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This game is a game where one team's strength is the other team's weakness. Union struggled with pass D, Richlands can pass the ball very well. Union has a nice line and runs the ball well, Richlands has been iffy against the run so far this year. Look for this to be a one score game with the last team holding the ball winning, just like it's been many years before.

Honaker wins the coal bowl. Final Honaker 35 Lebanon 28

Still, nope...

I don't know if another state title appearance is in cards for Chilhowie, but they look the part of a deep run 1A team. A big key is that their big guys are athletic, and while they've got some weaknesses, it will be a long time before they run into a 1A team that can exploit them. The most dangerous part though is their depth. If they can out-rotate a 2A school and leave them standing with their hands on their knees, there's not much more you can ask for. It was a pretty good game for three and a half quarters, and then the lack of experience and leadership from Marion's corp started to show through. They seemed to get tired and emotionally deflated after going down by a couple of scores and things kind of escalated on them. Marion's not a bad team, but they're not world beaters, and in what appears to be VERY deep SWD, they may get lost in the shuffle, but they'll get better as the season progresses. But hey, no coaches got ejected and Robinson and Carroll didn't punch each other, so I consider the game a success based on where it seemed like it was going in the first half.

1:27 left in the 4th. Tigers take over on down. 35-28 honaker leads

I say put all the D1 team names in a hat and pull one out and that can be your team. Maybe you'll wind up with UMass and can claim yourself a Minuteman for the rest of your living days... 😄

It would be contrary to the narrative that the only problem at GC is a lack of talent. Can’t have that.

Greg Sanchez, RB, Chilhowie, 4 TDs 19 carries, 160 yards, 3 rushing TDs (11, 9, 6) 1 receiving TD (21)

IF Union can contain that pass at all I think they will be in good shape due to the running game and the front 7 on defense. The Richlands passing game looks to be in top shape right now though. It’s time for some Barry Jones magic.

No clue.

1. Union 2. Abingdon 3. Richlands 4. Chilhowie 5. Graham 6. Ridgeview 7. VHS 8. Grayson 9. Tazewell 10. John I Burton

I was told that his shoulder "popped out of place." That's all I know.

What seems to be Richlands strength on offense also seems to be Unions weakness on defense, passing game. I think Richlands can get hurt by Unions overall speed as well. Should be another good game between the two though.

I'll be surprised if they score on anyone.

Congratulations to the Warriors! This group has made vast improvements compared to this game last year. I thought Cale played an excellent game at QB. He could always make plays with his legs, but he is much more poised and is seeing the field better this season. His arm is stronger and his accuracy has improved. The duo of Sanchez/Blevins are a load and eventually wore down the Canes defense. Martin and Branson also looked impressive tonight with some big hits. I'll stick with my earlier prediction that this team will be 12-1 when they meet Galax in the semis. My Canes looked pretty good and were able to hang with CHS through 3 quarters, though watching the wheels fall off in the 4th Q dampened my initial optimism. The defense will have to carry this team until the offense finds some consistency. This team should improve but the schedule is looking tougher than I initially thought. Medley, Reese, Hamm, Tate, Moss, and Thomas all played well on both sides of the ball.

They won't score on Ridgeview's in game 6 either.

What happened to Vermillion? Hope he isn’t banged up too bad, he’s punting for a good cause and possibly a free education.

My only gripe is we know we are going to lose this year. Lets lose playing true Gate City football and scrap that pistol junk. It really doesn't matter I guess though. Losing is losing and its going to be a long tough year.

I hope he gets back too....he has a chance to make a lot of money for the cause.

GC special teams was the bright spot of the night. They had a couple of big plays, granted Richlands was kicking off a lot, but never could do anything with it. The defense was put into difficult situations because of turnovers but I felt like they played decent. The offense couldn't get out of its own way. If I'm not mistaken they didn't get a first down until the 2nd half. Richlands has some tall receivers which I thought they'd use more than they did. It's hard to tell how good Richlands is because of how bad GC is. Next week will be a better indication on how good they are.

The actual production of the game also made it tough to watch. Between about 2/3 of the action being shown from the endzone field level and the announcers acting like teenage girls it was mostly unwatchable.

Congrats to Honaker on the win...it could have gone either way. The pioneers will get you next year. I still think the Pioneers will surprise some teams as will the Tigers.

So much for the 11.5 underdog

I picked 52 for every game for 3 years, and didn’t for either one this week.

Well I tried i got nothing else

Honaker in victory formation. FINAL SCORE TIGERS 35 PIONEERS 28

Just a tiny bit. Just because they're killing unions power points

Nope...

Stanley scored for Lebanon then Dye scored for Honaker and got 2pt conv Honaker 35 Lebanon 28 511 left

35-28 Honaker leads 5:39 left in 4th

BlueTornadoLive‏ @BlueTornadoLive Final. Richlands 42 @bluedevilslive 7 1-0!!! Next week, it’s #TheGame as we welcome @unionbearslive into Ernie Hicks Stadium. #Thunder18

GC with -1 yard of offense in the first half. I'm sure glad we gave him that extension. SMH

Not saying will win against Graham but if they play mistake free it is a possibility.

I think the renewed Commonwealth Clash is now 2-2 so not entirely true especially since we have won the last two

On the bright side our punter should have no problem reaching his goal for childhood cancer research this season. https://wcyb.com/sports/friday-night-huddle/gate-city-punter-kicking-for-a-cause

Ridgeview had 55-60 from what I was told.