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I think that at this point the defenses should have a big advantage this week as Offences take more time to gel For this week I think teams that return most of there starters from last season and run the same system may have it tougher than schools Like Richlands with a new coach bringing in a new system

Seems like the game that should have the most juice this week with Richlands vs Graham being a non-District tilt Central is returning 11 on a D that held Adkins and Ridgeview to 7 points at home in there last meeting given the weather I am looking for it to be a low scoring game. with the winner having a big leg up in the playoff hunt

MONDAY *Hurley @ Rye Cove - 6:00 7:00 Central @ Ridgeview Lee @ Union - "the Brawl for the Bucket" John S. Battle @ Gate City *Twin Valley @ Twin Springs *Grayson Co. @ Holston *John I. Burton @ Chilhowie *Rural Retreat @ Fort Chiswell Carroll Co. @ Floyd Co. Covington 'AT' Eastern Montgomery (moved to C'burg HS) Pulaski Co. @ Cave Spring 6/7:00 TUES. Feb. 23 *Northwood @ Grundy - 6:00 *Honaker @ Castlewood - 7:00 Bath Co. @ Narrows " Blacksburg @ Salem "

The first game is a non-district game. So it won't count towards the SWD standings -- but I think it does count for power points. I think.

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Excited to see how this turns out. It’s the non-District game, so it doesn’t really matter in terms of the SWD. Richlands having an entirely new system could be an advantage for the Blues. Cox needs to make the step up at QB and we need a WR or two who can make defenses pay for doubling Webb. And of course the defense needs to step up and control Blevins and Bradshaw.

Correction....they are a 2A team enrollment wise playing in 1A

Region 1D POY-Cade Looney-Grundy COY-Caleb Church-Burton Nick Delatos-Holston Eli Carter-Northwood Michael Frye-Northwood Ethan Chavez-Rye Cove Trajon Boyd-Honaker Connor Lane-Twin Springs Trevor Culbertson-Burton

Region 2D POY- Bradley Bunch-Union COY-Zack Moore-Union Sage Potts-Lebanon Gabe Brown-Ridgeview David Graves-Graham Alex Rasnick-Union Sean Cusano-Union Eli Starnes-Gate City Nick Owens-Graham Josiah Jordan-Tazewell

Graham has added some excellent coaches to the staff. Ronnie Davis and Yubrenal Isabelle this year. Mike Horton is back as the strength coach (huge for them in the weightroom). Those kids work extremely hard and are in great condition. Palmer says this is the strongest team he has had since he took over (in terms of physical strength). We will see how that translates on the field. Watching some of the videos out their of their weightlifting sessions, they seem to have some big ol boys on the line this year. Add a physical quarterback like Blevins and I believe the runningback may be Reed, who goes about 255 and that's a powerful offense. Not sure who else is at RB, Reed may not be the main guy, hopefully they will have a change of pace type back, that's one thing that they may lack, but I guess we won't know until kickoff.

I am saying both. Coaches with the same system and the same players should be ahead of teams trying to break in new starters with no preseason. However those Coaches should also be easier to game plan for New Coaches like Richlands will be as a disadvantage personnel wise but will see more vanilla Defenses due to no film

G-Men by 3 td's.

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There are way too many unknowns to be able to predict a winner. It may come down to a defensive battle , it may hinge on the QBs. Blevins did great under pressure when he had to take over for Lester the last time GMen traveled to Ernie Hicks. So many variables this season , it should be a good battle. I’m hoping for a GMen win but if Blues take it, I’ll congratulate them on a job well done.

Just about every game played this week is going to come down to 3 things 1. Execution: There is no film study this year so game planning is tough this year. You can watch the film from last year (I know the Richlands regime from years past was big into that), but you are still looking at players that may not be there. Which ever team can execute the bread and butter plays against what I am going to assume will be pretty vanilla defenses have the edge. 2. Conditioning: Which ever teams studs spend less time on the side line are going to have a big advantage. 3 weeks is not enough time to get into football shape and that all a lot of teams had. Hell usually the 5 weeks you have in a normal season is pushing it. 3. Want to: It is going to be cold and or wet in most of these games. Which ever team handles that the best and plays the hardest will win. Just my opinion but what do yall think?

It’s my understanding that, yes this counts toward Power Points and therefore the standings by which the SWD teams will be selected for the playoffs.

0-2 Saturday but 2-0 Sunday! How bout that. Those kids worked their asses off and Zack has the perfect gameplan. They dominated today.

FINAL on Honaker Girls THEY ARE STATE CHAMPIONS 𝙷𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚛 𝙷𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 @HonakerTigers VHSL Class 1 Girls State Championship Final: Riverheads 56 Honaker 81 The Lady Tigers are the @VHSL_ Class 1 State Champions! #hhs #tigers great state

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Tim Hayes @Hayes_BHCSports #VHSL Boys Basketball, Class 2 Finals, Final Score: Union 62, East Rockingham 47. The Bears from Big Stone Gap have the big trophy as State Champs. They raced to 15-2 lead in Finals and never looked back. Matthew Hatfield @hatfieldsports Final in the VHSL Class 2 State Championship - Union 62, East Rockingham 47. Union captures its first ever State Championship Bears close out the season 16-3 overall. Eagles finish the season 10-3 overall. great state

They run about 80% of their action out of a double-wing formation, despite being a “Wing-T” team. As my friend above says, Zac Smiley is the returning 1A player of the year; and would likely have more stats if they weren’t so balanced. He’s not physically overwhelming, but has a MENSA-level football IQ. Riverheads lost some experience, but has plenty remaining. Playing a double-wing or Wing-T team is all about discipline. Can you match the execution? Tazewell certainly has the athletes to compete. Can Tazewell match the discipline? Game of the Week as far as I’m concerned. 😉

HONAKER Girls Update Times News Sports Retweeted 𝙷𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚛 𝙷𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 @HonakerTigers VHSL Class 1 Girls State Championship End of 3rd Quarter: Riverheads 34 Honaker 62 #hhs #tigers great state

Tester may have a memory of this. This isnt the first time Rye Cove & Hurley have faced each other on a Monday. His SR year RC was leading 18-14 in the 3rd when a popcorn machine blew a breaker killing all power at the field. This was the opening week of the season and the game was continued on Monday at Honaker where he scored in the 4th to win the game 22-18.

From what I've heard, it'll be Cox. But don't take that as the gospel lol

The red team wants to play no one, come playoff time.