In the Intra county rivalry game JR gets back on track after losing to Radford last week, a sweet win, first time since the 16-17’ season I believe
JR tops LB 69-55
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As much as I wish I was wrong, the entire state at the 2A level is playing for 2nd. John Marshall has played against nationally ranked teams and upper tier teams all season. The playoffs for them are a step down in competition unfortunately and I don't see anyone coming within 20 points of them.
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Thank you Captain Obvious. So no one on here should talk about anybody else's team other than John Marshall. Sounds reasonable on a message board.
Everyone knows how good JM is that’s why the play the game, to be the Man U gotta beat the man, and with Covid who knows what might happen
Hard to beat a team that recruits at the high school level. We will see what happens.
Did I say anything about not talking about any other teams? I even said I wish I was wrong.
There's schools that recruit in all sports. Not saying I agree with it, but it does happen. Heck, I liked it better last season when JM didn't play. Without them, I think 2A would be wide open this year.
I agree. Feels like there's six or seven teams with a realistic shot at a title if JM was not in picture
exactly - they lost at Landstown because they only had 6 healthy bodies that day.
that's like saying the college championship would be better w/o the SEC. Maybe more even but not better.
John Marshall would win 3A, 5A and 6A this year. I’d like their chances in 4A but King’s Fork is legit. Marshall is 9 deep. I’d like to see them and Radford for the ship.
well that's not quite the most apt comparison but no need to rehash all that. I didn't say better anyway, I said more competitive. Most other 2A schools don't have the access to the pipeline of talent that JM has. They're one of the best teams in the entire state, why the VHSL doesn't let them play up is beyond me unless JM just wants to stay 2A and dominate. Will JM play a 2A team before the playoffs begin?
Radford has a tough road ahead. Some very good 2C teams then whoever wins 2D will likely be a good team. Not JM good but good compared to everyone else.
I think the only 2A school JM plays in the regular season is fellow Richmond City school, Thomas Jefferson
Big Winners I agree with you. Whoever comes out of the C&D matchup will be pretty good "normal" 2A team. It's just not anything normal about JM, their talent level is just much beyond anybody else in 2A.
Forgot about TJ. I just thought the last year they played they didn't play a 2A team until playoffs began but they prob played TJ in reg season then too.
Yup. It's like the jump between D2 ball and big time D1 ball, just the talent gap is hard to overcome. East Rock, JR, Floyd, Radford, CW, Union, I'm sure I'm overlooking some but any could win a state title if JM was playing up or something. Maybe East Rock has a shot if Nickel comes out guns blazing and scores 60 but can't see any other 2A team that can play with JM. Maybe a team like Union of Radford could muck it up with elite defense and stay within 25 but neither can score enough for the upset IMO
I saw John Marshall play Douglas Freeman, who looked a lot like Radford/Union/East Rock minus the big time 3 point shooters. Freeman had their chances but the big difference was players 1-4 believed they could beat John Marshall while players 5-13 were over their heads. I agree with BigWinners and whoever comes out West will give JM a challenge in the state championship.
actually two years ago Gate City equipped themselves well in the 'ship.
I think it’s more or less has to do with JR being a legit contender this year along with Radford,Glenvar and Martinsville. JR came to Danville and beat the breaks off my GW Danville Eagles. Not many teams do that. The West will be very competitive against JM IMO..Not sure how this went from a comment about an intra county rivalry game to who’s playing for 2nd in the 2a state championship
I’ve seen JR play 5 games this year both LB games, Radford, Glenvar and Northside. Lost their composure in 2nd half of the LB loss, got outcoached in the loss to Northside and the Radford loss was never really in question, they weren’t ready to play imo. They just seem inconsistent at this point, whether or not they are a contender remains to be seen. I have a friend who has watched them all summer and his opinion was “they might win the state, or they might not win the region” . They definitely got talent and should go 7-8 deep, if they firing on all cylinders come tournament time I think they will at least have to be dealt with.