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We’re 13-1 at home in the first round. Lost to Nashville Christian in 1998.

Don’t forget it’s at Waynesboro in November. The field will be muddy regardless. It holds water like a duck pond.

I like the Mt. Pleasant coach and wouldn’t mind if he moved back to WC when our coaches decide to hang it up, but I distinctly remember him complaining about the Z-plan a few years back in the newspaper. He, like a lot of coaches, didn’t like not knowing who they were going to play or where they might have to go in the playoffs. But guess what? A 7-3 team didn’t get left out of the playoffs in the Z-plan. This is the reason why the Z-plan was introduced to begin with. We had it, but almost everyone complained so much and so loudly, that it’s gone. Now the bottom line is, you finish 5th in your region you’re out of the playoffs. Clear, simple, easy.

They didn’t actually change the enrollment multiplier. It was just a coincidence that the enrollment of all the private schools around us increased to the point that they went D2 or 2A. Franklin Grace is a small, new private school. I’m pretty sure this is their first playoff game. QB is dual threat and a very good player. The best QB we’ve played this year outside of Huntingdon.

I agree, but I doubt we overlook them. Grace beat Mt. Pleasant when we couldn’t. A lot of people and newspapers will pick them to beat us at home so we ought to have a chip on our shoulder coming into Friday night.

Actually if Grace and Mt. Pleasant both lose and Richland wins it’s a 3-way tie for 4th, and Mt. Pleasant will get into the playoffs on the tiebreaker that way too. Honestly, those results Friday night are not that far-fetched. Lot of moving pieces in that region.

Glad to see we’re pulling up predictions from last spring....people have busted our chops over MtP games in the past. Good thing about the playoffs is that they ain’t no arguing about who beat who beat who when it’s all over.

Saw that WC won 40-14. How did the game go?

I know there's a lot of football left this year, but this week sure feels like a turning point game. Win this one and I think we finish at 7-3 and get a home playoff game, lose and I'm not sure we even make the playoffs at this point. I would have liked to see the team that played Loretto in the first half develop throughout the season.

Don't forget WC's TD that was called back on an unnecessary penalty. Turned out to be the difference in the game.

Yeah and I think WC won something like 6 of the 7 games between '97 and '03. It's a pretty streaky series, but it's evened out over the years.

This is the 60th meeting between the schools. Always been really competitive. MtP leads the series 32-26-1, but WC has won 7 of the last 9 games.

I think some teams need a loss to mentally toughen up, and I think it's for the best that those streaks are over... Can't really overreact because it's basically a tradition to play a terrible game between Weeks 2-4 . Our best teams usually pull out a win anyway, but we've had region championship teams that didn't. Even though we put up a lot of points the first few weeks, I dont think we've found our bread and butter on offense yet - mostly because of the wave of injuries. Bye week, followed by an old rival that's playing well couldn't come at a better time.

Pretty sure it was 20-14 final. WC threw an INT to end the game.

I sure hope the game don't come down to us making an extra point or converting a two-point conversion lol. That hasn't looked too good as of yet.

I don't think there's much doubt they'll be the best team we've played so far. Interested to see how we do against a quality team.

I think this will be WC's biggest test so far this season. I know a lot of Riverside people are expecting a home playoff game this year in 2A. Should be a pretty good game.

What was the final?

As we have talked about several times since Huntingdon entered the region, it's actually the other way around with Hardin County, and pretty much all of the other big county schools around us. HC won't even do a full scrimmage with WC anymore. We'll let you know if our schedule ever hurts us...

You should always have hope going into a new region. I've read a lot of dismissive stuff about McEwen, mostly it seems because their coach doesn't do media stuff, but I think McEwen is a pretty decent 1A team. Bad 1A teams don't beat 3A teams. And I think the Mt Pleasant-Collinwood score says more about Mt Pleasant than Collinwood -WC will find out in a couple of weeks. Perry Co. could be a win, but I'd go with the Vikings.

To say something positive, they are one of the best and most consistent basketball programs in Class A, and I believe they have a pretty highly regarded college prospect on the line, but I'm not sure of his position. For what's it's worth the Jackson Sun thought they'd finish 5th in the region ahead of McEwen and PC.

Our JV could probably name the score. Biggersville and Alcorn Central are not good Mississippi teams by any stretch. I try to never badmouth other programs, but WC has never really played a program with a track record as bad as Middleton. They did some winning in the 60s and 70s, but that's about it. Closest comparison I can think of is Cornersville, or maybe Richland over the last decade, but that's actually an unfair comparison to both of those programs. Also, parking is limited at Middleton, especially if Wayne Co. brings a normal contingent.

Going into the first region games it looks a lot like the last two years. Huntingdon and Wayne County at the top...who knows in the middle...with Middleton added to the bottom.

I'm pretty sure we didn't score in the entire first half against Houston County in 2015 when Preston didn't play...wound up winning that one 45-7. Summertown came out playing with a lot of emotion. Also, we were missing 5 (?!) of our offensive starters from the preseason in the 1st quarter. Took some game speed adjustments to get us going.