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Unbelievable lob ball and catch and score by Narrows from 35 yds out! 16 seconds left. Narrows going for the win by going for the 2 point conversion. This two point conversion decides the game.
The two point conversion good 
Narrows wins! Heck of a game. 29-28 is your final score.

I think Giles runs the ball fairly well against Narrows. It really does come down to who makes fewer mistakes and the defensive line for Giles getting pressure on the QB. 

If we get pressure up front on defense, we can win. The best way for us to limit the effectiveness of their receivers is pressure by the DL which we had some success with that last year.  We've got to win those 1 on 1 battles on the line. I don't think Narrows OL is as good as last year. It's very close, but I think their OL is slightly a notch down from last year, so that gives me some hope. They will still have some big plays offensively and we must also have enough of our very own big plays offensively.

He practiced full yesterday so it's looking like he a Go for Friday 

This is the class that every has been keeping their eye on since little league. If they will all stay together they should be a force in a couple years 

I’d love to see Giles be a top 5 program again.  Being from Appy I miss 1A ball and would love to see teams like Bath Co. and Parry Mc. being elite programs again especially since they’re not 2A competing with Union 

This should be a good game. I'm taking Narrows by 7. Could go either way though. 

Graham by 21+. GW will definitely compete at the 1A level.
Remaining schedule
Carroll County- Win
Rural Retreat - Win
Galax - goes either way
Giles - goes either way
JI Burton - Win
Fort Chiswell - Win
Grayson Co - Win in my opinion Grayson Co isn't as good as expected 
Auburn - Win 
6-4, 7-3 or 8-2 somewhere in there. 
 

Graham by 21+. GW will definitely compete at the 1A level.
Remaining schedule
Carroll County- Win
Rural Retreat - Win
Galax - goes either way
Giles - goes either way
JI Burton - Win
Fort Chiswell - Win
Grayson Co - Win in my opinion Grayson Co isn't as good as expected 
Auburn - Win 
6-4, 7-3 or 8-2 somewhere in there. 
 

They made that drive look very easy

Love it no more domination like they did in 1A

Love it no more domination like they did in 1A

Love it no more domination like they did in 1A

Giles defense seems pretty good. Offense needs a little work but overall looking alot better than last year.

Taking it to Blacksburg 

Welcome to 2A

Our tailback is pretty quick and elusive. Full back is smaller but has a very quick burst of speed. Wing back is bigger than the 2 mentioned and he runs hard on the reverses and is a good blocker. We don’t have a Brian Mann or a Brett Whitlow but we do have a pretty good backfield. 

Kickoff time is a confirmed 7pm. The Giles vs BBurg game is not going to be moved to 8pm. This is a surprise to me. I was told by a local birdie that it would be announced/decided today and that it would likely be moved to 8. We'll, they decided and they confirmed/doubled down, the game start time is 7pm and that's locked in.
8pm is to far past the whining girley-like liberal-pukey-panzie Bruins bedtime. Tic.
Go Bandana Bunch!

After watching the scrimmage with Radford and benefit game against Glenvar you can tell this Blacksburg team is more athletic than they’ve been in a few years. With that, I still only see them winning 2-3 games at best. Spartans by 14.

Well said. We won’t face a team as large as Cburg this season. We were well undersized but didn’t back down. After a rough season last year it was good to actually see excitement on the field, sidelines, and stands. 

Giles vs CBurg
Giles looks better than last year.  We are a better defensively up front.  To play a half with our starters and have Christiansburg top us by 1 touchdown is something I will take.  Our depth is limited and injuries could cripple us like they can any Class 1 school, but the 22 we have on the field are pretty good.  I'm not saying we will, but we have the ability to beat Grayson, Galax, and George Wythe and win the district.  Over the past few years, lets be honest, we really had little to any chance.  We have a very reasonable chance this year.  We are least in the conversation which I will take at this point.  Some of this stuff comes down to simply having good players.  There is size, speed, athleticism, etc.   All that stuff is important, but also important is just having good players.  We have some kids that can play.  I hope we can win the district.  It's not an unreasonable goal or expectation this year. I favor Grayson still, but maybe we can get over the hump.
 

I believe it was 7-0 with starters in. Cburg scored a few more TDs when the backups started playing. 

Got to watch the Giles/HV scrimmage today and it was not what I expected. Spartans did not run the traditional style single-wing like we have the last 44 years. It’s still technically the single wing but with some spice. A lot more misdirection and HV struggled stopping us from getting positive yardage. We will see how well it does next week against a very good Christiansburg team. 

Seems reasonable. Weak district.

Giles had 24 receive equipment.  Roughly 5-6 already have their equipment. 2 more got equipment today (afternoon).  3-4 on vacation and will return this weekend for Monday AM practice.   We will have around 35ish to 38 max to open the season against Blacksburg.