Is there a probable upset at each classification in the semi's this year? Using maxpreps rankings for 5A, 4A, 3A, and 2A,.......
and 1AD1 and 1AD2 using week 8 coaches poll..... In the 5A i actually believe there are 2 upsets brewing! (1) Rigby vs. (6) Mt. View. M.V. in a squeaker 28-24. (2) Rocky Mountain will get squashed by (3) CDA 35-14
In the 4A i believe (4) Century will end (2) Emmett's football aspirations 28-21.
At 3A (3) South Fremont will prove its a title contender by beating (2) Homedale 35-21.
In what i believe to be the state championship game to be played out in the 2A semi's is (4) Declo playing (1) West Side. Declo in a slugfest 35-34.
1AD1 (1) Prairie vs (5) Oakley with Oakley outlasting Prairie 64-55.
At 1AD2 this is the biggest stretch but (3) Kendrick miraculously upends perennial power (2) Carey.
Holy cow. You did go with some upsets. I just don't see Oakley beating Prairie or Carey losing to Kendrick. Kendrick's time will come though. They are young.
I believe its more likely that Carey loses to Kendrick than Raft River loses to Lighthouse Christian. I did say it was a big stretch, right?........... Oakley and Prarie have 1 common opponent being Grace. Oakley annihilated Grace at Grace by 44. Prairie slammed Grace at home by 36. I dont think Prairie is a shoe in for the title game and a upset is not out of the question......
I do not see Declo beating West Side. Especially when it comes down to an extra point. I have witnessed a few WS games and they astounding to watch and that kicker of theirs does not miss. West Side will win 21-13 at home where they have not lost since 2016.
I am an 8 man guy. I think the best chances of upsets have come and gone for both 1A divisions. If Horseshoe Bend were still in I would give them a legit chance at getting Dietrich. Don't think Mullan has the speed to stick with the blue devils unless they can play another mud bowl that got them past HB. If Carey was going to lose, I think that Garden Valley would have been the team to get them. If they had, I would have taken Garden Valley over Dietrich. GV has a couple of studs with a good team behind them, but that wasn't enough to beat the Panthers who were too deep. Really too bad that was a quarter final game. In my uneducated opinion, GV would beat Mullan or Kendrick. I agree that Kendrick has a young nucleus that will see lots of state games over the next few years. My prediction is for the Sawtooth Conference to battle it out in the championship game. If that happens, it will be the third year in a row. As far as 1AD1, LH will not get past Raft River but has a heck of a season, and while I don't think it is likely, that would be a fun game if Oakley is able to give Prairie a run for their money. Been great to watch a few 8 man games on idahosports and see what is around the state. Love to watch wide open football.
The waiting is just about over. Games get rolling tomorrow. Can't wait.