The reason Beamerball includes the strikethrough teams in his schedule threads is because those districts that include those teams have at least one team in the district which IS in the coverage area.
Sorry havok
i just become acclimated with the area again a couple years ago and do have strong ties and strong roots in the Deep South. As you all know by now I have ties to Honaker. However I don't live quite that far south now and have enjoyed keeping up with girls basketball the past few years.
I really enjoy ranking the teams in this west division that the site tracks. If everyone would rather me only track the south division then ok. I like keeping up with all of them though. I thought some on this site might enjoy knowing or hearing what is out there
The Roanoke area has some strong teams that have been fun to keep up with as well
One of my nephews does a lot of referee and I have friends involved all throughout most of the west sided teams areas. I just enjoy following the action.
If this board is mainly for Deep South talk or SWVA talk only I completely understand
The season is getting close and I see the site has updated the schedules of the teams they plan to track scores on. Again I will say coming from a huge girls b ball fan I love the tracking of all these teams by this site.
It really makes it fun to keep up with. Very challenging to try and rank and keep up with so many teams but also a lot of fun
ive been to a handful of scrimmages and I won't lie I'm friends with a few old timers that still ref their share of games so that helps me keep up with a lot of teams. Of course I won't have it all correct to start the season and many of you may know some good stats or points about teams that I'm missing so feel free to blast me or my ranking list anytime😉
Just to remind everyone I like to try and do a top 10 of all the teams this site tracks. All divisions included that's what I will do.
Last year the end season rankings going into the playoffs was just about spot on 😃 Yes this old timer just congratulated his own post. Yes I know how sad.
Anyway I watched PM play Va HIGH today. It's the 4 time I've seen PM the past 2 years and the 2nd time seeing VA HIGH. Although PM won by 30 I'm here to tell you VA HIGH is gonna be a force to deal with. They have some excellent shooters. Honestly losing to PM is nothing to be down about. PM is by far one of the better HS girls teams I've ever watched play.
By the way from a guy that has strong ties to Honaker Highschool. VA HIGH girls should be very proud to play in a Gym like they have. A Really nice place for a Highschool basketball team to play.
RANKINGS ( based on teams listed on this site)
1. PM ( 2 time defending champ )
2. Central wise ( 2 time defending champ )
3 Ridgeview
4 Abington
5 Galax
6 Carrol County
7 VA HIGH
8 Christianburgh
9 Floyd County
10 Honaker ( yes my homer pick I'm sure they may not stay on the list long so give me a little slack please.
On the Bubble
> Union
Ok there it is feel free to hit me with your best shot and tell me I'm wrong. Give me some good info and I will research whoever you think should be ranked higher. I do have sorces you know 😉
if going off last years numbers not sure how Va High isnt in your top 10
I haven't seen them play really. They creeped up on me last year. I heard they were really expecting to be good this year. I'd say with in a couple weeks of the season this list changes a lot 😄
It's November can we start looking at girls basketball now ? 🙂
I was wondering if anyone knew of another good matchups scheduled for scrimmages.
Most teams should get going over the next two weeks. I would think scrimmages would start soon? I'd like to see some of the top teams play before the season gets going.
Central returns most of there Key players but Depth could be a problem as they will need to develop a bench
Ridgeview Returns its top 2 scorers and a ton of athletic kids who saw a ton of playing time last season (If they can find a reliable ball handler to free up Frazer and Counts on Offence it will be a big help)
Union Returns almost everyone and talent wise is as good as Central or Ridgeview
Va High Returns most of there team as well and can beat anyone on a given night
I know union and Va High will move up quickly. I'm just going off last years numbers for the most part. I shouldn't have moved Galax yet. But I had diner with some of my ref buddies last week and they convinced me that Galax had 2 possible D1 or D2 prospects on their roster. The Brown kid sounds like a sure thing but they are saying Fox has improved tremendously
but my gut tells me your right. I expect union and va high to be really solid this year
I hope no one gets to board with my hobby. I really enjoy trying to rank and keep up with girls basketball. I've been involved in girls athletics mainly basketball for 42 years now
seems like yesterday my first born was playing tee ball
1 LB 3A state camp ( I hope the site tracks their record this year. If not I will remove them from the list )
2 PM 1A State Champ
3 central wise 2A State Champ
4 Abingdon
5 Ridge view
6 GALAX
7 Carrol county
8 Floyd County
9 Christianburgh
10 Honaker I had to throw in my home team
i know it's still football season guys but I wanted to adjust my preseason top 10. I've had quite a few people tell me that the two kids from Galax Fox and Brown are both remarkably better and unstoppable. People that I trust well. So Im gonna start their move up my list now and see where they end up. This is going to be a very exciting girls basketball season.
I look forward to it. Only 3 or 4 weeks left before most programs get started.
Rising Galax senior Essence Brown recently committed to George Washington University. She chose the offer from GW over offers from Radford, UNC-Asheville, Rhode Island and Appalachian State.
Galax returns everyone from a 22-5 team that reached the state semifinals last season. With what they will gain from a solid JV group, this could be a special year. They have a pair of D1 caliber players with a third currently in the 8th grade.
I watched Galax a few times last year and had them ranked in my top 10 all year
actually the first time I watched them I thought they were hands down the best single A team I'd ever seen. I believe I stated here that they looked as good as anyone I'd seen in all divisions 1-4. I watched them beat 4A carrol county badly.
