What I was trying to say is Randolph wasn't a super freak athlete but I really hard nosed determined player that was athletic enough, maybe Owen has a player or players like that.
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I think avery will be better, but they are long way from being contender. Had avery guy bragging about their youth teams , youth football is joke, seen lot athletes get discourage and quit over bad youth football experience.
Coaching would be my guess they did manage to beat Mitchell a couple of years ago but it was one of their two wins on the year lol
I didn't see it but I can't understand how they'd beat Mitchell. The few times I've seen Avery they could barely even line up right.
Coaching and culture my friend. Honestly Avery hasn’t been competitive since 2000-2012 ish or since Villanueva graduated. Acceptable to be a losing program, I mean when you fire a guy for losing but then hire him back solely bc of community kinda says it all. As a result of the mediocrity you have a lot of kids that transfer to either cloudland/mitchell/watauga. I hate it for up there, probably one of the best facilities in WHC, it’s just spiraled way out of control
Rivalry games are always weird. Plus going into a game expecting 100% to win and taking foot of the pedal isn’t always a good thing
Have family from there so we went to multiple games. And I thought that stuff about firing/rehiring was well known. But yeah I can remember when they were really competitive and could go a few rounds in playoff.
I will try to stop by the McDowell scrimmage tonight and let you know how Owen looks.
Hard to gauge anything based on how poor NB is tbh. I don't see them finishing this season at the varsity level. All i know is, i love being picked to finish 3rd or battling with Owen. Nothing more fun that a Heritage squad with a chip on their shoulder.
Heritage looked good against North Henderson tonight but again I'm not so sure how good they are, we were up 13-0 with are starters in then we fumbled on our third drive in the redzone then we pulled are starters, idk if North got a first down against are starting d. Just hope our starting rb is alright he got hurt on our first possession and didn't come back in.
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Again, another meh team to scrimmage for Heritage. Starting D got about 8 total reps which resulted in zero NH first downs and two punts. Offense is as dynamic as ever and the OL/TE is as good or better than last year.
While impossible to replace Cason Jones, there’s some really nice athletes making some big time catches and runs for the Cougars. Depth is 100% an issue though, but it seems that’s about the same for most programs these days.
I am excited to see this team get tested by a solid defensive front. The question is: when do we see that?
While impossible to replace Cason Jones, there’s some really nice athletes making some big time catches and runs for the Cougars. Depth is 100% an issue though, but it seems that’s about the same for most programs these days.
I am excited to see this team get tested by a solid defensive front. The question is: when do we see that?
I'm pretty sure their best running back didn't play against us but for what they were we looked pretty good against them.The starters scored about every time they had the ball and held them to punt every time, you can't do more than that in a shortened scrimmage, I think if it were a real game Heritage would've won 35-0
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No way would North beat owen , not sure they could beat Avery. Dont see how school that large be that bad, rumor is they had few players out.
No offense to Avery but North would of put a running clock on Avery's team last year without their starting running back lol I'm not saying North is that good I'm saying Avery was that bad lol not sure what Avery's got this year but if last year was any indication they won't be so good lol
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Greg and I were able to visit Travise Pitman and his Mitchell Mountaineers yesterday! One of the nicest facilities in the state of NC reside here! The indoor facility is state of the art! Y’all need...
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Obviously NH is better when Parker Willis plays. I actually thought North’s DL would be better based on the film vs Robbinsville and Swain. At the end of the day, the Cougars strength this year is their offense and again, I’m looking forward to finding a match up that tests them up front.
Those photos make Mitchell look state-of-the-art, inside and out! Any school at any level should be totally envious. And even the beautiful lush, green setting! No wonder Mitchell is always such a formidable opponent.That's pretty sweetAndy Rodden
Greg and I were able to visit Travise Pitman and his Mitchell Mountaineers yesterday! One of the nicest facilities in the state of NC reside here! The indoor facility is state of the art! Y’all need...
Maybe haha. They were pretty bad before he got there. Building what he did was amazing, it'll be even more impressive if it lasts.
Like I said in previous post you will find out against pisgah. Went to the jamboree in wilkes County over 8 teams their , everyteam their d- line except for avery were better then north henderson . Hard to believe north henderson d- line better then robbinsville
Agree its awesome over 400.000 in weight equipment, hot tubs, batting cage , indoor basketball court and wrestling room.
I like Mitchell this year but you’re talking about an FCA 7v7 Team Camp where they don’t keep score and no champion is crowned. Watauga went .500 at the camp last year because Coach Habich could care less about winning a 7v7 game and we all know how Watauga’s season went!
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