and how humble this gentleman is....
Shelby has a local college???
Huh…
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theKidd#12

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Yes sir and if you decide to finish your third grade year, give me a yell and I can try and get you in the GED program...

Surely you can read? If not Ill ask if they put some clipart up just for you..... :)
Nah reading is not my cup of tea sir….
More of a scratch and sniff kinda guy…
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Thought I would give you some light work before you get into it with the Mt Airy contingent.
Good luck to both teams next Friday.
 
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Shelby Lion

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Nah reading is not my cup of tea sir….
More of a scratch and sniff kinda guy…
šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø
Season 3 Nbc GIF by The Office


Thats not nice Mr Kidd LOL
 

AlwaysAWolf

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As long as its not as cold there as 09, I'll consider it a small weather victory for both teams.

Hendersonville was big. They had run success, but our D stepped up in the 2nd half. Both teams missed scoring opportunities. If score comparisons really mattered, I'd be pretty worried.

As it is, I'm optimistic and completely ignorant of whats in store for us. I'm picking the Wolves, by 6.
 

Lincolnton

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Does NFHS stream you guys games? This will be a dandy....

Theres a fellow I work with at local college In Shelby ... we were talking about Mt Heritage today and he said his nephew coaches up there....He talked highly of him and yalls new coach.. I shared my story of sitting amongst yalls fans at newton years ago .... He giggled at my stories and how much I enjoyed hanging with yall

If Mr Lincolnton makes the trip make it a point to meet him.. one of the finest humans the Good Lord ever created.... You all will love his stories and how humble this gentleman is....
Thank you, my friend. Bless you and a big congratulations on the win against East Rutherford. At our game tonight, more than once, I thought "Shelby will be disappointed that they won't get to play us again, this year," then I got to wondering about how in the world will we get by Mountain Heritage who beat Hendersonville by 16 points?"
After that I made an effort to stop thinking.
 

egerike

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The Heritage-Hendo game was closer than it seemed. Hendersonville had a few mental mistakes and Heritage got a touchdown on a play that could have been called a Bearcats interception.
 
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CHEERDUCK

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Thank you, my friend. Bless you and a big congratulations on the win against East Rutherford. At our game tonight, more than once, I thought "Shelby will be disappointed that they won't get to play us again, this year," then I got to wondering about how in the world will we get by Mountain Heritage who beat Hendersonville by 16 points?"
After that I made an effort to stop thinking.
Lincolnton, congratulations on the playoff win and advancing to Yancey County! SL is right on about your fine qualities. I'm just hoping thye have enough room for you to pace and move around as you do during your games.
 

LHSfaninVA

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The trip to Burnsville is going to be tough challenge for the Wolves, but they have already played Maiden, Burns, Shelby, and Stuart Cramer. I will say score comparisons that MH and Lincolnton had similar scores against WL. Lincolnton has to do a better job of protecting the football on the Wolves side of the field while getting stops or it will be a long night on D as the Cougars have sustained touchdown drives. Serious question, what happened against the Maroon Devils? I was shocked by the score when it happened.
 

bengal4life

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Lin better be more physical then they were against Hendo or they will get beat . They are huge upfront play soft. Their qb will cause heritage some problems , but the jones kid from heritage will be best player on the field
 

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Should be a really good ball game. Lincolnton’s QB is electric. Just need to deploy the game plan where we maintain possession for 70%+ of the ball game.

Special teams is a massive concern. The kick off return TD gave up last night to West Lincoln was a straight up shocker šŸ˜‚
 
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ThePitBoss

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The trip to Burnsville is going to be tough challenge for the Wolves, but they have already played Maiden, Burns, Shelby, and Stuart Cramer. I will say score comparisons that MH and Lincolnton had similar scores against WL. Lincolnton has to do a better job of protecting the football on the Wolves side of the field while getting stops or it will be a long night on D as the Cougars have sustained touchdown drives. Serious question, what happened against the Maroon Devils? I was shocked by the score when it happened.
Ugh that game at Swain was just a complete disaster. You simply had to be there. We must’ve had 3-4 TDs called back to penalties. We had their chain gang calling our ball boys (coaches kids) names and profanities. You had Swain grown men behind our sidelines (literally on the track) talking trash to the players and calling out plays. We had a fumble recovery to end the game that they said the Swain kid was down then phantom penalties for 30 yards to put them into position to kick a game winning FG from 20 yards out. It was just a ā€œif it could go bad it didā€ type of game.
 

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Lin better be more physical then they were against Hendo or they will get beat . They are huge upfront play soft. Their qb will cause heritage some problems , but the jones kid from heritage will be best player on the field
I normally sit back and just look at these posts. I don’t really have a dog in the fight because I don’t have kids playing. However, I have to say I have seen your posts over this season and in anlmost everyone of them you are bashing Heritages line. It seems like they are playing dang good. Seeing how the other back for Heritage had more rushing yards than Jones last night. I just want to know why you are so against them?
 

bengal4life

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I normally sit back and just look at these posts. I don’t really have a dog in the fight because I don’t have kids playing. However, I have to say I have seen your posts over this season and in anlmost everyone of them you are bashing Heritages line. It seems like they are playing dang good. Seeing how the other back for Heritage had more rushing yards than Jones last night. I just want to know why you are so against them?
Not against anyone , I did not bash heritage line play all I said was if Lin plays soft like they did against Hendo heritage will kill them . Jones is real deal , fast and tough you know he is division 1 player , teams go in to stop him . That’s Braxton kid probably best linemen in Wnc . You know if heritage going make run for championship is right now, players like jones don’t come around often
 
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Should be a really good ball game. Lincolnton’s QB is electric. Just need to deploy the game plan where we maintain possession for 70%+ of the ball game.

