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And an 8th grader who has the potential to be the best one if I remember right also.

? that would be a warm breeze blowing was hearing it may be a cool one

Union has some freshmen hurlers that will be good in the years to come, but the team desperately needs to spend some serious time in the hitting cage, and improve defensively, There just has to be a deeper commitment to this sport in this football town, or we'll stay middle of the road:(

Well, no "school' does, at least to my knowledge. I suppose a school could put in a bonus for a coach that wins a title, but I have no clue about that. But, a whole other item is Boosters....private citizens on the side is an entirely separate thing, and they........can and do pay. Mike Smith at Hampton High for about 2 decades in the 80s and 90s made more money from Booster payments than he did from the City of Hampton as the Dean of Boys/Guidance Counselor/Head Coach at Hampton High. The late Don Dunford of Tazewell helped out Nick Colobro and Dave Litz. Dunford was a multi millionaire. A Booster and/or private citizen can do what they want. They can give money to a HS Coach if they choose to. A coach wins a state title and a private citizen who is generally a Booster can give the Coach a new car. There's nothing illegal about this either. As for "who does it," and how much paid and who pays......that's hidden info, but it's been done across the USA for nearly 1 century now. In most states, boosters (the boosters club) can not legally pay a coach for his or her coaching services. But, an individual person who is likely a booster can give a coach any gift he chooses, even if the gift is likely and clearly related to the coaches performance on the field. In Texas, lots of HS Football Coaches that win titles have nicely new F250s within a month or so after the title, lol.

So what schools in Southwest Virginia give extra money to coaches who win?

Union QBs have never played Defense. Even the past 2 seasons with Anderson who's best position was Safety

The stipend for being a HC Isn't much by any means, but where earning potential is dramatically increased is......IF......IF you can win. If you win and keep winning, that's where Booster money comes into play and HC's that win can pick up lots of extra cash from Booster money. At smaller level schools, there is less population to provide Booster money compared to for example....a Salem. Salem with many more people, great tradition, lots more opportunity and simple numbers of people contributing. Or...a smaller school for example in west Texas with only 4000 people in the town, but they have 4 or 5 multi millionaires with oil money to dramatically bring up that small school Head coaching earning potential.

Most counties offer less. Head coach only brings home 5 or 6k

Yes, somehow that slipped my mind. Maybe I had heard they would be dropping back down next cycle, and got ahead of myself. Is that true?

Lebanon moved back up to 2a. It will definitely be more of a challenge for them this year but I still think they have a decent chance to win it all again

I'd say Lebanon baseball has a shot at winning state, as does the winner of Rye Cove or Eastside softball. Eastside hasn't been able to beat the Eagles yet though the past two seasons. I don't see any of our regional 2A teams winning a title this year, and I think the teams above are better than the 2A teams in our region.

Is there anyway to access regional and district rankings? Maxpreps has many inaccuracies.

I've heard they got a guy coming from southern Alabama area that just got out of the military.

I'm late hearing things a lot of the time but has Castlewood hired anyone to replace Bubba?

Exactly. Not a lot of money for sure. Maybe $4,000 in a few counties and less in others.

No I said my source is money. As in the person who told me the info.

I know that. CPF is the only saying the guy is coming to Graham for the 💰

I'm not sure who we're discussing here, but is it the older gentlemen that coaches Defense at Bluefield University? If so, perhaps he is retiring from the college scene and is just offering his services to the local high school where he now lives. Just curious. None of these coaches, especially assistants are making much money, they're practically volunteering their time anyway. What will an assistant coaches paycheck get you now - a - days in this economy? A few tanks of gas and a couple of six packs?

Who's Gate City's QB?? Jones was set to be heir apparent, but I seem to remember hearing on here that Kaden might be stepping into that role -- which, if he's legit ready, and legit enough sized, is the ideal play given three years of eligibility in the queue.

Why would they lose him at corner for maybe receiver but not corner?

I am excited to see how Union does with Bostic playing qb and losing him at corner.

I guess there’s something to be said for the old adage “happy wife, happy life!”

He was dismissed after an incident at the union playoff game.

Where is Dubois going? If I recall correctly, Dubouse was a 3 star defensive line recruit out of Mount View High around the turn of the century, and was offered by Tech, WVU, and many more. He ended up playing for the Mountaineers.

Dennis Palmer is not going to Richlands and he will still be coaching at Graham. I don’t know who your source is but trust me , they’re unreliable. 😂😂😂😂😂The other guy is coming (that’s the only accurate part of your post) and yes, he will be coaching DL.