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I'm hoping that Ridgeview does well this season. I know that we Tug Valley folks hated to lose Haysi from our schedule. We also fully understand consolidation, as it tends to gobble up small community schools. I'll be lurking but not posting a lot since we don't play any Virginia teams this season. Good luck, Ridgeview!

I hate to hear this for you guys. Private schools have almost killed the athletic spirit of most 1A public schools in West Virginia. Sure, you have certain schools that can compete in certain sports and have built up good programs that can compete, but for the most part, public schools don't match up well with the private schools in the state. Outside of Williamstown and those few years from Wahama, public schools have been owned by private schools in the football playoffs for the past decade. And even Williamstown has lost more than they've won against the better private schools.
 
In boys basketball, public schools have won two of the last three state titles with Tug Valley winning it in 2013 and Magnolia winning in 2015. The thing is that both of those schools were 2A in 2012, so they also have a large enrollment compared to most 1A schools. Before Tug Valley's title, the last public school champion was crowned in 2001.
 
In girls basketball, it's even a worse situation. Huntington St. Joe has won the last 7 state titles, and they've even won some state championship games by 40 points. Outside of Williamstown winning a title in 2003, there hasn't been another public school champion since Burch won a title in 1990.

Thats Haysi loss to Tug doesn't look so bad now. Took a #4 ranked team to OT

I have what they're projected to be up until this point. The official rankings are released each Tuesday. I'll send you links to each. They'll be updated with games being played on Saturday.
 
Class A - http://wvtailgatecentral.com/hs/fb2014/showstandings_A.php
 
Class AA - http://wvtailgatecentral.com/hs/fb2014/showstandings_AA.php
 
Class AAA - http://wvtailgatecentral.com/hs/fb2014/showstandings_AAA.php

Guys, I'll tell you up front that I keep stats for Tug Valley. I met some nice people from Haysi on Friday night, but I have to say the whining from some fans is absurd. First of all, the refs were horrible. They were very inconsistent with their calls, but to say that Tug Valley got every call is just incorrect. It shows that fans remember what they want to remember.
 
Haysi had 11 penalties for 91 yards.
 
Tug Valley had 9 penalties for 93 yards. 
 
That's not exactly an unbalanced stat line. Also, the referees did not throw 4 interceptions for Haysi, and they didn't fumble the football. Want to know what really happened? Haysi came out flat in the first half. They were sleep walking through the game. Tug Valley held an 8-0 lead at the intermission. Haysi came out and marched the ball right down the field to start the 3rd quarter and tied the game up. Haysi then got a long TD run from Turner to take the lead.
 
Tug Valley fought back with a drive of its own and tied the game up after a 5 yard TD pass on 4th down. On that play, a Haysi defender had the QB by the jersey but couldn't bring him down. I guess the refs kept him from making that sack too. After that, you could see Haysi tighten up. Then, Haysi had a chance to win the game in the final two minutes of regulation. But the QB misfired on a third down pass where the guy would've either walked into the end zone or been tackled inside the 5-yard-line for a first down. On fourth down, the pass hit a back in the numbers, but he dropped it. I'm sure the ref must've thrown something in his eyes before the ball got there.
 
In the first OT, Haysi went backward 10 yards after a Tug Valley sack. Then, Tug Valley had its possession and drove down to the 1-yard-line. Haysi stopped Tug Valley twice on the doorstep. Tug Valley's coaches were trying to call a timeout on the fourth down play, but the officials didn't give it to them. When one of Tug Valley's assistant coaches argued about it, Tug Valley was flagged with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. So, Tug Valley started from the 35-yard-line and drove down to score. I'm sure the officials flagged Tug Valley to help them out. I mean, every team wants to start OT from the 35-yard-line. You typically start from the 20-yard-line in WV.
 
Then, Haysi had its opportunity and threw an interception in the end zone. Again, I'm sure the officials actually grabbed the ball and put it in Austin Baisden's hands. Look, I put a lot of sarcasm in this post, but I stumbled across this thread when I was looking up what had been said about this game. It may be the biggest Tug Valley football win ever and is surely the biggest in the last 15 years. I have nothing but respect for the Haysi football program and the people I met, but it annoys me when I read these things saying that Tug Valley cheated. No one cheated. We were all a victim of some of the worst officiating I've ever seen in a high school game.

Guys, I'll tell you up front that I keep stats for Tug Valley. I met some nice people from Haysi on Friday night, but I have to say the whining from some fans is absurd. First of all, the refs were horrible. They were very inconsistent with their calls, but to say that Tug Valley got every call is just incorrect. It shows that fans remember what they want to remember.
 
Haysi had 11 penalties for 91 yards.
 
Tug Valley had 9 penalties for 93 yards. 
 
