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Rest in peace! Two great ones! 

Grim news this morning seeing that prolific kicking coach Doug Blevins has passed. Heard they found cancer on him too late.
He is the second coaching legend with local ties to pass this week. 
Tony Colobro passed earlier this week as well. Coach Colobro had his hand on a number of programs, both high school and collegiate and was a tremendous man.
RIP to these two great men.

Thats because you have been watching Tazewell football all these years.😂
*I'm just picking but couldn't pass it up lol

But i will admit they turn out good field goal kickers

Soccer may the worst waste of resources on the planet.

Ill just wait for football!

This recipe can be made spicy by mixing in one fan base speaking a language the other doesn’t understand. 

SWVA SOCCER RECIPE
Ingredients: 
1-22 Unskilled and overly aggressive players
2 Woefully ignorant, yet vocal fan bases
1-2 Obnoxious coaching staffs
1-3 Incompetent officials
Instructions:
Mix thoroughly and place both fan bases on the same side of the field for 90 minutes.
Watch from a safe distance and ENJOY!
 
 

What the hell are you talking about, man? It's golf season!!!

Tragedy to triumph: Coach Terri Anne Funk's impact as Eastside heads back to state (wcyb.com)
Eastside with the championship trophy, but Coach Funk's with life's trophy!!!!
Awesome!!!
 

WISE COUNTY STRONG! What a day! TWO state champions today. It reminds me of the old LPD days when PV would bring the 2 and Appy the 1 home.

Congrats to Wise Central and VHS.  Eastsides turn to step up.

Kudos to the Va High kids for not backing down.  Listening to these announcers try to validate what JM is doing is sickening.  They, and the VHSL, should be ashamed of themselves for doing what they're doing.  That wasn't a true 2A championship game that was just played.

They made it there 48 or so other teams can’t say that! That’s an accomplishment to be proud of no matter the final score today. 

41-23 at the half with JM leading.  All the respect in the world to Va High.  Man, this bunch is something.  Mozzell (probably off on the spelling) could give a total of 2 rats arses about JM and how great they are.  That kid can play.   I know it sounds crazy and sure, VH is losing, but to be down by 18 at the half and holding them under 45 points is actually pretty darn impressive.  It will get worse in the 2nd half though as VH has major, major foul trouble.

JM 18
VA High 11 
After 1. 

They made it there 48 or so other teams can’t say that! That’s an accomplishment to be proud of no matter the final score today. 

They made it there 48 or so other teams can’t say that! That’s an accomplishment to be proud of no matter the final score today. 

They made it there 48 or so other teams can’t say that! That’s an accomplishment to be proud of no matter the final score today. 

58-41 Final for Wise.   Well done young ladies.  They looked good out there.  Played great defense and just flat out took it to em.

Wise central starting to separate 

15-12 wise end of 1st

I don’t know the landscape of WV football but I do know they have a great coach! Coach Taylor is absolutely a class act. He cares about the kids and does a great job spreading the word which is something that is lost in this day and age of high school sports. What other coach would wear a shirt with a bible verse on in during the playoffs instead of the school colors! That tells me that he care more about what happens in these kids life’s long after that clock hits zero of that last game. I would want my son to play for a guy like that over a coach that wins multiple state championship but the kids get nothing out of it. Princeton will be winners as long as he is heading up that program regardless of what their record is. 

I got all the respect in the world for Princetons coach. I'm biased because he's also a Christian. But, we still got to keep stuff in perspective here guys. Princeton had never advanced past the 2nd game of the playoffs until last year and until last year, had only been to the 2nd game of the playoffs just a few times in its history. 
Yes, a solid team last year, but the stars and moon aligned to where there were crazy upsets in round 1 and 2 that allowed them to somehow play at home in playoff games 2 and 3 before playing the state title game which is game 4 in WV. Princeton was supposed to travel in games 2 and then game 3 if there wouldn't have been pretty decent size upsets which both happened.
Princeton lost a kid to WV and one to Air Force. They lost 2 Div 1 players. They will be good again, but Princeton with this current run is only like 3 years deep. There's still no indication that they are completely over the hump and now in the realm of a powerhouse program.  Jury is still out on them. I tend to think they keep trending up, but history is NOT on my side at all. History would say otherwise, but history is a weak predictor. The coach they have is incredible, on and off the field, but I truly believe the jury is still out. 

Fix is an outstanding soccer player.  He can't play both football and soccer in WV, because they are in the same season.  He gets the best of both worlds on the Virginia side.