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He guarded him off and on I believe but for the most part he didn’t. A lot of Dean’s shots were so far behind the line they didn’t think to pick him up it seemed.

The tale of two halves was the theme last night. Wise was hitting their shots and playing good defense in the 1st half and then GC flipped the switch in the 2nd half and took it to them. Wise definitely only had the two scoring threats on offense. I read the coaches quote about the physical play but that’s how SWVA basketball is played. It’s always very physical, especially between these two teams. I thought it was a clean game from both sides though, not like in games past. McAmis can create his own shot and they were falling up until a few minutes into the 2nd half. A lot of that can be credited to the defense played on him. Hayes, I felt like could have been used more on offense. He was good at driving to the paint and getting a good look. GC looked too passive all night to me. Of the games I’ve seen this year they were looking to get the ball to Dean more so then they usually have. He came through hitting big shot after big shot but he’ll have to get more help on that side of the ball going down the stretch. The rematch in Wise will be a classic I’m sure as well as the district championship, barring anything crazy happening. If Wise beats GC next time and they finish tied do they have a playoff game to determine the winner or how do they determine that?

If University is the school in JC then I question who is in charge of pairing these teams. Oak Hill is a top 5 team in the nation. They shouldn’t be playing a small school like that. It really wouldn’t be fair to either team in my opinion.

GC 4-0 Wise 4-0 Lee 2-1 Abingdon 1-2 Union 1-3 Ridgeview 0-3 Battle 0-3

To not be worried about GC you mentioned them almost as much as your son. Coach, worry about your team and not a message board.

GC 94 Abingdon 60 Central 80 Ridgeview 76 Lee 54 Union 51

Last week I was shocked at how empty it was on the home side. You didn’t need anybody saving a seat. I wasn’t sure if a lot of Union fans didn’t want to sit in the cold or if they assumed it wouldn’t be much of a game. I’m sure from here on out they will have a bigger crowd but definitely not last week against GC.

I don’t remember if it was the first half or second but Union called timeout and one of the line judges pointed toward GC so the ref motioned it that way too but after he did that the back judge came in to clarify that it was Union who called the timeout. That may have been why the scoreboard showed GC was out of timeouts. Union called it near the end zone where the scoreboard was so I’m pretty sure it was the 1st quarter. If you heard the ref say that though then I don’t know what happened and if that’s the case we got lucky. I feel like our best chance was to try for the 2 points after we missed the first xp. anyways. It takes so much time to change out the shoe and we end up rushing the kick.

We had 1 left and used it after the TD. Our kicker is our qb and he changes his shoe to kick, which takes a lot of seconds.

Yea, lol! There was a bunch of times where I felt like a measurement was needed or they took about 10-15 seconds before they decided to. If it’s within a yard I say measure but don’t think about for awhile and just give the first down. With the whole undisciplined thing, I’m more meaning Union has to play smarter. They are too talented to still be making those plays and hurting themselves. The teams from here on out will be a tougher match up and they can’t help them out with dumb penalties like they did tonight. GC was an extra point or two away or a completed pass away from stealing a win tonight.

I think Union ran the same play near the end of the 3rd quarter and all of the 4th all but a few plays. Kid is a beast and there is no arm tackling him. The game was put on his shoulders and he carried you all to a win.

They spent the whole first quarter on the GC’s side of the 50 but that was solely on GC making mistakes. We had the muffed punt, not sure what he was trying to do, and then another fumble if I’m not mistaken. The defense for GC, along with Unions undisciplined ways, kept them out of the end zone. From the two games I’ve seen Union play against GC they seem like head cases. Football is an emotional game but Union doesn’t know how to control theirs. 44, 24 and an OL or 2, can’t remember their numbers, could easily be flagged almost every play. Don’t get me wrong they are great players but they need to learn how to control their emotions. It cost them a bunch of yards tonight and if they don’t clean it up, next week may be the end of their season.

Wise is a scary team in my opinion. They have the potential to make a run deep into the playoffs but I can see them losing this week as well. Their speed is no joke so I feel like they will be able to match up with Richlands. I’ll still say Richlands pulls out the W but it will be a close game. This may be better for wise anyways because I see them making a run in basketball, as long as they stay healthy.

Powell plays Rhea Co. (9-2).

Just a non biased point of view here but that doesn’t look dirty to me. From what I read last night I was expecting something much different. You have to take in effect that plays at full speed look worse than on replays. What I see is the Graham kid actually slow up and turn his body it looked like. He didn’t launch or leave his feet. Football is a violent sport with violent collisions sometimes. Think of all the helmet to helmet contacts in college but after they review it they overturn the targeting. Unfortunately in high school, they can’t overturn anything. Most importantly here though, is a kid was hurt and you never want to see that so I hope he is ok and recovers quickly.

Coaching needs to have the put em away attitude. Up 28-0 VT had the chance to drive down and score right before the half. Instead they went conservative and started running plays to keep the clock moving. This carried over for the entire 3rd quarter until Miami started their comeback.

They use him a lot on a jet sweep down at the goal line it seems. That’s like his second or third td run of the season and he’s a TE.

This is a must win for GC in my opinion. I don’t know anything about Marion this year. I was a little surprised on last weeks performance vs GW so who knows what will happen. It’s homecoming for GC and I believe the win streak starts this week.

Nobody from GC is satisfied with 1 win this year but the fact that who that 1 win was over and how GC has competed in most of the games thus far is reason to be excited. The reason the kid you seem to have a problem with has to come out for a break is he plays the whole game. They have no depth which is a sign of the struggles they will have next year. Go back to the Richlands game and tell me who’s hands the ball was in the 4th quarter. First down after first down and about 8 minutes later, TD. That ended up being the game winner before the comeback Richlands made and GC picked off the pass. The qb has had opportunities to run the ball. GC has threats with Jenkins on the outside and Calhoun on the inside. They ALL are playing where they should and it shows with the competitiveness on the field. Just my opinion.

If GC could go up there and get the win, that would be huge towards making a playoff run. After this week they have a much easier schedule but no guarantees. They’ll have Marion, Lee, Battle and Wise Central left and 3 of those are at home. Hopefully the injured GC players are healthy this week.