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A community devastated by catastrophic flooding attempts to give their kids normalcy but by all means let’s think of the poor other schools losing a game/gate. GTFOH with that…for real. Do I hate we are losing a game? Sure, but it’s BS to criticize those kids/coaches/admin.

All in good fun: post your best SWVA football memes! The more partisan and deranged the better! Here's a few to get started:

I can kinda see why the Narrows folks are hesitant to consolidate😂

Who is this "Will" guy, and why does everyone run the ball AT him? Also, why does he play for so many teams?? I NEED to know!!

Union 3-1 first time since last year cause we can't beat Graham

Only 1 charter bus so only 55 can travel including coaches. Cheerleaders are bringing upperclassmen separately. Band can’t make it. No fan bus but they’re are plenty of people carpooling on the way up. It’s an expensive trip. But the kids are excited. I know I would be if I was in high school getting to travel, stay overnight & play a bigger school from the eastern part of the state. I think as adults we take for granted stuff like that. There are some kids that don’t get to take trips, stay in hotels & get fed multiple meals per day. Regardless of the outcome of the game it should be a lasting memory for them.

I just think you should play where your numbers put you.

I'm closing this thread with a final thought... The rest of the Mountain 7 fans are correct...Union fans are the biggest bunch of crybabies in this end of VA, not to mention the rudest bunch at games. It's really sad that some of you take this so seriously. I suggest you get help or stop going to the games because there is way more in life to be bitching over than a penalty or two. Sorry about that...rant over...

The Giles County "Football Team".

For the record, it is best to take assumptions out of the equation. With all due respect, we had every reason to think that we would be able to complete the current season. With a roster of 18 players, we have played with this many in the past, we expected to take our share of knocks this season but we also expected to finish the season. This wasn't the "good old college try," I assure you of that. Nonetheless, circumstances, which I cannot discuss, put the team in a very awkward predicament that the administration could not, in good conscience, allow the team to continue. Player safety became our number one priority and our hand was forced. Barring unforeseen circumstances, we would have never been in this situation and would not have been forced to make this decision and in all likelihood have finished the season.

Streets of Saltville tonight 😂

First 4-0 start for Rye Cove since 1989

I would say it will be smart if anyone who has officiated or does officiate never puts an answer on here to this question.

Yeah man... normally I agree with your posts, but that's a bad take. Respect the Panthers for giving it a go and continue to pray for those affected by the awful flooding in and around Oakwood and Pilgrim's Knob.

Can we stop pretending Tazwell is in Grahams league now?

Will

Common sense football says when the other team has an explosive offense and you have a run first offense use every second of that game clock and shorten the game. Thats not playing not to lose that a pretty decent game play that works for a lot of teams

I’m convinced that every thread with “Graham” in the title is going to be full of drama caused by teams that cannot beat them.

One for after listening to the Richlands game on the radio with WGTH.

I’m not sure how many scholarships are awarded in band 😂😂😂😂 but I know for a fact the football team doesn’t run over their band members nor do I expect them to plow down members of Union’s band not that any other Tazewell County team would ever do such a thing 😂😂😂😂.

Graham wins the Tazewell County Championship 86-11.

New high school will be named: Johnny Castle Rock High School “The Fighting Swayze’s” @SWVAgridiron can you confirm?

That’s my pops

This is a pointless thread. Literally no need to start it.

No Tarter was not an assistant. There is no connection between this team and the 92 team, other than Brannon Breeding, who I believe is on staff under Tarter. I was lucky enough to be a member of the 92 team, my ring still reads "State Champion." Football has changed, the game, much like our society has become more about prestige and less workmanlike. The teams were better, the players were tougher, the coaches were more focused on the fundamentals, and yes, better. Dennis Vaught will always have nay-sayers, the people that know him and played for him know better. In my opinion, he is the best pure football coach to ever walk the sidelines in Richlands. If you want to talk about state titles, he won two titles with schools that never had won one before, Lexington and Richlands. He was a throwback coach cast more in the mold of a Bear Bryant compared to today's coaches (high school and collegiate.) In the past, I would get upset when people brought up the cleats. Not so much now, my feelings are mixed. I am grateful that my path crossed his as he taught me many lessons, more about life than football. It also saddens me that the players on that team are not celebrated as they should be. I am sure everyone remembers Breeding and Harrison. There were others on that team that worked their asses off and did not waste their opportunity. Yancy Tabor was the tackle that no one knows, yet he is probably the best pure OL technician to ever play at Richlands. Chris Crawford and Brian Triplett were the guards and Adam Yost was the other tackle, all supremely talented. The center was Sam Barnett. Willis White himself remarked at the VHSL All-Star game in 92 that Barnett was the best High School center that he ever saw. There were Brad Salyers, Terry Monk and Brad Davis, all three exceptional and all three taken from us way too soon. The assistant coaches were all tremendous as well. Richie Thomas, Brian Johnson, Dennis Palmer (probably the best football coach in SWVA right now), Terry Wess...etc. With the mention of the Marion game, I remember that it was a very sloppy field and Marion had run the double wing with a 5'8" 240 lb. full back or "B" back. That guy was impressive and had no quit in him. The mud made him impossible to bring down. The game winner was rung up by Josh Perkins who by far was the best kicker ever at Richlands at that point in history. They have had a few good ones since. Also, Powell Valley pushed us to the brink in Big Stone as we slipped by them 16 to 15, I think. Many good local teams then.

That’s about the level of visual clarity you get from the front row of the bleachers, too.

To all...win or lose, show good sportsmanship. Good luck and praying for injury-free games tonight!!! Play ball...

False. Teams in each region will be seeded 1-8. You’ll have the regional quarter finals, regional semifinals, then region championship. The region champion from C will play the region champion of D in the state semifinals. The winner from that will play the winner between A and B in the State Championship.

“What the **** does Kyle Petty have to do with any of this?!”

I had to share this. I think the "no artificial noisemakers" is a little much.