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A new look at the revised 4-A East
Submitted by timstevens on 11/08/2008 - 22:05
To win the state you need to be able to beat any other team, but the new revised 4-A bracket has Fuquay-Varina (10-1, but seeded as a 10-0 club) scaring hard at a more much difficult second round assignment. That is if the Bengals can beat 16th seeded Fayetteville Sanford in the first round.
The second-round opponent would be perennial power Douglas Byrd or 2007 4-AA champion New Bern. Wow!!
Durham Hillside and Southern Durham could be headed for a second-round matchup, too.
In the second round, I'm picking Southeast Raleigh over Smithfield-Selma; Hillside over Southern Durham; Byrd over Fuquay; and Rose over Northern Durham
My Eastern 4-A semifinals are Hillside over Southeast Raleigh and Byrd over Rose.
Hillside goes to the finals.
CLASS 4-A EAST
(10) Smithfield-Selma (6-4) at (7) Apex Middle Creek (4-6)
(15) Cary (4-6) at (2) Southeast Raleigh (9-1)
(11) Fayetteville Pine Forest (5-5) at (6) Durham Hillside (9-0-1)
(14) Raleigh Athens Drive (4-6) at (3) Southern Durham (8-2)
(9) New Bern (6-3-1) at Fayetteville Douglas Byrd (8-2)
(16) Fayetteville Terry Sanford (4-6) at (1) Fuquay-Varina (10-0)
(12) Northern Durham (5-5) at (5) Wilmington New Hanover (6-4)
(13) Fayetteville Cape Fear (5-5) at (4) Greenville Rose (6-4)
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Comments
Fuquay Varina Seeding
Mon, 11/10/2008 - 09:29 — Ceer (not verified)Why is Fuquay listed as undefeated? They lost to Harnett Central back in September. Anyone know what's going on?
Fuquay's record
Mon, 11/10/2008 - 14:20 — timstevens (author)Teams are seeded on the basis of 10 games. They make drop one non-conference game if they play 11 games, as Fuquay did.