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It's pretty cool seeing Rye Cove in the region finals. Has Rye Cove ever played in the state semi's? What is the furthest Rye Cove has gotten?

Incredibly, Union and Graham have both closed the gap on Radford. Radford has a 6 point win prediction over Graham the past 2-3 weeks and Graham was the closest in the state of Virginia to Radford. That pick is now down to 3. Radford 31, Graham 28, and Radford with a 58% chance. Radford is favored over Union 31-20 with an 75% chance. That was 14 points 2 weeks ago, but now down to 11. Riverheads has now pulled ahead of Graham. It favors Riverheads by 2 points over Graham, and against Radford, same outcome as Graham. A 31-28 prediction for Radford over Riverheads.

Calpreps. This game was a predicted 4 point to 5 point win for Graham over the past 3-4 weeks. Calpreps Today- Graham 21, Union 20, Graham with a 53% chance to win. This means......the computers think its a toss up like most other people. 4 points is a toss up in my opinion, but a 1 point differential is basically the computer saying.....flip a coin, it's anyone's game and the game can't end in a tie and we have to pick somebody.

Calpreps Today.. Honaker 31, Galax 28, 58% chance for Honaker win Honaker 34, GW 31, 58% chance for Honaker win Honaker 35, Rye Cove 21, 81% chance for Honaker win Galax 24, GW 21, 58% chance for Galax win The Galax and GW winner is certainly in the conversation.

Spot on. Exactly right.

Got to give Crist Credit. That counts. Knowing when to step back and let a subordinate do their thing is a part of leadership and leadership is a part of coaching. Got to give credit where credit is due. That's a smart move by Crist. As for the QB, the danger with him is that if you let him stay in the pocket, he will shred you. If you force him out of the pocket, he can house it from his own 20 very quickly for 80 yards. An absolute major catastrophe for defenses/opponents. Only way to beat them is just completely blowing up the play, for example, an opponents DL will need to win 3 out of the 5 or 4 out of the 5 position battles each play along the OL and DL where the play is just completely disrupted and on the other side of the ball, better be able to kill some clock with the run.

I don't know who wins, but I like Union's chances. I will give some Graham offense critique and I know.....critique of offensive coaching that has played for 3 state titles in the last 5 years, lol which is already not a good take for anyone doing that, but with great compliments goes reasonable critique. Graham needs more middle of the field stuff, short, intermediate routes. Yes, Graham does the quick release throws to the WR and that is good, but I still...........after all these years going back to 2016, just see very, very, very little "sit down routes, curls." I literally just don't understand why not. Why not send a WR or RB 5 yards behind the linebackers and simply "stay," Just a simple sit down route, or a curl, etc, instead of 2 or 3 kids running post and flag routes. My opinion of this game is this. If Graham does very little or no "skinnies" or basically, 7 yard routes in the middle of the field where the WR simply plants and waits for the ball or a simple curl/comeback route 7 yds off the ball in the middle of the field, they will lose. You will see Union played center field on defense and Graham gets away with this in the passing game 90 plus percent of the time because they out athlete the opponent, but against Union this year, you aren't going to beat them deep like that. It's not going to happen. If you see Graham come out in the first quarter and they have the usual 3 guys on one play running flag routes, they are in trouble. If you see Graham look a little bit different in the passing game as described above, it will given Union major problems and Graham will win the game. Graham had glimpses of the short intermediate stuff against Central in the state title game and it's not foreign to them by any means, but they just don't seem to do it much. Much of that is probably due to risk. When you start doing passing stuff in the middle of the field at intermediate and short range, you better be darn accurate because it can be a turnover/disaster waiting to happen, but Graham is playing an opponent that requires you take chances. You are going to have to accept that risk in order to beat Union. Same for Union. When you play most teams, the Bears are so good they don't have to take much risk because they are good enough to overcome the opponent. Against Graham, they have to accept that risk and take some chances.

I hear ya man. Thanks for the work you all do down there. I enjoy the reads. On Calpreps with High School Games, I disagree perhaps 5, maybe 10% of the time. That's it. That's kind of how I feel about Calpreps. Extremely accurate in my book.

