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Game is Saturday at 1:00.

And will be over by 1:07

Agree, kids need to stay off social media when these controversies arise. I remember reading an exchange between Richlands kicker & Union band member on Twitter after the "band" fiasco this year. An adult must have steered him in a different a direction, he deleted his Tweets. Sproles would probably do well to do the same. The thing these kids don't realize social media posts are forever. Posts have cost players scholarships etc. You're right, it's not a good look calling refs out.

I suggest you bark up another tree hoss I've been a member on this site for 10 years and I haven't really had a problem with anyone on here. I said Marion didn't deserve to go to the playoffs with a 4-6 record what is bad about what I said? I also suggest you get your reputation up on this board before you talk a little smack.

That offense is absolutely devastating at any level of HS football if you have the personnel to run it. Hell, in the college ranks, Paul Johnson won an ACC title (and made 3 other ACC title games) doing that. It does require an extreme amount of discipline, and (1) many kids don’t have it and (2) some coaches don’t know how to instill it.

In your first two sentences you state the time has come to stop bashing Akers. In the rest of your novel you proceed to talk trash about everything he did wrong in your opinion. I have a hard time seeing how the head football coach is responsible for the way 8 year olds are coached. I may be missing something. Can we just let the man ride off into the sunset?

Appomattox has won 38 of their last 40 games, including 15 straight playoff games, by running the split-back veer. It can be done, provided the right type and amount of athletes.

You want the job? I'm sure the GC folks would rather you have it than Akers. I think they'd rather have Air Bud or a washing machine than Akers.

Not pointing fingers but coaches in general need to nip that behavior early on and hold players more accountable for these actions. It shouldn't matter if a player is the star athlete, school board member's son, or any other player. It's the same concept with principals turning a deaf ear & not holding bullies accountable, the problem only escalates over time.

Don't underestimate Grayson, ask the Ridgeview folks about that

It's exactly like a NCAA Tourney bracket challenge. You pick both sides all the way through the title game. Round 1 is worth 1 point. Round 2 is worth 2 points. Round 3 is worth 4 points. Round 4 is worth 8 points. And the state final is worth 16 points. Tiebreaker is total points scored in the state title. Remember that it's A vs. B and C vs. D in the semifinals. Also, Region B is different. It’s a 6 team region, so the 1 and 2 seeds have BYE’s into the 2nd round. Remember that. This will be LOCKED on FRIDAY AT 7PM!!!! No changes. Good luck everyone!!! I'll post mine first so everyone can get an idea of how it will look. Please follow my model so it's easy to grade. Pairings can be found at https://www.vhsl.org/brackets/football/ or below. Good luck!!! I'll go first so everyone can kind of see how it goes. A No. 8 Washington & Lee @ No. 1 Franklin No. 5 Northampton @ No. 4 Essex No. 6 West Point @ No. 3 Rappahannock No. 7 Colonial Beach @ No. 2 Northumberland B No. 1 Riverheads (BYE) No. 5 Stonewall Jackson @ No. 4 Atavista No. 6 Cumberland @ No. 3 Central-Lunenberg No. 2 William Campbell (BYE) C No. 8 Eastern Montgomery @ No. 1 Galax No. 5 Covington @ No. 4 George Wythe No. 6 Bath County @ No. 3 Parry McCluer No. 7 Auburn @ No. 2 Narrows D No. 8 Eastside @ No. 1 Chilhowie No. 5 Thomas Walker @ No. 4 Grundy No. 6 Holston @ No. 3 J.I. Burton No. 7 Honaker @ No. 2 Patrick Henry

Congrats. Warriors! As a graduate of Clintwood high school, i, as well as many more, wish the best to your quest for state title.. we will cheer y'all on.. hopefully Warriors, Pack will have a date for 1A and 2A titles.!!

I would like to congratulate the Chilhowie Warriors for earning a perfect season which hasn't been done since 1971! Keep rolling!

