ICC Week 1

[ICCFan]

 Another season on the horizon in the ICC.  This looks like a very competitive season in the league.  They’ve abandoned their divisional alignment and will crown one champion over the course of the season.

 Bellwood at Tyrone – Perhaps the hottest rivalry in the region renews at Tyrone.  Bellwood will be scrappy, prepared, and keep it close but in the end…..Tyrone 20 Bellwood 15

 Chestnut Ridge at Everett – An interesting all Bedford County opener between two of District 5’s four AA squads.  Ridge has more starters returning, more depth, more experience….just a little better in all facets adds up to a solid Lion win.  CR 34 Everett 8

 Claysburg at Southern Huntingdon –  These teams ended the regular season last year with a tight 17-14 game won by the Rockets.  It appears from this vantage point the Claysburg has a better chance to be improved than Southern, who lost the Carowicks.  Reverse this result in another tight one.  Claysburg 18 Southern 14

 Huntingdon at Mount Union–  This should be a very competitive rivalry game.  Mount Union returns a nice nucleus and it will be interesting to see if there are any growing pains from the coaching changes there.  Huntingdon had a winning record last year and an unbeaten JV squad.  When in doubt, go with the known…Huntingdon 26 Mount Union 20

 Glendale at Williamsburg –This could be a very interesting opener and propel one of these two teams to a .500 or above season.  They both return lots of starters on both sides of the ball.  Williamsburg has enjoyed more success than Glendale the past two years but in a minor upset, Glendale 15 Williamsburg 14 in what should be a fun small school game to watch.

 Tussey Mountain at Juniata Valley  -  JV is a team back on the rise and welcomes an undefeated group of JH players to the SOPH class who should contribute to their continued resurgence this year.  Tussey is always well coached and will play tough but there is just a bit of a downturn cycle going on in terms of athletes and depth in their program right now.  JV 28 TM 14

 West Branch at Philipsburg – Look for West Branch to continue their rebounding ways this year as they return 1,000+ rusher Creighton Coble.  PO has nice size but will still struggle at the skill positions.  WB 20 PO 6

 Mo Valley at Northern Bedford -  Northern Bedford returns a bunch of starters and features a lot of explosiveness at the skill positions.  Mo Valley loses their stud player while returning a fair amount of starters.  NB caught fire late last season and expect it to continue.  NBC 40 Mo Valley 8

[QuoteTheRaven]

Keep hearing this years Bellwood-Tyrone game will be the closest it has been in a while. Guess we shall see tomorrow night...

[elitefootball]

the Mount Union Trojans are going to take the win Friday 21-14

[Footballfanatic024]

Mount union and Huntingdon should be a good game but if either team gets up it could barrel roll

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[grasshopper]

Raven, Raven, Raven. Where did you hear that at? Was it the Bellwood Sheetz or the Tyrone Sheetz?
Anyhow what are you concerned about that game for, I thought you would have box seats at St. Josephs games
this year to watch Saint Franco.

Anyhow Bellwood will be another several years until they get athletes who are dedicated to win.
Most of the players are not in shape. Tyrone will push them up and down the field again this year.
Tyrone comes to play!!!! Now next week on their trek to Roaring Spring it may be different.
However once again for the Backyard Brawl it will be Tyrone 29 Bellwood 13 - if their lucky.
And final regular season Tyrone 8-2, Bellwood 7-3 or 6-4.

OK Raven have a good flight. Watch out for the buzzards and drones.

[Aiks19]

Raven, Raven, Raven.     Where did you hear that at?   Was it the Bellwood Sheetz or the Tyrone Sheetz?
Anyhow what are you concerned about that game for, I thought you would have box seats at St. Josephs games
this year to watch Saint Franco.

Anyhow Bellwood will be another several years until they get athletes who are dedicated to win.
Most of the players are not in shape.   Tyrone will push them up and down the field again this year.
Tyrone comes to play!!!!    Now next week on their trek to Roaring Spring it may be different.
However once again for the Backyard Brawl it will be Tyrone 29   Bellwood 13 - if their lucky.
And final regular season Tyrone 8-2, Bellwood 7-3 or 6-4.

OK Raven have a good flight.   Watch out for the buzzards and drones.

Bellwood may not beat Tyrone . But I guarantee they don't go 6-4. 8-2 at worst

[davesandstorm]

I think it should be a fairly good week of football for the ICC.

I'll take...

Bellwood-Antis over Tyrone
Chestnut Ridge over Everett
Claysburg-Kimmel over Southern Huntingdon
Mount Union over Huntingdon
Williamsburg over Glendale
Juniata Valley over Tussey Mountain
Northern Bedford over Moshannon Valley

I think all the games could go the other way with the exception of Ridge/Everett. With the shortened pre-season, it'll come down to discipline, conditioning, and turnovers this week more than any opener before.

Good luck to all the teams! (Unless your playing MU, then bad luck

[timex13]

Very curious to see what Ridge does this year. Had a lot of young talent last year. 

[ChrisKentRam]

Very curious to see what Ridge does this year. Had a lot of young talent last year. 

7-3... Book it!

[QuoteTheRaven]

Raven, Raven, Raven.     Where did you hear that at?   Was it the Bellwood Sheetz or the Tyrone Sheetz?
Anyhow what are you concerned about that game for, I thought you would have box seats at St. Josephs games
this year to watch Saint Franco.

Anyhow Bellwood will be another several years until they get athletes who are dedicated to win.
Most of the players are not in shape.   Tyrone will push them up and down the field again this year.
Tyrone comes to play!!!!    Now next week on their trek to Roaring Spring it may be different.
However once again for the Backyard Brawl it will be Tyrone 29   Bellwood 13 - if their lucky.
And final regular season Tyrone 8-2, Bellwood 7-3 or 6-4.

OK Raven have a good flight.   Watch out for the buzzards and drones.

Grasshopper!!! Oh how I have missed my arch nemesis!!! Last I heard someone was scraping you off the inside of a mower deck!?!?!?!? Should be a good game tonight, I attended the Bellwood-Central scrimmage and Central certainly handled Bellwood, but I think that Central is just that good. I think tonight's Bellwood-Tyrone game will be a 10pt game. I am saying 28-20 Tyrone. But next week against Central might be a repeat of last season for the Golden Eagles. As for Franco and St. Joseph's...I sold my box seats on StubHub.com for this weeks game since I have season tickets for the Wolves in the "Franco Suite".....made some beer money for the weekend!!!

Anyway be safe and watch out for those mower decks this week Grasshopper!!! Quote the Raven...NEVERMORE