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Don't know if those brothers are kin to one bad man back in the 80s at Lebanon named Eric Buchanan, but Eric was a bolt. Had world class speed and a great RB with not much blocking, but if he got a step, it was lights out.

Have they been set yet? Always confuses me with abingdon in there. I know wise beat Lee...so is wise the 1 seed? And Lee and battle will play for 2nd and 3rd or wat?

He squirted through a small hole, juked a LB and was gone. They played him at RB a quarter and a half, then moved him to the slot, where he showed he had excellent hands. I'd guess on the day he had round 100 on the ground and 60+ receiving yards. I'm guessing he's a dynamic kick returner too. He is probably a DII or FCS prospect due to his size, but someone local like FIU or FAU may give him a shot. I really liked Piper's QB in this game too. Maksim Steuber is 6'0 190 and will be a sophomore this coming season. He has a good arm, throws a nice deep ball and can throw on the run. Piper's offensive line was terrible, but he was able to buy time with his feet and did a good job of moving the chains. Piper's lack of a running game prevented them from finishing drives. I won't be surprised if Steuber is on someone else's roster this coming season, and will be shocked if he stays after this season. Quarterbacks are in high demand here, and there were a bunch of guys in the stands yesterday who looked like they were taking notes, and didn't appear to be affiliated with any colleges. Speaking of crowds, hats off to Piper for providing an actual game atmosphere instead of the typical scrimmage where no one shows up except for parents and a handful of people like me. They had the band march in and perform at the half. The concession stands were open, and the home stands were about 3/4 full.

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They did and I meant to type them. Football is in my head.

I thought Appomattox won it last year

Union's dangerous. In Virginia, there is no two out of three series in the playoffs. That means if you have two solid pitchers, you can win a title, even if the other 8 guys on the field are only 5th or 6th best in the state, get 3 runs from the other 8 guys and have two dominant pitchers and you are in the running for a state title. Union is exactly that. King William last year's other 8 guys on the field were probably 6th or 7th best in Va. Their 2 pitchers were dominant though, and they won a title.

He’s a speedy little guy. Was anyone close to catching him!

South Dade 22 Piper 8 Final

Peaking at the right time. Go beat Abingdon again and the boys would win the M7 in the big three boys sports. Would be one helluva year.

South Dade 22 Piper 8 5:18 left Bucs with a 70 yard drive ending with a 37 yard TD pass.

South Dade 14 Piper 8 10:30 to go Piper with an 84 yard drive capped by a 2 yard TD run. Try for two no good.

Twin Springs needs no help from next door. They are just fine with the coaches they have for next year.

Bears have had a heckuva week. Ended Abingdon's 95-0 streak Friday, defeat GC last night, and upend Battle in the semis this evening 8-4.

South Dade 14 Piper 2 2:39 2nd Piper with a sack in the end zone.

South Dade 14 Piper 0 End of 1st South Dade with a 33 yard TD pass.

South Dade 7 Piper 0 4:56 1st A 51 yard TD run by diminutive (5’5 170) Jayden Shropshire puts South Dade on top.

Tuesday Night Lights! South Dade Bucs at the Piper Tigers on the eastern edge of the Everglades. Temp at kickoff is 86, but the humidity is surprisingly low and it’s comfortable. These teams are in 5A.

Lot of good information here. https://www.swvasports.com/ipb/index.php?/topic/46230-district-membership-history/

What a coincidence! I love rails too. I like the really big fat ones, although sometimes it’s better to pace yourself with some skinnier ones.

Haysi was in LPD at one time? Thats wild didnt know that.

Hard to say for certain. I’d say the biggest problem has been that they haven’t been good in football since they’ve been elite in baseball and those kids might not want to go from playing in the state tournament to losing first round of playoffs. I’d be willing to bet that this was probably the first time in a while the baseball team has lost more games than the football team and it took having d1 talent in Jessee and potentially in Reece. Lebanons always had solid athletes over the years but can’t overcome their woes in the trenches. So I don’t know how much the baseball players athleticism would have helped, Baker and Garrett are apart of those baseball groups but Lebanons not had any size in a long time. I do think both Buchanan brothers could have been D1 running backs had they chose that route. So long story short is that it definitely hasn’t helped the football program but not entirely sure how much they would have helped either

Thanks for sharing. I had my theories, but wasn’t sure. I guess it’s a clear argument for early specialization, rather than against in this case. This was my assumption with Graham soccer in the spring as well. I think those sports are very specific skills that lend themselves to reps and travel ball. Does baseball negatively affect football in Lebanon’s case? I sort of considered Reese being an outlier that really improved those sports, but I could be mistaken.

Well the issue is that it’s students who are doing the announcing. Lee doesn’t have their own “Sports Network” like Union and Abingdon, so students have done the announcing for NFHS coverage. They do a great job for 17 and 18 year old kids, but they do question the officials at times

I know for Lebanon the biggest key has been “daddy ball”. People can hate on it all they want but it’s needed at the youth level, not needed in HS, but definitely youth. I’ve noticed since about 2015 all of the good HS baseball teams all have had a group of dads get a group of 7-8 year old kids together and going to play travel ball. Granted it is a lot easier to do this whenever you constantly give the youth levels motivation with consistently having a good HS team. All of these kids that you see today that are good, 99 times out of 100 their parents have spent thousands upon thousands of dollars on lessons and team fees. Lebanon is going on about their 5th or 6th straight group of kids like this, with about 3 more already in line. This has been the case at Battle and Abingdon too, with BSG also starting to see that come to fruition, which is also why East TN schools are usually light years ahead of SWVA in baseball, Johnson City and Kingsport are travel ball hotspots. Same thing applies in softball. Baseballs not like Football or Basketball, HS coaches very rarely play a role in the development of players, usually you can already tell who can end up contributing at the high school level pretty early and easily. So I’d recommend if you wanted your school to become a good baseball program, don’t worry about the highschool players. Get parents that have some knowledge of the sport and get them to organize a team and just go play. It’s a lot easier said than done but it’s theres not a secret formula to it