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Redtiger as in Haysi, not Honaker. Idk for sure what Tiller and company have returning.

Traditional regional boundaries, at least as far as D/C have been moving East for some time. As Far SWVA continues to lose population that will continue, consolidation won't change that

Ridgeview is -600, which is crazy to me. When I was in school consolidation was discussed and the school would have had nearly 900 students. Which, that was a few decades ago. Idk if Union will drop that much in 10 years or not, Wise Co just built additional rooms at Union Primary due to a growing enrollment. Imo the 20 year projection is more likely

Is he currently on staff?

It is getting pretty late in the year and the Head Coach search has taken awhile. Maybe its a indication of a thorough search?

2nds apparently didn't provide any clarification, and a new mystery candidate will be given a interview this coming week. Rumor is he will get the job. Not heard of any transfers but heard a lot of disgruntled parents at Central, but thats par for the course with Central parents(and really parents in general)

From what I read/heard it was a toxic relationship and both parties acted inappropriately. The legal action that was taken indicates that maybe he wasn't the sole person responsible for the situation. And there was evidence of a physical confrontation, but the perpetrator of the marks was less than clear, again see the legal response

That whole situation is more than a little suspicious and not nearly as clear cut as you make it out to be.

Word is Central will he holding 2nd interviews

I would rather watch a Soccer match than a Baseball game but I'd rather see football players lifting than either

There was a time when you didn't have to move around too much as a High School football coach, not so now because a coaches life span seems to generally be shorter. The expectations are definitely higher now at most places. High level championships are expected early and everyone thinks their kid is the next superstar because they were good in 7 on 7s. With all sports becoming basically year round and the rat race to keep up with the Jones(even if it's not productive or really necessary) it can be very time consuming.

Its hard to have those legendary type coaches that have been with programs for 20+ years when schools are hiring coaches in their late 40s and 50s. Theres not much of a youth movement with coaches locally, not sure why

Gabe Hackney from Ridgeview signed with UPike today

Agreed!

The ceiling for Castlewood is much lower than the other two. Lebanon in Group 2 is a tough row to hoe. Richlands was bad last season, only way to go is up. To me at least, it seems like Richlands is the better position.

Idk if they have salmon, but if they do I wouldn't get it 🤣

They have a good salad bar. Hot bar has country cookin', and they've got some deserts and a ice cream machine. Not the place for date night(although I took a girl to the Bonanza in Wise on a first date lol) but its not a bad place to eat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponderosa_and_Bonanza_Steakhouses You gotta make a trip down to Lebanon! Well, maybe dont do that but if youre in the area its worth a stop imo.

No kidding, me and the wife make special trips to Lebanon just to eat Bonanza! Idk that its that good, but its comforting I guess. Brings back memories from the past when I thought Bonanza was a fancy steakhouse

Imo VHSL should cut to 5 classes(maybe 4) and expand the playoff participants for the top 2 classes. There are a ton of schools in that enrollment range that are basically the same size, no need for different classes between schools with 1,200 students and 1,800 for example, and set a hard # for 1A. Competition would be better and the VHSL wouldn't lose any $

All assistants and community members can do is either support or destroy, that's it. Any deviation from support is destruction. Know your role and push the program forward. Anything else erodes the HCs authority and hurts the program. HCs have a role too, lead and take responsibility. If they're not doing that then they're at fault. Im not saying blindly follow but know your role and shut your mouth. Im not saying the HC is 100% at fault, but ultimately it falls on him.

Blue Crew, reduced in size since Covid but still a force. All of the field stuff is taken care of. Turner also has several assistants who have been around awhile that take on a lot of duties so he doesn't have to. He's got quite the support system behind him and it shows on the field. The community support is also pretty impressive.

WV, KY, and TN were all on NFHS this year. All had different start times, I watched a lot of football that weekend. TNs coverage was the best but it was the crew that does their TV coverage, KY and WV were solid.

Galax loses Ashworth #7 and Tucker #9, those guys are by far their Offensive and Defensive leaders.

A friend of mine from Appalachia talks about the Pennington teams kicking the hell out of his teams when he played JV as they were playing older kids, in varsity that balanced out lol