high school football is here

I didn't here much about the scrimmages from last week, but in a lot of cases I don't think it really matters.
For instance, Mount de Sales beat  Howard. Does that make me think that Mount de Sales is better than Howard ? No, it tells me that the Cavaliers did everything they could to win the game and that Howard really did not care. I could be wrong, but I am not seeing Mount de Sales winning more than five games this year, but I am still saying that Howard could push for the playoffs. We will know right away if Howard is much improved as they open up this week against Lamar County.
I saw that Stratford, my pick to win region 7A, coasted to a win over somebody. They won by 10 but O'Showen Williams only carried the ball one time, so I am sure Mark Fariba played everyone. I truly believe that the Eagles will make a run this year, but like everyone else they have to stay healthy.
I think Westside crushed Northeast, a yearly thing in the scrimmage, and maybe its time for Bruce Mullen to find an easier scrimmage game. Westside will be good every year, while the Raiders are ok usually, but I cant figure out why Mullen wants to get beat up like that in a scrimmage.
Other results were a bit surprising. I hear that Mary Persons looked great and Southwest looked terrible, and Southwest is a team that I thought could make the playoffs this year. But they do have a freshman quarterback so that makes a playoff run a bit uncertain. Rumor is that Tattnall won its scrimmage but didn't look real good. Lets remember this: Clint Morgan has been playing with Barney Hesters players the last two years and now he is playing with his players. I think the Trojans will win seven games but I don't believe they will match last years success.
I also hear that FPD did not look good and Central beat them all over the field. Central has some solid skill players this years and a veteran quarterback in Derrick Evans, so I think they could be pretty good, while I believe FPD is way down this year. But in region 7A, a playoff spot is still fully possible.
I had four football previews in the paper on Sunday and the team I was most impressed with was Southwest. Head coach Joe Dupree had a hard working bunch of kids, and sooner or later that hard work will pay off. I am waiting on Justin Slocum to have a breakout year and be one of the better players in Macon.
I am hoping to cover someone this weekend as we do have some games. Feel free to comment on my Telegraph pre season picks that went out in sundays paper.
Have a good one