District 6 A.

[hornets69]

I'd have to say a big part of it is Portage and some of the dumb things their coach says or does.

.....................and had they beat McCort, Bellwood, and Purchase Line both times instead of once.

I wish Portage would have gotten even BC in the first round of the playoffs the year Mo. Valley did and was able to sneak by them. Then played bellwood tough in the next round of playoffs after having been blown out in the regular season by bellwood. I wonder how that Mo Valley team would have done against Portage.

[thebrigade]

If NB meets up with CT in the semi's, NB will win by 2 scores. Outside of the first quarter of the season, NB has given up next to nothing on the ground. Byers would be held under 75 yards and NB will put up at least 3 touchdowns. NB's line is head and shoulders better than CT.

have you seen c.t play? lol head and shoulders above come on.. you all keep dissing c.t. more fuel for them.. they lost one game to ridge beat windber and portage and you call their line basically worthless with that statement.. if they are head and shoulders above why not give them a 5 td victory. said it before and will say it again. when playoffs come in all the past years westpac goes down and eliminates the t.m. everetts when they have the 1 seed or 2 seed and then bring the district finals back up here lets look at the past 10 years. windber 5 championships, c.t 2, meyersdale 1 n.s 1 berlin 1. had to go clear back to 1997 to see nbc winning against westpac. every year they host games and lose dont see that changing. good luck stopping byers ridge was able to dont think nbc will

[bbsocceralumni]

Facts are facts and the WestPac clearly does beat the ICC almost every year. Don't count out CT at all.

[thebrigade]

i still see a c.t. berlin final and should be a great game. either team will represent d5 well.

[Sideling Hill Fan]

I have heard that CT is very good and maybe even as good as berlin. why did they not play and who will win the westpac?

I know the point of comparison would be berlin and ct's games versus c.ridge but again, heresay, heard ct did not play well at all versus c.ridge. my sources call d5-a as even as it's ever been with berlin, nb and ct all equally capable and maybe berlin is just a teeny-tiny bit of a favorite. this year could go any way and sleeper out there may be windber, unless n.star wakes up. this friday will tell us much more about the two sleepers.

tussey mountain and nbc have both been to the finals in the past 6-7 years so i would assume they beat westpac teams in the semis or first round to get there. everett was a huge disappointment 2 years ago in losing to ct at home. Other than that I don't recall any major westpac versus icc upsets.

[S Cube]

when playoffs come in all the past years westpac goes down and eliminates the t.m. everetts when they have the 1 seed or 2 seed and then bring the district finals back up here lets look at the past 10 years. windber 5 championships, c.t 2, meyersdale 1 n.s 1 berlin 1. had to go clear back to 1997 to see nbc winning against westpac. every year they host games and lose dont see that changing

You're definitely right there. That however is not my point. Never did I once say anything about ICC, Westpac, or the past 13 years. I'm talking about 2010 NB/CT comparison. Who does CT have on the line that is anywhere near as good as Hixson, Sollenberger, and Suter? I mean, those are 3 of the toughest kids in the entire district all on the same line. I know this isn't wrestling, but Hixson, D. Sollenberger, and RB Albright are all D5 champs, and Suter is a state qualifier. I don't think CT has anyone that can match that kind of toughness.

good luck stopping byers ridge was able to dont think nbc will

That's a pretty poor arguement considering Chestnut Ridge gives up 157.1 yards on the ground and 17 points per game compared to Northern Bedford's 43.9 and 9.5. That's right, NB's defense is giving up 43.9 rushing yards per game. Vinnie Coy has over 1,000 yards and getting 11.5 a clip, didn't do squat against NB. Mark my words Byers will not sniff 100 yards if they play NB. I would be far more worried about Berlin and Windber's running game than Townships.

[bbsocceralumni]

I have heard that CT is very good and maybe even as good as berlin. why did they not play and who will win the westpac?

