I'd say the only games Union would be a sizable underdog is Graham and Wise, I think it's certainly possible they go 8-2. But the games against Norton, RV and Abingdon could go either way if Bears aren't clicking. I think 7-3 is prob more realistic but outside of 4-6 or 9-1, nothing would shock me.
So Abingdon will be down this season? I thought they would be picked to win the Mtn. 7 again this year.
I see Central, Union, and Ridgeview's games with each other as toss-ups. I'm hearing GC is improved as well.
Everybody join me in being a Lebanon Pioneer and Doc Adams fan as they attempt to win that state championship this Saturday. If anybody deserves a state championship as a head coach, it's Doc Adams. #GoPioneers
The big thing Lee County and Lee High School need to do is stop the bleed of athletes, particularly football players to Union. They seem to lose some athletes on the Jonesville end to Thomas Walker also. Not sure what the answer is.
There were about four that could have got him including that young man. He’s played pretty well most of the season too. No excuse for those boys letting him score.
And it looked like zero pursuit from the back side.
So what happened on that last play? I thought Union was going to down the ball and go to OT, but then a guy went in motion, and then boom a touchdown, game over.
I respectfully disagree. Central played really well vs Abingdon, 2 plats hurt them. On offense they didn't have their personnel figured out on the line, and they were out of sink. But effort wise and physically they were there. They played toe to toe with Abingdon and Abingdon is a dang good team. So last night wasn't 2 or 3 levels above, in my opinion. And I also think 10 games under their belt would have benefitted both teams. No disrespect intended but I just think overall Central is more physical and when they hit these runningbacks in the mouth, they tend to run differently. It has been that way all year.
Agreed. Central is the only team that played close with Abingdon all year, and had their chances to win the game. Tazewell could not match the physical play of Central last night. Maybe without the turnovers, Tazewell's playmakers might have had more chances without the turnovers, but Tazewell couldn't stop Central's running attack. Game is over, the only thing that matter's right now is that Central will face Union in the Region D Championship game.
He’s going to UVA (Charlottesville) but yeah, I think they wouldn’t have minded if he resigned on Monday at Richlands & showed up later in the week at Charlottesville. Bad timing but good luck to him.
Another post said he was going to UVA-Wise, so that's what I was going on, big difference then. If I was an administrator, I might have been more apt to let him stay for one more day if he was going to a D1 school.
To be fair, Thomas Chambliss Williams was a pretty despicable human being. He even went so far as to ensure the use of “Eminent Domain” displaced only black families in order to build a new high school.....that would ultimately bear his name!
I figured it was something of that nature. I didn't know the history behind the name T.C. Williams
Exactly! Maybe he doesn’t deserve all the trash talking he’s received the past 24 hours but it could have been partially curtailed if he would have held that letter until Monday. I’m sure UVA wouldn’t have minded if he showed up Monday afternoon rather than Sunday. He did himself no favors with the timing and Ringstaff/Stacey compounded the situation. Yeah, he looks like the bad guy but I wish him well and hope the Blue “Tornado” find a coach that’s a good fit for them who will stay more than one season to rebuild the program.
As far as their spring season goes, UVA-Wise is done with on the field stuff. I'm sure recruiting is ramping up, but one more day as Richland's coach wouldn't have mattered. This appears to be more of an administrative decision than anything, and to us common fans, we don't know what has happened in conversations and behind the scenes.
With all that has been going on with Richlands, I think Ridgeview wins big. Ridgeview is one of the top 3 teams in the Region, and maybe could have won the region if they had the opportunity.
That's what I'm hearing as well, it would be nice to see a state baseball title return to SWVA. Good luck in staying healthy and out of quarantine when it matters most.
The interesting thing is that it creates imbalanced regions. M7 will have, well, 7. SWD will now have 5. I would anticipate that one may shift over to solve the imbalance in a few years.
Looks like Abingdon would become a better fit for the SWD instead of the M7, travel time would be slightly less wouldn't it? That would balance the districts as far as district scheduling goes.
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