Pioneer pride

Lebanon should definitely be 1A. We have 8th grade in high school that is counted as part of the enrollment. Essentially Lebanon has about 500 students grades 9-12. In most sports we are competitive at the 2A level, but with football its another story. Lebanon is going to come around in the next year or so. We currently have 19 freshman and they recently expanded thr local youth league. I Feel like the youth league has been the major problem it just wasn't strong enough to appropriately feed the high school at the level it needed to.

Have you watched Virginia High ? They are going to struggle to win games period. I've watched them in all 3 games. I mean they lost to Battle who also lost the Holston, that rarely happens.

Your opinion

Not bad for being down 30 to 6...pioneers need to keep improving

One could only hope, I'd have to agree with you.

What is your impression of Lebanon. I haven't watched them yet could they win a couple?

Only if Lebanon could tackle lol is Grundy better than expected?

Wow I'm thinking 2 wins will be lucky with that type of play for the Pioneers. Poor tackling comes down to bad fundamentals and poor coaching over time. Until they fix that they won't win more than 2 games and deserably so. Keep playing like that and they might even lose to Castlewood for the first time in 30 years. I'm not going to favor them again until they prove they can win. I'm just being realistic.

Pick 6 33 to 0 Pulaski

Play like that and they deserve to lose.

Well not sure our coaching is the best and they are young 19 freshman so go figure. I will be happy with 3 wins.

Haha I could have been wrong I admit it.

2 bad snaps in a row now

So just because one team beats a team, they can't lose to another team that lost to the team they beat ???? So matchups dont matter? I don't agree. There are too many variables that can dictate what happens. I seriously doubt Castlewood would have beat Honaker had their starting QB not tore his ACL. Let's not act like Castlewood is all the sudden a world beater. I still say I will believe they will beat Lebanon when they prove it, and they haven't in over 30 years.

Castlewood hasn't beaten a lebanon team (even the bad ones in over 30 years) What Castlewood did to Honaker was the result of Honaker not having their starting QB and to be totally honest it was a fluke. They could play 10 times and Honaker would win 8 or 9. Castlewood will be favored against Lebanon when they prove they can beat them, which like I said hasn't happened in a long time. I don't care If Lebanon lost to Honaker and Castlewood beat them...football is about matchups. Castlewood might match up well against Honaker and then struggle against Lebanon. I would argue that Lebanon might beat Honaker if they played again, the first game was close and lebanon had their opportunities to score on 2 or 3 occasions and didn't.

Abingdon for the upset...anything is possible. 35 to 32 Falcons.

You forgot Castlewood, that should be another win. I've watched Virginia High twice they are bad this year.

They ran into a Central team that should win 6 or 7 games. Central is easily one of the fastest teams in the area this season. This is probably the best team to come out of wise since J J Kelly closed its doors. My guess its this fastest team from Wise since the fast 2001 JJ Kelly team featuring 3 to 4 fast backs that also ran the wing t, and averaged as around 40 a game and won 7games. In many ways this Central team mirrors that Kelly team, with small lines with an abundance of speedsters. Grundy is nowhere near that level this season. They struggled to beat riverview. I expect lebanon to be a surprise Friday night, I also expect them to follow it up with a win against Eastside. Lebanon is a better team than they are getting credit for. They will finish with 4 wins at least when it's all said and done.

Lebanon will finish better than 2-8 I guarantee it.

Thoughts? I'm going with the Pioneers 28 to 21.

This isn't really about my team but I am going to say Central wins 6 or 7. I'm also going to say they upset either Ridgeview or Union. I also still say Lebanon will win 4 games. The three Russell county schools will end the season against each other splitting games against each other, which will create a tie for the Russell County Championship haha.

Is Honaker not the same team without the QB? That really surprises me that they lost to Castlewood. 🤔

The Pioneers are small too.

I think Central will struggle with physicality but they might give teams fits with their speed.

We also play Grundy next Friday which could be a win. From what I've seen of Va High I'd lean more towards a win, they were really bad, but we will see. Central will put up as much as they want against them too.