Morristown West vs. Morristown East

[House of Troy]

I am sure Coach Woods, the staff, and the players all understand what they will have to do Friday night to beat East. They know well how East is playing at this time and if they don't bring their "A" game East will win. Trojan_Faith is a fan not a player, I'm sure East has fans that don't believe it is possible for West to beat East there is nothing abnormal about that type of thinking it is being a FANatic. . Others of us including Justafan are pulling for our team to win, believe our team will win, but know that anything can happen. Let me assure you there is no overconfidence on the part of the Trojan players and coaches they completly respect how well East is playing at this time.

[TrojanOT50]

west by 14. thats my pick i'm sticking with it.

 

and i'm a former player, not current so dont start talking trash to me.

 

and thank god carson newmans field is right next to the dorms. no parking problem for me! if you know me and need a spot hit me up i'll see if i can get some friends to save you some.

[WestHightrojanfan2007]

I know you OT50 haha. Well I won't be there, but I'll find out about the score late Friday night...

GO TROJANS!

[dawninmtown@yahoo.com]

GO CANES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE BELIEVE IN YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EveryonesFan]

People keep saying that the game being played at Burke-Tarr is an advantage to Mo West. It's the third round of the playoffs and West is the home team. The home team has earned the right to have home field advantage, so if East had to go somewhere else to play such as Maryville they would not be sayin a word about it. So i really dont see why people are complaining about the game being at Burke-Tarr

[PAT4LIFE]

SEEMS LIKE A LOGICAL CHOICE TO PLAY AT BURKE TARR INSTEAD OF BURKE TONY WITH ALL OF THE RAIN THIS WEEK. I THOUGHT THE FIELD WAS BAD WHEN WE (JEFF) PLAYED THERE THIS SEASON. IT WOULD BE HORRIBLE ON FRIDAY. WHY HAS EVERYONE BEEN IN AN UPROAR OVER THE CHOICE OF PLAYING AT CARSON NEWMAN. IT WOULD BE SAFER FOR BOTH TEAMS.

[BIGR35]

I think playing at BURKE TARR will help Morristown East more than people

think. Speed kills, and Morristown East has alot of it. I know Mo-west RB #10

can fly, but I am talking about Team speed. Overall East has more team speed

than Morristown West.( I have seen both play a few games this year) Morristown

West is alittle stronger than Morristown East. ( Size of D-line & Linebacker)Key

too the game, will be how Morristown East Hold up too Morristown West physical

play. If Morristown East can match Morristown West physical play, they will win

the ball game. Soon or latter speed will get you.Go Canes, Beat West!

[lordofthescreens]

If the game is played on a "fast field" at Burke-Tarr rather than at Burke-Toney, then I think M-E will win.

 

Let me say at the outset, however, that I am not knowledgeable of the all the differences between the Burke's, Toney's, Tarr's, MoWest's, and MoEast's.

 

I am knowledgeable in what I have seen in tape, scrimmages, and live performances.

 

My upset special prediction is:

 

M-E 28

M-W 21

 

I also predict a great football game with two deserving teams which will make NET proud.

[Nizzi B]

i dont understand how everyone says Mo-East is faster than. Where does this come from. Terrell is fast, but Quentin is faster. Team speed, how do you see that east has more? We will just have to see come friday. And you know what you counter speed with? Physical play and hard hits, those fast guys dont like to get hit hard. Why dont you just ask Unicoi, and Tenn High who the hardest hitting team they played this year is.

[justafan123]

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i dont understand how everyone says Mo-East is faster than. Where does this come from. Terrell is fast, but Quentin is faster. Team speed, how do you see that east has more? We will just have to see come friday. And you know what you counter speed with? Physical play and hard hits, those fast guys dont like to get hit hard. Why dont you just ask Unicoi, and Tenn High who the hardest hitting team they played this year is.

east is faster as a team playing in the mud wuold be a great advantage to west and ask sullivan south who the most physical game they had all year qb got hit hard andoften and its not all about speed its quickness fb east quicker qb east quicker tail back little if any diffrence

[leectn]

Playoff Opponents Regular Season Statistics for West and East

taken from the Mountain Lakes Conference Web Site

 

