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Just like Galax, or any other small school in rural Virginia, PH was dam lucky to have such an incredible coach for as long as PH did! Be grateful for what Palmer built and help the incoming staff continue the momentum going forward. Or continue to criticize and be "that guy" and watch the program go back to what it was in 2009, 2010 and 2011!!!

How the hell else are you supposed to find out during a pandemic, carrier pigeon?

If your child's math or science teacher left without calling a meeting would you still be upset?

Quite a few "immigrant" kids at certain schools around here (using quotation marks because a lot of them are actually natural born American citizens themselves). With no intent to sound condescending or patronizing, those guys and their families are all great. They really contribute a lot to the game and our players (both LHS and the club) have always appreciated the opportunity to get to know them and "up their game" by the increased level of competition. Kind of the intent of sports at its purest level, I think. LHS really hit the jackpot with regard to exchange students this year. But other than Felix (our German player), we got lucky. The Italian guys wound up here mainly because Bedford was their cheapest option to come to America. I knew that Matteo was pretty darned good (his host family is just around the corner from us and he is a frequent guest at our house). But I only found out about his association with Juventus just the other day.

Don't forget Corrections Officers. Dangerous enough as is and now we have this:(

Epilogue Part Deux.... Since his senior season of high school has pretty much evaporated, boy is now planning to give a serious shot at walking on the varsity team at Virginia Tech. If that doesn't pan out (and I can't imagine there are any kind of odds that it will), he will then take a stab at playing for the club level team and/or finding some kind of supporting/administrative role with the varsity program. Crazy world, ain't it?

Mark is a guy I respected as a player when he was at Ervinton. He always treated me the same then as he did years later when officiating his games at St Paul or PH. Its a big blow for PH as he rebuilt that program from next to nothing. I wish him nothing but the best in KY.

Tallest midget?

How can you fault a guy for trying to improve his situation? Why shouldn't money win out?

Those others you list have it far worse than I do. They’re out there putting their lives on the line to help others. I’m just writing about them.

I said last month that I think we will still be social distancing and have something similar to what we’re currently in as we head into 2021. Until they find a viable vaccine that can be mass produced — this isn’t going to get better. And I don’t think they will have one until this time next year at the earliest. Hot spots will continue to pop up. We’re staring down the very real position that hundreds of thousands of Americans don’t live through this.