I mean honestly haven't they been like 3 or 4 people from being 2a for awhile now? Seems to me that they are taking easiest route to a state championship. Just an opinion though.
Just a quick note this is the first time Chilhowie has lost in region D. Congrats to the Raiders. I'll still be pulling for PH for the Hogo connection, but whoever represent the supposedly irreverent SWVA in 1a or 2a I'll root for both of you. I honestly just hope someone can knockout Riverheads. Btw can someone explain to me how Riverheads is still 1a?
Win or lose. Please know that every single one of you playing for Chilhowie that we are proud of you, and we thank you for giving us some excitement in this little ole town in the middle of nowhere.
Um, no they moved it from Emory as they felt the vhsl was trying to hoodoo them by making them play on a turf field and not mud. please try to keep up. The OP went away from the game discussion I just responded to his original post.
Oh yeah that's right my bad. That was such a big shit show anyways lol. They should have just played the game on a Monday or something, but that's all in the past, and we got a great game on Friday that should be a great measuring stick to see where both programs are at this year. Can't wait! Sorry for the misunderstanding Topper.
Two years of having good seasons don't make you an elite program, especially in small schools where talent cycles.
Again the records speak for themselves.
But your correct they dont have as much support , they don't have a state senator calling in favors with the VHSL to move a ballgame!!!!
Are you saying that Chilhowie called the senator to move their ballgame last year away from Chilhowie to damn Northwood?? What?? If that is what you are saying then what was even the point of bringing that up? Why not just stay on topic about the great game that is going to be played on Friday?
With the amount of salt you Saltville and Marion folks are throwing. They won't need to mine it anymore in Saltville. So hey there goes the sinkhole problem at least.
Will the coach of the Warriors take his team on a trip around the world then back thru Va Tech so they can loose all focus on the game this time or did he grow up as well ? Last year was a joke ! To much on young kids plates . jmo
That's probably the silliest thing I've ever read on here. What does that have to do with the football game? From that logic they must have been thinking about VT the whole game instead of thinking of Riverheads.. The team who won the championship the year before, and also the first time Chilhowie has been to that stage in how many years? Yeah dude I'm sure VT was all they thought about
I don't think the Rebels and the Canes were the only two fan bases that noticed how much crying and slobbering Chilhowie did on Social Media about the change of Venue! Take 20 minutes and look at how ridiculous Chilhowie's fan base looked for the entire state to see!
So, I know that this is after the fact and kind of irrelevant, but let's address the real reason why the game was played at Northwood and not Emory. Chilhowie's field was deemed to be unsuitable for playing on, but let's be honest with ourselves, Northwood's field wasn't going to be any better. While Marion's field was in rough shape at the end of the season due to hosting back to back games in November rain, it has good grass and would have been in good condition to play on. Patrick Henry has a very large natural grass stadium, and GW would have been an ideal "midway" point between the two schools.
But they went with Northwood, after a delegate intervened, which tells you the real motivation behind the move to Saltville.
Saltville has NOTHING. Two analog gas stations that were rendered useless by their proximity to the stadium, a Subway, a Chinese restaurant, and a drive-in restaurant that is off the beaten path into town. Chilhowie had a Christmas parade that morning and was expecting to host the biggest non-Smyth-rivalry game that they had hosted since the 70s. To the Chilhowie tourism department this was a second Apple Festival, and if they couldn't host the game, at least several hundred (at worst) people would have to get off I-81 in Chilhowie, drive directly past their Hardees, McDonalds, Taco Bell, Food City, and three gas stations before leaving the corporate limit north to Saltville, where a person would inevitably be out of options for gas, lunch, etc.
Not to say that folks hearts weren't in the right place by wanting Chilhowie to have the right to host it, but moving the game to Northwood was strictly based on local economics. It keeps the revenue in Chilhowie rather than Glade and Washington County.
Dude you forgot the main thing. The dollar general, and two pointless red lights. Also a pond the 3/4ths duck/geese crap.
The Warriors were not tested by the horrific Maroon Tide team ! They will see a much different team on Saturday . Things that worked will likely fail against Riverheads .jmo
Chilhowie was tested yesterday, and passed. The score might not show that, but Galax did not take it laying down.
In sure they'll have someone inspect the field on Tuesday and say it's good to go. On Friday some delegate will get a burr under his saddle and the field will be inspected a second time. At that point we'll decide to move the game to who knows where. But I'm sure it will be the best location for all involved.
They turned them off last year in the Union/Appo game too. Apparently, it's a VHSL rule to not use them in the semifinals in the event that the visiting team doesn't have them on their home field so as to not create an advantage for the home team. At least that's what we were told last year.
Man that's such a weird rule, and a weird explanation. How are they an advantage? Too bright for the teams who doesn't have em?
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With Region D out this year, who are the super early favorites next year?
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Who do y'all got in 1a though?