West @ Anderson County 3rd Rd!

[MAVERICK1995]

Congratulations to West you guys should win the State. You deserve it and we are cherring you all the way. Take care of business next week!

 

We gave our all and played like champions. We were there and I am so proud of those Players. This game was at points going either way. We did not punch it in and credit West. This Maverick team is special. I am sure the coaching staff are so proud of this team. These young men played their hearts out for a great coaching staff and it showed tonight in the Quarterfinals. Hold your heads high Mavs you almost pulled it off. GOOD JOB MAVS WE LOVE YOU!

Well said!!!

[Governm]

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[TomJoad]

Congratulations to West you guys should win the State. You deserve it and we are cherring you all the way. Take care of business next week!

 

We gave our all and played like champions. We were there and I am so proud of those Players. This game was at points going either way. We did not punch it in and credit West. This Maverick team is special. I am sure the coaching staff are so proud of this team. These young men played their hearts out for a great coaching staff and it showed tonight in the Quarterfinals. Hold your heads high Mavs you almost pulled it off. GOOD JOB MAVS WE LOVE YOU!

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[MeritIII]

Congrats to AC on a good season and a great game. They never gave up and made West fight for every yard.

 

I have to give a tip of my hat to West QB Seth Marshall. 2 rushing and 2 passing TDs. He really played the game West needed tonight and stepped up with the game on the line.

[WestHigh4Life]

I want to first say Anderson Co has one heckuva team. They never quit and the game went as I said into the fourth quarter. I predicted 34-20 so 32-19 was close. Hicks has to be one of the best qb's in the area. He can throw and run and has to be one of the toughest kids I've ever seen (he was taking some hits out there and got up like it was nothing).

 

As for West we have a lot to work on before next Friday. Hopefully Cottrell will be good to go as well as Burch who missed the entire 2nd half w a knee injury. Proud of my Rebels and hope we can keep rolling.

 

Go West!

[WestHigh4Life]

Congrats to AC on a good season and a great game. They never gave up and made West fight for every yard.

 

I have to give a tip of my hat to West QB Seth Marshall. 2 rushing and 2 passing TDs. He really played the game West needed tonight and stepped up with the game on the line.

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[Jeopardyperil]

I want to first say Anderson Co has one heckuva team. They never quit and the game went as I said into the fourth quarter. I predicted 34-20 so 32-19 was close. Hicks has to be one of the best qb's in the area. He can throw and run and has to be one of the toughest kids I've ever seen (he was taking some hits out there and got up like it was nothing).

As for West we have a lot to work on before next Friday. Hopefully Cottrell will be good to go as well as Burch who missed the entire 2nd half w a knee injury. Proud of my Rebels and hope we can keep rolling.

Go West!

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[MAVERICK1995]

I want to first say Anderson Co has one heckuva team. They never quit and the game went as I said into the fourth quarter. I predicted 34-20 so 32-19 was close. Hicks has to be one of the best qb's in the area. He can throw and run and has to be one of the toughest kids I've ever seen (he was taking some hits out there and got up like it was nothing).

 

As for West we have a lot to work on before next Friday. Hopefully Cottrell will be good to go as well as Burch who missed the entire 2nd half w a knee injury. Proud of my Rebels and hope we can keep rolling.

 

Go West!

Goodluck West hope you all win it all....Hard hitting game..

[bigdady]

My 2nd game at Anderson County this year. The Entrance is better than NFL teams. The fans were loud all game.The team is tuff never gave up That Line was blocking for the most part 8 in the box and winning. West is a great team took advantage of turnovers and made plays. Lots of speed and Hard hitters everywhere. I dont care what round this was , West won STATE lastnight. I would however give West fans some advice, Dont sit with the Home crowd at AC and poke at them.. LOL That never works out well. Best game of the year...

[oskie]

Two great teams giving it their all. Good look to West the rest of the way. Very proud to be a Mav.

