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To your credit Wise Central did beat VA High fully loaded 

They also say he owned part of The Cricket in Pocahontas before its demolition. 

Maybe now we can get one of those urban paintings on the side of the Gate City Pal's with Mac and Shaq back to back...

Never in a million years about 7 years ago would I have considered Mac would have become so popular that one day, Shaq would don a Devils Jersey and have Mac dunk over him. This is when you know.....Mac has made it, regardless of whether he plays a full season in an NBA jersey. He's made it in my opinion and hell be talked about in homes in SWVA 50 years from now for what he's done . Well done McClung!

Never in a million years about 7 years ago would I have considered Mac would have become so popular that one day, Shaq would don a Devils Jersey and have Mac dunk over him. This is when you know.....Mac has made it, regardless of whether he plays a full season in an NBA jersey. He's made it in my opinion and hell be talked about in homes in SWVA 50 years from now for what he's done . Well done McClung!

Having Shaq don a Gate City jersey and dunking over him. Way to go Mac!

Union's Thomas Potter just joined an ELITE group. FOUR TIME STATE CHAMPION!

This site has all the info on the VHSL tournament.  https://www.trackwrestling.com/Login.jsp?tournamentIndex=0&tName=VHSL

AJ Ashworth, Caden Carico and Edwin Espinoza have all advanced to the finals for Galax today. 

Congrats to all local teams.  Grundy with that many left is expected and of course, stands out, but that's Grundy.  Central Wise is the one that kind of jumps off the page at me.  9 left and of that 9, 8 of the 9 are the semi's.  That's alarmingly impressive and around the state in wrestling circles, most thought is was Strasburg and Poquoson followed by Central and the rest.  It appears that's not the case.  Again, credit to all teams who have done well like Union, Galax, Richlands, Grayson and more, but Central really surprises me.  I knew they were good, but.....dam@.

As of 6:30. 
 
Abingdon (2) - 2 in semis
Castlewood (2) - 1 in semis, 1 eliminated
Central (9) - 8 in semis, 1 in consolation 
Chilhowie (5) - 1 in semis, 3 in consolation, 1 eliminated 
Eastside (5) - 2 in semis, 3 in consolation 
Ft. Chiswell (6) - 1 in semis, 4 in consolation, 1 eliminated
Galax (8) - 3 in semis, 5 in consolation 
George Wythe (6) - 1 in semis, 4 in consolation, 1 eliminated
Giles (2) - 2 in consolation 
Graham (2) - 1 in semis, 1 in consolation 
Grayson Co. (10) - 5 in semis, 3 in consolation, 2 eliminated
Grundy (13) - 12 in semis, 1 in consolation 
Holston (5) - 2 in semis, 2 in consolation, 1 eliminated
Honaker (1) - 1 in semis
John Battle (5) - 2 in semis, 3 in consolation 
Lebanon (2) - 2 in consolation 
Lee (3) - 3 in consolation
Marion (2) - 2 in consolation
Northwood (1) - 1 in semis
Patrick Henry (1) - 1 in semis
Pulaski Co. (3) - 1 in consolation, 2 eliminated 
Radford (7) - 2 in semis, 4 in consolation, 1 eliminated
Richlands (6) - 3 in semis, 2 in consolation, 1 eliminated 
Rural Retreat (8) - 6 in semis, 2 in consolation
Union (10) - 4 in semis, 5 in consolation, 1 eliminated
Virginia High (3) - 3 in semis
 
SWVA teams in the top 10:
 
Class 1
Grundy 1
Rural Retreat 2
Grayson Co.  3
Galax 4
Eastside 7
Holston 10
 
Class 2
Central 3
Union 4
Richlands 5
Virginia High 7
John Battle 8
Radford 10

I found this site and it has some great information about Virginia high school wrestling history. https://vachamps.wordpress.com/2016/01/23/order-your-copy-of-the-history-of-virginia-wrestling-aaa-1949-2015/

I wouldn't imagine that is the problem. They built the new fieldhouse and new gyms a decade ago within 70 yards of the sinkhole that appeared in 1990.

Karst topography and/or underground caves would have been found during a geotechnical report and field survey. I doubt it's something like that unless someone didn't do their job.
It's more likely, the owner or contractor requested changes to the design for whatever reason that necessitated another DEQ review before construction can continue. 

