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Post by tide on Aug 31, 2023 12:25:06 GMT -2
Any Eastern Shore fans hanging around here with some thoughts headed into the season? Lots of coaching changes this offseason, I believe it was five or six in all. Interesting Week 1 slate highlighted by five non-conference matchups:
Snow Hill @ Annapolis Area Christian
North Caroline @ Cambridge-SD
Colonel Richardson @ Washington
Linganore @ Wicomico
Bohemia Manor @ Kent County
Easton @ North East
J.M. Bennett @ Polytech (DE)
Kent Island @ Parkside
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Post by tide on Sept 1, 2023 11:49:00 GMT -2
Very thorough breakdown of each squad from Mike Bradley of Overtime Live: Bayside Power Poll |
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Post by Nomad on Sept 1, 2023 13:55:22 GMT -2
Thank you for providing content from the shore
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Post by tide on Sept 2, 2023 3:15:36 GMT -2
Friday Night Final Scores:
Snow Hill 20, AA Christian 0
North Caroline 28, Cambridge-SD 14
Col. Richardson 57, Washington 0
Linganore 40, Wicomico 0
Bohemia Manor 42, Kent County 6
Easton 38, North East 6
Polytech (DE) 58, J.M. Bennett 42
Saturday Score:
Kent Island 43, Parkside 20
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Post by tide on Sept 7, 2023 16:30:44 GMT -2
Mike Bradley's Week 1 Power Poll/Game Notes: linkLots more non-conference action on the way Week 2: Thursday 9/7 Washington @ J.M. Bennett Col. Richardson @ Woodbridge (DE) Friday 9/8 Cambridge-SD @ Century Wicomico @ Easton Parkside @ North Caroline Kent County @ Arcadia (VA) Nandua (VA) @ Snow Hill Randallstown @ Stephen Decatur City College @ Kent Island Saturday 9/9 Chesapeake-AA @ Queen Anne's |
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Post by tide on Sept 8, 2023 13:03:48 GMT -2
Thusday Night Final Scores:
J.M. Bennett 32, Washington 0
Woodbridge (DE) 52, Col. Richardson 12
Bennett-Washington was called just before halftime due to lightning. This is JMB's first win since 2019.
Friday Night:
Kent Island 31, City College 30
North Caroline 34, Parkside 0
Wicomico 17, Easton 3
Stephen Decatur 49, Randallstown 8
Snow Hill 26, Nandua (VA) 23
Cambridge-SD 42, Century 13
Arcadia (VA) 42, Kent County 6
KI, NC, and SD each improve to 2-0. Snow Hill starts 2-0 for the first time since 2007.
Saturday Afternoon:
Chesapeake-AA 21, Queen Anne's 9
QA falls to 0-2.
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Post by tide on Sept 14, 2023 9:34:42 GMT -2
Mike Bradley's Week 3 Power Poll/Game Notes: link
Week 3 features a pair of Friday night matchups in Ridgely and Centreville that should start to reveal where things fall in the 2A pecking order: Thursday 9/14 Cambridge-SD @ Parkside Snow Hill @ Arcadia (VA) Friday 9/15 Col. Richardson @ Kent Island Easton @ North Caroline Wicomico @ Queen Anne's J.M. Bennett @ Stephen Decatur Washington @ Delmar (DE) Saturday 9/16 Seaford (DE) @ Kent County |
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Post by tide on Sept 15, 2023 11:59:40 GMT -2
Thursday Night Final Scores:
Cambridge-SD 28, Parkside 21
Snow Hill 30, Arcadia (VA) 0
Cambridge beats a 2A opponent on the road, improves to 2-1. Parkside falls to 0-3. Snow Hill improves to 3-0 and has already matched their win total from a season ago.
Friday Night:
Queen Anne's 25, Wicomico 19 (OT)
North Caroline 35, Easton 0
Stephen Decatur 35, J.M. Bennett 0
Kent Island 43, Col. Richardson 7
Delmar (DE) 57, Washington 0
QA gets their first win of the season in the best game of the night. NC, SD, KI each move to 3-0. Easton falls to 1-2, and word on the radio broadcast was their starting QB has been lost for the season to injury.
Saturday Afternoon:
Seaford (DE) 24, Kent County 6
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Post by tide on Sept 21, 2023 10:16:33 GMT -2
Mike Bradley's Week 3 Power Poll/Game Notes: linkA full slate of conference matchups on the docket in Week 4, while Washington has a bye week. Undefeated North Caroline travels to Wi-Hi, who looks to avoid a 1-3 start. CSD visits Colonel in what has amounted to the 1A Division title game in recent years, though perhaps 3-0 Snow Hill will be a factor in that this season as well. Thursday 9/21 North Caroline @ Wicomico Friday 9/22 Queen Anne's @ J.M. Bennett Easton @ Kent Island Snow Hill @ Stephen Decatur Cambridge-SD @ Col. Richardson Parkside @ Kent County |
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Post by tide on Sept 22, 2023 13:31:14 GMT -2
Thursday Night Final Score:
North Caroline 14, Wicomico 7
NC is off to a 4-0 start under their new head coach. Wi-Hi falls to 1-3 and will host Kent Island next Thursday, so things won't get any easier.
