LongTimeSWVAFan

Sounds like if money is an issue then the school system should supplement the travel. Maybe through each community’s personal property tax or increasing sales tax? A price can’t be put on building relationships. This would also help let the less fortunate experience what others experience.

Can a price be put on building relationships and promoting sportsmanship? This also allows the student athlete to experience different parts of our great state.

Why was this abandoned? I was a big proponent of this as it allowed schools from various regions to play each other. More importantly, sportsmanship, peace and harmony along with relationship building was enabled through this process. Any hope of bringing it back?

Mr @cityofRaven please check your pms. I’ve sent you a pretty sweet offer. Hope you accept.

I root for Richlands, I have family playing for Coach Mance. This ain’t right! Nobody did this when I played.

It prevented Richlands from being up larger. The boys got fatigued in the second half with that long drive and mental exhaustion from the horn in the first half.

How can you not understand? We are trying to prohibit excessive noise that is not part of normal activity. This extra noise caused several false starts and reflected poorly on the Richlands offensive line.

My generation believes in fair play and you should too. Union did not win that game fairly, their fans used a horn to prevent Richlands from calling plays. That’s unethical. How can I help you understand this? Fair play is paramount to life. Many of my friends came back from war talking about how unethical their adversary was, that sold me on fair play. I guess I was fortunate I didn’t have to go due to bone spurs in my foot.

Can we not get back to discussing these young men today and how they should be allowed to play in peace? Like these young football players, you and I need to forge a bond to develop a relationship to combat unfair play, wouldn’t you agree?

How many undefeated seasons you have hot shot?

My whole argument was if they had playoffs we’d won the state title but they didnt have that back then.

We didn’t knowingly cheat! We immediately reported and the guy was booted from the team.

You asked where I was from. I’d be more than happy to discuss the rudeness of the train horn with you.

Stop what? Promoting peace and harmony? Or educating young folk on how good the 63 Golden Wave were. Many of my teammates fought in the war, we had a D1 player and outstanding coaching!

It’d obvious given the score of that game and how badly we beat everyone else that he was not key to our success.

Yes the guy was a backup player who lied about his age. He had no impact on the game, we won by 3-4 touchdowns. Best team in SWVA history!

What are you talking about? EC Glass didn’t even score on us. We went undefeated and everyone regarded us as the best in the state. Before your time Sonny Boy, back when Coal and the Golden Wave were King!

Matter of fact I played on the best Grundy team they ever was. The 1963 Golden Wave. Since you know so much about football, I'm sure you've heard of us!

Are you referencing the sport or the ball? I'm quite familiar with them both. We would have won state in 63 but they didn't have state playoffs back when I played. Only thing I got out of it was the homecoming queen and she's still my wife.

Unnecessary hurdles is not what life is all about. Life is about relationships! These young men are working to develop a deeper bond by playing ball together forging relationships that will last a lifetime. Should these young people not be given the chance to perform their best without fear of outside obstacles? Sir, I ask you to have some compassion in your heart, this horn was used as a deterrent for success! I would hope the music played at practice is of the soothing nature that stimulates mental awareness making the young men highly keen and aware as they prepare to play. I want the youth to have opportunity to excel, how is this making them soft? If you are from Richlands and were at the game you would agree that the horn did cause the team to lose the game. It led to numerous penalties giving Union an unfair advantage. However what I'm most concerned about is that the horn precluded the young men from Richlands from displaying their talents fully. It forced the coaches to call different plays than they would have previously due to the distance they had to travel to pick up a first down. The whole thing was wrong and you know it!

Life is not fair but, should the school system not make it as fair as possible. That's a cop out response. The world is not fair so let's not strive for equality. I thank you for your service but, if you are deaf in one ear it's easy to see why the horn does not bother you as you cannot hear it at the same levels as these school children. As you said accidents could and do happen, my issue is this is preventable. We should work together to achieve harmony for our youth by building them up without fear of loud noises. Those young people from Richlands were not anticipating those loud noises and it clearly impacted their ability to perform at their highest level. This is high school sports, not the NFL. These kids are playing to refine their talents and skills, learning teamwork, hard work and what dedication means. Unnecessary hurdles that prevent those things from happening should be removed immediately.

Is fairness for the children not what's most important? Life is hard enough as an adult why make it hard on the youth? The kids ears could be damaged out of your love for a train horn. It just doesn't make sense......

Central will have a shot to win this game. Crowd could be a bigger factor than many anticipate.

Boys score closer than I would have thought without Slagle. Sounds like defense may be an issue for GC?

Countless officials will not officiate Central games due to the problems that have occurred. If they play in a “big game”, anyone who follows Central basketball can guess who will officiate. There are only about 7-10 good refs who will officiate the boys team. This isn’t some big secret.