Week 2: Elizabethton (0-0) @ Science Hill (0-0)

[orange and black]

I believe both teams are solid! Mathes is a pure athlete like his daddy! If he gets hurt SH in trouble! QB for SH didn't seem as good as when I seen him in past but may have been first game jitters! #15 for EHS is going to be a monster player! He is a freshman and was best pure athlete on the field! #53 at fullback is like following a tank! King was solid for SH but not what I heard advertised! Refs where absolutely horrible. They didn't have a clue but didn't cost the game just let to much stuff go on! I think both squads will be fine but SH has a much tougher schedule than EHS!

Edited August 29, 2015 by orange and black

[TFL2001]

I believe both teams are solid! Mathes is a pure athlete like his daddy! If he gets hurt SH in trouble! QB for SH didn't seem as good as when I seen him in past but may have been first game jitters! #15 for EHS is going to be a monster player! He is a freshman and was best pure athlete on the field! #53 at fullback is like following a tank! King was solid for SH but not what I heard advertised! Refs where absolutely horrible. They didn't have a clue but didn't cost the game just let to much stuff go on! I think both squads will be fine but SH has a much tougher schedule than EHS!

Mathes is a great athlete and you're right, he's a big part of this Topper team. He had a couple of big plays last night. But the player for SH that I was most impressed with was Ty Perkins. He had several clutch catches that kept some drives going. He and Mathes were definitely the standouts on the offense last night. Without them we don't win that game. Hopefully Bedard's performance had a lot to do nerves. He's "the guy" this year so I think knowing that, along with it being the first game of the year, affected his play last night. He wasn't bad but he wasn't great. As for Russell, he had a couple real nice runs and one catch for about 20 yards. This was his first game though with a new team so I only expect him to get better. I expect the whole team to get better. The biggest issues that I saw with the Toppers were OL and special teams.

 

The biggest issues I saw with Elizabethton were the passing game and the OL/DL play. SH's DL dominated the Cyclone OL.

[lawnman]

Mathes is a great athlete and you're right, he's a big part of this Topper team. He had a couple of big plays last night. But the player for SH that I was most impressed with was Ty Perkins. He had several clutch catches that kept some drives going. He and Mathes were definitely the standouts on the offense last night. Without them we don't win that game. Hopefully Bedard's performance had a lot to do nerves. He's "the guy" this year so I think knowing that, along with it being the first game of the year, affected his play last night. He wasn't bad but he wasn't great. As for Russell, he had a couple real nice runs and one catch for about 20 yards. This was his first game though with a new team so I only expect him to get better. I expect the whole team to get better. The biggest issues that I saw with the Toppers were OL and special teams.

 

The biggest issues I saw with Elizabethton were the passing game and the OL/DL play. SH's DL dominated the Cyclone OL.

Yogr right but our line is full of sophomore and JR and will get better the more games they play.SH will get better as well and best of luck to SH the rest of the season and hope you stay injury free.

[TicketToRide]

Bedard had a tough night throwing the football. He looked hesitant and and short-armed a few passes early. The 3 picks were just awful. Let's hope it was jitters.

 

I thought #6 had a monster game on defense. A couple of tackles for loss and a sack. Science Hill kept Elizabethton in the game with the turnovers.

 

With that said, the Cyclones getting an unsportsmanlike with like a minute to go in the half ultimately cost them dearly. That was bone head.

 

14-14 at half and who knows what happens. I thought 10 was solid, better than JB. The Cyclones running game was relentless. They unbalanced the line and ran to the weak side. Witten saw something that the Hilltoppers couldn't figure.

 

Science Hill has to calm the QB down. He has so many playmaker. He should have a banner year if he gets it under control. The TD to #25 at the did was a nice throw.