The New Hope Football Trojans traveled to Caledonia Friday night and defeated the Feds 34-0. Commercial Dispatch article.
The Trojans are in the playoffs with an upcoming matchup at Cleveland on Friday November 7th. As both New Hope and Cleveland are playing out of district next week, and, there is no outcome in the other district games which can change the standings, the Cleveland matchup is definite. Cleveland Roster
MHSAA has posted a bracket, which should be filled in with team names soon. New Hope is in the region 4 #4 slot.
The playoffs 1st round pits 4A region 2 versus 4a region 4. No.1 plays No. 4 and No. 2 plays No. 3. Here are the rankings current as of Oct 25th for the two districts:
4A REGION 2
Cleveland 5 1 0.83
Lafayette 4 2 0.667 – defeated both Clarksdale 35-14 and Hernando 35-21
Clarksdale 4 2 0.667 – defeated Hernando 47-26
Hernando 4 2 0.667
Oxford 2 4 0.33
Gentry 2 4 0.33
Greenwood 0 6 0.0
4A REGION 4
Noxubee County 6 0 1.0
West Lauderdale 5 1 0.83
West Point 4 2 0.667
New Hope 3 3 0.5
Neshoba Central 2 4 0.33
Kosciusko 1 5 0.167
Caledonia 0 6 0.0
Below is what Cleveland (8-1) has done in 2008. Their only loss is in red. The visitor team is listed first, so all listings are “first team” at “second team.”
2008-10-31 Boys Northeast Jones 27 Cleveland 7
2008-10-24 Boys Lafayette County 21 Cleveland 22 article
2008-10-17 Boys Cleveland 14 Clarksdale 6 article
2008-10-10 Boys Hernando 27 Cleveland 13 article
2008-10-03 Boys Cleveland 34 Greenwood 8
2008-09-26 Boys Oxford 15 Cleveland 21 article
2008-09-19 Boys Cleveland 20 Indianola Gentry 18 article
2008-09-12 Boys Cleveland 22 Cleveland East Side 0 article
2008-09-05 Boys Leland 6 Cleveland 25 article
2008-08-29 Boys Cleveland 14 West Bolivar 7 article
As you can see Cleveland is playing out of district on Oct 31st against NE Jones. Below is what NE Jones (6-3) has done in 2008. Losses in red. Last year Cleveland traveled to NE Jones and NE Jones came away with a 41-21 victory.
2008-10-31 Boys Northeast Jones 27 Cleveland 7
2008-10-24 Boys NE Lauderdale 13 Northeast Jones 24
2008-10-17 Boys Northeast Jones 27 Laurel 0
2008-10-10 Boys Wayne County 35 Northeast Jones 3
2008-10-03 Boys Northeast Jones 35 West Jones 16
2008-09-26 Boys South Jones 6 Northeast Jones 30
2008-09-19 Boys Northeast Jones 14 Quitman 15
2008-09-12 Boys Vancleave 0 Northeast Jones 25
2008-09-05 Boys Harrison Central 14 Northeast Jones 2
2008-08-29 Boys Northeast Jones 28 Gulfport 7
