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I don't know who will win this game, however I expect it to be a close one just like the last game. For HC to win I think playcalling on offense is the key. If they rely on the legs of Penny and Moore and still manage to air it out and use what got them here which is the Abeling to Sullivan connection they should be fine. If they play too conservatively like against Beechwood they will get beat.

I'm sure vicars did have near 100 yards there is no doubt hes a great back he's gonna get his yards regardless. The thing is NCC couldn't just overpower HC when it came down to it. Yes they could move the ball in between the 20's, but when HC and NCC both knew they were gon run they couldn't run on the stacked defense of HC.

The fact that they were unable to score inside the redzone was the result of them not being able to run when HC stacked the box. There was a reason for the turnovers they weren't just random unlucky mishaps.

There's no doubt that Newcath might have worked out some kinks, but I don't think the last time they played that there were many huge mistakes other than the Int's, and IMO thats who NCC is as a team if you force them to throw. The difference could be that they don't let HC score and get ahead and in that scenario they are able to continue to force the issue of their running game and never have to resort to a pass first offensive attack.

No doubt Brossart will have a great team this year. As far as the mental toughness thing goes the only thing i could understand is if your talking about their inside talent. They may have the most mentally fierce competitor in Kentucky though at guard in Jimmy Uebel. Saying they don't have the mental toughness to come back from an 8 point deficeit in the second half is just ridiculous though.

Everyone is talking about how the only reason Newcath lost is because of the turnovers, and that they won't do it this time because they will just run. If you were at the game you saw that Newcath tried very hard to run the whole first half. Their line just wasnt able to get any push up front against HC's and Baker and Scruggs were in the backfield all day pounding Vicars(which by the way is no knock on him because he's one of the best around). NCC was forced to throw the ball a lot in the second half because they were unable to dominate on the ground like they needed to in order to come back. The fact of the matter is Harris is a very athletic talented kid with a strong arm who will make big plays in the passing game, but at the same time he's prone to ill advised passes and INT's! Just because NCC was able to run effectively the past couple of weeks and didn't have to pass does not mean they will not turn the ball over against HC again. Having said that I'm not saying by any means that HC will win this game but I just don't see it going much different than the first one did, which in my opinion could have gone either way.

My guess would be they've tried this especially considering the fact that he was one of the punters used against NewCath.

Too bad they won't get the chance to play in any championships otherwise they'd be set.

I agreed I immediately thought that he should have been called out.

Uebel had himself a day didnt he! 4-4 with two homeruns thats impressive. Keep it up Jim!

I agree I think Curley and Ryan are very close but Busse is better than Moore.

were all the pitchers legal?

How'd the scoring happen?

Who pitched for Brossart?

Oh ok thanks for clearing that up..

Would that make stephens the number one?

Is there a reason why Stephens has thrown both games so far? Is something wrong with Blesser, or just saving him?

Cross hit a solo shot in the sixth.

Congratulations to Luke Bray! That's awesome!

How'd morrison look at the plate?

??? Busse won't even be HC's number one pitcher this year, but I guess Jimmy Ryan isn't worth mentioning???

Not sure what game you saw but I didn't see anyone do a good job of guarding Steenken...??

Brossart-47 Scott-41

Not at all what I said(also if you notice I said I've heard it from more than one person). I also never said that CCH wishes Mike the worst and hopes he does bad. But you can still think he's not good enough to play at cch as well as hope he does good at Beechwood.

Honest to God I had this conversation with a CCH parent just two weeks ago at St. Agnes' gym. They said that Romes would never have broken into the lineup.