Liam McPoyle

SWVA Week 11 Poll vs CalPreps SWVA Week 11 Rank Cal Preps Rating Radford 1 Radford 26.9 Union 2 Princeton 23.5 Graham 3 Graham 18.2 Princeton 4 Union 15.7 Honaker 5 Honaker 2.5 James Monroe 6 James Monroe 0.9 Ridgeview 7 Bluefield -0.3 Rye Cove 8 Grayson County -0.4 George Wythe 9 Pulaski County -0.4 Grayson County 10 George Wythe -0.6 Galax 11 Abingdon -0.7 Twin Springs 12 Tazewell -0.8 Gate City 13 Galax -2.3 Tazewell 14 Ridgeview -4.9 Abingdon 15 Gate City -8.2 Pulaski County 16 Narrows -9.2 Bluefield 17 Patrick Henry -10.9 Narrows 18 Fort Chiswell -14.7 Patrick Henry 19 Rye Cove -15 Virginia High 20 Rural Retreat -15.9 John Battle 21 Virginia High -17.2 Rural Retreat 22 Holston -18.4 River View 23 Carroll County -19.9 24 Marion -20.9 25 Twin Springs -21.4 26 Giles -22.1 27 John Battle -23.1 28 Chilhowie -23.5 29 Lee -24.8 30 Lebanon -25.7 31 Grundy -27.2 32 Eastside -32.3 33 Richlands -33.6 34 Central Wise -34.6 35 Hurley -41 36 River View -41 37 Montcalm -45.7 38 JI Burton -50 39 Thomas Walker -50.1 40 Northwood -59.7 41 PikeView -62.5 42 Mount View -65.8 43 Castlewood -66.2 44 Twin Valley -77.5 45 Bland County -87.8

In an earlier post, @Union_Fan ran three different scenarios with the Va High-Marion winner finishing 6th and the loser 8th. Lee finished 7th in all three.

Richlands Alum has the best insight into Liberty-Bedford football, but I'll share what I know which includes: 1. L-B is the only Class 2 member of the always brutal Seminole District. The school was denied entry to the Dogwood District, which consists of Class 1 and 2 teams. Seminole District Team, VHSL Class, Enrollment Amherst County, Class 4, 931 Brookville, Class 3, 719 E.C. Glass, Class 4, 1020 Heritage (Lynchburg), Class 3, 813 Jefferson Forest, Class 4, 952 Liberty (Bedford), Class 2, 551 Liberty Christian Academy, Class 3, 450 Rustburg, Class 3, 595 2. In addition to their district schedule, the team played three difficult out-of-district opponents this season (i.e. William Byrd, Glenvar, Staunton River) 3. The team hasn't won a game since Week 3 of 2021, which, of course, impacts the quality and quantity of participants. 4. The school did produce quality teams in the 00s, but has been unable to replicate the success for the past dozen or so years.

I thought Tweeder was still in prison for giving Percocet, Vicodin and beer to underage girls.

Steve Marsee was one the best basketball players in SWVA history. He set the VHSL career scoring record in 1976 playing for the Pennington Bobcats. He scored 2,459 points in just 93 games before the advent of the three-point line. He's in both the VHSL and Lincoln Memorial University Hall of Fames.

"The Virginia High School League deemed Grundy’s home field unsuitable to host a state semifinal game due to muddy field conditions and concerns about the proper amount of seating. " BHC VHSL: Please see example below of suitable field conditions for a state-semi final.

"The Virginia High School League deemed Grundy’s home field unsuitable to host a state semifinal game due to muddy field conditions and concerns about the proper amount of seating. " BHC VHSL: Please see example below for the proper amount of visitor seating for a state-semi final.

