Liam McPoyle

Harry Fry had a similar misfortune as Ralph Cummins. He fielded multiple undefeated teams prior to 1970, with no chance of playing for a title. He then won two (2) titles and a runner-up in '70s against much larger schools.

-A Case for Ralph Cummins -Won 72% of his games with a record of 267-90-14. -In his first 23 seasons, there were no playoffs and no chance of playing for a state title. Undefeated and powerful teams in '57 and '62 perhaps could've won state. -VHSL only crowned three teams (A, AA, AAA) from 1970-1985 making the feat more challenging. During that era, Cummins won three (3) titles and was runner-up to a much larger school in Madison Co. losing by 1 point.

World War II veterans include: -Ralph Cummins served in the US Army as a paratrooper in Europe. -Merrill Gainer served with the U.S. Navy. -Ernie Hicks had been at Richlands HS for 19 years before enlisting in 1943.

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2003 Graham-State Semi-Finalist---7 Years later----> 2010 Graham 1-9 2010 Gate City-State Champs-------7 Years later----->2017 Gate City 1-9 2016 Richlands-State Runner-up----7 Years later---->2023 Richlands-Hoping for 1-9

Column 3 "Poll vs Comp" is SWVA's ranking (thanks V-Cats) in relation to CalPreps. Example: Union is 2 places higher, while Radford is 1 place lower. Rank SWVA Poll- Week 7 Poll vs Comp CalPreps Week 7 Division Rating SOS 1 Union 2 Radford 2A 24.3 -10.1 2 Radford -1 Princeton WV-AAA 15 -11.9 3 Princeton -1 Union 2A 9.4 -13.8 4 Ridgeview 1 Graham 2A 8.1 -10.2 5 Graham -1 Ridgeview 2A -0.3 -34 6 Honaker 3 James Monroe WV-A -0.7 -31 7 James Monroe -1 Grayson County 1A -1.3 -22.3 8 Grayson County -1 Bluefield WV-AA -1.9 -1.9 9 Rye Cove 10 Honaker 1A -2.3 -32.8 10 Bluefield -2 Pulaski County 3A -2.5 9.6 11 Pulaski County -1 Tazewell 2A -8.9 -12.1 12 Gate City 3 Galax 1A -9.5 -8.2 13 Galax -1 Narrows 1A -9.6 -23 14 Narrows -1 Abingdon 3A -13 -19.2 15 Tazewell -4 G Wythe 1A -13.3 -4.8 16 Abingdon -2 Gate City 2A -17.1 -14.8 17 Montcalm 15 Giles 1A -19.2 -12.6 18 Holston 5 Fort Chiswell 1A -20.1 -27.8 19 Virginia High 1 Rye Cove 1A -20.3 -48.4 20 Giles -3 Virginia High 2A -20.8 -5.1 21 Patrick Henry 0 Patrick Henry 1A -20.9 -32.6 22 John Battle 11 Rural Retreat 1A -23 -22.9 23 Lebanon 7 Holston 1A -23.4 -32 24 Marion (Tie-24) 1 Carroll County 3A -23.7 -19.2 25 Twin Springs (Tie-24) 4 Marion 2A -24.8 -19.9 26 Chilhowie 0 Chilhowie 1A -25 -34.2 27 Lee 2A -25.4 -21.4 28 Twin Springs 1A -26.5 -50.1 29 Grundy 1A -28.3 -11.3 30 Lebanon 2A -30.4 -32.1 31 Central 2A -34.8 -16.6 32 Montcalm WV-A -35.7 -70.8 33 John Battle 2A -36.6 -21.8 34 Richlands 2A -38.4 -10.1 35 Eastside 1A -42.6 -45.3 36 Thomas Walker 1A -49.3 -49.8 37 Hurley 1A -52.5 -49 38 JI Burton 1A -55.6 -23.2 39 River View WV-A -58.1 -58.7 40 PikeView WV-AA -68.2 -32.7 41 Castlewood 1A -68.7 -39.9 42 Northwood 1A -69.7 -47.9 43 Mount View WV-A -75.3 -48.8 44 Twin Valley 1A -88.2 -75 45 Bland County 1A -101.8 -63.9

... and Bobby did sing the "Blues"

Play the game at Riggs and seat both fan bases together.

CalPreps (current week) vs SWVA Poll Week 6 The latest SWVA Poll had 23 teams receive votes which are shown in the right column (1-23) . On the left is the CalPreps rankings 1-23 plus any teams ranked in SWVA's poll below 23rd. CalPreps SWVA Poll Week 6 1 Radford Union 2 Princeton Princeton 3 Union Radford 4 Graham Ridgeview 5 Ridgeview Honaker 6 James Monroe Graham 7 Pulaski Co James Monroe 8 Grayson Co Grayson Co 9 Bluefield Rye Cove 10 Honaker Pulaski Co 11 Narrows Bluefield 12 George Wythe Montcalm 13 Galax Narrows 14 Patrick Henry Gate City 15 Tazewell George Wythe 16 Abingdon Patrick Henry 17 Gate City Galax 18 Virginia High Chilhowie 19 Lee Twin Springs 20 Fort Chiswell Holston 21 Giles Virginia High 22 Carroll County Abingdon 23 Grundy Tazewell 24 Holston 25 Chilhowie 26 Twin Springs 27 28 29 30 Rye Cove 31 32 Montcalm

Twin Valley 16 Bland 14 F Honaker 36 Chil-HI-uh 8 F TW 32 Unaka TN 26 4Q Eastside 28 Burton 14 F Leb 24 JSB 14 F Gretna 34 Dan River 0 F Clarke Co 21 Cotoctin MD 14 F Woodstock Central 28 King William 14 F Heritage Lynchburg 40 Northside 7 F Salem 51 Hidden Valley 0 F Poquoson 51 Jamestown 0 F PH-Roanoke 48 Pulaski Co 22 F

Rye Cove 31 Lee 25 Final from the Eagles Nest

Lee at the RC 35 :41

Medical personnel have placed a backboard on the Rye Cove player. Prayers for this young man.

Lee 2 and 18 at their own 37 with 1:05 remaining. Game has been stopped with what looks to be a serious injury to a RC player

I don't think Lee has any left

Lee takes over on downs at their own 34 with 1:49 4Q RC 31 Lee 26

Lee storming back RC 31 Lee 26 RC ball w/ 2 minutes 4Q

Eastside 28 Burton 8 9:27 4Q

The demise of the Gladiators was greatly exaggerated.

Riverheads with a 25 yard game-winning FG as time expires RH 24 CBurg 21

RIverheads 24 CBurg 21 F

9:08 3Q Honaker 30 Chilhowie 0

Rye Cove scores again and their fans are losing their minds. RC 31 Lee 13 3Q 1:08

Chaos at the Eagles Nest Rye Cove w/ a pick 6 RC 25 Lee 16 6:00 3Q

Thomas Walker 12 Unaka (TN) 12 End of 1Q