Liam McPoyle

Floyd County has: lost to Christiansburg 34-0; beat Patrick County 32-12; beat Auburn 38-0; beat Fort Chiswell 28-0; beat Carroll County 23-14; beat Glenvar 33-27 3OT; beat James River 21-3; lost to Radford 28-27

I believe it will be Poquoson (A), Strasburg (B), Radford (C) and Graham (D), which means it's guaranteed not to be.

Southwest, Southside, and Central VA scores via WSLS William Fleming beats out Franklin Co 35-26 Altavista falls to Gretna 41-19 Bassett takes the win over GW Danville in OT 50-43 Giles defeats James River 42-14 Grayson Co. wins against Fort Chiswell 31-8 Appomattox beats out Chatham 35-19 Radford takes a close win over Floyd Co. 28-27 LB takes down Northside 48-7 North Cross takes the win against Fishburne Military 48-6 Hidden Valley defeats Blacksburg 28-7 Brookville takes the win over Amherst 28-14 Liberty Christian shuts out Liberty-Bedford 48-0 E.C. Glass beats out Rustburg 42-17 Rockbridge defeats Broadway 21-14 Alleghany takes down Carroll Co. 29-6 Heritage-Lynchburg shuts out Jeff Forest 34-0 Narrows takes down East Mont 48-7 VA High defeats Chilhowie 49-7 Patrick Henry-Roanoke takes the win against Christiansburg 37-14 Cave Spring falls to Salem 42-7 Covington shuts out Parry McCluer 32-0 Staunton River defeats William Byrd 19-7 Bath Co takes down Craig Co 42-8 Halifax Co victorious against Patrick Co, 42-20 FINAL: Nelson Co falls to Dan River 50-13

Radford didn't look good tonight, but we might want to pump the brakes on writing them off.

Ridgeview 20 Abingdon 13 Final

Are there different set-ups for an NFHS broadcast? I'm used to the single camera mounted to the press box or similar set-up. In the Abingdon-Ridgeview game, there appears to be at least three cameras.

Sadly. virtually every American sports league has diluted their post-season field to increase revenue. Here's a sample of leagues with their original number of playoff teams compared to present day: NCAA BBall-8 to 68; NCAA Football Playoffs-2 to 4 with plans in place to move to 8 or even 12 teams; NBA-6 to 16 teams; MLB-2 to 12; NFL-2 to 14. VHSL has followed the same trend since the late 1970s, which is why I'm doubtful we'll ever see contraction of playoff teams or classifications.

I'd pay to see the Houseright's Thanksgiving family football game, particularly if the Beasley cousins stopped over.

Just be glad we don't have Oklahoma's classifications. 1A and 2A, the smallest 11-man divisions, have 62 and 64 teams respectively. 3A,4A and 5A, the mid-size schools, each have 32 teams. The largest divisions, 6A-I and 6A-II, only have 16 teams each.

Yelp. Also, Alabama and Oklahoma both have 7 classifications despite a smaller population than Virginia.

Honest question here. Does anybody really think there's a chance VHSL would reduce the number of classifications? There may be members who support the general concept, but only until it impacts their school directly. I just don't see enough members willing to increase the number of teams they compete against for regional and state titles. I don't support expansion, but I think there's a much better chance we'd see additional classifications in the future. I've noticed this is the trend in some other states.

If you're of fan of earning a playoff berth, 1970 to 1985 was the golden era. VHSL only had three classifications (A,AA, AAA), with very large districts. For example, the SWD generally consisted of 10 AA teams (Marion, PH, Abingdon, JSB, VHS, GC, Graham, Tazewell, Richlands, and Grundy). The only other district in Region IV was the New River Valley, which generally consisted of 8 AA teams (George Wythe, Giles, Narrows, Radford, Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Galax, and Carroll County). From 1970 to 77ish, you had to win the district to make the playoffs. Your first playoff game was the regional championship (SWD vs NRV). The second game was the state semis (Region IV vs Region III). The third playoff game was the state title game. From 1978ish to 1985, VHSL expanded by essentially awarding 2 teams each from the SWD and NRV a playoff berth. This, of course, made a team's first game a regional semi-final. So, in 1970, Gate City won the state by going 13-0, whereas Giles won the state in 1980 by going 14-0. Once the VHSL went from crowning 3 champs to 6 champs in 1986, they've struggled to find a satisfactory system.

Marion's only chance is if Tazewell takes a dive to rid their trophy case of this.

FINAL SCORES via WSLS Christiansburg defeats Hidden Valley, 43-17 Bassett defeats Tunstall, 50-14 Cave Spring beats Patrick Henry, 34-28 Chatham wins over William Campbell, 61-40 Bath Co. defeats Eastern Montgomery, 33-13 Dan River takes the win over Gretna, 35-14 G.W. Danville beats Halifax Co., 24-21 Brookville defeats Liberty, 62-13 Appomattox beats Nelson Co., 34-6 Narrows defeats Covington, 44-38 Magna Vista defeats Martinsville, 28-16 Amherst Co. beats Rustburg, 35-34 Smith Mountain Lake Christian Academy defeats Roanoke Catholic, 27-18 Waynesboro takes the win over Rockbridge Co., 24-7 Lord Botetourt beats William Fleming, 41-27 Franklin Co. defeats William Byrd, 35-23 Staunton River defeats Northside, 34-0 Grayson Co. takes the win over Giles, 34-14 Floyd Co. beats James River, 21-3 George Wythe beats Galax, 20-7 E.C. Glass defeats Jefferson Forest,55-6 Rural Retreat beats Chilhowie, 32-0 Pulaski Co. defeats Blacksburg, 48-7

Lord Botty 41 Wm. Fleming 27 Final Pulaski Co 42 Blacksburg 7 Final Cougars vs G-Men Thursday Night at Mitchell Stadium

Magna Vista 28 Martinsville 16 Bulldogs suffer first lose of the season

Chilhowie falls to 0-7 with VA High, PH, and Holston remaining

Richlands 34 Marion 13 Final Congrats to the Blues

I might have some details incorrect. The yellow helmets were loaned by E&H. They sold the red helmets to last years' seniors. The HC usually orders new ones, but Ginn got a late start and didn't realize it.

Big Brown got Big Blue rolling

Bonus points for the beaver emoji

Final from Ben Hur Gate City 35 Lee High 21

Final George Wythe 20 Galax 7

TD Lee GC 35 Lee 21 5:44 4Q

Maroons 20 Maroon Tide 7 Maroons with the ball in Maroon Tide territory T.O Maroons