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This is one of several reasons that ALL bos and school board members need to be voted out this year. (With the exception of Hackney, if he’s running again). 
Will that happen? I doubt it, so it’ll continue. We have the nicest campus in the state , but the administration is crap. 
That goes for superintendent and useless directors of everything. 

Great kids, both of them.  Hard working miners now.

I think the fact she's never choked a player's parent gave her the upper hand in the candidate search.

Hey, I am from Dickenson County and I can tell you that Ridgeview fans are the absolute worst.
Ridgeview fans whine incessantly about officiating.  Ridgeview fans whine incessantly about playing Abingdon in anything.  (They're 3A!  They don't belong in our district!!!!)
My only beef with Union fans is they complain when it's time to travel anywhere outside of a 50 mile radius.

I resent that, and if you were less than 25 miles from my house, I'd come to yours and show you! haha
We love coming to Bluefield. Just don't like the ride home when we lose! 🙂

Yes our LORD IS RISEN!!!!
The grave could not hold his deity, could not shutter his message, could not subvert his truth, could not dimish his love for mankind.  The stripes laid on his back, the nail scars on his hands and feet, the beard plucked from his face, his side pierced was agony for his disciples and mother to witness.  Was his ministry gone, ended?  Their hearts crushed with the brutality Jesus had endured.  His broken body begged for by Joseph...placed in his tomb.  They thought they were seeing the end of his ministry.  What will we do, who else has the words of life?  
Three days later, despair, uncertainty, without direction overwhelming their lives, the handmaids went to the tomb to anoint our LORD'S body.  The TOMB WAS EMPTY!!!! 
His accusers thought his message and ministry had died on Friday.  His followers saw death could not conquer or vanquish his message or ministry, it was still alive on Sunday, as it is today.
Amen!!!  Amen!!!

Well, I seen in the Times News this morning, Dean has officially transferred to Miami (OH).  So, there goes that hope of him taking his name out of the portal.

For those interested, we still have a couple of coverage area teams playing hoops:
In West Virginia:
1A:  James Monroe 74, Cameron 32
James Monroe advances to play Clay-Battelle in Friday's 1 pm semifinal
2A:  Bluefield 76, Wheeling Central Catholic 68
Beavers advance to play Chapmanville in Friday's 7:15 pm semifinal

For those interested, we still have a couple of coverage area teams playing hoops:
In West Virginia:
1A:  James Monroe 74, Cameron 32
James Monroe advances to play Clay-Battelle in Friday's 1 pm semifinal
2A:  Bluefield 76, Wheeling Central Catholic 68
Beavers advance to play Chapmanville in Friday's 7:15 pm semifinal

Blake was a stud on both sides of the ball. Game changer at LB and a complete TE.
Robby was a tremendously skilled player, really shined at Safety and as a kick returner.
Jake was an incredible athlete and very versatile. Would have been incredible as a WR. 
You might be right about Coach, very strong career as a player and his impact as a HC cant be put into words.  

Getting someone twice your age charged with assault is the lack of toughness the NBA frowns upon.

Plot twist - Rife is sentenced community service and has to coach Richlands girls basketball for another year.

Any school who use Notre Dame or Michigan's fight song are lazy to me.

Latest odds for SWVA Sports Video of the Year:
2:1 -"House of Hustle Throwdown: Coach v. Daddy"
100:1 -"Rappin' G-Boyz"
200:1 -"Ridin' the Ramey"

"He was ultimately pulled away by others -- and Redlands went on to lose the game, 54-51."
Richlands shall forevermore be known as Redlands!!!

I think I spotted a fan with outside food and an umbrella in the video. I just hope the School Board addresses this issue as well.

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Thank you,
 
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And now with Honaker going over to the Hogo next year, it will be even worse.

BDD:  Honaker wins big since Grundy has three players out due to a mishap during their semifinal win over Hurley the other night.  The real intrigue is in the third place game.  Can Twin Valley win their first game of the season against a short handed Hurley (for the same mishap) and qualify for the region tournament?
Hogo, I will take Lebanon on their home floor.  Matchup is pointless regardless as Lebanon is locked in as the Hogo 1 and Chilhowie is locked in as the Hogo 2.

Twin Springs has entered the chat.

So......you are saying the Graham G-Men would have a chance?   "He now ducks and braces for the blows."  I had to do it boys.  It's now officially the off-season and boredom rules the day.

I found this stored away on a flash drive in my office. I thought I would post this.  This is something that will never ever take place in Virginia but interesting to think about. 
 
 
In Kentucky they play 16 Regions with 64 Districts. 
Now this is a concept that will never ever ever come about in the state of Virginia. Since we have a forum, it is ok to dream about and to talk about what this might be like in the state of Virginia. 
So here is the conceptual dream. 
 
