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Smartest hire Coach Palmer ever made. Everyone had to step up there game because Snake brings it every week. It took them to another level.

Yes, he is a great motivator. Ahmad Bradshaw is volunteering this year and is playing a bigger role with coaching. Graham is lucky to have several good coaches that can motivate players.

That's sad to hear. From what I've read about him, every team could use a big Mike on the sidelines.

-Honaker keeps the same coach the entire season. -Marion returns a punt! -Chilhowie loses a game and doesn't blame the officials. -Union transfers return to Lee and Coach Joey Carroll wins state in football* -Rural Retreat coaches finally embrace the "Dean Rhea Way" and win the Hogo -A Gate City fan is ostracized from the community after complimenting Chris Akers -Central Wise** goes undefeated -The missing page containing Union's pass plays is found in the bottom of the backpack -Carter Creasy and Ryan O'Quinn are deemed eligible to return for a 12th season Corrections and Clarifications *Coach Joey Sheena Carroll wins state in football Girls Track **Central Wise (Middle School) goes undefeated

I'd trust my ex-wife's cooking not to kill me before I'd trust a MaxPreps roster to be accurate.

So just sitting here waiting for the Demo derby to begin. There are a lot of nice bleachers here at Tazewell fairground that won’t be used until next year.

Hopefully he's on Graham's sideline when possible-Special guy!

He trained my son from the 8th grade until his senior year. He always treated Brock like one of his own , even though Brock played at Tazewell .He still checks in on Brock at Ferrum . He’s a great trainer but an even better person . Our family thinks the world of Big Mike .

I think when you look at teams that rarely get out-coached you have to put Graham at the top of the list. Have they been blessed with a plethora of talent over the years? Absolutely, but good talent and poor coaching doesn’t give you 3 titles in 5 years IMO. I think King William in 2021 and Radford in 2023 are the only times where I felt like Graham was truly out coached, especially in the 2nd half of both games.

If Union can diversify, as many of you said, look out! I really have no clue about what else they have returning because of how much they lived and died by Chandler and Bostic runs. Graham could make things happen occasionally through the air last season, but their bread and butter was running as well. Graham’s skill guys to me made bigger impacts at DB, rather than WR. I think the 1-2 punch of Lilly and Palmer is just as good on the ground as Union. I say all this to say that neither one winning the region would surprise me. The bigger surprise would be if one of them didn’t.

Hindsight, a mistake of epic proportions 😂. I still remember the @$$ whopping GMen gave Richlands in the regular season in 2018. If I recall the story correctly (as told to me by someone else not Snake or any of the boys) , some of the players told Snake that they were going to win that game for him.

I still can't believe that Richlands let him go.

I think the most pivotal thing from 2018 was the addition of Snake to the coaching staff. Tony has brought in some others on staff since then and complied one of the best staffs this side of the state. I do hate Big Mike isn’t there because he was electric and a great motivator. I honestly think a lot of teams in SWVA have pretty decent staffs.

Princeton in my opinion might have the best coaching staff in our area as a whole. Hot take is Craig Co doing awesome things within their limitations. Also, gotta give credit to Narrows.

Absolutely cannot overlook the talent that Graham has had since 2018. Multiple P5 recruits. That does make coaches look better than they are sometimes. The one thing I see in Graham that I don't see in other teams is how much they improve as the season progresses. Come playoff time, they are like a machine. Look at how many regular season games, with Union, that were very close only to blow the Bears out in the playoffs. This isn't taking anything away from some of the other staffs in the area. You can be great and still lose to someone better.

That would explain it.

Virginia High wins 8 games losing to Tennessee High and Graham. You heard it here 1st.

Tazewell fields and returns a punt!

Should start as 2A, but if all the complaining parents actually sent their kids elsewhere, we'll drop b4 too long. And why on God's green Earth would we be in a district where our closest district rival is 2.5 hours away???

Checked with Loris Lions connection to see the number of players on the roster. Was told 48. Also, the Lions have a home scrimmage tonight against Myrtle Beach HS.

4 teams have now canceled their season in WV Hannan Van St. Joe Madonna leaving 26 football playing schools in Single A