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FH vs Hollidaysburg, my thoughts

At some point kids have to play 4 quarters.
Playing 4 quarters vs playing 4 quarters both ways. I still contend the highest percentage of injuries you see are not impact or sudden injuries. They are knee, ankle, strains, sprains, tears, etc. Overuse of certain joints in a single game playing offense and defense at high intensity cause those injuries. Not being hit by a bigger or better player.

You're much more likely to get one of those injuries when you really never get to take break outside of a 3 minute quarter change and a 15 minute halftime break.

Flickering LED Lights

Last week against Hollidaysburg there were quite a few discussions about the new LED lights at Greenway and the fact the head official asked that the flickering of those lights after a Fort Hill score not happen. This was true.

This week the WestMAC verified after discussions with the local officials association that the flickering LED lights are not in the jurisdiction of the officials. The clarification is that the flickering lights used for celebration will be permitted to be used (just not during play). The officials from last week claim that the request to not use the flickering lights were asked as a favor once the tensions on the field became difficult come third quarter. There were no flickering lights in the first half because FH did not have anyone in the announcers booth. That is where the lights are triggered.

So we are back to having flickering lights after a Fort Hill or Allegany score 👍

Briar Woods

Briar Woods is a very good football team. Their two losses came against John Champe (5-0) and North Stafford (3-1). Their senior QB is committed to play football at Navy. He is a big gunslinger (6'2, 220) and is one of their top runners. Going to be a close game. Hopefully the officials are not interested in throwing 18 combined penalties this week.
Weird to see gunslinger and navy recruit int the same sentence HAHA. Congratulations to the kid, can’t wait to see him play

Briar Woods

Briar Woods is a very good football team. Their two losses came against John Champe (5-0) and North Stafford (3-1). Their senior QB Brady Carmical is committed to play football at Navy. He is a big gunslinger (6'2, 220) and is one of their top runners. Going to be a close game. Hopefully the officials are not interested in throwing 18 combined penalties this week.

The big question is whether Briar Woods can slow down the rushing attack. FH crushed them last year between the tackles. But no way FH pitches a shut out like last year.

Briar Woods

Two weeks ago BW lost to a team that they should have beaten. In that game BW was without three two-way starters. Their two best receivers were out as well as their running back. In scanning the sidelines of BW, the first receiver was in a hard cast, I don't think that he will play. Number 9 appeared to be in a boot, he may be good to go this week. I think that he is a better LB than WR. Number 23 is their main RB and he is also their MLB. He's a good kid and very fast. He was dressed two weeks ago but didn't play. (This says more about the coach here than anything else. He has a kid that could be a game changer but didn't put him on the field due to not being 100%. Kudos to the coach for that.) Now for what BW has is a very good QB who can pass and run as well. FH has to keep him contained. They used #8 in the backfield. He's bigger than #23 and runs hard. I enjoyed watching this kid play. Think of a 70's FB, that's what you got here. This kid also plays LB and he can play the game. If this kid doesn't make the tackle, he is at least around the ball. In my opinion he is the best athlete on their team. FH will have to get a hat on him. BW' line is bigger than FH but they are not as physical. These battles could be a tossup. I'd say that FH has the edge in the kicking game and speed. BW does not kick the ball very deep consistently. With that said their return kids get north and south in a hurry. I've seen them get really decent returns just by running straight down the field, no dancing needed.

At the beginning of the year, I thought that this is one of the games that FH could lose, but this week I'm giving them the nod. Hopefully, I'm right, but it'll be a good game for sure.
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