TransplantCakeEater

Now, there is something we can agree on for sure. The kids play their hearts out, and I've yet to see them quit - even when we were getting crushed. Lots of heart here.

I agree to disagree here. The tackling is terrible from this team, and that's due to being soft...not having contact in practice. There is zero emotion or enthusiasm from this coaching staff, which trickles down to the team - and it's been like that. You can't honestly tell me that this school had so many athletes that they won 7 in a row, and now barely get a winning record - solely due to the talent of the kids? I don't think there's a possible way to make that argument. Is this a State quality team talent wise? No, I do not think it is, but an 8-2 regular season team sure.

Any way you cut it. He sounds like a cry baby, and it looks bad.

Any way you slice this, BW has NOT improved or maintained this program at all. They've gone soft.

This kid is THE TRUTH. He should be getting lots of offers...hope to see more coming in!

The run has been the weakness of this defense all year long, BUT, I feel like with Huddleston back in play it will help A LOT. The kid is game changer.

No, I actually have zero inside knowledge on this one. What I meant was that at the start of the season, Grady should have been the starter BUT if not, at least split time with Carl. Again, I preferred Cramer at QB last year on JV when these two split time and I preferred him in summer workouts and 7v7. Although, he also has made a pretty good receiver out of himself as well!

In truth, I've thought Cramer should have been the starter day one...if not a split time with Schoellman. I've watched both play for years, and Cramer is a better fit for what Highlands tries to do. Carl is a great kid, and not a bad player by any stretch (see the stats for QBs in NKY for proof), I just think Cramer is a better athlete, better arm, better size. As with many things in HS football, there is more in play here.

Cramer should have been the starter, and at least got reps as a sophomore at QB last year. I’ve said it for two years. He is a prototypical QB. 6’4” 190-200. Cannon for an arm and poised. He looked great. And Huddy is what we have missed through most of the year with his injuries. He is one hell of a ball player.

They will make it out of the first round, by two scores. Second round will be a dogfight, but they will pull it out I think. CCH smokes us though...again.

Highlands v CCH for the semi - CCH rolls, unfortunately.

That's a massive improvement from when I played. I thought they expanded the league further in the last 5-10 years, but I was wrong.

^Interested as well^

I played high school football in Ohio, and I agree here. The system needs work. Not when I played, but a few years after my alma mater went 9-1 and missed the playoffs. Blew out most teams on the schedule too. The GCL teams tend to get in with worse records because they play better competition out of their league...which is 4 teams. The GMC, for example, has like 11 or 12 teams in it now so they spend the majority of the season beating up on each other and one or two teams make the playoffs. Just not a great system.

Going with HHS on this one. I don't see the passing game working that well against this secondary. They cover well, and have a good amount of picks. Add to it, the whole secondary that has been out a few weeks will be back in action. I'm calling 3 INTs for the defense. Schwalbach and Wilson will have a combined 220 in this one. HHS by 17.

Incredibly impressive here. He still has a few more games to rack them up too!

I didn’t go to this one. So I don’t gave anything to contribute, other than being glad we got another tick in the W column.

Trainer or doctor makes the call. Not the kid. It's not like it was when we played, when if you could walk you played no matter what.

I won't make it tonight, unfortunately, but I'll be keeping an eye on the update thread. Thanks to everyone that can contribute to it! Also, I think if this ends up as a losing season, the coaching position should be looked at. That doesn't mean I say the coaches are out, just that it should be looked at closer. This team was on the cusp of beating SK (outplayed them for sure), and lost against Lex Cath in the last possession. They can't close when necessary (or hold when necessary, however you look at it). That seems more of a coaching issue than a talent issue, IMHO. GO BIRDS!

Outside the fact that they are a veer team and don't pass, I know nothing about them. With that said, with Huddy in the lineup, I really feel like the Birds will be able to stack the box and run man coverage in the secondary to put a stop to that veer. Birds by 28 (assuming they run Veneman deep more than 3x).

Casey is a quality RB, and a quality kid. He always seems to have great games against HHS. I don't know if he is the best we will see this year, but he is top two or three for sure. Unfortunately for my Birds, this one gets ugly I think by the start of Q4 with a running clock. Huddy helps the run, but I don't see us stopping them on the ground. If they throw the ball enough, HHS will get a few picks. Disclaimer: I predicted a running clock in the third for the SK game as well, and we should have won that game.

Huddleston is a sophomore. Should have started varsity last year.

Huddy is a special player that will anchor this defense for the next few years. Great to see him back.

If you think that Wilson didn't make a MASSIVE difference in that SK game, you're either biased against the kid for some reason, or you didn't see the game at all. The sophomore RB's didn't do anything in that game at all. The same line was blocking. Without Wilson, we would have lost that game by halftime. It was a stud performance. Obviously, take out the line and NO running back gets yards, but you can't sit here and tell me that the RB playing didn't make a huge difference when the same line was blocking for all 3.

If the defense plays the way it did in the first half of the SK game, Birds roll by 3 TDs