WEST Opponents

East Opponents

 

Individual Rushing

 

Rank Name School Attempts Yards Average TD

1 J Atwood Johnson 189 1312 6.94 16

4 C. Phillips South 152 739 4.86 14

6 D. Thomas TN High 102 686 6.73 8

7 D. Bishop Unicoi 120 574 4.78 10

9 C. Strickland TN High 94 487 5.18 8

11 A. Ollis Unicoi 64 396 6.19 3

15 C. Fleenor TN High 38 355 9.34 3

17 J. Howard TN High 76 346 4.55 6

18 T. Leonard Johnson 48 271 5.65 6

19 B. Shanks South 54 254 4.7 3

21 Z. Reese Johnson 35 189 5.4 1

24 C. Collins South 32 143 4.47 1

 

Individual Receiving

 

Rank Name School Receipts Yards Average TD

1 J. Kitzmiller South 34 603 17.74 5

2 R. Moody Johnson 22 506 23 5

3 H. Ringley South 35 482 13.77 3

4 C. Prudhomme Johnson 14 427 30.5 5

5 M. Fickey South 24 356 14.83 3

11 C. Fleenor TN High 11 217 19.73 3

12 J. Atwood Johnson 16 206 12.88 1

16 D. Rice Unicoi 17 158 9.29 3

17 T. J. Rehme Unicoi 7 129 18.43 2

19 D. Bishop Unicoi 5 102 20.4 0

 

Individual Passing

 

Rank Name School Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD

1 C. Phillips South 110 170 4 64.7 1708 17

2 A. Phipps Johnson 61 146 14 41.8 1251 11

4 R. Scott Unicoi 55 113 5 48.7 631 5

7 D. Thomas TN High 26 65 5 40 422 6

12 B. Jeffers South 12 20 2 60 103 0

 

Team Statistics

 

Total Offense

Rank Team Yards Avg

1 South 3299 329.9

2 Johnson 3168 316.8

3 Tn High 2949 294.9

4 Unicoi 2575 257.5

 

Rushing

Rank Team Yards Avg

1 Tn High 2450 245

3 Unicoi 1944 194.4

4 Johnson 1917 191.7

6 South 1488 148.8

 

Passing

Rank Team Yards Avg

1 South 1811 181.1

3 Johnson 1251 125.1

5 Unicoi 631 63.1

7 Tn High 499 49.9

 

Total Defense

Rank Team Yards Avg

1 Tn High 1891 189.1

2 South 2243 224.3

4 Johnson 2367 236.7

7 Unicoi 2931 325.7

 

Rushing Defense

Rank Team Yards Avg

1 Tn High 967 96.7

2 South 1179 117.9

5 Johnson 1683 168.3

8 Unicoi 1938 215.3

 

Passing Defense

Rank Team Yards Avg

1 Johnson 684 68.4

3 TN High 924 92.4

6 South 1064 106.4

7 Unicoi 993 110.3

 

Scoring Offense

Rank Team Points Avg

1 TN High 297 29.7

2 South 284 28.4

3 Johnson 248 24.8

5 Unicoi 158 15.8

 

Scoring Defense

Rank Team Points Avg

1 TN High 108 10.8

2 South 119 11.9

3 Johnson 129 12.9

8 Unicoi 279 27.9

 

 

Most of the team stats are led by Tennessee High, not Sullivan South. It was very interesting to me to see the way the stats were stacked considering how the conference ended.

 

Also, according to PrepExtra, West had 134 first downs during the regular season, East had 114; West had 3111 total yards, East had 2938; West scored 47 TD and East had 35; This stat includes playoff games: West averages 39.26 points per game while allowing 8.8 per game; East averages 30 PPG while allowing 18.5 ppg.

 

There is no doubt that East has improved since the first meeting, but so has West.

 

A unnamed web site predicts the score to be: West 35 East 21.

 

I believe it may be closer than that, but I do see West pulling it out. East does not have players playing both ways, which is a plus, but West has two-three players at most poistions who see playing time consistently. This platooning will give West the win.

Edited November 16, 2006 by leectn

[HowBoutThemTrojans]

well said... good luck trojans!!