WV Backer
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Well Water Valley fans, it seems we've come to the precipice... what now? Crowell appears to be an indomitable force waiting in Jayton to destroy the hopes and dreams of this Wildcat team. They've eviscerated two teams that beat the WV this year (Knox City and Blum) and have 45d everyone on their schedule except for a very good Calvert squad. They are the defending state champions that dispatched us last year in the bitter cold at Rotan and sent us into the gym prematurely (although that didn't work out too badly). Mitchell Parsley is probably the Player of the Year (he was last year) and Coach Nathan Hayes has them on a 19 game winning streak. So why even bother to make the trip to Jayton?
Well, aside from the standard "anything can happen on a Friday night" and "that ball takes some funny bounces sometimes" the only reason I can come up with is that this team has a lot of heart. The way they came back against Borden County in the second half when the game was almost out of reach just goes to show that they have no quit in them. They are a very good team playing a great team but it can be done. Coach York has seen Crowell and what they bring to the table and hopefully he can devise a way to slow them down. It's not like the Wildcats haven't seen good teams already this year; three of their four losses are to teams currently ranked 3, 4, & 5 and none of those was by more than two touchdowns. The Wildcats certainly won't be awed when they step on the field with Crowell.
So what do you say WV fans? Is this the end? Are those "other" Wildcats going to annihilate us? Is this going to be as ugly as it looks on paper or is there hope for a third round game against Ira? It's a tough row to hoe but I'm going to be there, freezing my butt off in Jayton, hoping to see a king-sized upset. How about you?
Well, aside from the standard "anything can happen on a Friday night" and "that ball takes some funny bounces sometimes" the only reason I can come up with is that this team has a lot of heart. The way they came back against Borden County in the second half when the game was almost out of reach just goes to show that they have no quit in them. They are a very good team playing a great team but it can be done. Coach York has seen Crowell and what they bring to the table and hopefully he can devise a way to slow them down. It's not like the Wildcats haven't seen good teams already this year; three of their four losses are to teams currently ranked 3, 4, & 5 and none of those was by more than two touchdowns. The Wildcats certainly won't be awed when they step on the field with Crowell.
So what do you say WV fans? Is this the end? Are those "other" Wildcats going to annihilate us? Is this going to be as ugly as it looks on paper or is there hope for a third round game against Ira? It's a tough row to hoe but I'm going to be there, freezing my butt off in Jayton, hoping to see a king-sized upset. How about you?
