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26-0 Wesson over Lumberton Final

I agree. After watching Enterprise and Clarkdale face Stringer back to back weeks, I actually thought Enterprise looked slightly better. I say they win one of those and clinch the four seed. I doubt they can beat Mize, but I don’t think it will necessarily be a blowout. 6-4 overall. 7-3 if they can beat both Bay Springs and Clarkdale.

Jimmerson and the boys have gotten off to a 3-0 start after going 2-8 and missing the playoffs last season. I have personally been shocked to see no one has brought up the success they have had after many doubted their ability to win more than 2-3 games this season (myself included). How do we think the Bulldogs finish out the year? I know their district is tough, but will they be able to be competitive and make an appearance as a 3-4 seed in the playoffs?

East Webster is one of the best teams in 2A. I do agree giving up that many points to Vardaman is concerning, but I believe they are still the favorite in their district and should make a run in the playoffs. Only team I could see challenging them maybe is Ethel unless Noxapater or Sebastopol is better than they appear to be.

Leflore and Calhoun City I believe will decide 1A north. Simmons is still the pretty clear favorite in the south, although teams like Nanih Waiya and the winner of Region 8 (Taylorsville, Lumberton, or Stringer) could challenge them. Otherwise the classification is pretty weak as a whole.

I agree. I think as long as they can get through this rough stretch healthy they will win a few games in district play. Possibly win the district as a whole. Them and Stringer should be a good game to open it up.

Didn’t see that coming. That could be a rematch for the 1A state championship.

Clarkdale 22 Stringer 8 Final

Bay Springs 14 Taylorsville 0 around 5 min until halftime

Stringer 0 Clarkdale 0 Halftime

Stringer is home for Brady. He graduated from there, his wife works there, his sons go to school there, and his nephew plays there. I think he saw his opportunity to go home and revitalize Stringer’s program while also being with his family and took it. Stringer was coming off 3 straight 2 win seasons when he arrived. He helped more than double their win total to 5 in his first year, and they are coming off a 9-3 season in his second year. Last Friday, they did not have a good showing. Several turnovers and poor defensive performance. 1A is not very strong this year though, so even with a not so great loss to a middle of the road 2A team, they still will be competitive down the stretch. I think the potential is there for them to win their district, go 7-3 or 8-2, and make it to the 3rd round of the playoffs or farther. If they fix the turnover problem they had Friday, I think their offense will be hard to stop by the competition they face.

I think it’s very possible Resurrection has a winless season unless they beat Christian Collegiate Friday.

I think the north could possibly come down to West Tally and Leflore County. Calhoun City will still be there, but I am not impressed by a 10 point win over Myrtle. Biggersville is down as well. Basically, the real question in 1A this year is can anyone challenge Simmons? 1A as a whole is pretty weak this year outside of them. In my personal opinion, circle round 3 if whoever wins Region 8 (Stringer, Lumberton, Taylorsville) can win their way to that point. If I have it right, I believe Simmons would have to travel to one of those schools. That is what I believe will be Simmons’ biggest challenge.

As far as small schools go, I think we will learn a lot about how much farther Taylorsville has went down based on how they perform against Bay Springs this Friday. Mize has a good team this year, but losing to them 56-6 is on another level. Bay Springs appears to be down this year as well after losing by 20 to South Pike. I think if Bay Springs wins this game by a 3-4 TD margin, it may be questioned if Taylorsville will be able to compete and win games in 1A this year.

He had them ready to play. Stringer did not bring their A game whatsoever. Defense has some soul searching to do. Offense looked good in the 1st half, but they made way too many mistakes in the 2nd half to win. Kudos to Enterprise though. They were the better team tonight.