[andy griffith]

It is a primarily mental game. Especially at the high school level. More than anything, your last comment solidified what I have been thinking. High school kids live in the moment 99% of the time, but for some reason, especially in sports, when a team reaches a certain level, other kids begin to look at them as untouchable, unbeatable, and other wordly. I heard it from Raceland kids last year, I also heard it from kids from Williamsburg and Hazard (traveling down south alot I always go through the town and make a point to speak with any football players I may come across). They talked about how the 2014 championship game gave them a new look on the west. Sure it may take a perfect storm as you put it, but the simple fact is, these eastern kids realized that it could be done. Williamsburg should have won that game last year, the Cards made enough adjustments at the end, and because they had been there before, they didnt get rattled. The gap has closed, you will see.

Nobody asked me, but from my limited knowledge id say that beechwood team will be significantly better. By looking at past comments on last seaons threads everyone claimed Williamsburg was so much better than the year before, because of so many starters returning. If so why would anyone think that beechwood wouldn't be better since they return a lot from a good team, and plus I heard scotty himself say all the eastern teams lost a lot of there talent.