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Post by bigal on Jun 9, 2019 13:16:13 GMT -6
I think it's going to be pretty tough this year but after they adjust themself we be alright I'll tell you this don't count them out. I'm say 8-2 with a good playoff run, but 1A don't get comfortable we will be back and this time stronger then ever.
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Post by indy on Jun 9, 2019 13:38:47 GMT -6
I’m not picking against Kentwood Magnet
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Post by kennypowers on Jun 9, 2019 13:44:30 GMT -6
See how y’all do in 2A. May want to grow into a larger 2A school.
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Post by Hvillefan on Jun 10, 2019 16:31:10 GMT -6
I’ll be surprised if Kentwood isn’t playing on Thanksgiving weekend.
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Post by superdome2018 on Jun 10, 2019 16:36:05 GMT -6
Kentwood is always a dangerous team. Still moving up is tough as WSJ saw when they bumped up. WSJ went to back to back quarters in 2A but went back down and immediately won it. They can still win it but it will be tougher.
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Post by tigerfan87 on Jun 10, 2019 20:58:40 GMT -6
I could see kentwood playing in the Dome this year. They won’t be overmatched in 2-A at all
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Post by Seabiscuit on Jun 11, 2019 8:10:00 GMT -6
Kentwood has the speed and endurance to go all the way in my opinion in 2A think they will be just fine. I see their biggest challenge being Amite in my opinion.
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Post by indy on Jun 11, 2019 9:03:46 GMT -6
So none of you think it’s funny that a magnet school is in a non select bracket?
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Post by khsyellowjackets94 on Jun 11, 2019 19:22:37 GMT -6
Kentwood will be a Quarterfinal team at least. No guarantee they will advance any further than that. Hard to know what everyone has coming back in high school.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 22:58:19 GMT -6
So none of you think it’s funny that a magnet school is in a non select bracket? I caught the joke 😂😂😂😂😂 Scotlandville is a magnet school that was forced to play select.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 23:17:31 GMT -6
I like Kentwood’s chances in 2A. They should be able to out athlete everybody. They’re not real big up front but 2A doesn’t have a lot of teams with a lot of size. Kentwood is so well coached. Our personnel was good upfront last season. Our offensive line and defensive line wore them down. And we had the skill players to hold off that speed until the d line won upfront. The only issue I see for Kentwood is that underachieving Many football program. The fact that they don’t consistently make it to the dome is mind boggling. And I criticize Lab for the same thing. I keep it real. Many lost to a team in the playoffs they were more talented than. That needs to stop happening. At some point they need to stop being satisfied with deep playoff runs. It’s championship or bust. Not dissing Many. I like the program. But Many won’t see a team with more athletes than Kentwood. If they meet in the dome that will be epic. Is St. Helena still in 2A? Saw them in the spring. Wasn’t blown away. Amite lost a lot. Who else is there besides Kentwood and Many? Honest question.
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Post by TheFireman89 on Jun 12, 2019 0:03:53 GMT -6
Well my top title contenders in 2A are Amite, Many, and Kentwood so I think they will be more than alright. Semifinals is definitely within reach and depending on how the brackets line up they very well could be back in the dome
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Post by sunnyd56 on Jun 12, 2019 3:39:25 GMT -6
Our numbers bother me a lot with this years team in 2a, I know some of the more talented teams in 2a jus so happen to be our natural rivals (Amite, St. Helena) so we will definitely see how we will stack up in the playoffs once the time come. Kentwood and Amite should be playing for the district title come the last week of the regular season. But it’s definitely not like 1a as it won’t take long to face teams with numbers in the playoffs so I’m jus hoping we can keep up with that especially after loosing the class we just lost to graduation.
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Post by indy on Jun 12, 2019 3:49:41 GMT -6
And C.E. Byrd
Magnet’s not Select Peabody Karr Kentwood
The other magnet’s are
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Post by superdome2018 on Jun 12, 2019 9:23:32 GMT -6
Our numbers bother me a lot with this years team in 2a, I know some of the more talented teams in 2a jus so happen to be our natural rivals (Amite, St. Helena) so we will definitely see how we will stack up in the playoffs once the time come. Kentwood and Amite should be playing for the district title come the last week of the regular season. But it’s definitely not like 1a as it won’t take long to face teams with numbers in the playoffs so I’m jus hoping we can keep up with that especially after loosing the class we just lost to graduation. I actually see it as the other way around. Many does a great job of developing talent. Many’s group that just graduated never won a single game in Jr high that’s right they had zero wins. They were developed and became pretty good players. They ended up signing 5 but I’m telling you as a fan that saw every game but 1. I only thought two of them were D1 caliber. What is impressive is there is never any fall off. They stay in the finals or the semifinals and nobody in 2 A is that consistent. In my opinion they have actually overachieved a couple years. You see kinder take a step back( now I hear from a friend they are coming back) but you always see Many right back in the semis and finals. I count my blessings for our program. It wasn’t too long ago there was no development of players and no championships. They just graduated 22 seniors and I went and watched them yesterday and they look like the next group is ready to step up and go. I’m a proud fan of our program and very thankful for coaches and adminstratiin for giving us something to be proud of. I saw on my nephews summer workout sheet on the cover it has their last 6 years record at 74-10 with 6 district titles, 5 semifinals, 2 state finals 1 state championship that was very impressive to me.
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Post by indy on Jun 12, 2019 18:43:48 GMT -6
Have to agree with superdome on this on Many like Kinder and like Notre Dame has great community support, an administration that wants athletics to succeed and a good coaching staff They've done a good job of developing consistent players
Year in and year out you've got to figure it's gonna be a good season for them
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Post by brprepfan on Jun 12, 2019 18:47:56 GMT -6
So none of you think it’s funny that a magnet school is in a non select bracket? I think it is funny that you comment on all split vs non split topics.