I know the point of comparison would be berlin and ct's games versus c.ridge but again, heresay, heard ct did not play well at all versus c.ridge. my sources call d5-a as even as it's ever been with berlin, nb and ct all equally capable and maybe berlin is just a teeny-tiny bit of a favorite. this year could go any way and sleeper out there may be windber, unless n.star wakes up. this friday will tell us much more about the two sleepers.

tussey mountain and nbc have both been to the finals in the past 6-7 years so i would assume they beat westpac teams in the semis or first round to get there. everett was a huge disappointment 2 years ago in losing to ct at home. Other than that I don't recall any major westpac versus icc upsets.

It happened because the teams schedules switch every 2 years. If both of them win this week, the WestPac will have co-champs. I understand that CT might of not played well against CR, but when a team loses you can always say they played bad. D5 A is about as good as it has been in a very long time with 5 teams that I could see winning the title. It is going to be interesting that is for sure. I can't wait to see what happens between NS and CT this week. It should give a good indication where everyone is.

[bbsocceralumni]

when playoffs come in all the past years westpac goes down and eliminates the t.m. everetts when they have the 1 seed or 2 seed and then bring the district finals back up here lets look at the past 10 years. windber 5 championships, c.t 2, meyersdale 1 n.s 1 berlin 1. had to go clear back to 1997 to see nbc winning against westpac. every year they host games and lose dont see that changing

You're definitely right there. That however is not my point. Never did I once say anything about ICC, Westpac, or the past 13 years. I'm talking about 2010 NB/CT comparison. Who does CT have on the line that is anywhere near as good as Hixson, Sollenberger, and Suter? I mean, those are 3 of the toughest kids in the entire district all on the same line. I know this isn't wrestling, but Hixson, D. Sollenberger, and RB Albright are all D5 champs, and Suter is a state qualifier. I don't think CT has anyone that can match that kind of toughness.

good luck stopping byers ridge was able to dont think nbc will

That's a pretty poor arguement considering Chestnut Ridge gives up 157.1 yards on the ground and 17 points per game compared to Northern Bedford's 43.9 and 9.5. That's right, NB's defense is giving up 43.9 rushing yards per game. Vinnie Coy has over 1,000 yards and getting 11.5 a clip, didn't do squat against NB. Mark my words Byers will not sniff 100 yards if they play NB. I would be far more worried about Berlin and Windber's running game than Townships.

S cube: You have to look at the SOS between CR and NBC. NBC has played puds all year long except for Glendale. NBC has not been battled tested other than that game and I don't like that. You have to be battle tested especially heading into districts against teams that are just as good as you. Those kids are big, but I think speed can beat NBC's big guys.

[S Cube]

Those kids are big, but I think speed can beat NBC's big guys.

Those guys have pretty decent wheels...

S cube: You have to look at the SOS between CR and NBC. NBC has played puds all year long except for Glendale. NBC has not been battled tested other than that game and I don't like that. You have to be battle tested especially heading into districts against teams that are just as good as you.

Chestnut Ridge did play a tougher schedule against some better running teams, but there isn't a doubt in my mind that NB has a better run defense than CR. I really wish we played Bellwood, Juniata Valley, or Ridge this year but it wasn't in the cards. However I don't think JV or even Bellwood would have had much success running the ball against NB. Now Ridge, they have an excellent rushing attack, the most balanced in the area. They have a lot of weapons, that is the type of offense that could run the ball on NB. If CT plans on coming out and handing the rock to Byers every play it could get ugly.

[hornets69]

If you had to choose between winning one of the following which would you choose?

1. District 6 A Championship
2. Westpac Championship
3. District 5 A championship

I would rank them in that order because in recent years District 6 has the three Bishops, the heritage, good ICC teams/Bellwood, and until this year, the best of the Westpac in Portage.

I feel that a true westpac conference title (not co champs) trumps the District 5 title in prestige for the years Portage won the conference. It's kind of a shame that is that way but I think alot of people see it the same way as me.

I think the westpac also get dissed because of District 5's credibility in the two football classes they have. A and AA. They have two or three AA teams and either let them play for a championship or award them one. (D6 does this for AAA and i think it is a joke also). They also would hand out class A championships when the class A playoffs were combined between District 5 and 6. In single A, almost every team makes the playoffs or at least has a chance to with 4 wins. I think D6 made the right decision to cut it down to 12 class A teams. I don't think more than half of the teams should be in the playoffs.