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And the 2024 Pick em Champion is, @rvtne216! He follows-up his 2023 runner-up finish to win his first-ever Pick em Crown! SWVAgridiron also had an outstanding season as he secures Runner-up title. CONGRATS! rvtne216 SWVAgridiron LA Chargers 1 LA Chargers 1 LA Chargers Kansas City 1 Kansas City 1 Kansas City Baltimore 1 Baltimore 1 Baltimore Detroit 1 Detroit 1 Detroit Cincinnati 1 Cincinnati 1 Cincinnati Atlanta 1 Atlanta 1 Atlanta Buffalo 1 Buffalo 1 Buffalo Arizona 0 Carolina 0 Arizona Indianapolis 1 Indianapolis 0 Tennessee LA Rams 1 LA Rams 1 LA Rams Philadelphia 0 Washington 0 Philadelphia Minnesota 1 Minnesota 1 Minnesota Miami 1 Miami 0 San Francisco Tampa Bay 0 Dallas 1 Dallas Green Bay 1 Green Bay 1 Green Bay Notre Dame 1 Notre Dame 1 Notre Dame Penn State 1 Penn State 1 Penn State Texas 1 Texas 1 Texas Ohio State 1 Ohio State 1 Ohio State GOTW Las Vegas 3 Las Vegas 0 Jacksonville GOTW Tot Pts 35 0 33 0 49 Tot Pts 19 TOTALS 15

I thought about Bland, but remembered that they're in Region C.

Marion beat Grundy in'23

I thought of both of them, too. Battle beat Holston in '22, and Twin Valley beat Honaker in '21.

2D-My initial thought, it's probably Marion😆. However, I think it might be Richlands, who beat Gate City in 2022 Week 1. 1D-There's a decent chance it's Northwood, but I'm not sure.

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D'OH! I knew it was Blake Graham but...🤦‍♂️ I can't be defaming Chris Edwards (my favorite G-Men) with an inaccurate meme.

rvtne216 SWVAgridiron Los Angeles Chargers Los Angeles Chargers Kansas City Kansas City Baltimore Baltimore Detroit Detroit Cincinnati Cincinnati Atlanta Atlanta Buffalo Buffalo Arizona Arizona Indianapolis Tennessee Los Angeles Rams Los Angeles Rams Philadelphia Philadelphia Minnesota Minnesota Miami San Francisco Tampa Bay Dallas Green Bay Green Bay Notre Dame Notre Dame Penn State Penn State Texas Texas Ohio State Ohio State GOTW Las Vegas Jacksonville Total Points 35 49

Sixcat calculated this and sent it to me. Brandon Harner is 90-40 over 11 seasons (.692). His best 10-year stretch would be 2014-2023 with a record of 82-36 (.695). HS Ingo was 47-15 in 5 seasons (.758). Donnie Pruitt was 79-24 in 9 seasons (.766).

The announcers were inept, ignorant, unaware, and ill-prepared. Otherwise, I had no issues.

Liberty's Williams Stadium seats 25,000 and is about 15 miles from the geographic center of the state. The vast majority of schools are within 3 1/2 hours, with Arcadia (Eastern Shore) being the farthest at about 5 1/2 hours.

True An undefeated season would move him to first, a one-loss season should move him to second, and anything over .500 moves him to third.

Year Games Wins Losses Ties Winning % 2015 12 6 6 0 2016 13 11 2 0 2017 13 11 2 0 2018 15 14 1 0 2019 14 11 3 0 2021 6 5 1 0 2021 14 13 1 0 2022 15 15 0 0 2023 14 12 2 0 2024 15 15 0 0 131 113 18 0 0.863 Source: fourseasonsfootball.com To CPF's point, Palmer will no doubt move higher up the list. Next year's percentage will improve significantly as his first season (6-6) drops off.

