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If you're talking about Ron Brown's crew, then you are crazy. He get's animated in big moments, but EVERY radio guy should. It brings excitement to the broadcast. And he is certainly not a goon.

I never knew aardvarks as hostile creatures...

Ray Jones mooning the fans from big creek was mine.

I'm probably in the minority, but I am happy it's still a 32 team bracket state wide. Though I can see why a lot of people don't like it because it was pointed out somewhere that 6A Region B only has 8 teams, which means all the teams in that region are in the playoffs before a snap even takes place. What I don't like is the cross bracketing at the final 8. I think you should have a regional champion. Plus it sounds like the cross bracketing will rotate, so even though C/D play each other this year, I guess the next two years, C/D will go to A or B.

I've said it myself ever since. That was the best high school football game I've witnessed in my life. My voice was still messed up the following Friday.

He was a massive turd, and just about single-handedly caused the collapse of the Jeff Jones era at UVA. Jeff was (and is) a great coach, but was a little too wet behind the ears to take over an ACC job. He took chances on talented players of poor repute, and it burned him. That, and the affair.

UVAO.........I can assure you the vast majority of GC fans are not "patently delusional" about the upcoming basketball season. Believe most of us are saying that we COULD win a state championship this season.........a point that you seem to agree with. Looks like we are all on the same delusional page. :) I will agree that there is a lot of closed-mindedness in SWVA. Just like in all parts of the state, and our great nation. Is really just a matter of what that particular region's minds are closed toward. I'm curious. How many times did you see GC play last year?

My wife and I went to quite a few PH-Roanoke games when we lived in Roanoke. Her coworkers son was a four year starter and we are close with the family. Incidentally, He is the associate AD at VMI right now. During the final game of the 2000 or 2001 season, a huge brawl broke out on the field between PH and Halifax. A few dozen police officers on horseback were called in and teargas canisters were dispensed. It was the most surreal atmosphere I have experienced. It felt like watching yourself in a civil right video straight out of the 60's.

I was at that Tazewell game also and pretty close to the firecrackers. My brother still claims that's the reason he has heart problems today...lol

The Appy player who was knocked out cold was Sammy Sellers. I was at that Tazewell game, that Colobro took the safety, I believe that knocked Tazewell out of playoffs.

Here are a few recollections that stand out in my mind: -In the early 90's, Tom Turner and Appalachia ran the hook and ladder on the last play of the game to beat GC. -A couple of years later, Lindsey Fisher leveled, and I mean leveled, an Appy Bulldog on a crack back block on a punt return, and Coach Houseright jumped around like a jumping bean on the sidelines. That's still the hardest hit I ever saw. -Before you could spike the ball into the ground to stop the clock, Barry Wolfe tried to throw the ball out of bounds to stop the clock, and a Tazewell player stepped in front and made the long pick six. In the category of really wild: -In 1983, Colobro's first year at GC, Tazewell was down to GC 7-0 and threatening to score. Near the goal line, while the Bulldogs were snapping the ball, some fan set off some firecrackers, and Tazewell fumbled on the play. GC got the ball, took a self-inflicted safety, and won 7-2. - I didn't see it, but one of my friends who played RB in the '70s told me that he got his leg broke really bad against Graham while he laid in the bottom of the pile, and a G-man broke it by twisting on it.

Darned near witnessed a melee at a Graham/Tazewell baseball game in 2002. Tazewell's catcher intentionally tripped our 2-hole hitter as he was running across home plate to score the first run of the game in the Top of the 7th after a single by our 4-hole hitter. That player's brother was in the on-deck circle, and he charged the catcher with a bat in hand, cocked to swing. And he would've, had Tazewell's catcher not started running away. Erstwhile, the 3-hole and 4-hole hitters are flying around the bases while he entire field was staring at the circus unfolding around the backstop. Both scored uncontested. I've often wondered how on earth that would be scored. No one was ejected, which is the most surprising part of the whole ordeal. Neither the catcher nor our 5-hole hitter. The umps did go into "eff you Graham, no way in Hell you're winning mode". Tazewell wouldn't swing at anything we threw in the Bottom of the 7th, and they were all called balls. 3 walks and an error turned into 3 runs. We lost 4-3 in 8.

Maybe a Bluefield fan will give an accurate account of the whole scene after the "Miracle at Mitchell" a few years back.

Grundy has never had real big numbers. The years I played during our four years in a row going to the regional championships we were lucky if we 20 to 30 come out. Whittled that down to around 20 by the end of the year. So I'm glad to finally see some kids show up. Can't wait to catch a few games this year, work willing.

Gate City High School, as a whole, has traveled the State of Virginia more than the majority of the other schools in all sports. To say they need to get out of SWVA is ridiculous. I don't see that it's delusional to think GC could win the state championship anymore than it would be for any other school to feel that way. If you don't go there thinking you're going to win, you'll be tucking your tail between your legs and making a long drive back home.

UVAO, I think your perception of the number of delusional fans in GC is skewed a bit. Yes, there are some, but on the whole, most of us know how hard it is to win the top prize, because after all, we have never done it in boys.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Appalachian-Football-882259341924297/photos/?tab=albums Here are folders with most of the pictures that I have taken. There are several schools missing cause I have them stored elsewhere and will add them soon.

Big Creek was the first field to permanently install lights in 1931. Princeton was actually the first to play a night game in WV vs Shady Spring in 1929. They brought in the "portable flood lights" from Concord) Since everyone wanted to have the experience of playing at night Big Creek played a lot of home games in 1931 and 1932. They were originally called the Big Creek Warriors. This was a compromise with the people from Coalwood and Berwind. The people in War wanted to call the new high school War High like the old school in War was called but of course the people of Coalwood and Berwind objected. So the name was taken from the voting district which was the Big Creek district but the nickname was the Warriors. But since Big Creek played so many games at night everyone quickly started calling them the Owls and it stuck.