Top 10 mammoth match-ups we'd like to see-West Rowan vs. Phoebus

By Staff Report Oct 21, 2010, 8:04pm

You won't see them this year. Probably not next year. Perhaps never. But here's 10 games between perennial national powers we'd pay to watch.


No. 6

West Rowan vs. Phoebus

West Rowan (Mt. Ulla, N.C.)
Head coach: Scott Young
2010 record: 9-0
National ranking: No. 208 (Freeman Rankings)

Phoebus (Hampton, Va.)
Head coach: Stan Sexton
2010 record: 7-0
National ranking: No. 47 (Freeman Rankings); No. 10 (Xcellent 25)

Why we would like to see it? West Rowan has won 39 consecutive games, while Phoebus has rattled off 37 straight. Together they represent the two longest winning streaks in the nation. Neither team has been challenged by in-state competition thus far in 2010.

MaxPreps Freeman Rankings Projection: Phoebus 28, West Rowan 17
Photos by Matt Merciez and Charles Ward