PLAYOFFS ANNOUNCED

[MTownCavs09]

CLASS 3A
First Round:
1. Sallies vs. 8. Cape Henlopen Friday @ 7pm
4. Sussex Central vs. 5. Appo Saturday @ 7pm

2. Smyrna vs. 7. St. George’s Friday @ 7pm
3. Middletown vs. Hodgson Saturday @ 7pm

CLASS 2A
1. Caravel vs. 8. Laurel Friday @ 7pm
4. Archmere vs. Woodbridge Saturday @ 1pm

2. Delmar vs. Red Lion Friday @ 7pm
3. Howard vs. Lake Forest Saturday @ 1pm

CLASS 1A
1. Indian River vs. 8. Conrad Friday @ 7pm
4. Polytech vs. FSMA Saturday @ 7pm

2. Tatnall vs. St. Elizabeth’s Saturday @ Noon
3. Brandywine vs. Christiana Friday @ 7pm

 

[dovetail]

Smyrna at .500 and a 2 seed?

 

[ReturnOfTheGate]

Smyrna at .500 and a 2 seed?

Division winners automatically get a top seed.

 

[MTownCavs09]

Smyrna at .500 and a 2 seed?

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

 

[woodgreen]

Smyrna at .500 and a 2 seed?

Cape 5-5
Why is either team in?

 

[Uncle Bumfuzzled]

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.

 

[Sweatshop_gucci_socks]

Cape 5-5
Why is either team in?

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

 

[dovetail]

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

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.

 

[Rockem sockem]

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

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.

 

[Sweatshop_gucci_socks]

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.

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.

 

[Uncle Bumfuzzled]

Cape 5-5
Why is either team in?

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.

 

[Rockem sockem]

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.

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.

 

[Sweatshop_gucci_socks]

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.

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.

 

[runningman12001]

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.