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Post by indy on Jun 12, 2019 18:52:35 GMT -6
I comment on most everything posted on this message board
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Post by btown on Jun 12, 2019 18:56:36 GMT -6
I bet Basile is happy to see them go to 2A.
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Post by TheFireman89 on Jun 13, 2019 1:36:20 GMT -6
I bet Basile is happy to see them go to 2A. Kentwood will just hand that paddle over to another real contender in 1A like Oak Grove or WSJ or Haynesville. And Basile may be heading up to 2A soon enough according to their trends in enrollment in the last couple cycles. Bearcats could end up in a district with some or all of the following: LCA, Notre Dame, Kinder, and Welsh. No rest for the weary but hey at least they have that Battle of the Bayou trophy.
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Post by bigal on Jun 13, 2019 5:14:33 GMT -6
I think if we can roll through the regular season pretty good and the the playoff bracket seeding is OK. I'm going to put like this if kentwood and Amite or 1 and 2 seed we are dome bound but that not going to happen Lhsaa not let it happen. Because they going throw two of them north Louisiana in at 2 and 3 seed than kentwood and Amite have to be 1 or 4 seed and than have to meet each other in the playoffs but I hope I'm wrong but we will see.
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Post by superdome2018 on Jun 13, 2019 5:20:02 GMT -6
Come on, everybody has great respect for Kentwood but to say that is ridiculous. I remember WSJ saying that too. They couldn’t get back to 1A fast enough. It’s much harder than what you’ve been going through. Kentwood deserves to be mentioned but they are many more teams to be concerned about too.
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Post by bigred on Jun 13, 2019 6:45:10 GMT -6
Honestly, it will be way better competition for Kentwood. Kentwood is a great program with good coaches and even better athletes. I'm anxious to see how they do.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2019 9:21:27 GMT -6
Come on, everybody has great respect for Kentwood but to say that is ridiculous. I remember WSJ saying that too. They couldn’t get back to 1A fast enough. It’s much harder than what you’ve been going through. Kentwood deserves to be mentioned but they are many more teams to be concerned about too. That was 2A before the split though right? 2A and 3A non select just aren’t that strong. Not dissing. But I’m pretty sure LCA, SU Lab, Kentwood, and Oak Grove could’ve all made some noise in 2A and 3A non select last season.
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Post by superdome2018 on Jun 13, 2019 9:43:00 GMT -6
No that was during the split. I’ve watched Many beat A very very good Oak Grove team in the quarters in 2013 and beat WSJ in quarters 2016 both after the split. All these schools are very good. But it is MUCH harder in 2A, just like 3A is tougher to get to the dome. there are simply more teams with bigger rosters. The good 2A teams have close to 100 kids on the roster.
WSJ was quarters in 2A and never was any better than that and they went down to 1A and won it the next year. WSJ coach was quoted in the paper saying 2A was much tougher because you play better teams quicker in the playoffs and they are much deeper.
As a fan I have huge respect for all these teams because they ALL win. That’s why we always are talking about them.
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Post by indy on Jun 13, 2019 10:03:54 GMT -6
I agree with superdome about larger rosters as the school enrollments get larger
But I disagree on that other than the top 3 or 4 2a is tougher than 3a
Just better programs Winning is hard It takes a lot
Most places don’t have what it takes
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Post by superdome2018 on Jun 13, 2019 10:06:55 GMT -6
Indy,we are starting to agree more. I have respect for all these teams they all have fine programs. You are so right most people arent willing to do what it takes.
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Post by bigal on Jun 13, 2019 11:10:33 GMT -6
As long as I can remember kentwood always play up in class doing the spilt and before the spilt I can remember we only had three 1A team to play out of 10 games look it up you see. And I recall we done played in 2A before and won a state championship so you better check your history and now I think we a whole lot better now than those days.
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Post by unbiasedobserver on Jun 13, 2019 11:18:59 GMT -6
Come on, everybody has great respect for Kentwood but to say that is ridiculous. I remember WSJ saying that too. They couldn’t get back to 1A fast enough. It’s much harder than what you’ve been going through. Kentwood deserves to be mentioned but they are many more teams to be concerned about too. That was 2A before the split though right? 2A and 3A non select just aren’t that strong. Not dissing. But I’m pretty sure LCA, SU Lab, Kentwood, and Oak Grove could’ve all made some noise in 2A and 3A non select last season. I completely agree. And I think Ascension Catholic should be added to that list as well. I don’t know if it will be the case moving forward, but I think any of those teams could have won non-select titles in 2A last year. And LCA and SU Lab in 3A as well.
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Post by sunnyd56 on Jun 13, 2019 17:51:23 GMT -6
No that was during the split. I’ve watched Many beat A very very good Oak Grove team in the quarters in 2013 and beat WSJ in quarters 2016 both after the split. All these schools are very good. But it is MUCH harder in 2A, just like 3A is tougher to get to the dome. there are simply more teams with bigger rosters. The good 2A teams have close to 100 kids on the roster. WSJ was quarters in 2A and never was any better than that and they went down to 1A and won it the next year. WSJ coach was quoted in the paper saying 2A was much tougher because you play better teams quicker in the playoffs and they are much deeper. As a fan I have huge respect for all these teams because they ALL win. That’s why we always are talking about them. Well we did beat the 2a state champs by 3 scores last year on the field in the scrimmage before the season so I believe we would have held our own (last year) so
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