Soccer_Dad

McClung is the best basketball player ive seen in this area since calvin talford played at castlewood in the 80s. he can get any shot he wants at anytime. he was the difference tonite. im a huge fan of the kid now. I hope he does well and goes far. I love his passion.

Congrats to the young man best of luck to him and his teammates tomorrow night.

No prediction from me. I would just like to say Congratulations to TS QB Justin Grizzle for breaking the school record for passing yards in a single season. Congrats young man.

Battle did fight hard. And Larry is right. The sweep with #9 killed them. Plus Battle left some points out there. They made 3 trips inside the 20 only to come up empty handed. But that was probably the best team on both sides of the ball we've seen all year besides Abingdon. Anybody who was there will tell you that Battle moved the ball well & played hard until the end. There is no quit in this team. I've been watching JSB since 2001 & this team plays harder than any that I have seen there... Very good crew officiating the game tonight also. I feel that they called it very fair both ways. I didn't see them miss anything obvious all night. Both teams played an extremely clean game. My hat's off to both teams for a class act on the field. Congratulations to Union & good luck to both teams moving forward.

I agree. Union is definitely no slouch. But I've only seen one game from both of these teams. Someone on here asked me for my opinion about what I thought about UHS/AHS.  I'm sure if you asked 50 more people you might get 25 answers one way & 25 the other. I'm just being honest about what I saw. That was just my opinion that was asked for. And you know what they say about opinions ;) 

I agree. Union is definitely no slouch. But I've only seen one game from both of these teams. Someone on here asked me for my opinion about what I thought about UHS/AHS.  I'm sure if you asked 50 more people you might get 25 answers one way & 25 the other. I'm just being honest about what I saw. That was just my opinion that was asked for. And you know what they say about opinions ;) 

Out of 40 quarters this season excluding the OT in Richlands, I'm gonna say Fannon has been on the bench about 12-14 out of 40 quarters, I may be wrong but just taking a guesstimate. Same goes for Mitchell. The kids pushing 1300 rushing yards riding on 26-28 quarters of play or so. Pretty damn impressive

Now I wasn't there, but going by the box score, Battle only had 284 total yards with Union getting some reserves in during second half, averaged about 3.5 ypc, and take away the 54 yard TD run and Battle barely had 200 yards. Union put up 461 total yards, 323 rush yards on 37 carries. Battle did turn balk over three times, but its not as if the game was ever in doubt.
 
I'm seriously not trying to be an ass, but the Union offense had their way with Battle, could've scored more. 9-14 passing for 138 yards (almost ten yards per attempt, that's extremely good), and rushing for 300+ yards on 9+ YPC. Union put up only four less yards at Battle than Burton did v, Thomas Walker.
 
Again not trying to down JSB at all, I really thought game would be tightnand Battle had a chance to win, but for Union to go on road and put up 400+ yards and 42 points against a team that held GC under 20 at GC is impressive. Union averages 42 PPG and wins by 28 PPG. Only one team held Union under 30, at Richlands (who also held Abingdon under 30), and that was a 27-28 loss in OT. I just think Union could play wit Abingdon. They beat Richlands by one possession in Abingdon with Richlands turning it over a ton and JLA playing uncharacteristically badly. Abingdon is very good, but Union isn't a slouch and they have a balanced attack, unlike Richlands so Abingdon would have to respect the run and the pass.

He has it between his legs and he had poession. Someone came in after the play was dead and kicked it away. But I do not believe Union could hang with Abingdon. Abingdon has depth at every skill and doesn't drop off much. Too explosive of an offense.

Battle did fight hard. And Larry is right. The sweep with #9 killed them. Plus Battle left some points out there. They made 3 trips inside the 20 only to come up empty handed. But that was probably the best team on both sides of the ball we've seen all year besides Abingdon. Anybody who was there will tell you that Battle moved the ball well & played hard until the end. There is no quit in this team. I've been watching JSB since 2001 & this team plays harder than any that I have seen there... Very good crew officiating the game tonight also. I feel that they called it very fair both ways. I didn't see them miss anything obvious all night. Both teams played an extremely clean game. My hat's off to both teams for a class act on the field. Congratulations to Union & good luck to both teams moving forward.

Battle did fight hard. And Larry is right. The sweep with #9 killed them. Plus Battle left some points out there. They made 3 trips inside the 20 only to come up empty handed. But that was probably the best team on both sides of the ball we've seen all year besides Abingdon. Anybody who was there will tell you that Battle moved the ball well & played hard until the end. There is no quit in this team. I've been watching JSB since 2001 & this team plays harder than any that I have seen there... Very good crew officiating the game tonight also. I feel that they called it very fair both ways. I didn't see them miss anything obvious all night. Both teams played an extremely clean game. My hat's off to both teams for a class act on the field. Congratulations to Union & good luck to both teams moving forward.

