'10 First Round Playoffs

[Run4Fun2009]

South Border @ Sargent Central
Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page @ North Border
Edgeley-Kulm @ Dakota Prairie
New Rockford-Sheyenne @ Wyndmere-Lidgerwood

ytd 43-7 (assuming strasburg beat shiloh last week, I never saw a score)

yeah S/Z won over Shiloh

[Run4Fun2009]

South Border 30 @ Sargent Central 0
Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page 6 @ North Border 36
Edgeley-Kulm 34 @ Dakota Prairie 55
New Rockford-Sheyenne 12 @ Wyndmere-Lidgerwood 52
TGU 50 @ Beach 20
North Star 44 @ MLS 28
Washburn 20 @ Divide County 48
Surrey 6 @ St. John 38

[CC1983]

South Border 30 @ Sargent Central 0
Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page 6 @ North Border 36
Edgeley-Kulm 34 @ Dakota Prairie 55
New Rockford-Sheyenne 12 @ Wyndmere-Lidgerwood 52
TGU @ Beach
North Star @ MLS
Washburn @ Divide County
Surrey 6 @ St. John 38

Northstar 44 @ MLS 28

[Divide & Conquer]

South Border 30 @ Sargent Central 0
Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page 6 @ North Border 36
Edgeley-Kulm 34 @ Dakota Prairie 55
New Rockford-Sheyenne 12 @ Wyndmere-Lidgerwood 52
TGU @ Beach
North Star @ MLS
Washburn @ Divide County
Surrey 6 @ St. John 38

Northstar 44 @ MLS 28

Awesome,
DC - 48, Washburn - 20, Good team, but couldn't stop the DC power game when they finally got going.

[Run4Fun2009]

2nd Round of Games next week

South Border at Thompson
Kidder County at North Border
Dakota Prairie at Hillsboro
Wyndmere-Lidgerwood at Napoleon-Gackle-Streeter
Towner-Granville-Upham at Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn
North Star at Mott-Regent
Divide County at Wells County
St. John at Richardton-Taylor-Hebron

[PlayHard-KHCO]

I think everyone is over rating Sargent Central or looking past FSHP. To me they're pretty much the same level. Remember when they played, SC won by a 2 point conversion. FSHP was tied going to halftime with Thompson last week. If I'm picking a team to make surprise run to the semis (I'm not) I'd pick them. I think they're in an easier portion of the bracket than SC.

If resting your starters the last game of the regular season will increase your chances of making a run in the playoffs I don't see why you shouldn't do it.

I disagree with you Flip. This was a game where seeding was at stake. What if W-L had wanted to rest their starters as well? The JVs would have decided the second seed in the region. Resting your starters when nothing is on the line is one thing. Resting them when seeding is on the line - I think that's a bad practice. (If SC really did rest their starters. Was anyone there?)

Would anyone have blamed W-L if they had put 100 on the board to make a point? I know that wouldn't be sportsmanlike, I get that. But there is a part of me that would like to run it up to say "Fine. If you want that upper bracket so bad, you're going to have to pay for it." I don't think I'd have the guts to do it, but I'd sure be thinking it.

The starters were 'rested' and I agree with you fully Hinsa- it is a poor practice - and teaching what..? losing is ok? It seems to me that Larson had no faith in his team beating Wyndmere and was trying to instill a false sense of confidence in his starters by saying 'you didnt really lose, we played the backups'. Spineless to saythe least- every game you play you play to win. period. And by today's score of 30-0......speaks volumes.