High school football scores

[SteelCurtain74]

The story I have been told is when the delta public schools chose to skip football last year, a non-profit organization put together a plan to make sure the better players primarily from Greenwood HS had a place to play. I don?t know the relationship to GCS other than that?s where they ended up. GCS has no money and I would bet their supporters don?t have the money to pay for extra kids to go to school. The non-profit is covering. TFWIW.

Well the non profit is getting its money's worth. No one is going to beat GCS in 3A. The qb is a big strong kid who is elusive and pretty accurate with his downfield throws. GCS could have beaten Prep worse last night. They had 2 tds called back due to penalties.

Their weakness is they have no special teams and at least last night their offensive line was allowing a lot of pressure from Prep's defensive line. With that said, I doubt any of the other 3A teams will have a defensive line as big or physical as Prep.

If anyone is in the Jackson area and want to see this team play, they are playing at JA in October.

[Brahmabull]

The QB is a winner. I?m not sure he has the passing skills to get a big time QB offer from a P5 school, but he will play somewhere.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Tupelo won their scrimmage against DeSoto Central last night.

[captaindog]

Well the non profit is getting its money's worth. No one is going to beat GCS in 3A. The qb is a big strong kid who is elusive and pretty accurate with his downfield throws. GCS could have beaten Prep worse last night. They had 2 tds called back due to penalties.

Their weakness is they have no special teams and at least last night their offensive line was allowing a lot of pressure from Prep's defensive line. With that said, I doubt any of the other 3A teams will have a defensive line as big or physical as Prep.

If anyone is in the Jackson area and want to see this team play, they are playing at JA in October.

Collins Hill has the topped ranked cornerback in the nation that is also an incredibly gifted offensive player. That is going to be an interesting matchup.

[parabrave]

The story I have been told is when the delta public schools chose to skip football last year, a non-profit organization put together a plan to make sure the better players primarily from Greenwood HS had a place to play. I don?t know the relationship to GCS other than that?s where they ended up. GCS has no money and I would bet their supporters don?t have the money to pay for extra kids to go to school. The non-profit is covering. TFWIW.

Well we will have to see where these kids end up, either to the NE or to the E.

[DownwardDawg]

Yep. My nieces and nephews go to a small catholic school on the coast. Every year when kids get to the 9th grade some daddies think their sons are all world and send their kids to the Public schools or the Large Catholic school in the Bay for better sporting opportunities. None of them ever see the field or court and usually quit sports. To paraphase Andy Taylor Nothing wrong with being the big fish in a little pond.

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.

[CaptainObvious]

The Delta public school football programs are horrible. Occasionally the Diamond in the rough comes along and plays on one of those bad teams. Greenville High and O?Bannon could merge and still be turrible. Ironically, after Greenwood High and Amanda Elzy merged( they were 1 mile apart), their football team did make some strides and had made the playoffs a few times.

But this coach at Greenville Christian has found a way to get the best of the delta and mesh them into a very talented football team especially at the skill positions. He will get a better job after this and GCS will go back to being a whipping boy.

[Coach34]

What I find odd is that Pillow Academy didn’t grab the guys from Greenwood

[chef dixon]

What I find odd is that Pillow Academy didn?t grab the guys from Greenwood

I'm pretty sure GCS already had a system in place they were doing for basketball for a few year before. Covid allowed them to ramp that up. But it's true they historically had no major local support.

I think GCS plays Alpharetta GA next week. Should be interesting.

Edit: also add that Pillow likely has way more resistance to a influx of players like that from the existing players and parents. GCS is pretty much free game, as they've got barely any existing enrollment to begin with, much less sports talent. Just a theory.

[CaptainObvious]

I'm pretty sure GCS already had a system in place they were doing for basketball for a few year before. Covid allowed them to ramp that up. But it's true they historically had no major local support.

I think GCS plays Alpharetta GA next week. Should be interesting.

Edit: also add that Pillow likely has way more resistance to a influx of players like that from the existing players and parents. GCS is pretty much free game, as they've got barely any existing enrollment to begin with, much less sports talent. Just a theory.

This☝🏻..... Pillow, Indianola, and Washington School are going to be more ?selective? in the scholarship process; i.e., measuring Academic abilities to succeed in the class room while competing in athletics.