If Battle had even a little of a passing threat they could score on anyone. They ran the ball on us better than anyone all season. Game was a lot better than the score indicated.

I don't know how the offense looked with the starting QB in there, but it looked pretty good tonight. I enjoyed watching it. Was impressed with Battle's speed as well. Good, clean, and fair game all around.

Battle did fight hard. And Larry is right. The sweep with #9 killed them. Plus Battle left some points out there. They made 3 trips inside the 20 only to come up empty handed. But that was probably the best team on both sides of the ball we've seen all year besides Abingdon. Anybody who was there will tell you that Battle moved the ball well & played hard until the end. There is no quit in this team. I've been watching JSB since 2001 & this team plays harder than any that I have seen there... Very good crew officiating the game tonight also. I feel that they called it very fair both ways. I didn't see them miss anything obvious all night. Both teams played an extremely clean game. My hat's off to both teams for a class act on the field. Congratulations to Union & good luck to both teams moving forward.

Battle did fight hard. And Larry is right. The sweep with #9 killed them. Plus Battle left some points out there. They made 3 trips inside the 20 only to come up empty handed. But that was probably the best team on both sides of the ball we've seen all year besides Abingdon. Anybody who was there will tell you that Battle moved the ball well & played hard until the end. There is no quit in this team. I've been watching JSB since 2001 & this team plays harder than any that I have seen there... Very good crew officiating the game tonight also. I feel that they called it very fair both ways. I didn't see them miss anything obvious all night. Both teams played an extremely clean game. My hat's off to both teams for a class act on the field. Congratulations to Union & good luck to both teams moving forward.

And to my knowledge, they've also already lost their #3 QB to an ACL tear (was QB of the JV team at least) earlier in the season. I don't know if this would ever come into play (and I certainly hope not), but for a team the size of Battle, I believe that leaves them down just a few options at the spot, and only one of whom whose primary position is QB. For example, if they (as has been rumored above) have to move Scarbrough to QB (who's listed as a QB/RB/DB on their official roster), they'd be taking his playmaking ability at other positions.
 
But, I do have to say, he's a GREAT kid. I'm not denigrating anyone else in saying that, just saying how impressed I've been with Mr. Scarbrough in my limited interactions with him. It's ALWAYS yes sir, no sir, and he's an affable kid that I think most of the student body at JSB considers a leader. So best of luck to both him and the Trojans this week and beyond.

The Defense had a good week of practice. They are more confident right now than they have been all year. I hope they can do what they did last week by creating turnovers to set up a short field for the Offense. I also think Lane will do a good job running the Offense. As far as passing goes, I think he'll do a good job in the short game & hopefully the receiving corp can make some plays with their speed. And maybe the running/short passing game might create some open looks downfield. You won't find a better group of kids or a team that plays harder than them. I've been watching JSB Football since I moved to Washington County in 2001 & this group of kids stands out the most to me. There is no quit in them. Britt has really got them playing hard for him. The next 2 or 3 years should be alot of fun. JSB Football is only gonna get better.

I could tell a huge improvement in them last year. They are definitely heading in the right direction. Only makes the district strong as a whole.
 
Looking forward to a competitive and injury free game.

Who would have ever thought at the beginning of the season, that the Union/JSB thread would have been 3 pages.  That defiantly says something about Battles progression through out  the season.

Ain't gotta worry about me stealing any seats up there. My choices were between JSB/Union, VA/Lee, or a TN playoff game. Sticking with JSB/Union.

No not so sure he won't do bad. Yes he has no game experience or qb experience. But I believe he has more speed that Tipton. That may spark us if we can use that. I think this will be a close game.. honestly. Yes Union has talent but so does Battle. 1 injury won't destroy this team.. yes it hurts a lot. Tipton carrried this offense most of the season. But don't be so sure this will be a blow out without him.

I hate to hear that for the young man. Will definitely be in my thoughts and prayers. Was looking forward to seeing Battle's offense in person. I wonder how this will change their strategy??

All I remember is that he couldn't beat Gate City no matter where he coached.

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Keeping my fingers crossed. Of course I'll go anywhere they go. We had to go all the way up to Essex 4years ago just to watch my Daughter cheer. But hopefully it will be close.