Week 5: Portsmouth (3-1) @ Coal Grove (3-1)

[BuckeyeBlood]

Battle of 3-1 teams that both lost to Greenup Ky. This imo is a battle for who will finish second in the OVC behind Fairland. Very similar teams. Play defense and run the ball. Between the 2 I think Portsmouth has shown they can throw the ball but not all that well. Battle of 2 good RB’s. CG coming off a blowout win over Chesapeake, Portsmouth coming off a spanking they handed to Gallia. Everyone’s thoughts?

[fielddaddy]

I'm going with the Grove in this one.
It could be a shootout with neither one of them tackling well.
Coal Grove 38-34

[Jeaux Burreaux]

Game could be done in under 90 minutes for how much running will be done

[SmallTown]

Winner of this sets up the championship game as the underdog vs fairland.

[Beergogglebluez]

I don’t think coal grove is a threat to throw the ball and Portsmouth’s run defense is not bad. I think Portsmouth takes it in a close game but I hope the Trojans shut them out so we don’t have to hear that cannon go off. But it’s usually a high scoring game.

[greygoose]

Portsmouth by 7

[RollCoal]

Coal Groves line play really stood out last week. I know it’s usually a high scoring affair with Portsmouth. I think whoever commits the least mistakes wins.

[StolenTalents12]

Portsmouth by 14-21.


Fairland & Portsmouth are by far the two best then there’s a major drop off.

Coal Grove is much better than the bottom 4 but don’t believe they are close to the top two.

[RJShifko]

I think Portsmouth wins this game somewhere in the area of 42-28. I don’t think Coal Grove will be able to shut down Heiland. I think the Portsmouth defense will be able to make the plays and control the LOS.

[shoelace]

CG 35-31

[FIDO]

I hope to see the Scioto County team bring home the W

[Nicknevada86]

Phs 35-31

[dantargaryen]

This should be a tight game. Cheering for the Lawrence County team in this one.

Hornets 35
Trojans 28

[Beergogglebluez]

Portsmouth in a shootout and will still continue to drop in region 19. I checked today and they are 14th.

[VetteMan]

Just about the time that I think that I've decided who I think will win this game, I then change my mind again. Oh well, let's just hope that both teams have an injury free game.

[PTrojan59]

I think Portsmouth is the better team, but not by a ton. Very similar teams, run the ball and stop the run. I look for Portsmouth to maybe try and throw the ball a bit and test that Coal Grove secondary.

[HamPorter]

Portsmouth in a shootout and will still continue to drop in region 19. I checked today and they are 14th.

I’m no mathematician but I think when you beat teams with wins you move up, especially if they have more points than you

[Beergogglebluez]

Portsmouth in a shootout and will still continue to drop in region 19. I checked today and they are 14th.

I’m no mathematician but I think when you beat teams with wins you move up, especially if they have more points than you

that was me being sarcastic a bit. The teams we beat have a combined record of 2-10 and won’t get much help from south point and peake. Need to beat fairland. I just want to see a home game one time.

[Jeaux Burreaux]

Valley moved the ball through the air against coal grove a few weeks ago. Look for that to be the defining factor

[a-trainsalomone]

Portsmouth Trojans claiming the dub.