Pick 'em Week 11 recap

It was a pretty good week for yours truly on the prognostication front. The final tally was 7-1 with the only blemish being Watauga's surprising loss to Freedom last Thursday night.

The Patriots have now won two games in a row, neither of which was played on a Friday night. They beat Alexander Central on a Saturday night due to a rain postponement and then beat Watauga on Thursday due to the Appalachian game being played in Boone on Friday. So now we know that the key to Freedom's success is to avoid Friday nights like the plague.

Going with Maiden and Alexander Central paid off - bigtime! It's quickly becoming apparent that Hickory's loss to St. Stephens was merely a fluke. The Indians haven't done anything since then - except lose to Bandys and Maiden, both teams that Hickory defeated.

Alexander Central has two good running backs and a promising quarterback. That's more than McDowell can say. I believe Alexander Central will be a pretty good team next season. Beating McDowell was more about 2009 than it was about this season.

I just want to thank the Maiden Blue Devils for doing my bidding last week. I called for them to inflict harm on the Indians and they obeyed. Now I must wash my hands of them. I hope Patton gets that shocking victory they've been looking for all season by whipping Maiden. I'm not holding my breath or anything...but it would be nice.

And speaking of nice... I was prepared to wash my hands of Bandys, too. But then I thought how sweet it would be if the Trojans could rise up and take revenge on Newton-Conover for the humiliating losses the Red Devils have inflicted on them the past few years. Now would be a great time for some payback. The added benefit for the rest of us? Keeping the Red Devils from getting even a piece of the CVAC title.

Since Hickory can't have it I prefer to see Hibriten and Fred T. Foard share the championship. Why? Simple. I hate Newton-Conover and because I think it would be cool for the final "original" CVAC crown to be carried off by a couple of teams that are headed into the new (and improved) Northwestern Conference next season.

Stick that in your juicebox and suck it!

Remember the good ol' days of September?