Mountain Football

My daughter has 67 credit hours completed, taking 17 credit hours currently, and is in her second semester of college. She'll have 84 credit hours completed at the end of her first year of college. 

Maybe the want GMen to travel further? But  I’m like you, Lebanon makes more sense logistically for both. 

Virginia High and Graham Friday at Lebanon 6:00 PM confirmed from someone within the Graham community I trust.  Not UVa-Wise.
Abingdon and LCA at Virginia High confirmed for Friday at 6:00.

I got hosed by a medical staff once, when I was in a coma.

Good luck to all of our girls from SWVA as they go for their state championships this weekend up at Gar-Field in Woodbridge. 
I’ll try to keep how the SWVA contingent does as it goes along. 

Here are the ladies and their seeds. 
 
Central:
100 - Kyle Sturgill 9 seed
114 - Sophie Carter 16 seed
 
Ft. Chiswell:
107 - Olivia Scott 11 seed
 
Grayson Co.:
132 - Danielle Burkhardt 19 seed
138 - Ashlynn Wilson 15 seed
145 - Isabella Hill 3 seed
152 - Lucy Kate Cherry 7 seed
185 - Lizbeth Lopez 12 seed 
 
John Battle:
120 - Kari Streit 6 seed
 
Lebanon:
114 - Portia Campbell 10 seed
185 - Hazel Garrett 14 seed
 
Pulaski Co.:
152 - Emily East 26 seed
165 - Patricia Eubanks 32 seed
 
Radford:
100 - McKenzie Leighton 17 seed 
120 - Kathryn Price 13 seed
132 - Kaitlyn McMurray 17 seed
145 - Lilly Brunner 16 seed
152 - Margaret Paige 8 seed
165 - Jackson Barnett 11 seed
 
Richlands:
120 - Cami Spencer 7 seed
126 - Kendi Dye 2 seed
138 - Abby Hampton 43 seed
 
Thomas Walker:
138 - Gabby Dixon 42 seed
 
Union:
145 - Kyndal Satterfield 1 seed

They also say he owned part of The Cricket in Pocahontas before its demolition. 

He has to be better than a 12th man on some NBA roster....just has to be....plus think of the jerseys that team would sell for their 12th man....he needs to be on an NBA roster somewhere 

Having Shaq don a Gate City jersey and dunking over him. Way to go Mac!

I found this site and it has some great information about Virginia high school wrestling history. https://vachamps.wordpress.com/2016/01/23/order-your-copy-of-the-history-of-virginia-wrestling-aaa-1949-2015/

Congrats to all local teams.  Grundy with that many left is expected and of course, stands out, but that's Grundy.  Central Wise is the one that kind of jumps off the page at me.  9 left and of that 9, 8 of the 9 are the semi's.  That's alarmingly impressive and around the state in wrestling circles, most thought is was Strasburg and Poquoson followed by Central and the rest.  It appears that's not the case.  Again, credit to all teams who have done well like Union, Galax, Richlands, Grayson and more, but Central really surprises me.  I knew they were good, but.....dam@.

I'm not a fan of turf at any level. We have well over 20 years of data that strongly suggests increased injury, especially in younger people who haven't fully developed. But it's the trend and I don't see it going away anytime soon. 
 

You never know about kids. Some surprise in other ways. Keep your eyes on the former Graham player at ODU named Gage Sawyers. He was kind of an under the radar player in the region even though he was first team All State. I've heard good things about him at ODU. You may see a situation kind of opposite of Adkins where this kid takes off. He was highly underestimated in my opinion coming out of High School.
Mike Compton out of High School was good and an All State type, but few thought he would become a first team All American and 11 year NFL starter and a near miss for All Pro (next guy up that got outvoted) 5 times. Sometimes, they go the other way. Heck, Bill Dudley if we go back to the 1940s is an example. A scrawny little kid UVA just took a chance on and a "good" High School player but nothing special or elite, and of course....NFL Hall of Famer. 
Unfortunately, more times than not, it goes the other way and the above are exceptions to the rule. Jury is out on Sawyers. He's one to keep an eye on.

Green is such a dumb color. Why would ANYONE ever use it. 😉

We could do it but it would need some moderator attention.  Basically pin it to the top and make it a sticky thread like the two they have now. 
 

More importantly, this topic has reached the 600-post milestone.

In the wake of the greatest coach to ever coach college football retiring yesterday with out warning, I have a question for the board to give us something to talk about during the offseason.
if they stepped down tomorrow which current head coach in the area would have the best legacy? Not talking about the legions from years past. This has to be someone who was the head coach last football season. 
 
Being from Alabama myself I need something else to talk about beside Saban stepping down.

"The Farm" also qualifies. 

It's not football related but these kids work hard and deserve to be recognized somewhere. 
Mia Llamas from Galax is starting on the swim team at California Baptist University in Backstroke, Freestyle and IM. Mia was a 6-time VHSL State Champion. Four consecutive 200 Meter Freestyle and two consecutive 100 Meter Backstroke. CBU is a member of the Western Athletic Conference and compete at an elite D1 level with numerous Olympic level performers throughout their lengthy history. She has appeared in every event so far in her freshman year. Her dad was a professional MMA fighter. 
Phoebe Fant from Galax has accepted a partial Rowing scholarship at UVA. She will likely graduate Valedictorian in a few months. Incredibly bright young lady with a future in medicine. Stands over 6 feet tall and is the most impressive, well-rounded athlete I've seen in my time here. She's also the drum major for the Maroon Tide Marching Band and captain of the MACC team. 

We have a designated jock strap coach if that tells you anything. He coaches them up so that we get 110% support out of those things. haha
Technically, Union has an OC and DC, but I think Turner and the OC work very closely. I guess it's almost like 2 coaches doing the same job.

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He probably wasn't a fan of Foghorn Leghorn.

He probably wasn't a fan of Foghorn Leghorn.

He probably wasn't a fan of Foghorn Leghorn.

All-District/Region/State teams are subjective and highly influenced by biased coaches and teams win-loss record.
I know of a kid in the central part of the state that has several D1 offers and I don't believe he was even on the All-Region team.

It is overly influenced by a handful of teams and it is waaaay too biased toward winning teams.  There was a kid on one of the VHSL teams that was completely embarrassed in a playoff game this year but his team went far in the playoffs. 
In the past I've seen really good defensive players get snubbed because they didn't have the stats due to OC's avoiding them.  Happens every year.   I'd love to see how the OCs and DCs vote....take the "Rah, rah" HC out of the equation.  The coordinators know which kids scare them and drive gameplans.