Weatherman

What does that mean?

I doubt very much that he is wishing he didn't leave. He's tickled to death to be a head coach from what I hear. Plus, he's coaching at a school with very nice facilities in the Cumberland District.

My prediction: Ridgeview 27, Richlands 14

The two running backs from Ridgeview would be 2nd best duo to these guys.

Observations from today: Playoff football should be played on Saturdays....period. Crowd was sparse for what I thought it should have been. This is in general, not just these two teams (I'm surprised by the lack of throwing skills by HS QBs these days). With all the 7-on-7 they play these days, I just don't see it transferring to the real games. Maybe I'm expecting too much...... Union is a solid team, especially on defense, but far from the contender they were last year.

Kevin Saunders?

Interesting. Is that a fact or an opinion?

Doesn't reflect well on the young man and his team if he is calling out officials on social media........just saying. If he didn't do it, then the film will show it, so why not let the appeal process run its course.

It will be interesting to see Gate City's schedule for next year. I don't see a good quality coach that is in his right mind wanting to step into a rebuilding situation with the same non-district schedule GC has had during Aker's term. If GC had had a little lighter non-district schedule the past few years, we might not even be having this conversation today. A little confidence goes a long way. As for coaxing these retired coaches out of retirement, I'll just say that the reason they retired is that they probably didn't want to coach anymore!

Does Central get in the playoffs even if they lose, assuming Marion loses too to Graham?

When Akers was hired, who made that decision? Who were the other candidates at that time?

I completely understand what Skipper is trying to explain. Abingdon is winning district championships that 2A schools would be winning without Abingdon in the league. It has not happened in every sport, but they are at the top or very near to the top in every sport. They do have some distinct advantages due to numbers, no question about it. It allows a lot more specialization in sports that the smaller 2A schools don't necessarily get. As for now, you won't get a lot of opposition to them being a member of the Mountain 7, but if they continue to win championships, look for people to complain more. As it is, 2A schools do benefit from the season competition level from playing Abingdon in the regular season as they move into the regional playoffs.

I saw some of the game on TV, none of the Union QB's passes were even close to the receivers on this night. I guess that could be attributed to the rain, it certainly wasn't a good night for passing the ball.

Heard he was injured

I hope they can win state this year.

Curious as to what were James Bolling's accomplishments other than that 1 state title?

It's all about the all-mighty dollar $$$$$. It takes money to run an athletic program. Fans stay home in bad weather, with a few exceptions.

Agreed

I don't know, but multiple coaches have not had significant success in the past, so maybe the system is broken, maybe there is not as much talent as some would like to believe. Maybe there are probably a lot of factors other than coaching that have led to Lee High football not being a championship caliber program.

Maybe it's not the coaching that's the problem.

I thought Ridgeview would take this one easily. Oh well, that's why they play the game.

So are you saying some of the football team members were the ones accused of bullying this young man?

The Union (PV) model is something you'd think some of these other programs would adopt as Union, PV and Appalachia are the gold standard for football in SWVA. They get quality coaching for a short season, and don't burn the kids out like some other youth programs. 3rd-7th grade kids don't need to be playing football from August 1-November 1, and you can't convince me otherwise. I just don't see how others don't see that and model their programs accordingly.

GC scores first and it's downhill from there.

Chilhowie wins