Veritas

Final thoughts on this game:  Centerville is very big along the line and hard to move.  It's difficult to legitimately rate their defense by this game because Lovelady's entire offensive backfield (except for QB) and #1 WR were out for the game.  Offensively they didn't do much against Lovelady.   Lovelady's run defense is legit, pass defense less so.  Lovelady turned the ball over twice inside Centeville's 20-yard line, once via an int. and once via downs.   

13-0 Center ville final. I don't think either team had 200 yards of offense

LL missing its top 3 playmakers due to injuries/grades really showing up.

Same score end 3

Same score end 3

LL best RB and probably fastest player miissing this game due to a broken collarbone.

13-0 Cville at half. Boring first half. LL has only 1-2 first downs and Cville has 5-6. LL gifted Cville a TD by snapping it over the punter's head recovered at the one.

Cvillle OL/DL is huge.

7-0 Centerville
End 1stit

32-0 SA in the 2nd, or so I was told

I do feel like Lovelady is overrated, based on who they have played, and the fact that HD has beat them the last 3 years. 

 

This is not a fact.  The last five games in the series:

 

2009 Lovelady 48 HD 7 (playoff game)

 

2010 Lovelady 38 HD 7

 

2011 Lovelady 42 HD 21

 

2012 HD 10 Lovelady 7

 

2013 HD 24 Lovelady 6

 

Your statement that HD has beaten Lovelady three years in a row is mistaken.

 

Whether they are overrated or not remains to be seen.  They are far from the most talented Lovelady team I've seen; they don't have the number of explosive athletes they've had in the past.  Most of their talent is 9th/10th grade.  They are on the rise and will be for a year or two.  I think they'll go anywhere from 6-4 to 9-1, depending on how the young skill position players pan out.

Lovelady has been down the past couple of years talent-wise, mostly because of unusually small (numbers-wise) Jr/Sr classes.  Even so they managed to go three rounds deep last year.  Their best athletes were in the 7th/8th grade, but now those kids have hit high school.  They are on the rise again and will be for the next 2-3 years.  Don't sleep on them; they could win this district if their very young OL/DL plays well.

41-0 final.

35-0 starting 4Q

Lovelady leads 28-0 starting 3rd quarter.