[Scotty_Bronson]

Williamsburg's defense is tough. Very fast, hit, and gang tackle well. In the Raceland game, Beech and Snyder both got smacked in the mouth and began running with the hands on the back of a lineman while looking for a hole. The only back who ran hard was Christian. He hit the edge without hesitation and gained around 45 yards on 3 carries. On the 3rd carry he injured his ankle(was broken at the beginning of the year), once he was out the run game went soft. If Christian stays in the game, Raceland's run game kicks into gear with the spread/option and it's a different ball game. It wasnt that Raceland couldnt stop Sizemore and co that lost the game. I say that to say this.

Mayfield has a quarterback with twice the arm of Elkins. Mayfield's oline is faster than Raceland's and probably a burger and fries short of being as big. I dont have their numbers so I cant say for sure. Mayfield, though they do not have a Jonathan Jackson, Stuart Mills is a faster version of Christian. He is a good running back who loves the edges. Hits the whole hard and doest shy away from contact.

The secret to neutralizing the Jackets defense, is hitting the c/d gaps fast with your rbs. Their 3-4/3-5 defense is really very good at controlling the gaps, but when Raceland ran the trap/counter, their DE/OLB over persue and the edge is wide open. Bc they will be in man, send your WR down field. They followed our WR everywhere they went.

While I thought, this game, meaning whover faced the Cards would be a running clock disaster, idk if thats going to be the case now. After watching Raceland/Pikeville(in person) then Raceland/Williamsburg(ihigh), I think all 3 of those teams created some interesting match ups for Mayfield. I feel this one though, simply after seeing Williamsburg's Jackets "swarm" the Rams offense, I think it will be a good game IF, Williamsburg can avoid the shock and awe of being there for the first time.

Raceland depended on strength to wear teams down. They finally run into a team who was as tough on the dline as they were on the oline and the Ram RBs collapsed, minus Christian, but ten he got hurt.

Imo, Mayfield will capitalize on what Raceland was doing off tackle. Then they will begin sucking Williamsburg's corners inside to stop the run and get Jackson going off of play action. Williamsburg will score and control Mayfield in spurts. But Mayfield will turn it out late.