16 Regions.  All 16 Region winners go to John Paul Jones Arena for the VHSL's state of Virginia "Sweet Sixteen". 
 
The set up:
District Champions regular season get automatic region bid
District Tournament - If District Regular Season champion makes the District Tournament final, the other opponent to that team is the second qualifier. If the District Regular Season champion does not make the District Tournament final then the winner of the tournament goes on with the regular season champion. 
Region Tournament - District Regular Season Champion and District Tournament Champion (or qualifier w/ regular season champion) are the top two seeds.  Top 8 seeds cross bracket with another region every other year then repeat again on the 4th year. 
Region Tournament Champion goes on to the Sweet Sixteen as the representative of that region in the State Tournament. 
State Tournament - Region 1-16 have a blind draw to see who they play in the tournament. 
 
Down here on this post is half of the 16 regions stretching from Ewing to Richmond.  Northern Virginia and the Eastern coast have not been completed.  
Again.  This will never ever take place but an interesting format to say the least.  Giving teams from the west to the east a chance to play the best of the best and to be apart of something they may never have had the chance to dream about. 
Some of the matchups make for some pretty interesting scenarios. It also makes the battles that would take place between communities go about at a fever pitch. Some of the crowds that would attend these region tournaments would be crazy. 
A great dream for sure.  
One of the questions you could pose out of this set up.  Which region in the state of Virginia is the best basketball region in the state?
In my opinion, the best overall competitive region of the group listed would have to be Region 3.  That would be a basketball brawl come region tournament time. 
 
Region 1's championship site would be played at UVA Wise. 
Region 2's championship site would be at Radford University's Dedmon Center
Region 3's championship site would be at Cassell Coliseum at Virginia Tech or the Berglund Center in Roanoke
Region 4's championship site would be at Atlantic Union Bank Center at James Madison University or Virginia Military Institute in Lexington
 
Region 1 - 19 schools
District 1 - Thomas Walker, Lee High, Gate City, Twin Springs, Rye Cove
District 2 - JI Burton, Union, Central, Eastside, Castlewood
District 3 - Virginia High, John Battle, Abingdon, Patrick Henry, Holston
District 4 - Lebanon, Honaker, Ridgeview, Buchanan Co. HS
 
Region 2 - 17 schools
District 1 - Richlands, Tazewell, Graham, Bland County
District 2 - Northwood, Chilhowie, Marion, Grayson County
District 3 - Rural Retreat, George Wythe, Fort Chiswell, Galax, Carroll County
District 4 - Narrows, Giles, Pulaski County, Radford
 
Region 3 - 22 schools
District 1 - Floyd County, Patrick County, Martinsville, Magna Vista, Bassett, Franklin County
District 2 - Auburn, Christiansburg, Blacksburg, Eastern Montgomery, Salem, William Byrd
District 3 - Craig County, Alleghany, James River, Lord Botetourt, Glenvar
District 4 - Northside, Cave Spring, Hidden Valley, Roanoke-Patrick Henry, William Fleming
 
Region 4 - 22 schools
District 1 - Highland, Bath County, Fort Defiance, Rockbridge County, Parry McCluer, Stuarts Draft
District 2 - Amherst County, Nelson County, Albemarle, Western Albemarle, Monticello, Charlottesville
District 3 - Waynesboro, Staunton, Riverheads, Buffalo Gap, Wilson Memorial
District 4 - Broadway, East Rockingham, Spotswood, Turner Ashby, Harrisonburg
 
Region 5 - 22 schools 
District 1 - EC Glass, Heritage, Jefferson Forest, Liberty, Staunton River, Liberty Christian Academy
District 2 - Chatham, Dan River, Gretna, Tunstall, George Washington-Danville
District 3 - Brookville, William Campbell, Rustburg, Altavista, Appomattox, Buckingham
District 4 - Halifax County, Charlotte County, Prince Edward County, Cumberland County, Central-Lunenburg, Mecklenburg County
 
Region 6 - 20 schools
District 1 - James Wood, Sherando, Millbrook, John Handley, Clarke County
District 2 - Central-Woodstock, Mountain View, Strasburg, Page County, Luray
District 3 - Warren County, Rappahannock County, Fauquier, Kettle Run, Liberty
District 4 - William Monroe, Madison County, Orange County, Culpeper County, Eastern View
 
Region 7 - 21 schools
District 1 - Louisa County, Fluvanna County, Goochland, Powhatan, Amelia
District 2 - Nottoway, Brunswick, Dinwiddie County, Greensville County, Sussex Central
District 3 - Franklin, Southampton, Lakeland, King's Fork, Nansemond River
District 4 - Hopewell, Petersburg, Prince George, Surry County, Smithfield, Windsor
 
Region 8 - 25 schools
District 1 - L.C. Bird, Carver Academy, Cosby, Clover Hill, Thomas Dale, James River
District 2 - Manchester, Matoaca, Meadowbrook, Midlothian, Monacan, Deep Run
District 3 - Mills Godwin, Douglas Freeman, Henrico, Glen Allen, Hermitage, Highland Springs
District 4 -  JR Tucker, Varina, Thomas Jefferson, Armstrong, George Wythe, Huguenot, John Marshall
 
 

Thank you, kind sir. 

Most likely Ridgeview or Union depending on who would win  the consolation between those two.  Even though both of those are capable of winning their tournament semifinal game and getting to the championship game, I think Central and GC are clearly better than Ridgeview and Union.

Disagree when one team was swept in 2 games against the team they are tied with