Massey and CalPreps accuracy rates are close over the course of a season; however, Massey had a slightly better performance on Finals Week. Picks Massey: 10-0 CalPreps: 9-1 Closest to Margin of Victory Massey: 6 games CalPreps: 4 games Key: Closest Margin Incorrect Pick VHSL CLASS 1 Massey Proj CalPreps Proj Actual Score Essex 37 (94%) 27 (80%) 22 Grayson Co 12 (6%) 14 (20%) 0 Proj Margin Essex by 25 Essex by 13 Essex by 22 Proj vs Actual 3 9 VHSL CLASS 2 Massey Proj CalPreps Proj Actual Score Strasburg 20 (42%) 21 (57%) 8 Graham 24 (58%) 19 (43%) 31 Proj Margin Graham by 4 Strasburg by 2 Graham by 23 Proj vs Actual 19 25 VHSL CLASS 3 Massey Proj CalPreps Proj Actual Score Liberty C.A. 47 (89%) 42 (88%) 42 Kettle Run 19 (11%) 22 (12%) 6 Proj Margin Liberty by 28 Liberty by 20 Liberty by 36 Proj vs Actual 8 16 VHSL CLASS 4 Massey Proj CalPreps Proj Actual Score Varina 22 (46%) 17 (25%) 6 Phoebus 24 (54%) 28 (75%) 23 Proj Margin Phoebus by 2 Phoebus by 11 Phoebus by 17 Proj vs Actual 15 6 VHSL CLASS 5 Massey Proj CalPreps Proj Actual Score Briar Woods 6 (1%) 7 (2%) 0 Maury 42 (99%) 42 (98%) 46 Proj Margin Maury by 36 Maury by 35 Maury by 46 Proj vs Actual 10 11 VHSL CLASS 6 Massey Proj CalPreps Proj Actual Score J Madison 14 (10%) 14 (13%) 20 O Smith 36 (90%) 31 (87%) 21 Proj Margin O Smith by 22 O Smith by 17 O Smith by 1 Proj vs Actual 21 16 WVSSAC A Massey Proj CalPreps Proj Actual Score Cameron 23 (22%) 24 (25%) 22 Wahama 42 (78%) 35 (75%) 29 Proj Margin Wahama by 19 Wahama by 11 Wahama by 7 Proj vs Actual 12 4 WVSSAC AA Massey Proj CalPreps Proj Actual Score Frankfort 38 (91%) 27 (74%) 49 Roane Co 14 (9%) 17 (26%) 14 Proj Margin Ffort by 24 Ffort by 10 Ffort by 35 Proj vs Actual 11 25 WVSSAC AAA Massey Proj CalPreps Proj Actual Score Bridgeport 48 (92%) 44 (93%) 49 H Hoover 17 (8%) 21 (7%) 7 Proj Margin Bport by 31 Bport by 23 Bport by 42 Proj vs Actual 11 19 WVSSAC AAAA Massey Proj CalPreps Proj Actual Score Spring Mills 14 (6%) 17 (13%) 17 Martinsburg 42 (94%) 35 (87%) 24 Proj Margin Mburg by 28 Mburg by 18 Mburg by 7 Proj vs Actual 21 11

Good catch!🤦‍♂️😆 I thought I'd changed all of Massey's misnomers, which includes Union as 'Appalachia' and Eastside as 'Coeburn'. My personal favorites are Lee as 'Lee County' and Giles as 'Giles County', which some are a bit sensitive about.

Nice job, gentlemen! Both matchups nearly went to a tie-breaker. SWVAgridiron and rvtne216 will square-off for the 2024 crown and a year of bragging rights, while Hokiebird7 and Canes00 will battle it out for third place. Obviously there are no more HS games, so we'll use a combo of NFL games and the first four games of the CFP. Good luck and please PM me your picks by 8 PM on THURSDAY. FINAL FOUR RESULTS @Hokiebird7 7 @rvtne216 9 @Canes00 7 @SWVAgridiron 9 FINALS MATCHUPS First Place SWVAgridiron vs rvtne216 Third Place Hokebird7 vs Canes00 FINALS GAMES Denver Broncos @ Los Angeles Chargers Houston @ Kansas City Pittsburgh @ Baltimore Detroit @ Chicago Cleveland @ Cincinnati New York Giants @ Atlanta New England @ Buffalo Arizona @ Carolina Tennessee @ Indianapolis Los Angeles Rams @ New York Jets Philadelphia @ Washington Minnesota @ Seattle San Francisco @ Miami Tampa Bay @ Dallas New Orleans @ Green Bay Indiana @ Notre Dame SMU @ Penn State Clemson @ Texas Tennessee @ Ohio State GOTW Jacksonville @ Las Vegas Total Points

