by B-oldtimer » Sun Oct 22, 2017 1:47 pm
Here in the east both quarter final games could be very good games. Hillsboro vs Carrington I think will be much more competitive game than people think. Also the Langdon vs EEk game will put two teams that are opposite in that one is ground game team and other likes to play wide open style of game. A big thing there is what kind of weather will the teams be playing. Langdon basically played two quarters offense this past weekend because of the wind which both teams had to play in but sure effected there offense. Hard to have passing game with winds gusting into high 30's. The one thing is Langdon does have good defense this year there much better than last year there just more physical and bigger than last year. The thing is most of the state does not get to see much of region 2 teams because most of them to far from major towns of Grand Forks, Fargo, Minot, and Bismarck for people to have watched them. Hillsboro, Beulah, VElva, Des Lac Burlington, and Dickinson Trinity are closer to press get cover more than region 2 teams. Also EEk being last year state champion gets more coverage. I think these east team quarter final games are going to be real competitive with Carrington and Langdon showing they are quality teams. Carrington is very good team and there loss to Langdon is there only blemish this year but that score does not reflect on how they are as a team. Langdon is very unique team in high school football do not see team like this very often where they are so pass led team but they can run the football if they have too. With there passing they spread out defenses to where they like to get matchups they like to take advantage of the talent they have. They can score quickly and often but last year EEk with there defense and ball control offence was able to control the game. So it will be fun to see this year if this will be result or Langdon being year older and bigger this year can reverse last years game.