12. Caravel
11. Sallies
10. Indian River
9. Tatnall
8. Howard
7. Polytech
6. Middletown
5. Appo
4. Brandywine
3. Archmere
2. Red Lion
1. St Georges

dovetail said:

Doesn't a forfeit count as a win?

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Yes, but because there was never a signed contract between the teams, the game was ruled a “no contest”. This is on the administration.

Huskerman7 said:

Had Dover received a forfeit from Carnesie (NY), they would have been in over Cape.

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Doesn't a forfeit count as a win?

Had Dover received a forfeit from Carnesie (NY), they would have been in over Cape.

DaDude01 said:

@MTownCavs09 you came on strong the last 3 weeks... I fell off the last 3 weeks.. I can if you want me to.... should we do all games or just 10. I was thinking all games and each round the points get multiplied like round 1 (1 point) round 2 (3pts) round 3 (5pts)
What is everyones thought on that?

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Yeah I think every game would be good. And doubling the points as the playoffs goes on was what I did last year and what Bib did before us. So I’m all for it if everyone else is

Should go back to a 4 team playoff. Competition isn't nearly as stiff as it once was. There will be a bunch of 1st round blowouts and a risk of needless injury.

@MTownCavs09 you came on strong the last 3 weeks... I fell off the last 3 weeks.. I can if you want me to.... should we do all games or just 10. I was thinking all games and each round the points get multiplied like round 1 (1 point) round 2 (3pts) round 3 (5pts)
What is everyones thought on that?

DaDude01 said:

Congrats to @upstatewrestlingfan for finishing first this week with a 8-2 record and 48 points...


Week 10 Results
1. @upstatewrestlingfan (8-2) = 48 pts
2. @cavaliercharlie (8-2) = 47 pts
3. @Ironman_8708 (9-1) = 46 pts
3. @Rockem sockem (9-1) = 46 pts
3. @BasinRdBetty (8-2) = 46 pts
3. @First_state_gridiron (7-3) = 46 pts
7. @Dback2500 (8-2) = 44 pts
7. @MTownCavs09 (8-2) = 44 pts
9. @Robert Boucher (8-2) = 42 pts
10. @ReturnOfTheGate (8-2) = 40 pts
11. @DaDude01 (6-4) = 37 pts
12. @connorr11 (7-3) = 34 pts
13. @Dadof3smartkids (6-4) = 32 pts
14. @Wrestlehead55 (5-5) = 27 pts
15. @Notursmine (3-7) = 15 pts

Season Totals....
1. @MTownCavs09 (86-24) = 499 pts
2. @Robert Boucher (82-27) = 485 pts
3. @DaDude01 (77-33) = 478 pts
4. @Rockem sockem (80-29) = 471 pts
5. @connorr11 (76-34) = 470 pts
6. @Ironman_8708 (81-29) = 469 pts
7. @cavaliercharlie (79-32) = 464 pts
8. @BasinRdBetty (79-31) = 463 pts
9. @Wrestlehead55 (77-33) = 459 pts
10. @ReturnOfTheGate (77-23) = 446 pts
11. @Dback2500 (73-27) = 422 pts
11. @Dadof3smartkids (72-38) = 422 pts
13. @First_state_gridiron (72-36) = 419 pts
14. @Laxatt (69-21) = 400 pts
15. @Longagoplayer (63-27) = 373 pts
16. @upstatewrestlingfan (61-29) = 367 pts
17. @Yunforce (43-17) = 248 pts
18. @Woody_Wood (37-23) = 240 pts
19. @Notursmine (29-21) = 158 pts
20. @baseballer46 (15-5) = 82 pts

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Damn, I didn’t think I’d win this. Thought for sure you @DaDude01 would keep outpacing me.

Are you gonna do a playoff one too?

Rockem sockem said:

When you remove the Covid schedule, Cape hasn’t had a winning since 2016. Their first winning season was 2023 after they dropped The Sals, Woodbridge, and Delmar. Cape then picked up Delcastle, St. Mark’s, at the time a struggling and young Lake Forest teams. Then Cape schedule a HVT team that had consecutive losing records with a head coach who stepped down. Cape has to schedule Sussex, St. George’s, and Smyrna. Cape cannot hide during playoff time. No more Maurki to bail out the coaches.

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This observation has been made before.... Football just isn't cape's sport. And who's to say that they weren't dropped by those schools because they weren't competitive? Sals, they're looking to play tougher competition. Woodbridge and Delmar may have been dropped because of scheduling conflicts. St. Mark's (they're in the 3A classification)bumping up probably messed up a few schedules. I see it all the time, in the BHC, when one or two teams jump from flight A to Flight B or vice versa.

woodgreen said:

Cape 5-5
Why is either team in?

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Let's not have short term memory loss. Last year, a 4-6 Smyrna team lost in the 1st round on the last play of the game against #1 seed Salesianum. It was one of hell of a compelling game. The rest of the 3A tournament was anti climactic.

They didn't. They had Hodgson (also 5-5), Smyrna , Central, SG. They beat a tough lake forest team. They probably didn't play other teams due to distance.