Biggest surprise with me for Radford this year isn't Clark or their WRs. It was well known they would be good. The offensive line is what has really surprised me. They simply were not supposed to be as good as they have played and that came from Radford fans. The same is true with the defensive line. It was well known about their secondary and great athleticism, but their DL hasn't been getting pushed off the ball like years past.

Should be an interesting game at Radford...or Pulaski...or Blacksburg...or Christiansburg or wherever they play it. Radford got over the hump against Appo and finally got that win against Appo/Glenvar which they haven't done much in the playoffs other than 2018. I think they complete the sweep and run Glenvar off the field.. Radford QB has an offer from Elon and is committed to Elon. Is this as high level as he can play, or could he play for a Marshall, ODU, JMU, etc? I think the answer to that question is yes, but just my opinion on it. Landon Clark on defense. It's unlucky a little for him that he has two Div 1 kids in Class 2 in Lopez at Woodstock (DE) and Triple C at Riverheads (likely middle linebacker) because Clark would have had a reasonable chance to do what Cam Allen did and win both offensive and defensive player of the year in Class 2. He's that good at his safety position on defense.

Galax a little down by their standards, but low and behold, they are right in the C finals. GW has really dialed up their game. Just a trendy incline over the past 6 or so weeks and this team might be the most improved since weeks 1 and 2 than any other team in Class 1 in the west. Can the Maroon Tide pull it off, or does Wytheville repeat as Region C Champs?

This game will be decided by the man behind the scenes that puts in the unappreciated work. He never complains, but he does like to have a smoke here and there, but never the occasional beer when behind the wheel. This is the bus driver. He will decide this. If Graham comes on the field in the wrong uni's, he's turning the keys over. If Union gets a penalty on the first play, he's turning the ignition. The man does not play around. He decides this. Union and Graham, you better have your ducks in row because one false move, and he's got a quick trigger finger or "wrist."

Should have RAN the ball and not worry about too much balance

Dogs! Trying to make it interesting

Shame on the Phantoms for giving up 8 pts. They've only given up 10 all year. Can't crush a Crabber!

BW, if you aren't sure what he looks like, look for a very very tall man, lots of hair, and probably eating Jerky, and a reasonable chance he's having negative interactions with all humans in his vicinity.

My guess is that Tazewells staff and some fans that haven't seen Union that are at this game are probably a bit surprised at how well covered Tazewells receivers are. There is simply nobody open and that's one of those key differences for Union this year. Speed and great athleticism in the secondary. Tazewell just completed their fast pass for over 10 yds.

That's helping Union........and it's also hurting Union. When you feel you are the better team, sometimes shortening the game isn't a good thing in my opinion. If Union is the team that represents Region D, I would run Chandler 30 times against Radford.

He's talented man. The only reason he's still a high 3 star is because he plays at a class 1 school. Has 4 star written all over him if playing in class 3 or more imo. Princeton has a stud on the OL committed to Air Force and he is very good, but this kid from Patrick Henry is better

Sr.

Watching Patrick Henry and Honaker. The Barrett kid from PH is the best offensive tackle I've seen in Virginia in Class 1 and Class 2 this year by a lot. Hope he commits to Tech and other schools stay away from him. I don't think it will be the case though. He will have more offers pour in as he's only a junior.

Larry Hypes had one of the coolest catch phrases in swva history in my opinion..... "How bout them Dawwwgs"! Tazewell can possibly pull it off, but will have to play near dang perfect because Union is pretty vicious.

BBHooops, does Princeton have a shot? GMan eluded to their wingish O and I took a look at em this morning. Man, is that awesome and fun to watch. Call me a Homer obviously for anything resembling a wing offense. I still believe Princeton will move it, but I don't see Princeton stopping them. I agree with GMan and think it's the end of the road for Princeton next weekend. And Martinsburg.....well....who's is going to be the sacrificial lamb because they ain't losing up there. Lots of firepower and offenses up in WV, but......Martinsburg has the defense to go with the offense which singles them out in my opinion.

It looks like Bridgeport is smaller in school population than Princeton. Pretty impressive how this bunch is putting up wins like this against several teams who often have hundreds of more kids.

That QB for Radford ain't no joke. Gracious sakes man, he's a bolt, quick as all get out, and has a laser arm. To beat them, it's going to take a defensive line that just blows up the play and disrupts their OL to where he's under great duress, and the team that does that is going to have to hammer them on the ground and kill clock.