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Gate City at one point was probably the most hated team on this board years ago in my opinion.

However "horrible" it is, Galax is a less horrible than any class 1 team in Virginia including George Wythe. What I saw was outstanding defense by Galax.

Can someone post the field goal clip when you have it.

Bad timing dude.

When u hear words like, "clutch, lucky, got some breaks, hung in there, not pretty" and the team still wins, it wreaks of WINNER. The kind of team down 20 to 14 in table tennis and they real off 8 pts in a row to win 22-20. There are programs like that. There are people like that. Galax is like that. It's called....WINNERS.

Congrats Galax, well done.

LMAO and it's a good LMAO! Lil WINNER Salem known as Galax in a down year, wins the state title. Galax football is the same as.....WINNER.

And to anyone who is looking at points is taking out the flow of the game and the matchup. Fact is, Graham, Radford, Riverheads, Union were all close. Radford was a bad matchup for Riverheads. All 4 teams were close in my opinion. I think Radford had 5 more total yds than Graham in their contest if I read correctly. Graham was 2 dropped TD passes from having a very strong chance to come away with the win. Riverheads was not 2 pass drops short. Radford handled them. Union would have matched up better than Graham against Radford in my opinion. Graham would have matched up better against Riverheads than Union in my opinion. Much of it is about matchups. All 4 were close. The best team won the title, and Riverheads was anywhere from the 2nd best team to the 4th best team in my opinion.

+1

Riverheads is legit, the real deal, but again, they have bypassed being able to be spread out like that year after year. They couldn't avoid it this year. They got caught. That's the difference in Class 1 and 2. Sooner or later, u are going to get spread out at some point.

I said this earlier for a couple of years. If you are using VA High as a standard of coaches ability to win, it's a bad choice. Even Paul Wheeler struggled some compared to Rustburg and Lafayette stints where he won state titles.

Is Bunch as good as his older brother was? His older brother was a freakin baller.

Good Lord

With Thorton at the helm, at least Richlands will still be "slinging" it around the yard.

Gate City had outstanding junior high teams a couple of years ago. I think these kids will be sophomores and juniors this upcoming season. Now, I don't know if they moved or still play football, but the 8th grade team they had a couple of years ago was wicked for an 8th grade team. Gate City already has the coaching thing down pact. Houseright is one of the best, but it's him waiting for the talent to cacth up the last couple of years. It might catch up next year.

Thanks Sixcat, Redtiger and Gridiron60. Those reasons for why a coach would interview knowing he likely wouldn't get the position are logical and make sense. I wasn't aware it was this common to 'go through the process" for lack of better words until today.

So, if 2 guys on here, one from Tazewell and one from Richlands are both making it known they have heard the new coach is decided on already and the interviews are just a formality or checking of the box, then......I would wager the guys interviewing for this position are also aware of this. Therefore, why interview if you know you have no chance?

New coach at Richlands has been announced. Its Richard Bobby.

Fort Chiswell will have enough talent on their team to win the district. I'm not saying they win the district, but they have some talented kids over there and their coaching and talent could definitely put them in the mix. Princeton will be loaded again. Actually had a somewhat young team.

How Come?

Salem and Phoebus is the one I'm interested in.. Maury is Norfolk's Public Academic School. Maury is where parents sends their kids in Norfolk as the school with better academics, better facilities, better resources, Less Crime and student problems, better athletics. If you are a dialed in parent in Norfolk and don't have the funds to send your kid to a private school, you do everything in your power to get them to Maury. Don't expect a let up with Maury for quite some time.

Cool matchups in Class 3 and 4 at Lynchburg.

I'll go Radford in a close one. I think either team can win and no surprise whoever wins. Two very solid teams. Both have a super senior leader. I value the QB more than the RB because of the way football is played today. Radford by 7 points. I like Radford slightly because of the athletes they have and ability to spread Riverheads out, and Radfords rush defense seems pretty good and that will help against the best rushing offense in the state in Riverheads. No surprise if Riverheads wins though.

Anybody ever ponder the question about Crist in that..... We thought it was all Crist, but maybe it wasn't Crist after all. Maybe it was just Virginia High because the place has been pretty much unwinnable for decades, regardless of who the coach is. For those who haven't pondered this question, it might be time to start giving it some consideration.

I hope Galax beats the dog poop out of Essex. Galax somewhat down, looks ugly early on and for sure, it's Grayson, Honaker, maybe even George Wythe or Rye Cove. Nope, it's Galax in the state title game and Galax can win the game. Galax can beat Essex. This isn't Martinsburg vs Princeton. Galax has a very reasonable shot to go from where it was preseason and early season regarding ugly perception to literally winning a state title.