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And on Calpreps, they are exactly that. Favored by about 15 pts when I looked at it earlier today

My bad. Headspace still rattled after Tech today. I freakin hate it when tech loses to teams in the North. Rutgers Syracuse, even a Pittsburgh. Calpreps is now favoring Bath County by 3 points over Wytheville. I still think GW comes out of 1C. Bath could do it though. They are definitely better than they have been

George Wythe or Grayson.

I think they are legit and may win the region. I would be surprised if Bath does Not make it to the Region Title Game. I still favor a team from our district to win the region very close over Bath just based on history.

I refer you to the Soviet manager of Ivan Drago back in 1984 when he stated "Whatever he hits, he destroys." One might argue the modern day version of that....."if he is near it or touches it, bad things happen and shi$ falls apart quickly."

Hayfield is doing it Gosh Awful. Call Richmond, VA, and call Lynchburg to get some tips for goodness sakes! I'm ashamed of Hayfield. When you cheat, act like you have cheated before!

No postseason for the cheating coach of Hayfield and the cheating administrators who ALLOWED it, knew about it, and were complicit. Not just banned this year for the playoffs, but also for next year. I didn't think the VHSL had it in them. https://www.insidenova.com/sports/prince_william/exclusive-virginia-high-school-league-bans-fairfax-countys-hayfield-high-school-football-from-the-postseason/article_00df5a84-984e-11ef-83e0-97b7fcfd90c3.html

Post of the month in my opinion and it's only the 1st of Nov, but hard to top that one.

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See the post by tgburg fan in the scores week 9 thread about Marlboro County, SC. It's a situation like Freedom except interstate, not intrastate. Marlboro County SC hired the HC at Clinton High NC. Clinton High NC is a historic powerhouse and hasn't been what it once was, but still very good and they lost the state title game to Reidsville last year (former Graham coach Doug Marrs was D. Coordinator at Reidsville, I thinknhes retired now). The Clinton, NC Head Coach was hired by South Carolina historic powerhouse Marlboro County which has also been nowhere close to their historic standards, but they were rolling this year under the new coach who arrived from Clinton. He took multiple players and coaches with him and this includes the starting QB. Ever drove from Clinton NC to Bennettsville SC? That ain't no one county away drive. It's 2 hours. Anyway, Marlboro just got nailed. Has to forfeit all games and heavy fines. As for Clinton NC, they have 1 win this year. Moral of the story In My Opinion? A reflection of where we are at as a society. It's not simply about the individual coaches who choose wrong. It's about the schools/the ADs/the administrators who ALLOW it and know what is coming when they hire that new coach, but they choose cheating to win over doing what is right. Same thing happened in NOVA.

I spoke with a knowledgeable person in that timeframe and can't and won't reveal that. Keep in mind, I did point out the soccer/immigration culture thing was only something I suspected and stated I clearly Did Not know or claim to know. I can surely say this for 100 percent certain. It ain't a soccer/immigrant or football culture thing. This is why posted so quickly, as I dont want there to be any doubt aboit what I suspected (which was not accurate and I suspected wrong). They are literally hurting from major injuries (and a whole lot of them) and also some internal squabbles among players this year that led to even more low numbers. Going to take some time, but they will be back.

If JM doesn't show, we will likely know by close of business today. Would have likely already cancelled by Wednesday if they were going to cancel. If no news by 3pm today, I suspect they are coming.

I got it on pretty solid notification the issues with Galax are NOT related to immigrant poulation/loss of interest in football. Galax has some major injuries and tons of kids out, a few internal issues for one given season and it will take time, but they will rebound. It's absolutely Not related to immigrant population/soccer/etc. Just wanted to be clear on that. I suspected it might be, but it's Not. They will be back, but will take some time.