Rockem sockem said:

Cape had a cupcake schedule for 3A. They scheduled three 2A schools. Cape stopped scheduling out of district 3A teams to make the playoffs 2 years ago. The only 3A schools they beat are begging to go down to 2A.

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The cream will rise to the top.... May the best team win!

There are probably less than 50 secondary schools in Delaware. PA might have 5-6 times that amount. Fewer schools mean the same contenders for a "title", year after year.

Sweatshop_gucci_socks said:

Who else would go? Both teams went .500 with the toughest schedules in the state (3A)

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LOL, Cape's SOS according to CalPreps was 6.5. If you use that measure, Dover at 3-6 should get in with SOS of 19.6.

woodgreen said:

Cape 5-5
Why is either team in?

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Who else would go? Both teams went .500 with the toughest schedules in the state (3A)

https://diaasports.info/brackets

DIAA has one link for all brackets. Kind of strange.

This is from the WDEL Website. It looks like 1A and 2A finals at Abessinio and 3A at Delaware State University.

WDEL will be broadcasting St. Georges at Smyrna Friday night.

CLASS 3A

No. 8 Cape Henlopen (5-5) at No. 1 Salesianum (9-1), Friday, 7 p.m.

No. 5 Appoquinimink (7-3) at No. 4 Sussex Central (8-2), Saturday, 7 p.m.


No. 6 Hodgson (5-5) at No. 3 Middletown (8-2), Saturday, 7 p.m.

No. 7 St. Georges at No. 2 Smyrna (5-5), Friday, 7 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

Friday, November 22 or Saturday, November 23

Sallies/Cape winner vs. Central/Appo winner

Smyrna/St. G winner vs. Middletown/Hodgson winner

FINALS

Friday, November 29 at Delaware State University - 7 p.m. (WDEL)

CLASS 2A

No. 8 Laurel (5-5) at No. 1 Caravel (10-0), Friday, 7 p.m.

No. 5 Woodbridge (7-3) at No. 4 Archmere (8-2), Saturday, 1 p.m.

No. 6 Lake Forest (6-4) at No. 3 Howard (7-3), Saturday, 1 p.m.

No. 7 Red Lion (7-3) at No. 2 Delmar (9-1), Friday, 7 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

Friday, November 22 or Saturday, November 23

Laurel/Caravel winner vs. Archmere/Woodbridge winner

Howard/Lake winner vs. Delmar/Red Lion winner


FINALS

Saturday, November 30 - at Abessinio Stadium - 6 p.m. (WDEL)

CLASS 1A

No. 8 Conrad (5-5) at No. 1 Indian River (9-1), Friday, 7 p.m.

No. 5 First State Military (7-3) at No. 4 Polytech (8-2), Saturday, 7 p.m.

No. 6 Christiana (6-4) at No. 3 Brandywine (6-4), Friday, 7 p.m.

No. 7 St. Elizabeth (5-5) at No. 2 Tatnall (10-0), Saturday, Noon

SEMIFINALS

Friday, November 22 or Saturday, November 23

IR/Conrad winner vs. Polytech/FSMA winner

Brandywine/Christiana winner vs. Tatnall/St. Elizabeth winner

FINAL

Saturday, November 30 at Abessinio Stadium - 1 p.m. (WDEL)

UNIFIED FLAG FOOTBALL

No. 8 Middletown at No. 1 Caesar Rodney, Wednesday, 6 p.m.

No. 5 Smyrna at No. 4 Cape Henlopen, Thursday, 4 p.m.

No. 6 Mount Pleasant at No. 3 Indian River, Thursday, 5 p.m.

No. 7 McKean at No. 2 Newark Charter, Thursday, 6 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

Wednesday, November 20


CR/Middletown winner vs. Cape/Smyrna winner

IR/Mount winner vs. Newark Charter/McKean winner

FINALS

Friday, November 29 - at Delaware State University - 4 p.m.

woodgreen said:

25 percent of state teams in tournament
Trophies for all

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check your math?

dovetail said:

Smyrna at .500 and a 2 seed?

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Cape 5-5
Why is either team in?

dovetail said:

Smyrna at .500 and a 2 seed?

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Me personally I think it’s a bullshit rule: all for each district winner gets automatically in. However they don’t deserve the top 1-2 seed. Smyrna at 5-5 don’t deserve seed 2 if you ask me. They deserve a seat at the table but that’s it. It’s time for that rule to change. Too much catering going if you ask me

dovetail said:

Smyrna at .500 and a 2 seed?

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Division winners automatically get a top seed.

connorr11 said:

BIB, we must not be watching the same games, Caravel would give Sallies a very good game and would beat the rest of D1 , i think they have one common opponent and both of them beat them by nearly the same number. And I am not sure about Caravel having to request to go up because of small enrollment, that is not the way I understand the system to work, enrollment is only one of 3 or 4 things that are considered

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"Using a 50/50 blend of enrollment and winning percentage, the DIAA's Subcommittee said they singled out Newark, Howard, Saint Mark's, and Sussex Tech as potential promotion teams.

Part of the DIAA's rules were that no team in the bottom half of enrollment in Delaware would be required to move up, which disqualified small successful private schools including Archmere, Friends, and Caravel."