Team Record Last Week 1 Union (5) 8-1 W vs Abingdon 37-20 2 Radford (13) 10-0 W vs Carroll Co 56-0 3 Graham 8-1 W vs Tazewell 49-6 4 Princeton (2) 8-1 W vs Grennbrier East 55-0 5 Honaker 9-0 W vs Northwood 48-7 6 Grayson Co 8-1 L vs George Wythe 23-0 7 James Monroe 7-1 W vs Nicholas Co 28-12 8 Tazewell 6-3 L vs Graham 49-6 9 Abingdon 5-4 L vs Union 37-20 10 Ridgeview 7-2 BYE 11 Rye Cove 8-1 W vs JI Burton 46-0 12 Twin Springs 8-1 W vs Thomas Walker 73-29 Gate City 6-3 W vs Central 43-6 Galax 6-3 W vs Ft Chiswell 42-27 Patrick Henry 6-3 W vs Chilhowie 35-13 Pulaski Co 3-6 W vs Hidden Valley 41-19 Narrows 7-2 W vs Craig Co 54-0 Chilhowie 4-5 L vs Patrick Henry 35-13 Bluefield 4-5 W vs Giles 47-13 George Wythe 6-3 W vs Grayson Co 23-0 Montcalm 7-2 W vs Richwood 47-6 Rural Retreat 5-4 L vs Holston 29-28 Virginia High 4-5 W vs Lebanon 20-12

I heard Blacksburg forfeited to give the turf time to recover for Radford's postseason.

Is the arrogance of this Salem Times-Register sportswriter indicative of the program in general? https://salemtimes-register.com/spartans-whip-bruins-76-0/

IF I'm calculating this correctly... Radford had 213 points for Week 10. We know 156 are from 13 first-place votes, leaving 57 points from the other seven voters. -Scenario #1-All seven voted for Radford with an average rank of 4.9 -Scenario #2-Only six voted for Radford with an average rank of 3.5 Compare these results to the previous week when the Bobcats finished first. Those not voting Radford at #1 gave them an average rank of 2.7.

Radford gets 13 of 20 1st place votes yet finishes 2nd. Somebody must have left them off their ballot.

Norfolk Christian 42 Roanoke Catholic 6 Final A dominate win for Protestants

The Yugoslavian exchange student drops 40 points

Marion attempted 0 passes and had 479 yards rushing.

I found some old newspaper articles in the BDT and BHC. The first season in Richlands for: Cody Parnell was 2009. Cody Lockhart was 2010. Nick Blankenship was 2015.

IINM, I read that Baker only played 7 games in 2012 before getting hurt, as well.

Despite the occasional transfer before '09, the arrival of Johnsons clearly ushered in a new era. It was from that point forward where multiple transfers were making significant contributions. For example, a transfer was Richlands' QB-1 for like 4 of 5 seasons from '09 to '13 with Cody Johnson (Big Creek), Cody Lockhart (Tazewell), and Gray Baker (Graham). With Devon Johnson at RB/LB from '09 to '11 and others, this was clearly a different era from the virtually homegrown '05 to '07 teams.

I always got the impression from some of the Richlands' members on here that those early-to-mid-00 teams were virtually all home-grown.

From my recollection, Mance's first 12 seasons (1997-2008) consisted of home-grown talent. IINM, the Johnson clan's (Big Creek) first season was 2009. From that point on (2009-19), there always seemed to be several transfers on the roster, primarily from neighboring schools (e.g., Tazewell, Graham, Honaker). Ironically, Richlands had more success at the state-level without transfers (one title, two runner-ups) than they did with them (two runner-ups).