Then I saw PM play and quickly changed my mind. PM was the best team I saw last year. That includes all of our SW divisions.
However I'm agreeing with you at this time. I think Galax will be hungry. I expect the Brown kid to be unstoppable. I think PM may have graduated a few key players ( I'm not entirely sure about this ?)
Either way I think this may be Galax's year in group A. I'm hoping Honaker makes a strong push to the next level and I feel like they can contend in 2 years but overall id agree with the assessment of Galax being dangerous and a major player in the Division. Extremely well coached as well.
One of my oldest and best friends is a referee ( no I do not claim him in public )
he said Ridgeview will be back in full force this year. They can contend and beat anyone this site tracks.
Wise will be there and it sounds like Virginia High will me as well. This should be another great year of girls basketball
congratulations to Brown for landing a scholarship.
1. I use most of the teams that are tracked by this site on the overall score board so it's not just SW listed. I also rank all the divisions together Division 1 and up.
2. Based on feedback ( creditable feedback ) I might change the preseason poll a little.
last id like to extend a pat on the back to the site moderators for your extensive score board posting. I travel the state quite often and usually take in a few games in different locations. I enjoyed keeping up with the teams last year and this boards tracking of the teams records really helped me to pick good match ups to attend.
It's also crucial for the ranking of the teams.
PRE SEASON POLL REVISION 1
1 LB 3A state camp ( I hope the site tracks their record this year. If not I will remove them from the list )
2 PM 1A State Champ
3 central wise 2A State Champ
4 Abingdon
5 Ridge view
6 Carrol county
7 Floyd County
8 Christianburgh
9 Galax
10 Honaker I had to throw in my home team
I'm not sure about them making the top 10 but I do expect a great season and a run at the end of the year
Any thoughts or suggestions ?
I must say that last years final regular season poll turned out to be just about spot on. So dont judge to quickly. Give me a chance to gather all the info this year. I don't have hundreds of scouts helping you know. Lol
i know most of you knuckleheads are head and toe into your Football season but I figured I would start a little off season post.
Last year was remarkable. The Ladies didn't disappoint and my on going season poll came out pretty darn close. ( as I pat myself on the back 🙂)
i must admit I have several friends that referee and have done it for years. It certainly doesn't hurt to pick their Brains from time to time.
I look forward to continuing our chats this coming season. Last year I spent a few weeks in PA, and lost track of some of the action so the board chat was great.
I haven't heard much about some of our graduate here in the SW. Do we have several going to play college ball ? Where are some of the better players attending this year?
I'm extremely sorry guys I know my lack of posting let the girls division of the board down
I found myself rehabbing for a little while at one of the best nursing facilities ive ever been to. All is going well now.
Theres just no way I can catch up with all the action I missed. I've tried to do some score board catch up but to much has happened
i will pat myself on the back though and say quite a few teams in the top 10 went very deep in their respective divisions
my final top 2 was central and PM and looks like both are playing for the title. From what I can read both seemed favorable to win.
A major shock and disappointment was how the tiger ladies finished up. I really expected those young ladies to make the final 4 in the west. But let's remember they are extremely young.
I plan on making the trip to VCU as long as my sweet daughter makes it in from PA to drive me. Looking forward to a great weekend of basketball. There's no finer rehab than that .
For the ones of you with teams left to root for I say good luck.
Parry McCluer loses their 2nd game of the season, dropping a game to Lord Botetourt, 56-50, in the tournament at Rockbridge this evening. LB beat Abingdon early in Dec., but the Falcons defeated LB the 2nd time around at the end of the Dec., 51-43, in the tourney at Cave Spring. LB has beaten George Wythe (66-37) and Cave Spring (57-49). LB will face Floyd Co. Feb. 3 in the Adam Ward Classic at Salem.
Hey guys. I'm actually just getting home from the Rock the ribbon. Enjoyed a great day of basketball.
LB vs PM was a good game. Two top notch programs for sure.
Im not sure I will move rankings to much based on this. Maybe a spot or so.
I've got some score board catching up to do and then a ranking
im hoping to catch Abingdon some time this week again
I watched that game. Honaker had a really bad shooting night. Played mostly Freshmen the majority of the game and was down two with 30 seconds left.
Grundy is a pretty good 1A team. They have atleast 9 kids that can play a little. Friday night they looked as good or maybe better than ES in my opinion.
Well great now I have to add grundy to a my list of teams to go see lol.
Thsts good news though. I'm glad to hear they are better than I heard. Glad because it makes me feel better about these young tigers
I really think there's some special things ahead for honaker in a year or 2
You guys have caught way more games than I have, I have no idea about any team outside of the conference. I can't give any accurate rankings, just know the Bears are playing well right now and have talent. But that damn Wolfpack seems to jus have our number in GBB.
I'm holding out a couple more games on union. They certainly look like they are getting strong though
by the end of this week things may turn upside down that's for sure
the homer in me was chomping at the bit to move honaker inside the top 10, but a bad loss prevented that. Strength of schedule for the tigers is not real good moving forward
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I have it circled already thanks for the update
central and Galax will be a good one to start the day. I saw both teams a few times last season. I think Union will be better this year as well