Talent gap in the Southeastern District

On paper, Thursday's match-up of 4-0 King's Fork and 5-1 Great Bridge appeared to be a good game. But on the court was a whole other story, with the Bulldogs pulling away with a 81-36 road win.

So what does that mean? Does that make Great Bridge's 5-2 start a fluke? I don't think so, but I do think it speaks to the talent gap between the Southeastern District's better teams and the others. King's Fork, Nansemond River ... heck, let's throw Deep Creek in there, mostly because of Corey Law -- they have athletes of a much higher caliber than the Great Bridges of the district, resulting in some of the results we've seen so far this season.

Great Bridge's other loss this year? An 84-40 drubbing at the hands of Nansemond River.

In the Southeastern District, it's not which team has the best stats or the best coach or anything like that -- it's going to come down to athletes. And the teams that have the best, quickest athletes are going to be the ones to contend for postseason play.

Which, having lost horribly to two of the district's best, I'm not sure Great Bridge is going to be one of those teams.