Liam McPoyle

Half the lights are off at Legion Field.

A No. 1 Poquoson No. 4 King William No. 3 Ameilia County No. 2 Lunenburg Central B No. 1 Central Woodstock No. 4 Strasburg No. 3 Buckingham No. 2 Riverheads C No. 1 Radford No. 4 Appomattox County No. 3 Glenvar No. 2 Gretna D No. 1 Union No. 4 Tazewell No. 3 Gate City No. 2 Graham A No. 1 Poquoson No. 2 Lunenburg Central B No. 1 Central Woodstock No. 2 Riverheads C No. 1 Radford No. 2 Gretna D No. 1 Union No. 2 Graham A No. 1 Poquoson B No. 2 Riverheads C No.1 Radford D No. 1 Union No.2 Riverheads No.1 Radford Radford-63

A No. 1 Essex No. 4 Lancaster No. 3 West Point No.2 Northumberland B No.1 Sussex Central No.4 William Campbell No.3 Altavista No.2 Brunswick C No.1 Grayson County No.5 Galax No.3 George Wythe No. 2 Narrows D No.1 Honaker No.4 Patrick Henry No.3 Twin Springs No. 2 Rye Cove A No.1 Essex No. 2 Northumberland B No.1 Sussex Central No. 3 Altavista C No.1 Grayson County No. 3 George Wythe D No.1 Honaker No. 2 Rye Cove A No.1 Essex B No.1 Sussex Central C No. 3 George Wythe D No.1 Honaker No.1 Essex No.3 George Wythe Essex 59

It's this kind of community support that dynasties are built.

Isn’t that why high schools exist?

The biggest threat to the future of youth tackle football, including school, is insurance. Only a few primary insurers and reinsurers remain and continues to decline as companies are leaving the market. The remaining companies are raising their premiums. Most if not all Virginia localities use insurance pools, either Vacorp or VRSA, as their primary insurer. A pool can help absorb the risk and control costs, but they'll still need a reinsurer willing to cover this activity. Marion and Virginia Beach are the first localities I could find in Va to take this step, though there are many others across the country. It'll be interesting to see if others follow suit.

Padded rooms coupled with flag football have virtually eliminated concussions here at the Institute.

Out of concern for CTE, the Marion Town Council voted a few years back to play flag football through grade 6. This has been extremely unpopular, and some have taken their kids to neighboring towns to play. It's apparent watching a MS game that most of these kids haven't learned to properly tackle, which, in my opinion, creates its own safety issue.

To give Marion an extra day of basketball practice?

That's the exact blueprint Marion used for 50 years.

Do you have the link?

I agree with you, @Union_Fan All of PH's opponents played a 10-game schedule, so that's not it. Va High (4-6), Lebanon (3-7) , JIB (1-9), Grundy (5-5), JSB (3-7), RR (5-5), Holston (5-5), Honaker (10-0), Chilhowie (5-5), and Northwood (1-9) Both teams were 2-0 against their common opponents (i.e. Northwood, JIB), so that's not it either. Which goes to (f). And regardless of how you count the three TN opponents, Twin Springs still has the higher winning percentage.

FWIW, WSLS is projecting PH at 3 and Twin Springs at 4. Region 1D Here’s our (WSLS) projection for this region: 1. Honaker 2. Rye Cove 3. Patrick Henry-GS 4. Twin Springs 5. Grundy 6. Chilhowie 7. Eastside 8. Rural Retreat

Is Giles stopping to eat along the way?

That's fantastic! Go Minutemen!

Bearcats 85 yard TD on a WR screen xp good Marion 22 Va High 20 3Q 1:43

Canes' FB Jordan Miller with a 50 yard TD run. Parker Wolfe XP 8:54 3Q Marion 22 Va High 13

Bearcats 1 yd TD run. 2 pt run no good Marion 15 Va High 13 2Q 3:37

Reid Osborne QB keeper for the 1 yd TD. Reid Osborne runs the same play for the 2 pt conversion Marion 15 VA High 7 8:44 2Q

Marion runs for a first down and fumbles. Virginia High with a scoop and score for ~45 yards. xp good Marion 7 VA High 7 :55 1Q

Jeff Tarter was named captain of the Titantic after it struck the first iceberg.

Unlike Blacksburg, at least these players know they're playing their final game.

Solid chance Grundy wins its first title the following week rather than Salem.

SWVA Strength of Schedule Ranking per CalPreps Rank Cal Preps SOS 1 Pulaski County 7.8 2 Princeton -0.9 3 Bluefield -5.2 4 Graham -5.9 5 Carroll County -6 6 Giles -6.9 7 Richlands -7.3 8 Tazewell -8.9 9 George Wythe -9 10 Abingdon -9.1 11 Union -9.3 12 Galax -9.5 13 Radford -10.6 14 Central Wise -11 15 Gate City -13.4 16 Marion -15.2 17 Virginia High -16.2 18 John Battle -16.3 19 Grayson County -17.4 20 Fort Chiswell -18.1 21 Lebanon -18.6 22 Ridgeview -21.8 23 Patrick Henry -22.1 24 James Monroe -22.2 25 JI Burton -22.3 26 Rural Retreat -22.8 27 Grundy -23.1 28 Chilhowie -23.6 29 Lee -23.9 30 Holston -24.4 31 PikeView -27.8 32 Honaker -28.5 33 Narrows -28.5 34 Northwood -31.8 35 Mount View -33.9 36 Castlewood -35.2 37 Eastside -35.9 38 Hurley -40.6 39 Rye Cove -41.6 40 Thomas Walker -44.4 41 Twin Springs -48.2 42 River View -48.5 43 Twin Valley -56.9 44 Bland County -60.8 45 Montcalm -63.7