That's not exactly an unbalanced stat line. Also, the referees did not throw 4 interceptions for Haysi, and they didn't fumble the football. Want to know what really happened? Haysi came out flat in the first half. They were sleep walking through the game. Tug Valley held an 8-0 lead at the intermission. Haysi came out and marched the ball right down the field to start the 3rd quarter and tied the game up. Haysi then got a long TD run from Turner to take the lead.
 
Tug Valley fought back with a drive of its own and tied the game up after a 5 yard TD pass on 4th down. On that play, a Haysi defender had the QB by the jersey but couldn't bring him down. I guess the refs kept him from making that sack too. After that, you could see Haysi tighten up. Then, Haysi had a chance to win the game in the final two minutes of regulation. But the QB misfired on a third down pass where the guy would've either walked into the end zone or been tackled inside the 5-yard-line for a first down. On fourth down, the pass hit a back in the numbers, but he dropped it. I'm sure the ref must've thrown something in his eyes before the ball got there.
 
In the first OT, Haysi went backward 10 yards after a Tug Valley sack. Then, Tug Valley had its possession and drove down to the 1-yard-line. Haysi stopped Tug Valley twice on the doorstep. Tug Valley's coaches were trying to call a timeout on the fourth down play, but the officials didn't give it to them. When one of Tug Valley's assistant coaches argued about it, Tug Valley was flagged with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. So, Tug Valley started from the 35-yard-line and drove down to score. I'm sure the officials flagged Tug Valley to help them out. I mean, every team wants to start OT from the 35-yard-line. You typically start from the 20-yard-line in WV.
 
Then, Haysi had its opportunity and threw an interception in the end zone. Again, I'm sure the officials actually grabbed the ball and put it in Austin Baisden's hands. Look, I put a lot of sarcasm in this post, but I stumbled across this thread when I was looking up what had been said about this game. It may be the biggest Tug Valley football win ever and is surely the biggest in the last 15 years. I have nothing but respect for the Haysi football program and the people I met, but it annoys me when I read these things saying that Tug Valley cheated. No one cheated. We were all a victim of some of the worst officiating I've ever seen in a high school game.

Guys, I'll tell you up front that I keep stats for Tug Valley. I met some nice people from Haysi on Friday night, but I have to say the whining from some fans is absurd. First of all, the refs were horrible. They were very inconsistent with their calls, but to say that Tug Valley got every call is just incorrect. It shows that fans remember what they want to remember.
 
Haysi had 11 penalties for 91 yards.
 
Tug Valley had 9 penalties for 93 yards. 
 
That's not exactly an unbalanced stat line. Also, the referees did not throw 4 interceptions for Haysi, and they didn't fumble the football. Want to know what really happened? Haysi came out flat in the first half. They were sleep walking through the game. Tug Valley held an 8-0 lead at the intermission. Haysi came out and marched the ball right down the field to start the 3rd quarter and tied the game up. Haysi then got a long TD run from Turner to take the lead.
 
Tug Valley fought back with a drive of its own and tied the game up after a 5 yard TD pass on 4th down. On that play, a Haysi defender had the QB by the jersey but couldn't bring him down. I guess the refs kept him from making that sack too. After that, you could see Haysi tighten up. Then, Haysi had a chance to win the game in the final two minutes of regulation. But the QB misfired on a third down pass where the guy would've either walked into the end zone or been tackled inside the 5-yard-line for a first down. On fourth down, the pass hit a back in the numbers, but he dropped it. I'm sure the ref must've thrown something in his eyes before the ball got there.
 
In the first OT, Haysi went backward 10 yards after a Tug Valley sack. Then, Tug Valley had its possession and drove down to the 1-yard-line. Haysi stopped Tug Valley twice on the doorstep. Tug Valley's coaches were trying to call a timeout on the fourth down play, but the officials didn't give it to them. When one of Tug Valley's assistant coaches argued about it, Tug Valley was flagged with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. So, Tug Valley started from the 35-yard-line and drove down to score. I'm sure the officials flagged Tug Valley to help them out. I mean, every team wants to start OT from the 35-yard-line. You typically start from the 20-yard-line in WV.
 
Then, Haysi had its opportunity and threw an interception in the end zone. Again, I'm sure the officials actually grabbed the ball and put it in Austin Baisden's hands. Look, I put a lot of sarcasm in this post, but I stumbled across this thread when I was looking up what had been said about this game. It may be the biggest Tug Valley football win ever and is surely the biggest in the last 15 years. I have nothing but respect for the Haysi football program and the people I met, but it annoys me when I read these things saying that Tug Valley cheated. No one cheated. We were all a victim of some of the worst officiating I've ever seen in a high school game.