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Lets not forget the parking and the field of dirt, not grass come late season. Oh and also the extra pushes or late hits to players of color that refs never seem to see. I will say I have personally not had a "bad" experience yet... I do have to agree with the 1950's style horns and his voice it was a pleasure when the sound system went out the last few times on the visitor side. All announcers should be for their home team but there is a limit to it and Grundy goes well beyond. Seriously how long does it take to say golden wave? Not the 10 seconds he stretches it out to be lol

Plus the PA guy is a homer from hell. Between him and the Twin Springs PA guy, I am not sure who's ass I'd like to kick most.

Greater than 50% chance? Lawl. Some of you folks need to take trips out of SWVA sometime. Despite Gate City's offensive prowess, they couldn't defend Heritage Hall's JV team last year, and there are teams in the East who both score and defend admirably. There's a reason no 2A/AA team west of Glenvar since the 1956 Graham G-Men has won a boys' state championship. Basketball in SWVA, especially on the AA/2A level, is an afterthought, in a state where basketball is an afterthought. It's an afterthought's afterthought. I hope Gate City can turn that streak around (if Graham can't). But my goodness, greater than 50% chance to win more than 3 months before the season begins?! When it hasn't been done in my parents' lifetimes? Good luck.

I heard they were at Mitchell.

I disagree on two counts. I could write a thesis on this, but I'll just briefly summarize it here. One, it's a fiscally disastrous proposition. Without changing the whole municipal paradigm, one district will be "dominant" and one will be "servient". In the above example, Russell would be dominant and Tazewell would be servient. Tazewell would lose the students and therefore the considerable state funding that goes along with them. Tazewell would be left with buildings where the electricity would need to be paid; the water and sewer would need to be tended; and the grounds would need to be landscaped. Russell would receive the students (and that money), but would have to construct a massive new school complex (think 8-figure cost); this has left Dickenson County in a huge financial lurch. Russell would also have to send buses deep into Tazewell County, buses which get 6 MPG at $2.54/gallon for diesel. Two, while feasible, there would be considerable bureaucracy in consolidating school districts between counties/cities. It's more than just the public hearings, the public anger, and the funding conundrum: it's administrative red tape even when that's approved. The General Assembly would need to change its entire municipal paradigm to the northern model of Borough/Township to accomplish this task on a statewide level, and that's almost certainly an 11-figure price tag. And having seen the independent school district setup for myself, it is massive and unwieldy. This isn't going to happen, and it's for the best in multiple ways.

Have you ever been to Grundy? Horrible visitor side, PA right in your face and turned up to 11, bad angles, bad lighting. Makes Richlands visitor side seem like Mitchell. ?

Carroll County easily the worst one for me. I also agree Richlands visitor side stinks it up. I really wish they would upgrade it. Been talked about for several years now. Just can't hardly make themselves take the plunge...lol

Fort 32, tom hale coached one year and numbers have been down from the fifties ever since. Half freshman and sophomores

The future of schools and consolidation, closer, etc., rests in combining schools in different counties. There are already places in the US to include West VA, that are doing this. It will become more frequent as counties will have to innovate to maximize funds. These funds are limited as public education will continue to take a hit as Medicaid continues to grow. I am not saying Medicaid is good or bad or this or that. I am not talking about the politics of it. I am simply talking about the facts of it, and the fact is....Medicaid is a run away train that state and federal regulators have no idea what to do with and is taking up large percentages of budgets, and it's growing. This means that state and local governments have to cut somewhere, or at least have to have some serious innovation in other funded areas such as....education. The combination of schools in separate counties in order to maximize limited funding will occur in SWVA as well. Maybe not tomorrow or in the next 5 years, but in the next 10 years, it's a definite thing that is simply going to happen. Two examples of what the future could look like and these are just examples, and I am not saying the exact two examples below will happen, but you will see things similar to below... Rosedale area- new school where Richlands, Honaker, and Lebanon kids attend (2 different counties). It's not going to be popular and it's already controversial as traditions are changed or lost when county schools combine, but you can imagine how unpopular it will be when schools of different counties combine, but.......money matters and when strapped for funds, there are little options. Combining an independent city-non county school like Galax with Grayson County and a school built in the Baywood area, etc. (1 independent city school with another county school in this example.) I know it's crazy, but things of this sort are the future.

Some of those are correct. However, Gray Baker the best QB? You must be drunk. Over Justin McCrackin? We are we forgetting Caleb Jennings, Shane Wicks, Brett Claybern, Austin Fuller has the best hands to ever play at Richlands. So many others are left off of this list.

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.

C'mon now. You can't say that Ernie Hicks is a dump and then say Sandlick is your favorite... That place, although served it's purpose, was a dump.

I'll be the first to admit that Ernie Hicks needs an upgrade on the visitor side. One of my all time favorites was Ralph Cummins Stadium. That place during a big game was right up there with those already mentioned. Ernie Hicks and Mitchell are 1 and 2 for me. A big game at either place is hard to beat.

MOUNTAIN MAYHEM JAMBOREE at Twin Valley Football Field Saturday, August 12th, 2017 Teams Involved Wise Central Northwood Castlewood Twin Valley Hurley Grundy Riverview W.VA. Rye Cove Holston Schedule will be posted mid July.