Comments on: Riverside’s Defense Tames Tigers

By: at every game

at every game — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:49:41 +0000

close but no cigar greenwood.area coach your predictibly politically correct. a coach thats won 6 state titles not prepare his team for a team that he is 0-2 lifetime against in the state playoffs! nonsense.the FACT is the vikes were bigger(1stime in 3 years)stronger faster and more athletic than sca.period.if harry keeps the pedal to the medal for four full qtrs.the result would be the same if they played ten times.welcome back hurricans!

By: greenwood

greenwood — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:46:21 +0000

after reading all the comments above…there is one thing that may be true…sca did not come prepared to play a team like riverside…they were out coached, outplayed, and outrun in most every play the were in.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:12:49 +0000

Riverside’s beat many great teams this year including Dunmore twice, West Scranton, and North Pocono. There only loss came to Lakeland by 1 point who only had two losses in the season, both to the eventual District 2 AA champs G.A.R. Grenadiers. Riverside’s domination did not surprise me since they played a tough schedule and many 3A teams this year.

By: scaalum28

scaalum28 — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:12:11 +0000

Exactly what I’m saying areacoach. Riverside is definitely better than SCA, its not luck when you win 36-0. However, nobody in the last 20 years in the east or state playoffs has beaten SCA by that margin or held them to negative rushing yards. SCA just wasn’t ready to play and Riverside probably played their best game of the year there. I still think Riverside wins by 2 maybe even 3 scores if SCA played well. Kudos to Riverside for making SCA look silly.

By: areacoach

areacoach — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:22:10 +0000

I am not a Southern Columbia fan. Just an area coach. I promise that Riverside is not 36 points better than Southern. This Southern team is not their best ever but they were a very good team and beat a lot of good teams througout the year. They did not show up and they needed to against a good Riverside team. Southern is not 35 or 29 points points better than Line Mountain either but Line Mtn didn’t show up against a good team and Southern did show up and that is what happens when one good team plays well and the other doesn’t. There is usually a fine line between winning and losing a game and if 2 good teams play and one doesn’t play well and the other does, the end result may end up being lopsided just as it was in the Southern – Riverside game. But congrats to Riverside for beating a good Southern team and good luck the rest of the playoffs.

By: hawk

hawk — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:08:50 +0000

i agree with vikingfan….riverside was inches away fromscoring 50+ points fri night.ran the football in the 3rd and 4th qtrs to eat the clock.also, their defence was fierce all season long.

By: scaalum28

scaalum28 — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:54:44 +0000

think what you want viking proud, but you caught sca on a flat night and they didn’t know what hit them. thats what happens in playoffs when you don’t come to play. a good team will beat the snot out of you. like i said, riverside it better, but not 36 points better. enjoy the victory, hopefully riverside will represent the east in hershey. in my opinion riverside is the only chance the east has to beat Clairton, if Clairton gets there.

By: hornetfan

hornetfan — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:09:12 +0000

I was not surprised by the result of the game… From what I have seen, Riverside has to be one of the top A teams in the state. I don’t see any weaknesses on the team and watched them destroy bigger schools all year.

By: viking proud

viking proud — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:28:16 +0000

I was thinking more like fifty points better….one interception away from being mercy ruled before the half.

By: William Pabst

William Pabst — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:20:10 +0000

NOICE!