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The best two players I have seen all season are without a doubt, Maxx Philpott from Glenvar and Zach Horton from Northside. Horton is only a sophomore at 6'-3" and 210 pounds! In a Roanoke Times article over the weekend, he was referred to as "the eventual biggest recruit in Northside High School history."

I will PM you. I'm never comfortable dropping names on a message board. Full disclosure, I know who you are and have since your first post on this board!

Again, just trying to be clear, I graduated from Grayson with the Cassell twins and I know Todd, although not well. Still talk to Brant fairly often even though he doesn't live here anymore. I don't recall either of the Cassell twins being "all-state" but they were very good. They very well could have been. I'll ask Brant next time I talk to him. I don't like using transitive properties, especially for high school football. Different teams match up in different ways. If Mark Dixon has taught us anything, it's that line size is irrelevant. Galax has been out-sized along the line of scrimmage for the better part of a decade, yet continually win at the point of contact. Size doesn't help you much if you don't have strength, stamina and proper technique. GW probably played Galax better than anyone since the Glenvar game in the trenches. But lets be honest, Dixon has struggled to find a cohesive unit along the line of scrimmage since Andrew Belcher tore up his knee. With a healthy Belcher, Galax is a much better football team! Grayson's defense will keep them in a lot of games they can win if the offense can score enough points.

Grayson (and Mcpherson) play/coach to their strength year in and year out. Last year, it was a loaded receiving core as you suggest. This year, it's a big, physical OL. They overload the line of scrimmage and let the QB mostly run. Fort Chiswell took the Hollingsworth kid out of the game Friday night and still lost. He finished with 29 yards on 18 carries. Just saying, it isn't enough to just take away Hollingsworth. Teams still need to score points against a very solid Grayson defense that has allowed 53 points all season not including Glenvar. Even including the Glenvar game, Grayson has only allowed 89 points or 12 points per game. GW has struggled all season to move the football for large portions of games against lesser defenses than Grayson's. Which is why I say Grayson matches up well with GW. But as you say, if Grayson gets caught looking ahead to Galax, GW will beat them!

Grayson matches up well with GW's strength's with the exception of the Wells kid. If Grayson can contain Wells, they will win the game. But I think it will be close and could go either way. For whatever it's worth, CalPreps has it 19-17 in favor of Grayson. Galax will be very motivated and hungry following the collapse last year in Independence. Galax will also be coming off back-to-back games (Auburn and Bland) where the regulars played half the game. Galax will be healthy, rested and the game will likely be decided pretty early in my opinion. But it is a rivalry game. Anything can happen.

1. Bluefield 2. Pulaski 3. Graham 4. Chilhowie 5. Abingdon 6. Ridgeview 7. Union 8. Galax 9. Patrick Henry 10. Radford

Two of the three largest payrolls in professional sports history in the World Series. MLB needs an overhaul!

Northside beat LB 27-24 on September 21. Two evenly matched teams will be fun to watch if they meet a third time!

That’s what everyone said in 2014 when Glenvar plodded their way to a state championship. Not saying you’re wrong. Just saying we’ve seen this from them before.

Ridgeview Wheeling Park  Ft. Chiswell Glenvar Radford John Battle Lee Virginia Tazewell Bluefield Galax George Wythe Northwood  Narrows Grundy Tug Valley Rye Cove JI Burton Chilhowie North Greene Honaker Michigan Oklahoma Virginia Marshall Alabama N.C. State LSU Oregon  New England Miami Cleveland Washington Kansas City  GotW Graham 52

Most recent VHSL ADM had LB at 1,028.

Actually, Northside has victories over Pulaski, Lord Botetourt and Salem this season!

Northside beat LB 27-24. The Northside team I saw at Galax a few weeks ago was incredible!

Galax 21 GW 14 Final GW did not deserve to lose this game.

Gage Cooke to Landon Dickson from 25 yards out. Galax 21 GW 14 GW has the ball 1st and 10 on the 50 with 37 seconds remaining.

Galax with a blocked punt touchdown. Tied at 14 with 2:19 remaining.

GW 14 Galax 7 Galax is flat, uninspired and getting thoroughly outplayed.

Galax 7 GW 6 Halftime. Galax has 3 first half turnovers and a missed field goal.

Galax converts a GW interception. Galax 7 GW 0 1:22 left in the 1st

Northern Arizona's QB was ejected for targeting in a FCS playoff game last year.

Very interesting OpEd! https://www.dailyprogress.com/opinion/opinion-commentary-a-voice-from-the-past-outlines-a-plan/article_b9e35df8-c8cc-11e8-9228-73d89bf86a0a.html "If you were to take the Rural Horseshoe and hold it up against the Golden Crescent, the contrasts are stunning," Baliles said. "Two Virginias! If the Rural Horseshoe were considered a separate state, it would be tied for dead last with Mississippi and West Virginia for educational attainment levels — dead last for citizens with high school diplomas; dead last for citizens with college degrees. Think about that."

James Monroe Giles Ridgeview Union Gate City Graham Castlewood Richlands Tazewell Bluefield Auburn Galax Chilhowie Narrows Honaker Thomas Walker Eastside Rye Cove Holston Auburn Georgia Washington Marshall West Virginia Miami Virginia Tech Michigan New York Jets Washington Jacksonville Baltimore New England GotW JI Burton 52

Dyer didn't hire Derrick. Derrick was basketball and baseball coach at Fort Chiswell for a decade before Dyer came to Fort Chiswell. Dyer was at Rural Retreat.

I grew up down the road from Dyer and Derrick. Their dad coached me and my brother for many years. I don't know the status of Wythe County politics but this doesn't sound like the family I have known for 35 years. Derrick replaced coach Jonas as the head basketball coach well over a decade ago at Fort Chiswell while Dyer was the assistant principal at Rural Retreat. Derrick has also been the baseball coach for 12 years. Dyer has only come over to Fort Chiswell in the past couple of years. I'm not certain that rises to the level of "nepotism" given they were at different schools on opposite ends of the county for much of their early careers. Maybe I'm missing something!

Region B has 10 schools but 3 don't field football teams so, this is correct. Sussex, Surry and Franklin are moving from Region A to Region B next cycle to give the playoff format more balance.