Class 1A Region 3 Mid-Season Poll

[TheRefuter]

Looking for some thoughts on how Region 3 stands after week 5. My personal thoughts:

1. South Pittsburg 

I went to go see the Pirates in action on week 1. I look for the Pirates to make a deep plunge in the playoffs. They seem to be the team to beat in the east.

2. Copper Basin

My alma mater has been impressive so far on both sides of the ball. I look for them to run with the Pirates but am not quite convinced they can pull that one out just yet.

3. Whitwell

I feel the Tigers have been dealt a bit of a bad hand in terms of schedule strength. After the game last night, I’m convinced that they’re not an 0-5 team. Hats off to #59, #2, and #1 for displaying toughness and grit regardless of the score. They’ll win ball games as the season winds down if they can develop some confidence.

4. Sale Creek

The Creek is surprisingly athletic this year. I feel they’re being let down by the coaching staff. The players are good enough to win ball games. Hats off to #2. Kid is a ball player.

5. Lookout Valley

I haven’t had the chance to see Valley in action so any input would be appreciated. 

[sum1uno]

Agree with your picks but SP will mercy every team in this region. Outside of SP this region is weak as rainwater. Second place team wouldn’t even make playoffs in 5A

[TheRefuter]

I don’t see SP getting to the mercy threshold against the boys in the silver hats. I’ve seen both play and Basin will score touchdowns. I do, however, see the pirates scoring more. They’re just an absolute terror in the box and that’s proving to be one of the biggest weaknesses for the Cougs this year. And I agree that Region 5 has some players, but Basin would run with every team with the exception of Fayetteville and Cornersville. Just out of curiosity, what’s your 1A Top 10? 

[TheCommander]

46 minutes ago, sum1uno said:

Agree with your picks but SP will mercy every team in this region. Outside of SP this region is weak as rainwater. Second place team wouldn’t even make playoffs in 5A

I think them Cougars are going to surprise a lot of people on November 1st if things keep improving. 

[sum1uno]

7 minutes ago, TheRefuter said:

I don’t see SP getting to the mercy threshold against the boys in the silver hats. I’ve seen both play and Basin will score touchdowns. I do, however, see the pirates scoring more. They’re just an absolute terror in the box and that’s proving to be one of the biggest weaknesses for the Cougs this year. And I agree that Region 5 has some players, but Basin would run with every team with the exception of Fayetteville and Cornersville. Just out of curiosity, what’s your 1A Top 10? 

SP should mercy CB. No dis on CB but that bunch is different level. And region 5 Moore Co or Mt Pleasant would probably beat CB. Not saying would be a beat down but I would take those teams as my picks. CB is good group but the overall region is extremely weak. 

[jimmycrackedthatcorn]

No region should have only 5 teams and 4 playoff spots. This needs to be changed. I think only 2 teams should come out of cupcake regions.

[The Drunken Sailor]

South Pittsburg and Copper Basin are clearly 1 and 2. 

While I've only seen SP play Lookout Valley, I think the other the three teams are interchangeable at this point. 

[TheCommander]

6 hours ago, The Drunken Sailor said:

South Pittsburg and Copper Basin are clearly 1 and 2. 

While I've only seen SP play Lookout Valley, I think the other the three teams are interchangeable at this point. 

Does Lookout valley have any players that standout?

[TheRefuter]

8 hours ago, jimmycrackedthatcorn said:

No region should have only 5 teams and 4 playoff spots. This needs to be changed. I think only 2 teams should come out of cupcake regions.

Region 1 has 4 teams. You can literally go 0-10 and reach the playoffs. Take Unaka in 2017, I believe for example. It’s just hard to cut it to 2 and still have a fair playoff for 1A. It’s also hard to judge what a “cupcake” region is. Like I said in OP, Whitwell is 0-5 but by no means is a bad football team. 

[TheRefuter]

18 hours ago, sum1uno said:

SP should mercy CB. No dis on CB but that bunch is different level. And region 5 Moore Co or Mt Pleasant would probably beat CB. Not saying would be a beat down but I would take those teams as my picks. CB is good group but the overall region is extremely weak. 

CB is no state champion this year, but they’ll beat up on the Region 4 team they play in the first round. SP and Clay Co. are the only teams standing between CB and the final 4. We’ll just have to see how the rest of the season plays out. 

[TheCommander]

1 hour ago, TheRefuter said:

Region 1 has 4 teams. You can literally go 0-10 and reach the playoffs. Take Unaka in 2017, I believe for example. It’s just hard to cut it to 2 and still have a fair playoff for 1A. It’s also hard to judge what a “cupcake” region is. Like I said in OP, Whitwell is 0-5 but by no means is a bad football team. 

Whitwell drew the short end of the stick with their strength of schedule, definitely down but I don’t think they are as bad as their record suggests. Basin is definitely not a cupcake passing for over 300 in multiple games this season.

[The Drunken Sailor]

5 hours ago, TheCommander said:

Does Lookout valley have any players that standout?

None that stood out. I do think that their freshman QB is going to be pretty good on down the road if he can get a little help though.