Virginia Scores (SWVA and other scores of interest in bold) Abingdon 49, Ridgeview 14 Albemarle 34, Charlottesville 6 Alleghany 58, Patrick County 13 Altavista 48, Parry McCluer 8 Appomattox 47, William Campbell 17 Bath County 62, Craig County 3 Battlefield 59, Osbourn Park 0 Bayside 6, Ocean Lakes 0 Benedictine 49, Mt Zion, Md. 12 Brentsville 56, Fauquier 0 Brunswick Academy 55, Lee Christian, N.C. 0 Buckingham County 47, Prince Edward County 6 Central of Lunenburg 48, Cumberland 6 Chantilly 37, Centreville 14 Chatham 42, Dan River 18 Churchland 36, Lake Taylor 24 Colonial Forge 35, Brooke Point 14 Deep Creek 21, Great Bridge 7 Douglas Freeman 32, Mills Godwin 7 Eastside 28 Thomas Walker 18 Edison 56, Justice High School 0 Essex 52, Colonial Beach 8 Fairfax 36, James Robinson 14 Frank Cox 31, First Colonial 11 Friendship-Edison, D.C. 28, St. Michael Catholic 21 GW-Danville 69, Halifax County 14 Gainesville 20, Osbourn 8 Galax 42, Richlands 7 Gar-Field 27, C.D. Hylton 7 Gate City 25, John Battle 13 George Wythe 55, Fort Chiswell 38 Glen Allen 42, Deep Run 0 Glenvar 52, James River 7 Grafton 16, Tabb 13 Graham 52, Pulaski County 24 Grayson County 49, Auburn 13 Green Run 54, Salem-Va. Beach 7 Greensville County 42, Windsor 7 Gretna 55, Nelson County 7 Hanover 30, Henrico 7 Heritage (Lynchburg) 56, Liberty-Bedford 0 Heritage 47, Gloucester 19 Herndon 31, George Marshall 28 Hickory 35, Lakeland 0 Hidden Valley 30, Blacksburg 6 Honaker 26, Patrick Henry-GS 18 Hopewell 39, Meadowbrook 8 Indian River 43, Western Branch 6 J.I. Burton 46, Castlewood 28 James River 13, Midlothian 12 Jefferson Forest 38, Brookville 14 John Champe 64, Park View-Sterling 7 John Handley 49, Liberty-Bealeton 21 Johnson County, TN 43, Holston 6 K&Q Central 80, Charles City County High School 22 Kettle Run 57, Warren County 8 King George 28, Eastern View 16 King William 42, Mechanicsville High School 14 King's Fork High School 21, Oscar Smith 19 Lafayette 61, Jamestown 0 Lake Braddock 41, West Springfield 37 Landstown 14, Kellam 7 Lee High 24, Central - Wise 7 Liberty Christian 35, E.C. Glass 13 Lord Botetourt 14, William Fleming 13 Loudoun Valley 28, Heritage 14 Louisa 38, Fluvanna 27 Madison County 69, Page County 20 Magna Vista 27, Bassett 10 Manassas Park 21, TJ-Alexandria 20 Manchester 22, Lloyd Bird 7 Marion 21, Grundy 16 Massaponax 28, North Stafford 20 Matoaca 46, Petersburg 0 Maury 85, Norview 0 Mecklenburg County 22, Tunstall 8 Millbrook 19, Sherando 0 Monticello 35, Western Albemarle 0 Mount Vernon 48, Annandale 14 Mountain View 14, Patriot 13 Nandua 50, Arcadia 16 Nansemond River 43, Grassfield 12 Nansemond-Suffolk 44, Norfolk Christian School 0 Narrows 60, Eastern Montgomery 6 North Cross def. Fishburne Military, forfeit Patrick Henry-R 30, Christiansburg 21 Poquoson 54, New Kent 3 Potomac Falls 35, Riverside 21 Powhatan 23, Monacan 20 Radford 46, Floyd County 0 Rappahannock 20, Lancaster 14 River View, W.Va. 47, Twin Valley 8 Riverbend 34, Stafford 8 Riverheads 28, Stuarts Draft 3 Roanoke Catholic 28, Hargrave Military 20 Rural Retreat 47, Northwood 6 Rustburg 59, Amherst County 34 Rye Cove 28 Chilhowie 17 Salem 51, Cave Spring 3 Skyline 34, Meridian High School 20 South Lakes 12, James Madison 7 Spotswood 64, Rockbridge County 6 Spotsylvania 32, James Monroe 6 St. Annes-Belfield 45, Catholic 0 St. Mary's Ryken, Md. 49, St. John Paul the Great 6 Staunton River 42, Northside 14 Stone Bridge 43, Independence 10 Strasburg 38, Clarke County 12 Tallwood 60, Princess Anne 20 Tazewell 60, Giles 33 Tolsia, W.Va. 44, Hurley 14 Twin Springs 46, Hancock County, TN 14 Varina 41, Atlee 3 Virginia High 61, Jenkins, Ky. 14 Warhill 63, Smithfield 26 Warwick 36, Hampton 0 Washington-Liberty 21, McLean 7 Westfield 50, Oakton 13 William Byrd 18, Franklin County 10 William Monroe 39, East Rockingham 25 Wilson Memorial 35, Waynesboro 28 Woodbridge 21, Colgan 20 Woodgrove 44, Broad Run 14 Woodstock Central 54, Luray 7

Hunter Robinson 5 yd TD run for the Canes Xp good Marion 21 Grundy 16 :32 4Q

TD Grundy Lester to Taylor 15 yd 2 pt pass good Grundy 16 Marion 14 4q 10:04