Special teams is a massive concern. The kick off return TD gave up last night to West Lincoln was a straight up shocker šŸ˜‚
Lincolnton is hard to game plan against. Best description for them is backyard football. QB and WR are brothers and played all of their life together. So it turns into backyard football where they just have a mental connection on broken plays. Both undersized but fast and shifty and play so low to ground
 

bengal4life

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Remember when Lin came to heritage in 2009 that was awesome game . Last play of game Lin had receiver wide open in end zone , heritage sack their qb . Awesome game
 
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ThePitBoss

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Lincolnton is hard to game plan against. Best description for them is backyard football. QB and WR are brothers and played all of their life together. So it turns into backyard football where they just have a mental connection on broken plays. Both undersized but fast and shifty and play so low to ground
Pretty dang good description. Just have to really focus on any kind of containment but that’s just so much easier said than done.

At the end of the day it’s always fun seeing contrasting styles of football. We should be in for a real treat.
 

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Lincolnton is hard to game plan against. Best description for them is backyard football. QB and WR are brothers and played all of their life together. So it turns into backyard football where they just have a mental connection on broken plays. Both undersized but fast and shifty and play so low to ground
Super athletic and very hard to tackle in space
 

bengal4life

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Pretty dang good description. Just have to really focus on any kind of containment but that’s just so much easier said than done.

At the end of the day it’s always fun seeing contrasting styles of football. We should be in for a real treat.
If heritage can make that qb stay in pocket like heritage chances , if he gets out in open field will be trouble for cougars . Can Lin match the physical play upfront ? Should be interesting game
 

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If heritage can make that qb stay in pocket like heritage chances , if he gets out in open field will be trouble for cougars . Can Lin match the physical play upfront ? Should be interesting game
Based on what I’ve seen on film it’s going to be a long night for Lincolnton up front. They’re big but sheesh that don’t move well and that caters to our little feisty OL
 

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Problem also your team will get a lotta facemask penalties. With little shifty QB and his brother. You reach out to tackle them and their facemask is perfect height to accidentally grab
 
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Not against anyone , I did not bash heritage line play all I said was if Lin plays soft like they did against Hendo heritage will kill them . Jones is real deal , fast and tough you know he is division 1 player , teams go in to stop him . That’s Braxton kid probably best linemen in Wnc . You know if heritage going make run for championship is right now, players like jones don’t come around often
You keep bringing up Hendo as if they are soft. They are not soft. AT ALL...very physical from what I saw.
 

Vik-Val 86

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This should really be a good game. I can’t help but to think Mountain Heritage will be favorites on this one but wouldn’t surprise me to see it the other way around. I think Lincolnton is a year away from from being an elite team.
 

Lincolnton

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Remember when Lin came to heritage in 2009 that was awesome game . Last play of game Lin had receiver wide open in end zone , heritage sack their qb . Awesome game
Respectfully, based on my memory, only, Lincolnton’s last play was our quarterback getting pressure, he attempted a pass to a receiver who was fairly deep in Mt.Heritage territory, but not in the end zone. The pass was accurate but was deflected by a Cougars defender, who might have been C. Randolph.
 

Lincolnton

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Super athletic and very hard to tackle in space
StormSurge, thanks for the kind words about our team…If Mountain Heritage is like S. Cramer, which I’m thinking that they are, we’ve definitely got our work cut out for us…Also, congratulations on the win over Bandys, last night. Now, you’ve got everybody’s attention.
 

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Respectfully, based on my memory, only, Lincolnton’s last play was our quarterback getting pressure, he attempted a pass to a receiver who was fairly deep in Mt.Heritage territory, but not in the end zone. The pass was accurate but was deflected by a Cougars defender, who might have been C. Randolph.
I'm siding with Lincolnton's memory...I ran a quick piece of deep trivia, (40 years ago) past him last night and he gave me the correct name in nearly .5 seconds.

I was at the game, and have zero recollection of the particular play, lol.
 

AlwaysAWolf

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If heritage can make that qb stay in pocket like heritage chances , if he gets out in open field will be trouble for cougars . Can Lin match the physical play upfront ? Should be interesting game

Nobody keeping that kid in the pocket šŸ˜†
I'm with ShinyTurd on this one. And that made me feel pretty dirty, if I'm honest.
 
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Respectfully, based on my memory, only, Lincolnton’s last play was our quarterback getting pressure, he attempted a pass to a receiver who was fairly deep in Mt.Heritage territory, but not in the end zone. The pass was accurate but was deflected by a Cougars defender, who might have been C. Randolph.
I've got game film from 09 and he's correct, only Josh Laws our QB batted the ball down, not Casey Randolph.