Tigerman10

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

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

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

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

Actually, testimony is a form of evidence but go on 

Actually, testimony is a form of evidence but go on 

Actually, testimony is a form of evidence but go on 

Actually, testimony is a form of evidence but go on 

Actually, testimony is a form of evidence but go on 

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

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

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

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

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

Given my age, I fall square between Generation X and the Millennials (though technically I fall in the latter category, I have little in common with 1990s babies).  When I was 5, I had 13 channels on TV.  When I was 17, I could download 1000 songs per week off the Internet.  This is a prelude for what I’m about to say.
 
There’s a constant pining on this board for the good old days, when men were men; when every single boy played football; and when a succession of presidents with dreadful foreign policy had the U.S. embroiled in unwinnable wars.  In case y’all haven’t noticed, our population is on average roughly 25% less than what it was back then.  Since fewer of the remaining 75% are having babies than their ancestors (mostly because the young ones fled the region leaving the old ones behind), our schools are roughly 40% smaller than in the era of LSD and 8-tracks.  For schools like Pocahontas, that means closure.  For schools like Garden and Whitewood, that means consolidation.  For every 10 linemen you had in 1974, you have about 6 now.  What used to be depth now is simply having enough to play iron-man.
 
In addition, what most of the Baby Boomers and Gen Xers bemoan as “picking up a controller” is in reality becoming more oriented in STEM and electronics.  I hate to break this to anyone, but coal will never again be what it was in 1973.  Information technology (IT) is the backbone of our future economy.  The boys that used to bale hay and dig ditches in the summer, which lends itself to a sport like football, are now learning to code and program, which doesn’t lend itself.
 
Every generation has its lazy kids, and this generation has it in the exact same proportion as did the Baby Boomers and Generation X.  The kids who lay around smoking dope and play Fortnite today are the same kids who laid around smoking dope and playing guitar terribly in 1975.  There were probably more of them in 1975, because there were more people in general.  Far be it from me, though, to criticize the generations who gave us the pet rock and pension systems that irreparably leach the retirement funds of the younger generations to subsidize themselves.  It’s ALL because the kids of today are lazy and worthless.
 
The kids of today will be responsible for repairing the mess left behind by the generations who are criticizing their work ethic.  And I, for one, am not going to ride them like Seattle Slew, even if it means that we have fewer kids playing football.
 
Rant over.

I can't speak for Lebanon.  In the case of Grayson County, the ADM figures changed dramatically halfway through the 2-year cycle.  Grayson's March 31, 2018 ADM figure was 489.  They lost around 45 students by the end of the 2018 school year dropping them well under the 475 cutoff for Class 1.  It's my understanding, Grayson's enrollment has dropped even further since last summer.
I suspect Lebanon is in a very similar situation. 

Real enrollment more around 450 from what I’ve heard. Plus, a lot of athletes there specialize so if half of your top 20 athletes aren’t multi-sport then you have problems. Leb girls all pretty much play everything which accounts for the success in those sports. 

Guys, false reports of rape are extremely rare. Somewhere from 2-10%, and the 10% is a dubious number. Most agree the number is closer to 7% max.

Williams v Buchanan... worth the $10 admission. 

I think the top vote getter gets POY and is considered “first team” as well

So Lebanon is 2-1 against Richlands and in the finals and could still be the #4? That’s insane, even for SWVA