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LMAO... you mean to tell me the team with all that 5A state champion 4X100 track speed lost to a team missing significant starters! Dudes were on here for two weeks talking about how Crosby would dominate. LOL...

I agree with you. But if they meet w.o is the only team that can show Carthage something that they want see all year. Carthage backs are gud.#2,28,42. Run hard. The thing W.o will have to do is protect the cut back runs.behind that massive line. But #12 qb can throw it. But if you make him move against w.o he will have problems.but Carthage is proven. And they want beat themselves!!

You're right it's not the kids fault but at the end of the day WO-S probably looks better than they really are due to the competition as the other poster stated. Carthage has played better teams and it should be no argument that you should take them more as face value than WO-S. Maybe WO-S is that good,  but when you take emotion out of things, Carthage seems to be the more proven team. 

Didnt say anything bout it was yalls fault but regardless of what has happened  r scheduled yall have not played a single team yet that is any good to really know how wos matches up with top teams in the state

Now you see what I was talking about last week.  You can’t possibly think you can play with A team like Carthage and struggle to beat Liberty.  Again, you have to get a lot better from here on out, which is possible.  But right now, definitely no...

Yes. That last TD by Jasper is the definition of a "garbage time" score.

Carthage is a great team. They did what they were supposed to do which is advance without getting any kids hurt. I hope that part happened because I saw a few kids leave the field. What I'm most proud of is that our coaches and kids came in ready to fight and let the chips fall where they may. We killed ourselves early with bad snaps, a chop block, etc which would have made for a closer game. But even into the 4th quarter, I saw kids launching their bodies into a bigger stronger opponent and never giving up. I would never question a coach using timeouts at the end of an unwinnable game to try to score again. It's one more chance to teach kids that it is never ok to give up or lay down. If someone can't understand that, then they need to spend some time looking in the mirror.  The Lumberton players had nothing but good things to say about the Carthage players. That says a lot about those kids, their parents and coaches. Great job Carthage!!!  I think some other parents could learn a few things from your example.  Great season Raiders!!

Couldn’t agree more. It’s absolutely pathetic that grown men get on here to bash the Lumberton football program and the kids. My question is for what? Lumberton is a program that has historically struggled. It’s a huge accomplishment for Lumberton to get to the 2nd round of the playoffs in consecutive seasons. Great season for the Raiders. They got beat by a team who quite possibly will be holding up the trophy as state champs at the end of the season. 

LOL. Last words of many teams we've played Why would they show anything against this Lumberton team? If you said beatable I'd have no issue, but "very" beatable? We beat the maybe the best dline in the state when we played PG. 

LOL. Last words of many teams we've played Why would they show anything against this Lumberton team? If you said beatable I'd have no issue, but "very" beatable? We beat the maybe the best dline in the state when we played PG. 

LOL. Last words of many teams we've played Why would they show anything against this Lumberton team? If you said beatable I'd have no issue, but "very" beatable? We beat the maybe the best dline in the state when we played PG. 

Oh yeah big time. They lost to El Campo the following week. I think that team was 5-5 that season.

That team wasn't as strong as some of the others. Surprised we even made it to the semis that year. We had either 7 or 9 starters out that game including Ingram. With that being said, they would have most likely one if we had everyone. That Lavega team was sick and VERY underrated.
As for this game I think it'll be closer than most think. I look for a 21-7 score until late second qtr and Carthage lays it on. A friend pointed a few things out to me. That offense gives us fits if ran correctly, don't know how many players are attending the Volleyball game in Garland, the distance and the rain.

The younger brother Dixon was hurt that season. It was Ingram. 

The ignorance of these posts are astounding to me. Especially the guy who said these coaches should be ashamed to take a paycheck when these coaches deal with so much more than your coaches. As for the community support, it takes money to travel and most of these parents don't work a 9-5. If Coach Surratt of Carthage coached in this environment I don't think he would excel. It's a different battle and headache altogether that only a few can deal with. 

Duncanville beats Allen. Mark it down. That defense is special. 
This could be the best final 4 in 6A history with these 4 teams. 

I remember the fans ripping the coaches during the preseason which didn't make sense to me. I think their was something about he needed to decide on a QB and I was like isn't that what preseason is for.

I remember the fans ripping the coaches during the preseason which didn't make sense to me. I think their was something about he needed to decide on a QB and I was like isn't that what preseason is for.

Do you WOS fans remember what I told you guys during the first couple of weeks in the season? I'm not shocked at all yall made it this far. Best of Luck.

Do you WOS fans remember what I told you guys during the first couple of weeks in the season? I'm not shocked at all yall made it this far. Best of Luck.

Do you WOS fans remember what I told you guys during the first couple of weeks in the season? I'm not shocked at all yall made it this far. Best of Luck.

I wouldn't call them a disgrace to the sport. You try to put yourself in the best position to go a far as you can in playoffs. Kids will always play hard but I have no issues with playing the 2's in a game that affects seeding. Work smarter not harder. Especially if the outcome doesn't hurt you AT ALL, let the benchwarmers play.

Well Lumberton was playing their starters against us. I believe to be the best you have to play the best. If you draw #1 or #2 team in the state first or second round  that's your chance to make a name for your self. At the end of the day if you avoid Cartharge on purpose that's sad. Lumberton would get them in the 4th round. Lumberton is the 4th seed and I think when playoff time comes around you need to be clicking on all cylinders Lumberton now has to face a number 1 seed in the first round. I would rather play the harder game in the playoff because we would have to beat Navasota, then play a stout Midlothian Hertiage team then the 3 round would be Carthage If we won those games It would be special because we took no short cuts and we  were  better prepared then just taking the easy way out. Coach Surratt would not shy away from another stout team to avoid imo

I wouldn't call them a disgrace to the sport. You try to put yourself in the best position to go a far as you can in playoffs. Kids will always play hard but I have no issues with playing the 2's in a game that affects seeding. Work smarter not harder. Especially if the outcome doesn't hurt you AT ALL, let the benchwarmers play.

I'll put it this way. Both those schools would beat the crap out of Carthage. Even if we had the team from last year. The same would happen to Newton.