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UK1fan is right, the only reason they won games in second half of season is because of poor 5A competition! The did improve a little, but nothing big; they where still not a good team! The typical Highlands team would put a running clock on all the 5A competition last year except probably BG.

Kind of like the girls soccer team right? You schedule enough patsies to pad your stats it makes you look good. They were not a good team, but yet they made the state semi-finals and led for 3 quarters against a team many said would put a running clock on them. The "typical" Highlands team is the real issue however. Can you describe what "typical" Highlands teams are please? Not every year is blessed with a QB that is a high level Division 1 recruit. Take Lorenzen, Guidulgi and Towles out of the mix and let me know if they would be "typical" in your mind. I would also say that Hoge was better than Towles and not too far behind the other two as a high school quarterback. This "bad" team of last year has 5 to 7 kids that are going to play in college next year do they not? Is that "typical" of a Highlands team or not?

Was it a typical Highlands team in 1983 when they lost a game they should have one and did not advance in the playoffs? How about 1984 and 1985? Or better yet how about 1980? Didn't they lose to Newport?