I agree and also apply to even the not so good teams and I apply that to the overwhelming percentage of High School Teams in the United States.  I apply it the overwhelming portion of cheerleading teams and moms across the country.  It's like anything else.  It's good and bad.  It is very good and very helpful to have dads in the community helping out.  The overwhelming portion of them do good things.  At the same time, like anything else, you will have a few bad apples that take it too far and tries to dominate and their kid may end up playing perhaps more than he should.  It happens, but I still think this is largely the exception to the rule.  I think as a state, a country, a region of Virginia, we want and need dads and moms participating early on.  The good of this by far, by far...outweighs the bad in my opinion.  We will hear about the 1 Dad at school A who has far too much influence and his kid probably shouldn't be starting QB or Point Guard or Running Back, etc, but we never talk about the other 9 dads who have just put in the work, helped the program, helped all the kids and not just their son, and volunteered his time after a 40 hour work schedule.  Just my opinions though.  I'm not saying I'm right.  Just giving my perception.
As for the High School Head Coach, I would disagree with you some Duke.  I think it's the same thing as above.  Some do think they are completely entitled or a "genius" as you wrote, but the overwhelming majority of them are not that.  They, by in large are good and decent people without a narcissistic complex just like most of the daddy ball dads and moms who are just trying to do the right thing.  It's the few bad apples that makes the news and message boards.

Being there, it was an awesome moment and that coming from a fan of the losers in this situation.  Awesome to see a kid have a moment like that.  Can't be mad about losing when something like that occurs.
Hopefully we can rebound tonight in the season finale against Greeneville and then try to make a run of epic proportions for the third straight year back to the Glass House.  Will be a tall order considering we're the bottom seed in the district tournament.

And Lebanon beats Graham while GC barely escapes v a mediocre DB team. Parity is name of the game heading into conference tourneys. 

this will be a shootout,  no one is favored and I can easily see GC not winning this!!

Congrats are in order Sir. I'm sure you are excited and proud just like your son is, and both of you certainly should be.

You never know about kids. Some surprise in other ways. Keep your eyes on the former Graham player at ODU named Gage Sawyers. He was kind of an under the radar player in the region even though he was first team All State. I've heard good things about him at ODU. You may see a situation kind of opposite of Adkins where this kid takes off. He was highly underestimated in my opinion coming out of High School.
Mike Compton out of High School was good and an All State type, but few thought he would become a first team All American and 11 year NFL starter and a near miss for All Pro (next guy up that got outvoted) 5 times. Sometimes, they go the other way. Heck, Bill Dudley if we go back to the 1940s is an example. A scrawny little kid UVA just took a chance on and a "good" High School player but nothing special or elite, and of course....NFL Hall of Famer. 
Unfortunately, more times than not, it goes the other way and the above are exceptions to the rule. Jury is out on Sawyers. He's one to keep an eye on.

Turf complete by August is my understanding and they’re getting a track around I believe. Stadium will come later financed by the community. 🤞🤞🤞🤞 Someone can correct if this is fake news! 😂😂😂😂

You never know about kids. Some surprise in other ways. Keep your eyes on the former Graham player at ODU named Gage Sawyers. He was kind of an under the radar player in the region even though he was first team All State. I've heard good things about him at ODU. You may see a situation kind of opposite of Adkins where this kid takes off. He was highly underestimated in my opinion coming out of High School.
Mike Compton out of High School was good and an All State type, but few thought he would become a first team All American and 11 year NFL starter and a near miss for All Pro (next guy up that got outvoted) 5 times. Sometimes, they go the other way. Heck, Bill Dudley if we go back to the 1940s is an example. A scrawny little kid UVA just took a chance on and a "good" High School player but nothing special or elite, and of course....NFL Hall of Famer. 
Unfortunately, more times than not, it goes the other way and the above are exceptions to the rule. Jury is out on Sawyers. He's one to keep an eye on.

My son , Brock Alley (Tazewell) committed to Ferrum College on Wednesday evening 

It's far more common for kids in P5 or G5 schools to end up on a path similar to this when entering the Transfer Portal. Should be a cautionary tale but all we see from ESPN is Cody Shrader puff pieces. Young people that haven't developed critical thinking skills yet, see those pieces and think everyone is doing it. So they leap and end up falling out of sight.

Some of these kids have a terrible group of people surrounding them as well.
They hitch to the kid's wagon in hopes of some huge NIL deal or even further, NFL contract.
They will put thoughts in the kid's head that they are a P5 talent or the League is a no doubt outcome to their career.
I see it damn near every day and the kid is the one who suffers in the end.