The excitement of playoff baseball was slightly dampened by a lack of any unexpected activity in the Regionals last week.
In a best of three series, only one of the eight matchups went to the full three games.
Everything else was a sweep, everything else went chalk...
Region 9 play presses forward with another three games on tap.
Tonight’s matchups will see a pivotal contest in terms of region play and the RPI as a whole between the #3 Flyers and the #4 Panthers.
Crimson Cliffs will try to make up ground by hosting big time rival, Desert Hills.
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There’s a full slate of games on tap tonight as region 9 play rolls on as six of the 7 region 9 teams will be hitting the hardwood tonight
Let’s run down what fans can expect going into tonight’s tilts:
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RPI: 9th
Record: 7-4
Region Record: 1-0 (Crimson Cliffs)
Streak: Won 2 straight (Crimson Cliffs, West Jordan)
Points Per Game: 59.1
This is the time of the year where the puzzle becomes a bit more clear.
Statistics start to become reliable, records become a good indication of what team may or may not be good, and almost everyone has faced a quality opponent of equal or greater strength.
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7 teams entered from region 9, only one remains in the hunt for the 2023 state championship.
If you’ve been following region 9 football throughout the season you likely won’t be shocked to see the team out in Washington Fields still standing.
The Cri...
By Andy Thompson, ESPN 977
Ty West is a Game Breaker
How many times have we seen it this year? Watch:
There's nothing to get a team going in the playoffs like a kickoff returned for a touchdown. The game was over after this play. Ridgeline didn't score again...
By Andy Thompson, ESPN 977
Here are my three things for Crimson Cliffs fans leading up to their matchup with a really tough Ridgeline Riverhawks team this Saturday:
1. You have Steele Barben
We should have known.
In the preseason discussion, the book on Crimson Cliffs was that they had a super young defense and a first year starting quarterback with a really good last name...