Liam McPoyle

If only there was a scientific way to rank teams objectively, free from personal biases, emotions, and logical fallacies. Oh wait, there actually is. CalPreps Final 2023 Rankings Rank W-L Rating SOS Opponents' W-L 1 Radford (VA) 15-0 29.1 -2.2 103-78 2 Riverheads (Staunton, VA) 13-2 20 0.3 103-71 3 Graham (Bluefield, VA) 12-2 17.1 -4.8 97-70 4 Central (Woodstock, VA) 12-1 12 -6.2 87-64 5 Union (Big Stone Gap, VA) 11-2 9.9 -9.8 81-68 6 Glenvar (Salem, VA) 10-3 9.8 -3.9 81-71 7 Clarke County (Berryville, VA) 9-3 5.8 -9.6 66-71 8 Strasburg (VA) 8-3 3.5 -8.8 66-57 9 Poquoson (VA) 10-4 2.1 -7.8 90-76 10 Appomattox County (Appomattox, VA) 6-5 1.1 -5.1 83-46 11 Gretna (VA) 9-3 0.4 -12.4 71-66 12 Tazewell (VA) 8-4 -0.2 -8.8 80-63 13 Buckingham (VA) 9-2 -1.7 -20.7 53-69 14 Fort Defiance (VA) 7-4 -3.3 -5.2 67-56 15 King William (VA) 6-6 -6.3 -11 77-59 16 Gate City (VA) 8-4 -8 -12.4 70-65 17 Madison County (Madison, VA) 5-6 -9.8 -8.2 72-52 18 Stuarts Draft (VA) 5-6 -12 -9.3 62-63 19 Floyd County (Floyd, VA) 3-8 -15.6 -4.2 78-51 20 Ridgeview (Clintwood, VA) 7-4 -17.1 -20.4 51-70 21 Lunenburg Central (Victoria, VA) 8-3 -17.1 -27.6 56-69 22 Patrick County (Stuart, VA) 5-6 -17.7 -10.7 65-61 23 Amelia County (Amelia Court House, VA) 9-4 -18.5 -22.6 75-70 24 Chatham (VA) 7-4 -19.2 -19.1 52-69 25 Southampton (Courtland, VA) 6-6 -21.2 -23.2 70-65 26 Marion (VA) 5-6 -21.8 -16.7 60-64 27 Virginia (Bristol, VA) 4-7 -22.6 -13.9 72-55 28 Bruton (Williamsburg, VA) 5-6 -25.5 -20.1 65-60 29 Dan River (Ringgold, VA) 3-7 -27.3 -17 59-55 30 Battle [John S.] (Bristol, VA) 3-7 -27.5 -18 57-54 31 Lee (Jonesville, VA) 4-7 -27.9 -18.1 67-58 32 Lebanon (VA) 3-7 -28.5 -19.1 59-56 33 Liberty (Bedford, VA) 0-10 -28.7 11.9 78-42 34 James River (Buchanan, VA) 3-8 -29.8 -5.8 71-57 35 Greensville County (Emporia, VA) 5-5 -31.1 -29.3 57-55 36 Nandua (Onley, VA) 5-6 -32.3 -30.1 56-62 37 Luray (VA) 2-8 -33 -16.3 53-57 38 Nelson County (Lovingston, VA) 4-6 -33.3 -27.8 47-63 39 Richlands (VA) 0-10 -35.8 -7.2 75-45 40 Prince Edward County (Farmville, VA) 3-7 -38.5 -26.8 60-54 41 Central [Kelly/Pound] (Norton, VA) 1-9 -40.6 -16.9 60-52 42 Nottoway (VA) 2-8 -41 -26.6 51-59 43 Martinsville (VA) 0-10 -47.8 -15.1 54-55 44 Randolph-Henry (Charlotte Court House, VA) 1-9 -48.2 -28.3 52-57 45 Marshall [John] (Richmond, VA) 1-8 -49.7 -19.9 61-42 46 Page County (Shenandoah, VA) 1-9 -51 -20.3 58-49 47 Arcadia (Oak Hall, VA) 5-5 -51.8 -46.7 31-63 48 Mountain View (Quicksburg, VA) 3-6 -55.6 -47.5 36-51 49 Windsor (VA) 2-8 -59.6 -39.6 52-57

I challenge anyone to name a better triple-threat singer/songwriter/football coach than Don Williams.

Lonesome Pine was an absolutely perfect name and a huge missed opportunity. Another mistake, if the name had to be Union, was to not select Miners as the mascot. I wasn't familiar with Indian Creek, but that would've been an excellent choice for Kelly-Pound As far as Coeburn-St Paul, there was a less obvious choice but Tom's Creek, Guest River, Clinch River, Ralph Stanley, or 50 other names would've been far better than Eastside. Hellbenders paired with a river name would've been superb.

IMO, students are ill-equipped to select a proper school name. Most have little knowledge or appreciation for local history, geography, or fauna. The results are unimaginative and generic names and mascots best suited for a Disney Channel high school.

Simply unbelievable

Galax doesn't always win the state championship. But when it does, the score is 7-6.

YANDEL VERA!!!!

The tying run is in the on-deck circle

Galax scores 2 runs in the bottom of 7th, but still trails Essex 6-2

Bland County

@GMan, what a brilliant and devious topic to begin the offseason.

Just for the record, I absolutely don't care either way. I would've loved to have seen Graham-Riverheads or Union-Riverheads this season.

I wanna try. Riverheads scored 21 against Radford compared to Graham's 10, therefore Riverheads is better than Graham. Am I doing it correctly?

Landen Clark in games 1-12 and 15: Kyron Drones Landen Clark in games 13 and 14: Grant Wells

So, I guess the problem really is Virginia High

Phoebus 14 Salem 6 under 4 minutes Salem driving near midfield

...or QB

Cook-Cash reminded me of John Riggins on that last drive

It was correctly assessed, since it was a dead-ball foul following the first down.

Announcer: "Radford, from Puh-LAHH-skee County...SMH

RB/LB RHS/ 6’3” 215/ GPA: 4.29/ 540-480-6102/ Class of 2024 / 40: 4.5/ 3-cone: 7.2/ 5-10-5 shuttle: 4.1

Tough call...I'll take the Over

I like LCA to cover. I wouldn't touch the others.

Just imagine you're attending a game in Tazewell Co and you should be fine.

Below is collection of quotes from the past year predicting the struggles of Riverheads in 2A. "Riverheads days of domination will be over come next season." "Riverheads beat George Wythe but will get absolutely smacked by most 2A teams." "Riverheads cannot compete with the top teams in 2A. They will find out soon enough when they get to play Appomattox, Graham, Glenvar..etc.. They been bullying around those smaller 1A teams for too long" "One could tell the Riverheads to enjoy the big dance this year because they may not even make it to the floor next year in 2A." "I've said for awhile now that they (Riverheads) couldn't hang in Group 2, and apparently they know it " "Riverheads finishes 3rd or 4th in 2D last year." "Riverheads is a 7--3 team ! At Best !"