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Total ridiculousness! Outdoor stadiums are far larger and obviously open air in contrast to gymnasiums. Our Governor is an idiot! He’s stolen enough from our kids the past year. Common sense has left the house so to speak. I mean what’s the capacity of Mitchell Stadium? 10.000??? There are going to be maybe 100 people allowed in? I mean at least give coaches a pair of tickets too. It’s not like it’s going to be a gazillion more people. I’ll be tuning in my radio. Thank goodness for that at least. Sorry for the rant!

The truth is in the middle. High school football is not what every 15-18 year old boy aspires to and is inspired by anymore. There are infinite pursuits that are competing for the time of our youth in this millennium, when there were much more limited avenues in yesteryear. With the “rise-and-grind” mindset that’s pumped into the current generation, I don’t think it’s the work ethic that’s lacking. There are some extraordinary things being done by youth that aren’t seen in an athletic context. But it is passion that inspires those pursuits. Getting barked at by a coach doesn’t excite the passion that it did in a previous generation. A kid can just as easily apply himself to something else. A good coach, though one that may be gruff, doesn’t have the entire student body population clamoring to play anymore. It’s not nearly as simple as kids not having a backbone or work ethic.

Found out today. 250 spectators allowed. Most tickets will be taken up by band, cheerleaders and 2 tickets per athlete. Not sure how others will be sold . After February possibly 30 percent is the word floating around.

Maybe it is not really the coaches??

As long as Graham continues to win, they will be at home. Since it was the Southwest District's turn to host the tournament, the SW #1 would host M7 #1 if they both advance to the finals.

Graham is good, but the level of competition has been sub-par. Having watched Union and Radford (facebook live and NFHS). I think Graham wins 3 out of 10 against Union, so I think Union is better overall, Union has a distinct size advantage. Radford is flat out nasty and I think they beat either Graham or Union. But this is high school and anything can happen.

I haven't saw either play obviously, but I have seen Science Hill play who Union lost to by 1 twice this season. Union is probably pretty stout to have only lost to a top 5 AAA team in Tennessee by one twice. I do like the win or go home format though. Union and Graham game will be pretty intense. Just wished we as fans could watch it.

Haven't seen it mentioned anywhere, but I have seen that only the region winners in basketball are advancing this season. I have also seen that the D/C semifinal winner is hosting the A/B winner in the finals. I would think that the girls championship for sure will be in deep SWVA and the boys should be as well with whoever wins between Radford/Union/Graham.

No real room for rescheduling. 6 weeks, 6 games. Those teams playing on the 22nd give themselves some wiggle room through the season but their opponents schedules have to work too. I wish as a district the M7 would have all played on the same dates with a open week at the end(how Central schedule sets up). That gives everyone a makeup date. As far as kids playing other sports, they will have to decide what they want. Union has a few football players on the basketball team and they will make a run, Central has a few football players that made the state wrestling tournament