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UVA Wise/Emory & Henry - should happen every year. How these schools let this series get cancelled is a mind blower from a financial stand point. JIB/Wise Central - Great historical rivalry. Norton and Wise will always be a heated contest.

Ever watched Two A Days? Popular reality TV show about 11-12 years ago that focused on Hoover HS in Hoover, Alabama outside of Birmingham. They were a monster team, Hoover. In 2005 they played against Allen D. Nease HS from Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, which is outside of Jacksonville I do believe. Their quarterback that season was Tim Tebow, who was in his senior year at Nease. Nease came to Hoover. Nease had a 7.5 hour drive to Hoover. Hoover won 50-29. The game was played on a Saturday. It is feasible and it would take some planning.

I used to love it when the Gate played Marion early on and on the road when it matched up with a VT home game. A vacation day would be taken that Friday and arriving at Hungry Mother the Thursday night before. Gameday was on Friday with a nice campfire on Friday night after the game and off to Blacksburg on Saturday morning with breakfast at the ole Iron Skillet in Wytheville/Fort Chiswell on the way up (Don't think that is there anymore). Times were fun, except the couple of years in the late 80s when Marion had a kid named Puckett that was a human tank wearing football cleats. Talking about smashmouth football. Geeesh! It's hard to imagine how time flies and how its been since 2000, and it seems like yesterday when we were having the Scarlet Hurricane on the agenda. P.S. one poster wrote how Giles and Union should play. I would love the matchup, but man thats a good 3 hour haul. That's like Graham playing Wilson Memorial or Giles playing Nottoway. 3 hours is a long way.

Shew!!!

How about Wise Central and JIB. I think it is the absolute BIGGEST load of crap that they haven't played in years! Only post consolidation rivalry that could continue.

I needed a good laugh this morning.

Of course they have had players other than Blaker that could have played for Giles...I'm sure some non skilled players people never hear about could have easily started for Giles

Bluefield - Graham is the best. Played every year since 1938. Come to see it. Party starts at 10 a.m. Tailgating, live music, radio station remote broadcasts. When any other game can claim that then come talk. Great rivalries that are just a cut below but still great. Richlands-Tazewell: I know it hasn't meant much lately but this goes back to 1926. Played every year but 1943 when the war caused the board to drop teams at Tazewell and Richlands. For whatever reason Tazewell has always put more emphasis on the Richlands game than Graham. Bluefield - Princeton - goes back to 1924. How many schools can say that they were actually banned from playing each other in any sport for four full years? Bluefield and Princeton were not allowed to play anything from 1966-1969 due to the intense rivalry with misbehavior on the field/court and in the stands. Virginia High - Tennessee High - Goes back to about 1915? This would be right there with Bluefield-Graham if the Bearcats were better and if the festivities were there. There was a time when they shared the same field until Gene Malcolm came along. Honaker - Lebanon - I attended one of these once and it surprised me the level of animosity towards each other. Got a lot better when Honaker got better. Abingdon - Marion - played every year usually at the end of the season and the series is very close. Some other good ones. Twin Springs - Rye Cove Narrows - Giles Galax - Grayson George Wythe - Radford Giles - Blacksburg And then those that have died. Appalachia - Powell Valley - every bit as good as Bluefield-Graham. Such a shame it is gone. Welch - Gary - The battle for the barrel. Always played on Thanksgiving in the early days and Veterans Day in later days. Bands, Cheerleaders ,etc were in the parade and then went to the game. J. J. Kelly - J. I. Burton. Again such a shame it is gone Haysi - Clintwood

He's a senior and was on 2nd or 3rd string at DB. He's been at most of GC's basketball games the past 2 years and has a lot of friends there. I think we might have another one coming also, but he was a GC boy to begin with.

Honaker has a Benefit game 8-18 @ Eastside