[Mav4life]

so here are some interesting things about the game, AC ran 75 plays to West 38, AC had 19 first downs to West 7.  I do not know the exact number but I am sure AC had the ball for at least 30 of the 48 minutes of play.  Hicks had over 20 carries for around 100 yards rushing.  I believe Fox had 12 carries on the night for around 25 yards rushing, that leaves 43 offensive plays for AC where I would say 20 of them were passes leaving 23 runs by the rest of the team.  If I had to guess, as I am seeing how I do not have the stats, I would say that Johnson carried the ball around 12-15 times in the second half for probably close to 60-70 yards rushing.  Fox did not return in the second half and it was clear by the 3rd time he ran the ball that he was no where near 100%, I would say 75% at best.  With all this said it seems to me that the Mavericks played this one just like they needed too to compete with a much faster and very talented West team.  Earlier in the week I made the comment that we needed to have a RB get 25-30 carries for around 200 yards to pull of the win and that Johnson may just be that guy and some thought I was crazy that AC could not have that many carries let alone by one back, but Johnson showed in the second half that he could be that guy as he was a beast.  If he gets the carries in the first half that he got in the second than he just might have hit the numbers I was looking for.  Now do not think for a minute that I am second guessing anything the coaching staff did at all because that is not at all what I am doing, they had a great gameplan on both sides of the ball and it worked and if I am Davey and have one of the best RB's in the state and he says he is good to go than I am running him to, this coaching staff has done a great job this year and ever since they have gotten here 5 years ago so I do not want anyone to take what I am saying the wrong way, I guess I just wish that Fox was 100% because we all know what he is capable of and at 100% I believe he would have gotten the same production as Johnson did on his carries which would have put what I said needed to happen to the test.  West had 8 guys in the box the majority of the game and AC was still able to accomplish a lot more than most people thought they would on the ground without their best RB, that is a tribute to just how good this AC team is and how good Hicks, Strickland, Johnson, Ford and company are.  This has to be one of the best offensive and defensive lines in the state and that showed last night.  What also showed was the toughness some of these young men have.  Hicks took a beating all night and still stood tall and made plays, Johnson took some huge shots in the second half and jumped up wanting more and dished it out big on some big runs.  West scored on long runs and was not able to sustain any drive, it was either a 60 yard TD or nothing and that is also a tribute to just how talented West is that they can score at any moment.  I for one am very proud as AC had their chances and opened up the 3rd Qtr with a 20 play drive that ate up a lot of clock and converted on multiple 4th downs but just could not capitalize.  I believe AC had the ball inside the 30 like 4 times and did not score and inside the 20 twice.  AC did not shoot themselves in the foot in my opinion as West made a lot of plays and deserves all the credit for that.  I believe that West will beat Cleveland by a score of 42-14 and go on to win the State, they are that good.  But AC aint too shaby either.  One other thing I would like to mention that I saw from the stands was the respect and sportsmanship showed between the AC and West players, each patting the other on the helmet after a good play and helping each other up after a big hit, great way to represent yourselves and your communities.  I for one see no shame in the loss last night and hope Cottrell will be good to go this week, the injury looked bad at first, but when he came back in there was only a slight limp and he was able to run the ball hard.  I am sure both teams woke up this morning sore as that was a hard hitting game.  The run out for the pre-game this week I thought was top notch, it was a little simpler than what we have seen all year, but the combination of that song with the smoke and lights and fireworks was awesome.  Great job Maverick players and coaches on a great season and I look forward to the offseason conversations about next years team, we lose a lot of lineman and some key skill players, but the skill payers we keep are pretty darn good and if the line is just Average next year this team will be able to compete as Johnson and Fox are going to be hard to handle next year, I also have heard that we have a very good Sophmore QB that will compete for a spot for next season and that may open up some doors to keep Johnson and Smith in the open field next season.  A lot of great accomplishments this season for the 3AAA champs and it is great to be a part of the Herd.

[MeritIII]

Nice summary Mav. Hope to do it again next year.