Tigerman10

It would be shameful for a team to win a district and not make the playoffs IMO.

Lebanon also has changed approaches-more power run game-sustaining drives...a lot different look than the first of the season

You obviously didn’t watch them when Ervin was hurt last year

Been a lot more than a “few” years ago that Lebanon was strong

At least tag me if you are going to erroneously call me wrong. March 2018 ADM says a touch over 500 August 2018 first day of school 460 Reading is fun-damental

That’s why I said they were “essentially” a 1a school.

You and I both know that ADM has nothing to do with a school’s actual enrollment. Not to mention the ADM you cite is from March of 2018 and my number came from August of 2018.

This is false-Lebanon was at 460 first day of school last year 9-12.

Tazewell, VHS, and Lebanon fit the 1a profile. 24-35 players with a lot of guys who play both ways. Richlands still a behemoth trying to figure a few things out-but their numbers matter, especially over a season. Marion has plenty of numbers too typically. Im not denying that the SWD is down, and I think PH or Chilhowie would be favored to beat Tazewell on any given night...but that’s a lot different than beating both Tazewell and Richlands and not taking any upsets (and not getting too banged up against Graham) Chilhowie last year could have done it for sure, but that was a terrific group.

Stronger programs is a relative term. Chilhowie and PH are in the middle of good cycles. Honaker has great tradition, but has been a little down recently due to the same economic issues. Burton probably the 1a standard now that Haysi and Clintwood are consolidated but it’s not like you can point to a 1a school that could finish 2nd in the SWD right now

Richlands is down, Marion is down, Va High is way down and Lebanon is essentially a 1a school playing AA

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If we just make all transfers legal etc then that solves the problem. No more speculation, fair or unfair or indifferent

Here’s the rub with transfers-it needs to either be legal for everyone or illegal for everyone. Right now, the schools who soft recruit and are willing to play the game (pretend to move, pretend parents are separated etc) are the ones who benefit from transfers. Make transferring open to everyone and level the playing field. The same schools will likely keep winning and keep getting kids, but it will at least make things more transparent. If I am an opponent of Graham then I would have a definite problem with them getting a kid who has played at three area schools in 365 days with the way the current rules are written. If I am Graham, then I’m saying the kid moved because them’s the magic words

They both went to prep schools. Strong went to one in NC

Of this list Jones, Strong and Campbell have all transferred out of SWVA

Actually, testimony is a form of evidence but go on

You can make several girls come to a school board meeting and share their story?

It appears there is plenty of evidence that he was a problem

Honaker put up huge offense against Eastside-I hope Leb doesn’t have a star kick returner because our ST were a mess

My source at the game said Hurley probably should have won. Had the tying TD (and chance to win with XP) called back on a hold with about 2 min left in the game. Said Hurley bled off most of the second quarter on one drive just smash mouth.

Can someone change the title of this thread to “why your favorite team will have success this year”

Not so sure about beating Richlands in the softball final, but the two teams were pretty evenly matched. We were state runner up in girls basketball and Lebanon beat us handily. They could have beaten PM. Leb football isn’t just a numbers problem-but it definitely is a factor.

Truth be told Lebanon would likely have state championships in baseball and softball and probably a good shot at volleyball and girls basketball last year if they were single A. Enrollment is a funny thing. Best thing is to be one of the larger schools in a classification obviously, which is why schools on the cusp do so much finagling to keep their numbers down