Friday Night:
Col. Richardson 14, Cambridge-SD 13
Queen Anne's 16, J.M. Bennett 0
Kent Island 35, Easton 0
Stephen Decatur 39, Snow Hill 0
Parkside 55, Kent County 6
Colonel gets a late TD and 2 point conversion to beat CSD for a third straight season, following a 15 season head to head winning streak for CSD that had spanned 2006-2020. KI and SD each move to 4-0. Parkside picks up their first win after a tough start to the year. Weather played a major factor in at least some of the games, with wind gusts over 40mph reported at Decatur.
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Post by tide on Sept 28, 2023 10:18:41 GMT -2
Mike Bradley's Week 4 Power Poll: linkWeek 5 starts to get into the meat of the conference schedule, especially in the 2A Division. KI and SD take undefeated records on the road tonight and both will be fairly heavy favorites. Parkside-Bennett on Friday has the potential to be a competitive game, with the JMB program in the best shape it's been in since pre-covid. Homecoming at QA wraps things up on Saturday afternoon. NC at 4-0 is not an average homecoming opponent, so look for that one to perhaps be the best game of the week. Thursday 9/28 Kent Island @ Wicomico Stephen Decatur @ Easton Friday 9/29 Parkside @ J.M. Bennett Kent County @ Cambridge-SD Washington @ Snow Hill Saturday 9/30 North Caroline @ Queen Anne's Col. Richardson @ Lancaster (VA) |
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Post by tide on Sept 29, 2023 10:59:34 GMT -2
Thursday Night Final Scores:
Kent Island 28, Wicomico 0
Stephen Decatur 42, Easton 0
KI and SD both move to 5-0. This sets up a potential Bayside game of the year candidate next Friday night, as the Bucs host the Seahawks in Stevensville. Wi-Hi and Easton each fall to 1-4. Easton hasn't scored a point in three weeks, and has only tallied a single field goal since a Week 1 rout of North East. The typical high-flying Warrior offense seems to have been hit very hard by injuries/graduations.
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Post by iwasthere on Sept 29, 2023 13:39:24 GMT -2
Thursday Night Final Scores: Kent Island 28, Wicomico 0 Stephen Decatur 42, Easton 0 KI and SD both move to 5-0. This sets up a potential Bayside game of the year candidate next Friday night, as the Bucs host the Seahawks in Stevensville. Wi-Hi and Easton each fall to 1-4. Easton hasn't scored a point in three weeks, and has only tallied a single field goal since a Week 1 rout of North East. The typical high-flying Warrior offense seems to have been hit very hard by injuries/graduations. Any reason not to assume North Caroline is the weakest of the 3 unbeatens given they only beat Wicomico 14-7? |
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Post by tide on Sept 29, 2023 17:35:02 GMT -2
Any reason not to assume North Caroline is the weakest of the 3 unbeatens given they only beat Wicomico 14-7? We won't have to wait long to find out, because the three teams play a round robin with one another over the next three weeks. North Caroline has a first year head coach after the retirement of long time HC James McCormick, so they're a bit of an unknown in that regard. If you use last season's results as a starting point, NC certainly has more to prove than the other two. They returned a lot of guys on both sides of the ball from a team that was inconsistent a year ago, but as a playoff underdog blew Easton out on Easton's home field, and then gave Decatur a solid game the following week. They're always strong defensively, and this year seems to be no different. What may set KI and SD apart is the passing game. SD has been known for that under their present coaching staff, but KI has been throwing the ball quite a bit so far too, something they were never known for in the past. |
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Post by iwasthere on Sept 29, 2023 18:25:38 GMT -2
Any reason not to assume North Caroline is the weakest of the 3 unbeatens given they only beat Wicomico 14-7? We won't have to wait long to find out, because the three teams play a round robin with one another over the next three weeks. North Caroline has a first year head coach after the retirement of long time HC James McCormick, so they're a bit of an unknown in that regard. If you use last season's results as a starting point, NC certainly has more to prove than the other two. They returned a lot of guys on both sides of the ball from a team that was inconsistent a year ago, but as a playoff underdog blew Easton out on Easton's home field, and then gave Decatur a solid game the following week. They're always strong defensively, and this year seems to be no different. What may set KI and SD apart is the passing game. SD has been known for that under their present coaching staff, but KI has been throwing the ball quite a bit so far too, something they were never known for in the past. Thanks for the insight! With all three of these teams, especially KI and SD, it may very well be the East’s year in the 2A! |
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