Tigers_07 72 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 any idea what this year's districts/conferences for 1a/2a/3a looks like, was there any realignments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixcat 2,913 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 Conferences are gone. It's a 4-region set-up as it was in years past with a few caveats. Several districts in our area have/are changing significantly. Specifically, the Mountain Empire, Three Rivers and Southwest. http://www.vhsl.org/doc/upload/alignment-final-24-region-alignment-plan1.pdf http://www.vhsl.org/doc/upload/alignment-2017-18-2018-19-final-district-alignment-plan.pdf Ryan4VT and Deleted Account 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leatherhead Larry 530 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 What does this mean for the playoff picture? Are we still gonna let 2-8 teams in the playoffs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,546 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 1 hour ago, Leatherhead Larry said: What does this mean for the playoff picture? Are we still gonna let 2-8 teams in the playoffs? That 8th place spot could be a bad team, but you're not gonna see several bad teams in like it used to be. Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason 299 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 8 teams per region? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,546 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 1 hour ago, Jason said: 8 teams per region? Correct. Region 4 features Richlands, Gate City, Union, and Graham. If GC comes back, can you imagine those regional semis and finals? Bigrhsfan and Jason 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokiebird7 1,416 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 At least this is 1000 times better than that garbage playoff system we had the last few years cityofRaven and Leatherhead Larry 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason 299 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 5 minutes ago, Hokiebird7 said: At least this is 1000 times better than that garbage playoff system we had the last few years Only difference is it keeps travel down isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokiebird7 1,416 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 1 hour ago, Jason said: Only difference is it keeps travel down isn't it? Yea but that was the stupidest part of it...the travel was just plain stupid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason 299 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Hokiebird7 said: Yea but that was the stupidest part of it...the travel was just plain stupid I liked the idea of it but the travel was a bit much. The state semis was the worst part of it. There was no good reason to flip the teams around for those games. redtiger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,739 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 In theory it was great, new teams facing each other instead of the same old same old but the travel was horrendous. Crossing in the semis was pretty terrible too Ryan4VT and Jason 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosyadaddy 22 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 Hogo should be pretty easy to pick now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FBDevotee 34 Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 Here are my preseason picks for VHSL Class 2 Region D playoff teams (I think 4 wins gets you in): Union, Graham, Gate City, Richlands, Central, Lee, Marion, Ridgeview swva_havok_fan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swva_havok_fan 1,259 Report Share Posted June 30, 2017 15 hours ago, FBDevotee said: Here are my preseason picks for VHSL Class 2 Region D playoff teams (I think 4 wins gets you in): Union, Graham, Gate City, Richlands, Central, Lee, Marion, Ridgeview Hope you're right about Ridgeview. Hell, after the way last season went, I would be happy with just winning a district game. I certainly think three of the four non conference games we have are winnable (Grundy, Shelby Valley and Pike Central). Are the 8 teams you have listed in order of what you think they will be seeded? If so, I think Richlands is at worse a 2 seed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,546 Report Share Posted June 30, 2017 Richlands is gonna pick up some pretty big points with two very good 4A teams on the schedule this year. Even if they drop a couple of games, they will still likely outpoint a lot of teams. I see them no worse than 3rd. Just depends on how some other teams do as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trumpet1988 289 Report Share Posted July 2, 2017 In 2A Region S, the top seed will be tight among Union, Richlands, and Graham. I wouldn't be surprised if Gate City snuck up on someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leatherhead Larry 530 Report Share Posted July 2, 2017 Hopefully GC's team success won't be based on what we've done so far in 7 on 7s. Running the football will be our bread and butter once again. It'll be hard not to give the ball to 2 kids who weigh 225lbs and 250lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTownTigers 82 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 The problem I have with it is.....there are still 32 teams that make the playoffs across the state in each Divsion. That's just to many for my preference, especially since we have 6 Divisions. I remember back in the day when there was 3 divisions or A, AA, and AA with 4 regions for each level, so that's a total of.......12 regions for the entire state and we had 48 teams in the state of Va make the playoffs total. We now have........32x6=192 teams in the state make the playoffs. I even liked it most when there were 6 divisions and there were 24 total regions for the state with 4 teams making the playoffs in each region for a total of 96 teams in the state making the playoffs. 192 teams is just a bit much. I like the way the new playoff system is designed overall compared to what we recently had and am in favor of it. I just wish it could have been 4 teams per region, or if not that, then 6 teams make the playoffs in each region with the top 2 seeds getting a bye in week one. That's somewhat of a meeting in the middle I guess. Either way, high school football is still fun and I will still watch and pay at the gate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTownTigers 82 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 I have a question on districts. Do they mean anything other than you of course will play each school in your district every year? Meaning......you automatically do not get in the playoffs by winning your district? P.S. Talking about playing up....in the Richmond area (Dominion District) George Wythe of Richmond is Division/"Class" 3 and there are 9 total teams in this district. Four of those 9 teams are Class/Division 6. One of those 9 teams is Class/Division 5, and 3 of the 9 teams are Class 4, and then there is George Wythe at Div/Class 3 who will play "up' a minimum of 8 times in the season. Five of those 8 games for George Wythe are against teams at least 2 Classes or more higher. It may be safe to say, or at least arguable to say that George Wythe has one of the toughest schedules in Virginia. M. Walker in the Colonial has a tougher situation with 9 teams in that District and M. Walker is Class 2, and they have 6 other teams in the district that are Class 5. That's playing up 3 classes/divisions above your level at least 6 out of 10 games for the season. I don't know much about Richmond area football, but that sure does look tough on paper for George Wythe of Richmond and Maggie Walker. If Maggie Walker somehow goes 6-4 in regular season, then look out for them for heavens sake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason 299 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 1 hour ago, TTownTigers said: I have a question on districts. Do they mean anything other than you of course will play each school in your district every year? Meaning......you automatically do not get in the playoffs by winning your district? P.S. Talking about playing up....in the Richmond area (Dominion District) George Wythe of Richmond is Division/"Class" 3 and there are 9 total teams in this district. Four of those 9 teams are Class/Division 6. One of those 9 teams is Class/Division 5, and 3 of the 9 teams are Class 4, and then there is George Wythe at Div/Class 3 who will play "up' a minimum of 8 times in the season. Five of those 8 games for George Wythe are against teams at least 2 Classes or more higher. It may be safe to say, or at least arguable to say that George Wythe has one of the toughest schedules in Virginia. M. Walker in the Colonial has a tougher situation with 9 teams in that District and M. Walker is Class 2, and they have 6 other teams in the district that are Class 5. That's playing up 3 classes/divisions above your level at least 6 out of 10 games for the season. I don't know much about Richmond area football, but that sure does look tough on paper for George Wythe of Richmond and Maggie Walker. If Maggie Walker somehow goes 6-4 in regular season, then look out for them for heavens sake. Maggie Walker doesn't have a football team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTownTigers 82 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 26 minutes ago, Jason said: Maggie Walkwe doesn't have a football team. Thank God! Jason 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason 299 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 43 minutes ago, TTownTigers said: Thank God! I really can't see why they are in 2a. They draw students from several counties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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