September

Just judgin by the video from their midnight practice, it looked to me like their numbers have doubled from last year. Possibly more.

It has talked about since 1985 and they are no closer today than they were in 1985.

A fractured school board botched the coaching hire after Bill Houseright left... Robbie Norris was hired and the board changed his arrangement about his assistant coaches he was bringing with him and then Justin Hilton turned them down and it was into the bushes they went trying to find a head coach. Houseright the elder knew of the talent hole coming and bailed. I don't think any coach living or dead could have gotten any more wins out of the talent but Akers done a scorched earth policy at Gate City it may never recover from it. Like I posted above they have given me the ultimate thrill of seeing 4 State Championships in person and wining 5 overall and some schools would see their souls just for 1..if they never win another I will always be a fan! 

It is easy to hit a low hanging piñata. And that is what GC football is right now. Will it ever return to the glory it once was? Who knows! I know as a fan they have given me so much pleasure that I can endure the pain. Gate City has lost all it's big money boosters and all it's elite athletes play other sports now and the losing has created a sense of apathy. Football evolved and GC football did not and hence the struggle. So when you combine apathy, lack of athletes and no financial support you get what you have now. Always remember Football more than any other sport runs in cycles and the cycle at GC is down right now, and the board is a little more boring without the GC fans!  

https://scottcounty.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx

He’s officially gone.  Looks like the job has been posted. 

What time's the parade??

Over the past 5 years the shoemaker number (PK-6) are as follows
17-18 - 565
16-17 - 621
15-16 -625
14-15 - 568
13-14 - 593
 
Weber City numbers are 
17-18 - 329
16-17 - 326
15-16 -340
14-15 - 331
13-14 - 346
 
It looks to me like an infusion of about 4 dozen kids will bring GC back in line with there 13-14 Numbers so I am sure the room for the kids is defiantly there 

Good for everyone else, but a real shame GC couldn't come to an agreement with Robbie Norris. He's a coach!

I guess this solves the Tennessee Tagged Vehicles in the Parking lot mystery, because this is what it is for the most part. I'm one of them. 

The deal with the income tax stuff:
Many GC graduates end up working in TN...........because that is where the jobs are located. If you work in TN and live in VA, you pay income tax in VA. If you work in TN and live in TN, you do not pay any income tax. (TN sticks it to you with the sales tax.) So........there are tons of "GC People" who end up moving to, and living in, TN. A lot of these parents prefer their kids go to school at GC, so they start their kids in elementary school in either Weber City or Shoemaker. In their minds, they get the best of both worlds.
Really.............the best of both worlds would be to live/work in TN, send your kids to GC if you prefer, and do as much shopping as possible in VA. Lots of those parents bringing their kids to WC or Shoemaker do their shopping at Food City/Food Lion. = tax revenue.
The school system is not "bringing in kids" to the system. The parents are choosing where they take their kids based on what they perceive to be their best deal. Just like you do when you go shop for a car.............get your best deal.
BTW......Weber City and Shoemaker will not accept TN kids if they run out of room and have to displace a VA kid.
 
Edited to add teacher salary info.
This link says Virginia ranks 30th in teacher salaries. When adjusted for cost of living, VA ranks 24th.
https://www.johnlocke.org/update/education-update-teacher-pay-rankings-are-out/

As I did in 1990.

Most of the Tennessee Kids that go to School at Gate City had Parents that lived in VA and bring there Kids to School there because they themselves went to GC. Now that North will be closing in the Future there will be more GC Parents who sent their Kids to TN come back to GC. About 70% or more GC Grads move to TN eventually to avoid the VA State Tax. 

If anything, it'll be a beautiful evening at Legion Field. 

They got last years score wrong. I think it was 27-6. 

On the bright side our punter should have no problem reaching his goal for childhood cancer research this season.
https://wcyb.com/sports/friday-night-huddle/gate-city-punter-kicking-for-a-cause

Everybody come to the game & spend money so Reed can buy sweet gear next season. Love that money! 

Only chance GC has is if y'all can't get your buses to start......but I'll be there regardless.

In my high school days, (decades ago), GC was the top team of the area and beat the stuffings out of RHS every year, but no matter the score, as fans we always supported our team.  To us a victory was being able to score on GC and when we did, the fans in the stands went crazy.  You would think we had won the super bowl, but it was all about supporting our team no matter what the outcome of the game.  We all like to be winners, and we all hate to loose, but we should all support our teams, no matter the outcome.  You GC fans have to realize that it was never easy for all the area teams to receive a beat down from you guys year in and year out, but we endured the loosing to support our team for the players on the field.
If you are truly a GC fan, you need to forget the past and support the players no matter what.  We all like to live in a perfect world where our team wins every game by a great margin, but reality moves into our perfect world and we stop dreaming and start supporting.
RIchland 28
Gate City 7

It's a shame that the "powers" have let this happen to this program. It's hard to believe we were in the playoffs 2 years ago. It feels more like 15.

This gets me excited. The football program is was the backbone of that community.

Little league numbers are definitely down. Practice started Monday and the redskins have one of the smallest teams I have seen in little league. Hopefully we can get a fix for this in the near future. One thing I like that Akers brought in is travel ball. Just wish we could find a way it didn't coincide with little league basketball. Several new teams joined the travel league this year. Clintwood, Haysi, Central(wise), Patrick Henry, and Hancock County TN. 

Without turnovers the last two games would have been much closer with even a chance to have won one of them. 

GC continues with the turnovers then South wins. 

A lot of the high schools around here have better seating than UVA Wise.