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Everytime y'all mention the Bearded Moose, I start missing my ex mother-in-law for some reason.

Richlands and.... everybody. During my formative years it seemed that every opponent was particularly hostile to us (even when we weren't particularly good -- which didn't make much sense). But maybe that was just the nature of the old SWD. The hatred of Richlands was somewhat understandable in basketball. During the successful stretch beginning in 1982/83 we were beating teams more often than not. And at home games we had a student section (the Krazy Korner) that was deliberately obnoxious. But sometimes we were on the receiving end of animosity from sources that also didn't immediately make a lot of sense -- specifically Virginia High, Lebanon (although that subsided once they moved from the old gym in Cleveland), and Patrick Henry. Otherwise there were specific sports and programs that had particular rivals. Probably like everyone else, Grundy was the primary target in wrestling (although that was probably one sided because the Golden Wave usually had bigger fish to fry than any of us). Band (yeah, seriously) bore some specific animosity toward John Battle and Pulaski County. Graham was usually the measuring stick for both tennis teams. And although it's not a specific example per se, our performance in the Coppinger Tournament was always a big deal in baseball. Tazewell was always the main rival in all sports. Graham and Grundy (due to proximity and long histories with each) were also targets of widespread scorn. But the fun thing about those rivalries was that as much as we would beat the tar out of each other on the field/court and absolutely hated the thought of losing to those guys, we all had pretty good friendships outside of the actual contests and rivalries. (And on a personal note, I still crack up when I remember how Cary Perkins would make a big show of turning off his hearing aids before he approached the free throw line.)

Teams like Union and Richlands that have a good run D will have a better shot at taking them out this year compared to last. Appo does have good talent once again but they aren't as loaded as last season

Drinking game idea of the day. We all listen to the game and for every time Ryan lets his homer-side loose, we take a shot. How drunk would the board be by halftime?

Marion fumbles down at the 2 and dogs take over. May not end this way but dogs playing hard and giving it their all!

Marion has all their fans already there! Lol

Too funny, your not a "mod" your not even a man. Anyone who played for these men know they were not child abusers but you knew that they commanded respect, did we always agree...no but our opinions didn't count, you know kinda like yours

Grillin and Chillin and Ready for Some Action. I change my pick. Screw it. Gate City wins 28-17. Give em he%* Big Blue Cannonball!!!!!!!!

He was in uniform today

Gonna have to produce more offence than we did against union to stay in this game....sure would be nice for us to start clicking on offence tomar night...

My son plays on the 7/8 team, I was there today for the scrimmage, and I know for a fact that Owens and Collins were on the other end of the field practicing. I don't know if your going by hear say or what, but they were in action today.

For Battle the biggest rival would be virginia high but Abingdon is another big one due to battle being right inbetween Abingdon and virginia high

I like this kid but if he chooses Narduzzi's bunch, I can't say that will continue! Dude is a complete asshat!

Central's rival will always be J.I. Burton. They should still be playing against each other every year. Maybe once Wise gets some new leadership they will bring it back.

I'm going to TRY (try being the operative word, here) to stay neutral.....we'll see I suppose....I may be drunk before I get there....and I don't drink....

2002 was last win vs Giles. Last win in Pearisburg was 1991. It's been awhile.

Narrows and Giles scoreless after 1st

Well, this one's over.

Good deal. I like listening to Ron but I can't pass up listening to you in this one

@Ryan4VT do you have a link to stream your broadcast?

It's a funny thing how it was the same for us. Didn't matter if you lost all other games just beat Richlands. One year Richlands was our only win in football 12-10 02 or 03 I think. We sucked but we won the most important game. Odd bit is never had a terrible experience with Richlands people just in school there was always the feeling of we hate them no matter what. Only half way bad thing is some fans called me out when I sat on their side and said why don't you sit on your own side. I said look over there do you see any seats? Other than a few dirty looks that was about all.

That's just not right,....funny as hell but not right

Oh, and this is just more proof to my previous point that everyone seemed to have an irrational hatred of Richlands. Not being paranoid in hindsight -- the whole world was actually conspiring against us. :-) Great stuff, Bigrhsfan!

