Just gonna throw this in the conversation, doesn't add to or take away from any of it but it's worth looking at IMO..... Peabody has been trashed by a lot of people here and on social media about their dropping down to 1A this season.... We all know classification is based on enrollment and Peabody DOES fall into 1A numbers there, albeit near the top. The numbers I look at this time of the year for those whiney lil ones who cried about Peabody moving down and picking on these poor 1A teams are the roster sizes of the teams left... Here you go from the Final 8 in Class 1A:
Cloudland-28
Lake Co.- 28
Coalfield- 36
McKenzie- 44
Peabody- 47
So. Pittsburg-50
Fayetteville- 53
Gordonsville-61
And from two of the more vocal fan bases about Peabody moving down, West Carroll and Cornersville, their rosters were 43 and 46 players respectively, WC with 3 less than Peabody who ended their season and C'ville with 2 more than the Rebel team that sent them home.....
Congrats to all of these teams on your outstanding seasons, should be some great football the next 3 weekends, safe travels for all of the fans, with no injuries for any players, and lifetime of memories for everyone involved..... oh yeah BTW, ROLL TIDE