Galax/Carroll/58/I-77 area has a fairly large immigrant population compared to most, if not all of Swva. Soccer is big. Are we seeing the early signs of what has happened in parts of Northern VA with increased immigration not favorable to football and more inclined for soccer? I think we might be. I don't know for sure and dont claim to know, but I suspect it. Galax has in its favor, a recent history of winning and winning state titles which helps the football culture, but Galax is super small and has little to no margin for error regarding football numbers dropping like most Class 1 schools, because quality is quickly dropped with any hit to numbers. Going to be interesting to see what happens with Galax's future in football. With all of the above written, it's only been 1 year/1 season and that isn't long enough to be considered a trend. Could still be a one-off thing. I would not be surprised if Graham and Radford move to drop Galax. Don't know when their agreements are up, but I suspect they may move to not renew the series whenever that time comes.

CzarYakov, you of all people should know what would happen. Just like when Drago lost to Rocky and your guys lost to the US Collegiant All Stars in 1980, the Graham coach would suffer loss of reputation, job, exile, and some of Graham's staff would even be flirting with the Gulag doing hard labor in AppalaBeria

History in the making? I would assume this has happened at least once in the state of Virginia but not to 2 defending state champs in 1 season. A state champ going winless the following season I assume....has not happened over 5 times since 1974 (last 50 years) and Maybe never. When you add in Freedom High in Class 6 2023/2024, having 2 previous state title teams go winless the following year is probably a first and a good chance of something only happening once every 50 or so years at most IF....If Galax and Freedom remain winless. All of the above taking out the Covid year and not counting that as many teams didn't even play or played 5 or 6 games, etc.

What's wrong with the Wellness Center?

I hope you all whip Miami. Duke has a chance. I know Miami is solid but in my opinion, they still have issues between the ears and it will catch them sooner or later.

Favor Rye Cove of course and Holston is solid and so is Eastside, but the Golden Wave is not a shock if they go on one of those "running spells' and win 1D.

That was my question. If Gate City were to upset Ridgeview, could they jump VH if both schools finish 7 and 3. It looks like that is unlikely even if GC were to upset Ridgeview.

2 through 4 would lay the leather on the Falcons and if the regular season ended today, Abingdon wouldn't be a sure win over #8 Northside.

Some of this is for the kids/exposure, literally almost like a field trip for probably what is many kids in the Richmond area who have never seen SWVA, and some maybe have never seen a mountain. I go a different route on this one. I love the idea of a team taking 1 (just 1) 5 or 6 hour trip to see another part of the state or bordering states. Easier said than done of course and money and time are huge factors, but if possible, I love the idea. I think it would be great for example, for a Central Wise to travel to play a Clarke County for a Satirday game, take the kids to Gettysburg on Friday afternoon, play Saturday and drive home. Expensive for sure. A pain in the arse for fans and parents? For sure. But a gigantic memory those kids will never forget in their lifetime. As for JM, keep in mind this team cancelled on Riverheads late in the season last year and I'm still 50/50 on them making the trip.

Really depends on who takes over and whether some of the Giles higher ups want to go this route and my guess is that this topic will play a huge factor in the search. If decision is made that we are "ok" with no longer winging it, then the search will be more wide. If we still want to wing it, the search will be narrow and seeing who might want to come home. One advantage of being ok with "not winging it" is the location close to Blacksburg, very few problems in the school Compared To most other schools in VA regarding the area/crime/parents, etc. That can be appealing. My guess is that there's an informal search already in the works to see about who might be the guy to continue winging it and if unsuccessful, the formal and true search for a guy that may have little or possibly no Giles connections

Danger Danger. You ain't no soothsayer and neither am I.

I'm too old. Seen too much. The separation between Union/Graham and Virginia High is not so great that VH couldn't pull a W over one of them in the playoffs if VH is fully healthy. There IS a separation, but it's not "out of the question" that Virginia High simply has "no chance or zero chance." They have a chance for sure and I would be slightly surprised if VH pulled a W over a Union/Graham, but not shocked or floored. I wouldn't be surprised if VH lost by 17 pts either.