Round One 3A Reg 7 vs Reg 8

[FOOTBALLROCKYTOP]

On 10/27/2023 at 10:26 PM, tennesseeannouncer said:

Memphis East beats Raleigh Egypt to complete the bracket. 

And I agree that 7-3A sweeps 8-3A

With all this talk about 7-3A sweeping 8-3A it makes me realize how lucky we (7-3A)  are that Shelby County has so many high schools. Because let's be honest if Shelby Co had all there talent condensed into one, two or even three different schools like most counties do they would probably take the Gold Ball to Shelby County every year. Probably wouldn't have to worry about that in 3A but whatever class that would be would dominate. JMO!!

Edited November 3, 2023 by FOOTBALLROCKYTOP

[Dp81]

9 hours ago, FOOTBALLROCKYTOP said:

With all this talk about 7-3A sweeping 8-3A it makes me realize how lucky we (7-3A)  are that Shelby County has so many high schools. Because let's be honest if Shelby Co had all there talent condensed into one, two or even three different schools like most counties do they would probably take the Gold Ball to Shelby County every year. Probably wouldn't have to worry about that in 3A but whatever class that would be would dominate. JMO!!

If they had the missing pieces such as support, resources, coaching, they could do it now. There is so much talent there. 

[CHARGERFAN]

10 hours ago, FOOTBALLROCKYTOP said:

With all this talk about 7-3A sweeping 8-3A it makes me realize how lucky we (7-3A)  are that Shelby County has so many high schools. Because let's be honest if Shelby Co had all there talent condensed into one, two or even three different schools like most counties do they would probably take the Gold Ball to Shelby County every year. Probably wouldn't have to worry about that in 3A but whatever class that would be would dominate. JMO!!

But, if they only had two or three schools, they would be so large that they would be in 6A. And, if Memphis did that, so would Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga.
 

I think that some of the 3A schools in Memphis now have the talent to be really good if they had booster groups to provide extra funding, weight training facilities and year-round coaching staffs to man them, etc. 
 

Logistically, it would be a huge problem to consolidate to 2 or 3 public high schools in Memphis. The closest we actually see to what you describe is the largest private schools in these cites. Schools like MUS, Ensworth, Lipscomb Academy, etc. can recruit and pull together the “best” athletic talent in a city. That’s why the TSSAA was forced to break out the privates into separate classifications. Letting them “cherry pick” the best talent in Memphis, provide these players with scholarships, etc., gave them a totally unfair advantage over public schools.

[WestTNReclinerQB]

On 10/28/2023 at 10:03 AM, CHARGERFAN said:

Now that the brackets are set, let’s look at Massey’s prediction for each of the four games between 7-3A and 8-3A:

Memphis East @ Dyersburg - Dyersburg wins 41-6

Hamilton @ Covington - Covington wins 42-6

Westview @ Bolton - Westview wins 42-12

Ripley @ Sheffield - Ripley wins 35-21

The Massey predictions are solidly in favor of a sweep by Region 7-3A. That agrees with my gut feel, but we will see how the actual games turn out. If the sweep does happen, then week 2 will find Dyersburg hosting Westview and Covington hosting Ripley. 

This should hold true. Region 7 typically sweeps Region 8, but Sheffield is going to be a big problem for Ripley! Won't be surprised at all if Sheffield gets it done.

[tennesseeannouncer]

2 hours ago, WestTNReclinerQB said:

This should hold true. Region 7 typically sweeps Region 8, but Sheffield is going to be a big problem for Ripley! Won't be surprised at all if Sheffield gets it done.

It’s all going to come down to Ripley’s pass defense against Radarious Jackson. If they cannot contain the Mr. Football Semifinalist the game will get away from them. Two weeks ago I would’ve bet a nickel on a 7-3A sweep but after seeing Ripley’s pass defense in person this is the only game of the night that I can see 8-3A getting the dub.

[Allthetalk]

Region 7 3A sweep. Sticking to it. 

[CHARGERFAN]

1 hour ago, tennesseeannouncer said:

It’s all going to come down to Ripley’s pass defense against Radarious Jackson. If they cannot contain the Mr. Football Semifinalist the game will get away from them. Two weeks ago I would’ve bet a nickel on a 7-3A sweep but after seeing Ripley’s pass defense in person this is the only game of the night that I can see 8-3A getting the dub.

Well, if Covington wins tonight, the outcome of Ripley @ Sheffield is important to us.

A Ripley win would have them them playing at Covington next week.

 

[CHARGERFAN]

15 minutes ago, CHARGERFAN said:

Well, if Covington wins tonight, the outcome of Ripley @ Sheffield is important to us.

A Ripley win would have them them playing at Covington next week.

 

But, on the other hand, if Sheffield wins, we would have to travel to their place and there would be a matchup of MR. football candidates Radarious Jackson and Skylan Smith. That would be of interest.

 

[tennesseeannouncer]

1 hour ago, CHARGERFAN said:

But, on the other hand, if Sheffield wins, we would have to travel to their place and there would be a matchup of MR. football candidates Radarious Jackson and Skylan Smith. That would be of interest.

 

Totally agree with that but my gut is telling me that Ripley will do enough to get the Chargers at home next week. 

[tennesseeannouncer]

7-0 Dburg, 7:23 Q1

[tennesseeannouncer]

Pick Six for Dburg on East's opening play. 14-0, 7:09

[tennesseeannouncer]

If anyone is checking out the other games please post scoring updates. Thanks in advance!