District 5 Playoffs set

[bbsocceralumni]

Exactly, their numbers are big because the competition is down. I don't care how many kids you got coming back because it is all about the quality of players you lose not quantity. From last year to this year it is a big difference.

still disagree, there are more quality players in my opinion this year overall then last year. teams like c.t who lost 2 starters on offense and 3 on defense and teams like n.s. and windber who are the same, have had people step into replace the covers, byers, and saylors. and the core group surrounding them are the same who where there last year. i feel confident that this years d5 representative will put up more against clairton or d7 rep then the past 3 have, will lose but will put up a score, whether its max to tony, bryan td run, berlin run or pass td, c.t run or pass td, or nbc rushing td. i believe any of these teams will score at least one td.

Okay this year's teams to last:
Berlin is worse than last year
North Star is worse than last year
NBC is worse than last year
CT is about the same
Windber is better than last year
Meyersdale is the about the same
There is no way a D5 team this year will put up a fight against Clairton/Sto Rox. It will be 42-0 at half.

[abpk2903]

bb,

Gotta disagree...

NBC might have gotten slightly worse and Berlin may be about the same. As far as everyone else, they are all vastly better than last year. This is just an outsider of the programs view from the few games I've seen.

[thebrigade]

Exactly, their numbers are big because the competition is down. I don't care how many kids you got coming back because it is all about the quality of players you lose not quantity. From last year to this year it is a big difference.

still disagree, there are more quality players in my opinion this year overall then last year. teams like c.t who lost 2 starters on offense and 3 on defense and teams like n.s. and windber who are the same, have had people step into replace the covers, byers, and saylors. and the core group surrounding them are the same who where there last year. i feel confident that this years d5 representative will put up more against clairton or d7 rep then the past 3 have, will lose but will put up a score, whether its max to tony, bryan td run, berlin run or pass td, c.t run or pass td, or nbc rushing td. i believe any of these teams will score at least one td.

Okay this year's teams to last:
Berlin is worse than last year
North Star is worse than last year
NBC is worse than last year
CT is about the same
Windber is better than last year
Meyersdale is the about the same
There is no way a D5 team this year will put up a fight against Clairton/Sto Rox. It will be 42-0 at half.

really bb i said they would score a td not win, just because your brother is gone doesnt mean the westpac is below last year. berlin was undefeated so yes they drop a little, n.s was 7-3 now 8-1 nbc same as berlin, ct is better and windber is better why these teams are putting up better stats and playing better which is why i said any of the teams would score A td. not win next year you will see a posibility of a dropoff with many schools like c.t, windber, n.s nbc and a few others graduating 15+ seniors form each team. this year they all graduated 5 or 6 which is why i said they are better overall and the stats back it up. berlin could have easily been 8-1 had it not been a mudbath in ridge. i have gone to many of these games and the top 6 teams are all better then what i seen last year and yes that includes berlin, instead of relying on one person they are much more balanced.

[S Cube]

This years field is very competitive. As people have been saying, I wouldn't be surprised if any of the top 5 teams wins it. Last year, going in, all signs pointed to a Berlin/Northern Bedford battle of the unbeatens in the finals, until North Star crashed the party. North Star is tough to bet against in this years field, but they are definitely beatable by anyone who can slow down their passing attack. Key words there are slow down. I don't think anyone can completely shut down Max and Tony, but if you can hold Tony to 3-4 receptions and only 1 TD you give yourself a nice chance.

Friday night I'll take NB over Meyersdale. Northern Bedford has a nice balanced offense and a pretty solid defense. NB lost a ton to graduation, but the two areas where they will be stronger in the playoffs this year will be the secondary and having a healthy Logan Fluke. The secondary is bigger and more athletic than last year, which I think will give them a good chance at beating North Star if they can make it that far. Meyersdale hasn't beaten a .500 team yet and I don't think they will get it done this week. Should be a nice playing surface Friday, Panther Community Stadium is probably in better shape than any grass surface in Central PA.

On Saturday I'll take Conemaugh Twp over Berlin. No home field advantage hurts here. Does CT's soccer team play on the football field? I personally hate when soccer teams play a lot of games on the football fields. That my friends is where the damage to the playing surface comes from, not the one or two football games a week. Anyway, I really like Townships balance on offense. They can with running and throwing the ball, and Sam Zam will have his team well prepared. I'm also impressed with the season Berlin has put together. They did a real nice job of picking up right where last years team left off and seem to be playing their best football at the right time. Haven't seen Berlin play this year, but by the looks of things Jacob Craig has been on a mission.

