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Pikeville AT Pikeville! Yikes!

Saw this on the Twitters. Radford is an unexpected game. 2021 Gate City Football Schedule 8/27 Richlands A 9/4 Radford H Saturday 9/10 Abingdon H 9/17 Marion H 9/24 Union A 10/1 Lebanon A 10/8 OPEN 10/15 Lee H 10/22 JSBattle A 10/29 WCentral H 11/5 Ridgeview A

I think Burton will be a good game. Looking forward to it.

I enjoyed playing all the KY schools. Paintsville, especially, was a great challenge. They had athletes everywhere, specifically, football players everywhere. Very impressive team. However, I did not enjoy playing the KY refs. Maybe if we could play at a neutral site with TN refs??

Disappointed as we may be, this has definitely been a problem over the years, lots of schools saying no to Union. Outside of KY schools, I'm unaware of the coaches saying no to anyone. Tenn High was on the line a couple of years ago, but they couldn't get open dates to work out. Science Hill too, but they didn't want to come to BSG. The biggest problem with Tennessee schools is the embarrassment of getting beaten by a VA school less than half their size. And most of the ones that are the same size have either refused to play, are not practical distance wise, or wouldn't really offer much of a challenge. Wouldn't mind seeing the Bears play Bluefield if it weren't for the distance. That's the only reason I don't care for the Graham match up. Well, that and the powerpoint/playoff issue. There are many, many Tennessee schools that would offer great games AND are less than 2 hours away. Maybe next cycle.

Absolutely! Bigwinners LOVES Riggs Stadium. Lol

Well, it is a nice stadium! 😉

Definitely good for TW, not sure about Union. I'm OK with Burton because of proximity, and I know they return a lot from a solid team. I'm thinking they could have found someone in TN to play, but I guess not. I can only surmise that they scheduled safe in an attempt for homefield in the playoffs. Graham and Central will be their stiffest competition, and both away. Abingdon lost a lot, so not sure what they'll be like next year.

That was the only positive take away I had. No KY schools!!!!

Talk about a nothingburger, Union's schedule for Fall 2021. 🙄 Aug 27 Lee A Sep 03 Richlands H Sep 10 JI Burton H Sep 16 Graham A Sep 24 Gate City (Homecoming) H Oct 01 Thomas Walker A Oct 08 Ridgeview H Oct 15 Central A Oct 22 Open Oct 29 Abingdon A Nov 5 John Battle H

The .75 kids are all a result of tragic shop accidents, too horrid to discuss on an open forum. The. 5 kids are Mer folk. It varies as to whether the fish half is on the top or bottom. Kind of a hodgepodge, really. The .25 ones are just a head in a fish bowl looking thing, like the ones on Futurama. A result of the "Study of Medieval Torture Devices" class being a little more hands on...or, should I say, "hands off" than it should have been. Still not sure why kids keep signing up for that class. Although, Professor Reginald Stumpy did get Teacher of the Year again, so there's that. Clear everything up?

I don't know the ins and outs of GC basketball culture, but I agree. Very surprised by that choice.

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300 if we're lucky. The very bottom of 2A, which we won't be far from, could be playing schools with 480 more kids.

Based on ADM figures from March 2020, schools in blue will be dropping classification. Schools in purple are 50 kids or less away from dropping down. That's not a huge number to lose, especially in SWVA. Union has lost over 80 kids since the 2018 ADM. Class 2 may get the worst out of this deal. Terrible solution. School Current Enrollment Revised (9-11) Enrollment Old Class New Class Carroll County 1064 798 3 3 William Byrd 1059 794.25 3 3 I. C. Norcom 1055 791.25 3 3 Lake Taylor 1046 784.5 3 3 Phoebus 1043 782.25 3 3 Heritage -- Lyn 1037 777.75 3 3 Lord Botetourt 1035 776.25 3 3 Lakeland 1035 776.25 3 3 Christiansburg 1007 755.25 3 3 Brentsville District 985 738.75 3 2 James Monroe 984 738 3 2 Spotswood 981 735.75 3 2 Turner Ashby 978 733.5 3 2 Rockbridge County 975 731.25 3 2 New Kent 971 728.25 3 2 Lightridge--proj. 969 726.75 3 2 Cave Spring 967 725.25 3 2 Broadway 967 725.25 3 2 William Monroe 934 700.5 3 2 Brookville 927 695.25 3 2 Staunton River 910 682.5 3 2 Booker T. Washington 889 666.75 3 2 Northside 881 660.75 3 2 Abingdon 877 657.75 3 2 Skyline 871 653.25 3 2 Petersburg 860 645 3 2 Tunstall 847 635.25 3 2 Colonial Heights 839 629.25 3 2 Waynesboro 839 629.25 3 2 George Mason 829 621.75 3 2 Rustburg 812 609 3 2 Warren County 806 604.5 3 2 Hidden Valley 805 603.75 3 2 Goochland 796 597 3 2 Southampton 785 588.75 3 2 Wilson Memorial 781 585.75 3 2 Armstrong 774 580.5 3 2 Staunton 772 579 3 2 Fort Defiance 760 570 3 2 Maggie Walker Gov 749 561.75 3 2 Park View -- SH 746 559.5 3 2 Liberty - Bed 732 549 3 2 Liberty Christian School 696 522 3 2 School Current Enrollment Revised (9-11) Enrollment Old Class New Class Page 569 426.75 2 2 Ridgeview 568 426 2 2 Nelson County 568 426 2 2 Union 568 426 2 2 Gretna 567 425.25 2 2 Buckingham County 556 417 2 2 Martinsville 546 409.5 2 2 Randolph-Henry 539 404.25 2 2 Madison County 537 402.75 2 2 Tazewell 517 387.75 2 2 Windsor 516 387 2 2 Luray 513 384.75 2 2 James River - B 507 380.25 2 2 Bluestone 500 375 2 1 Stonewall Jackson - Q 498 373.5 2 1 Radford 495 371.25 2 1 Amelia County 494 370.5 2 1 Graham 492 369 2 1 Brunswick 487 365.25 2 1 John Marshall 484 363 2 1 Giles 477 357.75 2 1