Class 1 # Massey # CalPreps W-L 1 Essex 1 Essex 14-1 2 Altavista 2 Altavista 12-1 3 Rappahannock 3 Rappahannock 12-1 4 Grayson Co 4 Grayson Co 10-4 5 G Wythe 5 Rye Cove 13-1 6 Rye Cove 6 G Wythe 8-4 7 Buffalo Gap 7 Buffalo Gap 6-7 8 Bath Co 8 Bath Co 11-1 9 Eastside 9 Eastside 11-2 10 Holston 10 Westmoreland 7-5 11 Westmoreland 11 Grundy 7-5 12 Grundy 12 P Henry-GS 6-6 13 P Henry-GS 13 Holston 9-2 14 Honaker 14 Honaker 7-4 15 Giles 15 Rural Retreat 5-6 16 Brunswick 16 Narrows 6-5 17 Narrows 17 Middlesex 7-4 18 Rural Retreat 18 Giles 4-7 19 Northumberland 19 Brunswick 7-5 20 Galax 20 Northumberland 5-5 21 Chilhowie 21 Northampton 8-3 22 Sussex Cent 22 Chilhowie 3-7 23 P McCluer 23 Thomas Walker 6-4 24 Northampton 24 Sussex Central 6-6 25 T Walker 25 West Point 4-7 26 West Point 26 P McCluer 6-5 27 W Campbell 27 Galax 0-9 28 Middlesex 28 JI Burton 2-8 29 Ft Chiswell 29 W Campbell 1-10 30 Surry Co 30 Surry Co 3-8 31 Franklin 31 King & Queen 4-7 32 JI Burton 32 Franklin 3-8 33 Twin Springs 33 Lancaster 2-8 34 King & Queen 34 Craig Co 4-5 35 Colonial Beach 35 Colonial Beach 2-8 36 Craig Co 36 Fort Chiswell 2-9 37 Lancaster 37 Twin Springs 4-6 38 Hurley 38 Northwood 3-7 39 Northwood 39 Hurley 2-8 40 Castlewood 40 Castlewood 2-8 41 East Mont 41 Charles City 1-9 42 Charles City 42 East Montgomery 1-9 43 Twin Valley 43 Twin Valley 1-8 44 Bland Co 44 Bland Co 1-7 Class 2 # Massey # CalPreps W-L 1 Graham 1 Graham 15-0 2 Poquoson 2 Strasburg 13-2 3 Strasburg 3 Poquoson 12-2 4 Glenvar 4 Glenvar 12-2 5 Union 5 Union 9-4 6 Riverheads 6 Buckingham 11-1 7 Clarke Co 7 Riverheads 9-3 8 Buckingham 8 Clarke Co 10-1 9 Ridgeview 9 Ridgeview 9-3 10 Stuarts Draft 10 Central-Wood 4-7 11 Central-Wood 11 Stuarts Draft 7-4 12 Radford 12 Virginia High 8-4 13 Gretna 13 Fort Defiance 5-6 14 Fort Defiance 14 Lunenburg 7-3 15 King William 15 Gretna 9-4 16 Southampton 16 King William 6-7 17 Virginia High 17 Southampton 9-2 18 Gate City 18 Radford 8-4 19 Lunenburg 19 Madison Co 5-7 20 Floyd Co 20 Bruton 9-3 21 Appomattox 21 Floyd Co 6-6 22 Madison Co 22 Lebanon 7-4 23 Bruton 23 Gate City 6-5 24 Tazewell 24 Appomattox Co 4-7 25 Lebanon 25 Tazewell 5-6 26 Lee 26 Liberty-Bed 0-10 27 Luray 27 Lee 5-6 28 Patrick Co 28 Nottoway 4-5 29 Greensville Co 29 Patrick Co 4-7 30 Liberty-Bedford 30 Nelson Co 5-5 31 Nottoway 31 Greensville Co 6-5 32 Richlands 32 Luray 2-8 33 Wise Central 33 Martinsville 3-8 34 Amelia Co 34 Central-Wise 2-8 35 Martinsville 35 Richlands 2-8 36 Nelson Co 36 Amelia Co 5-4 37 Dan River 37 Dan River 3-7 38 Chatham 38 Chatham 3-6 39 James River-B 39 James River-B 1-9 40 Marion 40 Page Co 2-8 41 Page Co 41 Randolph-Henry 2-8 42 John Battle 42 Marion 0-10 43 Randolph-Henry 43 John Marshall 2-9 44 Nandua 44 John S Battle 0-10 45 John Marshall 45 Prince Edward 1-8 46 Prince Edward 46 Nandua 2-8 47 Stonewall Jackson 47 Stonewall Jackson 2-8 48 Windsor 48 Windsor 1-9 49 Arcadia 49 Arcadia 2-8

Moved updated chart to the original post. Added: 2015-2024 Tony Palmer, Graham, 113-18-0. .863

The officials painted themselves in a corner. They called Oscar Smith for the same thing when they scored with less than 30 seconds. O Smith made their 35 yd extra point to go up by 7. IMO, and that of the announcers, neither of the "celebrations' appeared excessive considering the circumstances. Sometimes the best call is the one you don't make.

VIRGINIA VHSL CLASS 1 Essex (14-1) 22 F Grayson Co (10-4) 0 VHSL CLASS 2 Strasburg (13-2) 8 F Graham (15-0) 31 VHSL CLASS 3 Liberty Christian (14-0) 42 F Kettle Run (14-1) 6 VHSL CLASS 4 Varina (12-2) 6 F Phoebus (14-0) 23 VHSL CLASS 5 Briar Woods (10-4) 0 F Maury (15-0) 46 VHSL CLASS 6 James Madison (14-1) 20 F Oscar Smith (15-0) 21 WEST VIRGINIA WVSSAC A 4 Cameron (12-2) 22 F 3 Wahama (14-0) 29 WVSSAC AA 1 Frankfort (14-0) 49 F 2 Roane Co (13-1) 14 WVSSAC AAA 3 Bridgeport (14-0) 49 F 4 Herbert Hoover (13-1) 7 WVSSAC AAAA 2 Spring Mills (12-2) 17 F 1 Martinsburg (13-1) 24

Martinsburg 24 Spring Mills 17 Final Martinsburg wins 11th title since 2010

M'Burg QB Koi Fagan goes ~80 yards on the first play Martinsburg 24 Spring Mills 17 4Q 1:46

NFHS is the only place I know

SM answers with 3 yd QB keeper Martinsburg 17 Spring Mills 17 4Q 1:59