[thebrigade]

This years field is very competitive. As people have been saying, I wouldn't be surprised if any of the top 5 teams wins it. Last year, going in, all signs pointed to a Berlin/Northern Bedford battle of the unbeatens in the finals, until North Star crashed the party. North Star is tough to bet against in this years field, but they are definitely beatable by anyone who can slow down their passing attack. Key words there are slow down. I don't think anyone can completely shut down Max and Tony, but if you can hold Tony to 3-4 receptions and only 1 TD you give yourself a nice chance.

Friday night I'll take NB over Meyersdale. Northern Bedford has a nice balanced offense and a pretty solid defense. NB lost a ton to graduation, but the two areas where they will be stronger in the playoffs this year will be the secondary and having a healthy Logan Fluke. The secondary is bigger and more athletic than last year, which I think will give them a good chance at beating North Star if they can make it that far. Meyersdale hasn't beaten a .500 team yet and I don't think they will get it done this week. Should be a nice playing surface Friday, Panther Community Stadium is probably in better shape than any grass surface in Central PA.

On Saturday I'll take Conemaugh Twp over Berlin. No home field advantage hurts here. Does CT's soccer team play on the football field? I personally hate when soccer teams play a lot of games on the football fields. That my friends is where the damage to the playing surface comes from, not the one or two football games a week. Anyway, I really like Townships balance on offense. They can with running and throwing the ball, and Sam Zam will have his team well prepared. I'm also impressed with the season Berlin has put together. They did a real nice job of picking up right where last years team left off and seem to be playing their best football at the right time. Haven't seen Berlin play this year, but by the looks of things Jacob Craig has been on a mission.

agree 100% any of the top 5 i think will represent the best that can be done against a wpial powerhouse even if it isnt clairton, lot of 8-1 teams coming from there and i agree with the nbc/berlin i was shocked at how big nbc really was on the line and didnt think anyone could beat them and same with berlin, but berlins downfall was the injury to one player, and nbc just couldnt stop n.s. passing, i think n.s defense gives any other of the 4 a chance at a victory but as you said, will be hard to stop max/tony combo

[GoDragons]

I think the NBC vs Meyersdale game should be a better game than what people may think. NBC's opponents combined record is 32-49. They've played three teams with winning records and only beat Glendale (6-3). The others were Moshannon Valley (6-3) (lost) and West Branch (5-4) (lost).

Meyersdale's opponents combined record is 38-43. Meyersdale's four losses were to teams that are a combined 28-8.

[rainmaker]

I think this year's field is better overall than last year's playoff teams.

1. NS - It is tough to say they are worse. They were 7-2 last year coming into the playoffs. They lost some people, but they are very, very good.

2. Windber - They are better this year

3. NBC - They are not as good as they were a year ago. They are pretty good, but they aren't 11-1 great as they were last year.

4. CT- They are better than last year. They have almost everyone back and they have a high flying offense.

5. Berlin - They lost their best player, but they still return a lot. They are not quite as good as last year.

6. Meyersdale - Better than last year. They returned basically every skill guy. Hoover missed a lot of this year and is back now. He runs for 1,250 - 1,500 yards in a full season.


This year I feel the teams are better overall than last year. NBC and Berlin are the only two who I feel are down compared to the year before.

I think the NBC - Meyersdale game will be a very good one. Meyersdale is the best offense NB has faced. I would say they are like similar to Glendale's 2010 offense but they have a defense similar to a Williamsburg or Everett. If Meyersdale holds NB under 20, they will probably win the game tonight. The Red Raiders have an outstanding offense.

[dragonfootball2001]

I'll agree with my Cove brother here. As much as I love the corn fed boys from Loysburg, the Panthers really lack quality wins this year. They've been inconsistant at best and the second half let down last week vs West Branch really showed that.

The Panthers should get past Meyersdale, but I do think it will be a tight game, with Meyersdale being able to take advantage of NB's weaknesses better than the ICC teams have this season.

With only one ICC team in the D5 A playoffs, you really have to question the quality of NB's schedule and how that will play out against the WestPac in the playoffs. I do not see NB competing with North Star in the finals at all. Even getting past Windber will be a major accomplishment for this team, given their performance to this point.

[bbsocceralumni]

Brigade I really don't need your opinion. You disagree with everything I say. The competition is better this year but overall D5 is down. Stop arguing the truth. Just because a team has a better record than last year does not mean they are better than last year.

[Lemmy]

Dear GoDragons and DragonFootball2001,

Instead of being concerned about the Black Panthers maybe you should be concerned about your Central Dragons. Do you think you can go a season without your lights going out during a game. Is it true the East Freedom area is going to leave the Spring Cove district and join the Hollidaysburg School district?