Graham vs VA High Sat 1:00 Bluefield vs Oak Hill Fri 7:30

No. 1 Goochland No. 5 Greenville County No. 3 Poquoson No. 2 Amelia County No. 1 East Rockingham No. 4 Clarke County No. 3 Luray No. 2 Central-Woodstock No. 1 Radford No. 4 Gretna No. 3 Appomattox No. 2 Glenvar No. 1 Ridgeview No. 5 Richlands No. 3 Graham No. 2 Union Goochland Poquoson East Rock Central Radford Appomattox Ridgeview Graham Goochland East Rock Appomattox Graham East Rock Graham East Rock 52

Probably won't know official stuff until they release the brackets tomorrow.

As someone who played in the Akers era, I am truly glad he is gone. I don't believe we should bash him, the time for that has passed. But, as someone who has been fortunate enough to play under some wonderful coaches, I can say that the man did not know what he was doing. Week to week, our offense would completely change. There was no foundation. He wanted to run the veer that had worked at Retreat, but the offense simply does not work in 2a football. In 1a, where you're only looking at one or two really good players on each team, it works fine. However, in 2a there are too many talented players on the field. Once he realized that it wouldn't work, he didn't change it. He was too prideful. He could not admit that others knew better than him and would not listen to their advice. Another problem was his butchering of the little league program. He did not care enough to take charge of the program himself, and he allowed coaches to stack their teams and ruin the 4 team structure. As a former Redskin, it pained me to see the kids losing hope and eventually have to cut their season short for coaches not doing what was right for the kids. The travel ball was a product of this pride. It told kids who weren't "good enough" to go to the house and give up. Rather than a fun, month long season where you played against your friends and learned the game of football, it became a 3 month long slog where you were forced to run plays the varsity players didn't even know how to run properly. If I would have grown up with this system, I probably wouldn't have made it to varsity. I would have been one of the "not good enough" to make the travel team. I would've been told to give up what I loved because my dad wasn't a former player and I was an undersized lineman. Akers allowed this attitude, and i believe that's why numbers have been down. Many former players have expressed their disdain for him and say they would have continued playing if it weren't for him. And that leads to what I believe was Akers biggest problem: the lack of respect. The man was a jerk to his players, belittling new players who were just learning varsity and telling experienced players that they didn't want to win any and that they should just go home. This is why I think the team started to lose faith through the season. We were told we did not deserve to be there and then he would try and say he cared about us. The team wanted to win, but the constant bashing slowly took its toll on the team and we no longer believed in him. We did not respect him, for he did not respect us, and that, more than anything, is why he failed at Gate City. I hope that in whatever he does in the future, he is successful and I hope him and his new family find happiness in their future plans. But, I do not believe the man was right for the job and I believe he was responsible for destroying something I held so near to my heart. I pray Gate City finds the right person for the job in the future, for the community's, my former teammates', and for all the future blue devil's sakes.

Tackle everyone on Grayson Co. offense and you’ll stop them! They run a lot of misdirection!

Maybe to come coach the line?

Fairmont is considered the favorite by most due to their fine QB. Bridgeport is solid but not as good as last year even though they have a great power half back. The interesting game could be Point Pleasant and Fairmont in the quarter final. I consider Point Pleasant to be the third best team in WV AA. They also have a fine QB. He was healthy as a Junior last year in the regular season game vs Bluefield but had an ankle injury in the playoff. Bluefield is capable of winning it all but they have to start behaving themselves at school, put the team first, and cut out the fumbles. It is really hard to gauge teams now because there are so few quality opponents. Fairmont only played 1 quality team (Bridgeport) and 2 decent teams (Weir and RCB). Bluefield only played 2 quality teams (Botetourt and Graham) and lost to one of them.

Union volleyball keeps rolling, beating Lebanon in straight sets to win Region D title. They have lost one set the region tourney, and no more than 1-2 sets since conference tourney began.

Giles is 5-5 and don't deserve to be in playoffs...and that extra week means nothing IMO since it will be 9 months till they put their pads on again

One game won't hurt them, three games could be a death sentence against an explosive offensive team like Graham.

Sometimes a misfourtune can turn into a blessing. Mullins is going to be a special QB not taking anything away from McAmmis as he is a great athelete and even better person. We have some great skill people and its great to get them in game and not rely on one or 2 kids.

Won't know until the playoffs. Good coaches win the big games.

Let the man have a Happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas.

Anyone who thinks that Reed was any more than 1/10th responsible for what happened at Abingdon needs to immediately go to the ER for observation.