This could be the game of the week. Of course I'm predicting that the Wildcats will take full advantage of the home field and send the Mustangs back with their first loss of the season. Prepare well this week Cats and be prepared to go 4 full quarters! Oh... yeah... better work on fielding those on-side kicks! Any other predictions out there??

Also.. good luck to the JV as they host Garden City JV this week.

GO WILDCATS!!

Sands will win!! Water valley doesnt match up with well with the Mustangs 75-30

Wow!! I predict a great game, I do think maybe a game like this comes down to who wants it more, who is the most physical, and who leaves everything they have on the field.

That Rankin vs. Meadow is interesting as well.
Then Rankin has Ira, then WV. Its like a playoff atmosphere before district even starts. Awesome!

Rankin will win!!! To powerful for meadow 65-20

I have to go with Rankin by 30 and Sands by 20

This is a pick 'em game according to Granger's toy but I'm a WV Backer so I'm taking the WV by 16. As for Rankin/Meadow I agree with the Mustang, the Red Devils have too much for the Broncos.

Seems like we have heard that stuff about WV doesnt match up well a couple weeks ago. I think that coach O will tweak the defense this week and have the boys ready to go. With that said and playing at home, I'll take the WILDCATS by 16. As always, GO WILDCATS!!!

september 9 1983 water valley 21 sands 14 I believe that was the last matchup between the two teams.

If I remember correctly, 1980 I was in 5th grade and Water Valley went 11-man. Very rough year, and many after. I remember being in 5th grade. Was at Diddle Young Field every Friday night from Kindergarten thru 5th grade. Watch my high school idols a bit, then go hit the practice field to play with the other young ones, was back and forth all night. Play some, go watch the big kids, and back to playing. I looked so forward to playing six man all those years and we got too big the year before I hit sixth grade. Remember those days? When sixth thru eighth was junior high? I also watch the kiddos play toss and catch today. Not back then, it was tackle only back then with lots of skinned elbows and bloody noses. Wow!! This post brought back some memories. Good ones! I did play in an 8th grade 11-man battle in 1983 against Sands. Honestly don't remember who won. It could have went either way, I remember it being close and very physical. 8th grade I know, but I'm here to tell you, it was physical. I was QB and tossed it to our tailback on a quick pitch. Corner read it all the way, had to be running at least 40mph (about like a mustang) and absolutely ran thru the poor kid with the ball. He went down and didn't move. There was no doubt he was injured. Yep, out cold, only lasted a few seconds. When he came around, the coach says James, are you ok. The response was hillarious. He was obviously scared, and says I dont like elephants, then he kept saying I'm full, I'm not hungry, I said I don't want any. Big time concuscion. We had a blast all the way back to WV, asking all kinds of questions with answers that had no bearing to the question. We were kids, we didn't know any better. But it made memories and he was just fine a couple days later when the Headaches stopped.

1980 Sands 39 WV 12
1981 Sands 0 WV 0
1982 Sands 38 WV 0
1983 WV 21 Sands 14

Way to go WildCats...You played with Heart tonight and it showed!!! Wildcats made a statement tonight! Go Wildcats!!!

Absolutely... Fantastic game! Enjoy bye week and get ready to upset those Rankin Red Devils!!

Way to go WILDCATS!

Attempt to upset the Red Devils you mean. It isn't going to happen, Rankin has to much talent, there is no way WV will stop Rankin's offense..

We thank you for the extra motivaton Old_dirty_D! Seems we heard similar rhetoric from Sterling City and Sands. Good luck with Ira next week you old dirty devil!

GO WILDCATS!!!!

Well said, Forty Fived! Its the same old thing, WV doesnt match up well. You know maybe that is why they go ahead and play the game. That was a hell of a game WILDCATS, well done. GO WILDCATS!!