I assume the reason for the voting being so skewed away from one district is solely due to the timing of the All region meeting. Historically, In 1d it has been on Semi finals night before the games have completed. if it is the same for 2D, that might shed some light as to why the votes do not favor the winning district.
Scotty Vermillion was very outspoken about JM a few years ago when Gate City were the Justices victim that year. Now that the girls program is doing the same... I will be very interested in hearing coach Dotson's take IF they first get past Ridgeview AND IF they lose to JM as bad as most people are beginning to realize is the very real possibility.
JM girls look the part. Transitive property says they will lose by 30
Cumberland has 4 of the Top 7 teams in Region D 1a.
Based off Scrimmages and scores. Unless Chilhowie and Marion were missing players neither would come close to any team on this list. Virginia High is my only question mark, they could be off the list or as high as 6th, just going off scores.
Another Kentucky score of interest to SWVA folks, especially those in Lee County since it borders Bell County, would be the Bell County and CAL 3A title game tomorrow, although Bell County has a tall order to win that one I'm afraid.
A team in 2015 that fired Wayne mills for actually mooning someone. They then hired a fall guy in 2016. In 2017 Dudley was brought back in. THanks to some classification changes; 3a no longer has Corbin or Boyle Co, he has guided Bell county deep in the playoffs each year while going through Belfry. Pretty impressive
They have had 2a numbers for the past 10 years this is not shocking they are competitive in the 2a playoffs. It's extremely sad they petitioned to play down.
Lol scheduling for all sports is terrible. Heard a coach call all the hogo and bdd teams just to get the traditional we will see to never get called back. If there is a m7 team we can play they also dodge us. It really is difficult to fill any schedule without relying on ky and tn team.
0-4 on the surface looks bad but the 4 teams they have lost two are no slouch. Clay Co beat Harlan Co who is on the same level with Middlesboro. Rockcastle Co is really good this year and looks to challenge Bell Co in 3A east. If I had money on this game, It would be on Pineville @Pineville. Pineville looks to be a 3-7, 4-6, 5-5 team. Wins for sure are Harlan and Lynn camp. Lee, Leslie, and Williamsburg are on the fence
I disagree with the exposure, AAU is all the exposure she needs. Its about better competition on a night by night basis and she does not get that at Richlands. SWD is currently a soft district that would be hard pressed to win the Cumberland let alone beat a M7 team.
Did I read that right? Abingdon was 5-19 last year?
Remember the days when kids transferred to better programs for a better chance to earn a state title? I know the Reynolds girl had no choice but to transfer somewhere, her step daddy made her bed. Not seeing the logic for the Trivette girl. If your going to transfer your kid, especially one of her caliber, why not go to a school with a solid winning program?
From the outside looking in, the Trivette girl had a couple of choices.
Option A stay at Richlands with a contested hire who is unproven
Option B transfer to Honaker where they will mop up the Hogo while she never sees the 4th qtr due to the score
Option C transfer to a Swd team who has been the doormat of 2d since the mtn 7 was created.
Option D join the MTN7 and also have the possibility to show her skills vs the likes of Carroll County and Co in 3D
Basically it was stick it out with Richlands with a coach who is unproven.
Go to Abingdon with the same unproven resume but be in the MTN 7
Or transfer to Honaker and stomp everyone you face.
Varsity games won't see much change. Jv games will be mind-numbing painful with inexperienced refs. Last year at Rye cove but jv games went severely against us in the foul count, which lead to painfully long games. That will only get worse.
Obviously past behaviors are an indication of future results!
He does have a creditable track record of success and that individual is pretty close to retirement. I, also, believe that could curb any unacceptable behavior that possibly removed him from his previous job as he stepped down instead of being removed. Hopefully, this is a second chance that we push as a society but never follow through on.
Just forgot the most important tidbit of having to go to Middlesboro. You can take a side trip down to Harrogate and eat at the Gondolier. Fantastic Italian eatery that place is.
Eat at Shades or the Mexican restaurant near the coke plant. Gondolier has went down hill since covid after they got bought out.
I believe Ragsdale from Giles made the comment after PV rolled them 40-0 that Giles would have had to play a near perfect game against them and PV have an off game and even that may not have even been enough for Giles to have won.
And that was actually a very good Giles club.
That year PV still could have won state without Julius Jones. The defense had the nickname “Killer D” courtesy of Barry Jones as DC. Killer D was chanted all the time too. As far as offense goes, PV was like a 5 headed monster. You could cut one head off and it would grow back later in the game. Meanwhile the other heads would be as fierce as the one that got cut off before its recovery.
It’s worth noting in 1998 that Gate City was 3A then with 2A numbers and had an off year. 3-7 but they were still fairly competitive in some of the games they didn’t win. They gave Powell Valley a tough game in the first half but PV wore them down in 2nd half
Sadly there are 0 common opponents or even teams that could be used for a comparison. However when Belfry fans comment and say this was and still is one of the best teams to ever grace EKY it turns your head. They went through Beechwood and Mayfield to win the championship and only lost to Bell county due to the Refs that you mention. Bell county is called "Flag mountain" for a reason, that and they kept it close when Dudley Hilton was in his prime.
Its close for both teams and your own bias will give the edge to each team.
Is Middlesboro any good? What kind of history do they have over there?
Middlesboro is the 5th on the all time wins list for all Kentucky teams. Late 90s they had teams as good and several better than the 98 pv vikings. Their coach died and then they took a page out of lee highs playbook with coachevery 4 years before settling on coach French who is 2nd or 3rd on the all time wins as a coach.
As far as reffing goes they do the exact same thing the AoA does in VA. They send their more experienced refs to other match ups and use their inexperienced refs for their out of state match ups.
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I assume the reason for the voting being so skewed away from one district is solely due to the timing of the All region meeting. Historically, In 1d it has been on Semi finals night before the games have completed. if it is the same for 2D, that might shed some light as to why the votes do not favor the winning district.