Say it ain't so! Johnny is one of the finest gentlemen I've ever had a chance to know, and his family and mine have been the dearest of friends for as long as I've been on this earth. But I have to confess that I always enjoyed it just a little bit when he got really wound up. That must have been a particularly great episode -- sorry I missed it (or simply don't recall it).

"And although it's not a specific example per se, our performance in the Coppinger Tournament was always a big deal in baseball." The coppinger thing started back when I was playing for the Blues back in 76/77 when we got thrown out of the tournament because of what we thought was a disputed homerun.. We thought the ball hit the top of the wall and bounced all the way back to us in the infield, they called it a homerun. The homeplate ump said the ball hit a light pole behind the fence and bounced back to the infield. ( it actually hit the wall ) Altizer lost his mind ( which he would do from time to time ) and they threw us out...........not just of the game, but the tournament for a couple of years ! So we had a rival in the Coppinger for a while. They finally let the Blues back in the tournament a couple of years later.

This

Yes, Tennessee kickoffs are still at 7:30.

I'll second that and include UNC in that as well

It sure was. Man that was a fun couple of weeks.

Rivalry or deathmatch? Haha. The stuff on Twitter before and after the 2014 game was down right nasty!

I thought GC \ Buckingham was going to turn into a great rivalry if they kept meeting up. Lots of bad blood generated in just a couple meetings.

And what more appropriately named eatery ?

Can't speak for everyone but I don't dislike Abingdon. I pull some for them when not playing GC.

1 Union 2 Bluefield 3.Graham 4. Giles 5. Richlands

If Collins is out that's just another hit in the secondary. Lord.

Guys I'm sorry but I don't believe it's close at all. Bburg wins by 30 IMO

I think Central-Union is a bigger rivalry in basketball. Some of those games are super heated.

Narrows is still our rival but since they haven't beaten us since 2002 is it really a rivalry anymore? Can the Waves do something tomorrow night that hasn't been done since 2002 and make this a rivalry again is the question

It's true that interest is down, but when your best player screams "I hope you get f...... fired!" at the HC it kind of tells you everything you need to know about the direction of the program. Oh well, maybe GC can get a win or two in 18.

I don't know how Abingdon feels about them... but I am pretty sure that Gate City doesn't like Abingdon, especially when it comes to hoops season.

The basketball is going to be fine, even after Mac is gone. Coach V has a nice program going and they will be competitive in the region for several more years. The football and girls basketball are down, but football is the money maker. The situation with football will get worse before it gets better.

I would still call it a rivalry. They have played over 80 times. Definitely more heated in baseball because of the amount of success each has had over the last couple of decades. Football seems to have gone in cycles during that time. One school kinda goes on a streak for a while, then it's the other's turn.

He's referring to the purchase of property to build a sports complex, that can't be accessed, for $2 million +. It has turned into a boondoggle. A planned VDOT road that would have given access to the property never materialized. Thus, it sits....unused. This was viewed as a huge waste of money that could have been better spent elsewhere. This was also prior to the downturn in the economy, so now there is no money for anything. http://www.timesnews.net/News/2015/04/05/Scott-County-s-Field-of-Dreams-now-a-long-running-nightmare At this time, I would say the boys basketball program is the most popular sport at GC.

All in good humor, my friend! Enjoy

Richlands/Union of course became a friendly rivalry very quickly Richlands/Virginia High had potential (see 2013) and certainly those who remember the '87 game would say it's never stopped being a rivalry (http://bit.ly/2fl9c0s) From a personal standpoint, I've always hated this game because I consider my fandom to be equal between the schools, regardless of the flak I've gotten for that

Your opinions can't be trusted, you don't have an iPhone. ;) haha

1 Union 2 Bluefield 3 Marion 4 Abingdon 5 Richlands/Virginia/Ridgeveiw

If you are trying to call me out for something I'm not, better change direction and call out someone else...

It's only 9 am and I have already had my good laugh for the day. Thanks!

Not a snowballs chance in hell it happens.