North Dakota Preps

9-Man
1st Poll
September 4th, 2013

1. Cavalier (5) 1-0 42
2. TGU (2) 2-0 31
3. Grant County-Flasher (4) 2-0 29
4. Napoleon-Gackle-Streeter (1) 2-0 18
5. North Star 2-0 15
Others Receiving Votes: LaMoure-LM (2-0) 13, St. John (2-0) 13, Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn (2-0) 13, Shiloh Christian (2-0) 6.

I've only looked at scores, but NGS beats SZ at home by a TD and South Border beats SZ by 3 TDs on the road. I'm not so sure NGS should be ranked and if they're the #1 team in the state, like someone believes, 9 man football is way down this year.

Polls this early in the season go mostly by name recognition as its just too early to tell. There will be plenty of changes by about midseason.

Flip wrote:I've only looked at scores, but NGS beats SZ at home by a TD and South Border beats SZ by 3 TDs on the road. I'm not so sure NGS should be ranked and if they're the #1 team in the state, like someone believes, 9 man football is way down this year.

Yes Flip, you are stating the obvious. We knew last fall that many 9 man teams would be losing numbers due to graduation. Most teams cant even field a JV team due to low numbers.

Grant County Flasher has put up some crazy numbers so far. I am very interested to see if they can throw the ball when the conditions aren't ideal. I was impressed when I watched them.

9-Man
2nd Poll
September 11th, 2013

1. Cavalier (9) 1-0 68
2. TGU (4) 3-0 61
3. Grant County-Flasher (3) 3-0 48
4. Napoleon-Gackle-Streeter 3-0 28
5. St. John 3-0 10
Others Receiving Votes: Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn (3-0) 9, LaMoure-LM (3-0) 9, Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page (3-0) 5, Shiloh Christian (2-0) 2.

Should be interesting next week as most of the teams on the list play each other is week. Who on this list is most likely to be at the top of it come playoff time? I have only seen grant county play and they look like the real deal

Based on the posts in this forum Cavalier should have little problems going undefeated in the regular season so I don't see why they wouldn't be #1 the entire season.

The west side can't even hang

I know the first week when there were Tuesday and Saturday games, some teams did not have a game one of those days so they have played one less game. But Cavalier's record shows that they have played two less games. Is that correct, and why?

Believe they had a bye week and one game was played as a JV game.

Bison-Vikes #1 wrote:Believe they had a bye week and one game was played as a JV game.

This is correct.

9-Man
3rd Poll
September 18th, 2013

1. Cavalier (10) 2-0 72
2. TGU (4) 4-0 63
3. Grant County-Flasher (1) 4-0 51
4. St. John 4-0 26
5. LaMoure-LM 4-0 24
Others Receiving Votes: Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page (3-1) 2, Shiloh Christian (3-0) 2.

9-Man
4th Poll
September 25th, 2013

1. Cavalier (12) 3-0 70
2. TGU (1) 5-0 58
3. Grant County-Flasher (2) 5-0 51
4. South Border 4-0 21
5. Shiloh Christian 4-0 11
Others Receiving Votes: Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page (4-1) 7, St. John (4-1) 7.

9-Man
5th Poll
October 3rd, 2013

1. Cavalier (12) 4-0 67
2. TGU (2) 6-0 52
3. Grant County-Flasher (1) 5-0 49
4. Shiloh Christian 5-0 21
5. St. John 5-1 13
Others Receiving Votes: Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page (5-1) 6, Richardton-Taylor-Hebron (5-1) 2.

Run4Fun2009 wrote:9-Man
5th Poll
October 3rd, 2013

1. Cavalier (12) 4-0 67
2. TGU (2) 6-0 52
3. Grant County-Flasher (1) 5-0 49
4. Shiloh Christian 5-0 21
5. St. John 5-1 13
Others Receiving Votes: Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page (5-1) 6, Richardton-Taylor-Hebron (5-1) 2.

How long has it been that a Region 1 team has not even been mentioned in the polls. Should be some kind of motivator, even though polls are just for conversation.

probably never or maybe back when there were 8 regions

pigplet wrote:

Run4Fun2009 wrote:9-Man
5th Poll
October 3rd, 2013

1. Cavalier (12) 4-0 67
2. TGU (2) 6-0 52
3. Grant County-Flasher (1) 5-0 49
4. Shiloh Christian 5-0 21
5. St. John 5-1 13
Others Receiving Votes: Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page (5-1) 6, Richardton-Taylor-Hebron (5-1) 2.

How long has it been that a Region 1 team has not even been mentioned in the polls. Should be some kind of motivator, even though polls are just for conversation.

I think its because across the board Region 1 is one of the closest Regions competition-wise. On any give week 1-5 could beat each other. There is no clear favorite. I think that's what makes this region exciting. These last couple of weeks are going to be exciting in Region 1! Anyways, who wants to continuely see 80-0 blowouts?!?!

TGU is still getting votes? Wow.

5-time state chump wrote:TGU is still getting votes? Wow.

Why wouldn't they? They are still undefeated.

9-Man
6th Poll
October 10th, 2013

1. Cavalier (12) 5-0 67
2. TGU 7-0 50
3. Grant County-Flasher (2) 6-0 49
4. Shiloh Christian 6-0 28
5. Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page 6-1 6
Others Receiving Votes: Richardton-Taylor-Hebron (6-1) 5, Divide County (6-1) 4, South Border (5-1) 1.

#5 team got beat by 60 against #1. Either cavalier is on another planet or someone has a good record in a weak region. Where is Napoleon? Probably will win region title....

footballchicken wrote:#5 team got beat by 60 against #1. Either cavalier is on another planet or someone has a good record in a weak region. Where is Napoleon? Probably will win region title....

I'm not sure FSHP is the 5th best team in the state (I kind of doubt it actually), but I'd guess year in and year out the best team in the state is 30 points better than the 5th best team.

True statement

We all know these polls are just for the fans and don't mean anything. It is just a good way to get hype for games late in the year and in the playoffs.