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Tazewell did not make the region Marion should be the 3 seed in the SWD if they win Saturday against Richlands. Marion has also made some moves in the regions tournament in the past I wouldnt be shocked if they pulled an upset

Don’t get me wrong I hate when a crew blows the whistle every 30 seconds of game clock that not fun to watch at all. Last night felt like an over correction from the last game. It was fair atleast they didn’t call a thing the game only last an hour and 10 mints from tip to final buzzer.

Officials refused to blow the whistle. It was the same group that had the Marion VA high game last night and it was the same result. If either game was remotely closer things would have gotten chippy. They had zero control of either game

I think Lebanon wins but it won’t be easy. Chilhowie has this us against the world mentality so they will come play like their playoff life depends on it (which it doesn’t but that’s what they said in the paper). I expect Emory to be packed with Orange but it won’t be a hostile as last game. Should be a wild environment I can’t wait to watch this one

I dont see Eastside beating Lebanon I feel like Chilhowie and Lebanon are on going to set to meet for a 4th time in the region tournament

I think there is way too much pride in the 3 fan bases for them to ever consolidate. That is the same reason I dont see Smyth county consolidating. I would make a ton of since to combine Chilhowie and Northwood that would put there numbers about the same as Marion but I dont think the powers at be will ever let that happen

For the SWD VA high will be the 1 seed for sure the 2/3 seed will be the winner of Graham and Marion in the district tournament and the 4 will be the winner of Tazewell/Richlands. That is assuming VA high beats the winner or Tazewell/Richlands. If they get upset then they are still the 1 but the district championship become for the 2 seed. Because the M7 has Abingdon and they do not compete in the same Region tournament I am assuming they go to power points to determine seeding and the tournament is just a chance to earn more points. So GC Ridgeview Central Union if chalk holds in the tournament. I think it is worth noting in the SWD where every is class 2 the regular season really doesnt matter and any sport outside of football. A team can go 0-8 in district pay in the regular season then win the 4-5 match up and make the region tournament as a 4 seed

Updated SWD VA high - officially clinch the number 1 spot Graham - must win against Tazewell to lock up the 2 spot Marion - could take the 2 seed if they win out AND Tazewell beats Graham. If they only beat Tazewell and Tazewell beats graham it will be a tie for 2nd. Not that it really matter they will play each other in the first round anyway Richlands - will be playing in the 4-5 game regardless of what happens It just depends on who is home and who is away Tazewell- Can still reach be tied for the 3 seed which is a pretty big deal because that locks them into regions but they have to win against Marion and Graham even then there would be a tie for 3rd with Marion (assuming Marion loses to VA high)

with a 7 team tournament shouldnt the top 3 seeds get a bye?

Love the teams in the north south alignment the travel would suck! Thats almost a 2 hour trip for Lee, Wise and Gate City to Marion but really Wise and Gate City already have Marion on the schedule. That trip from Lee to Marion is brutal East/West makes more sense travel wise and really looks like the old SWD

Whiffed BIG time on Chilhowie did not to expect that from them this season. Lebanon was way better than I thought and Rural Retreat did not really have as good of a team as I thought they would coming into the season

I will start Hit the Graham prediction on the head which honestly wasnt that hard- A+ Tazewell ended up 6-5 did they win one big game in VA high but thats about it as far as winning games they werent favored to win so- B Richlands- It was a long season for Richlands finishing 2-8 out side of the first game Brown never really got going just because of lack of QB play- A- VA High- 9-3 great year defense was much better than I thought they would be I didnt see Brody Jones being the player he ended up being- D Marion- 1-9 missed big time on thing one they still have some stuff to figure out. I thought I nailed this after week one but- F

One of the College football podcast I listen to (Late Kick with Josh Pate) did a segment before the football season called bold predictions and now that the season is over they are going back and looking at those predictions. On the sites there were a ton of predictions that we all made and since there isnt much to talk about right now lets go back and pick some of your predictions and see how they turned out. We can leave out the ones that said Riverheads was going to win another state championship there isnt much skill in that. But I did see a few people in an old tread that said there was no way Rye Cove would compete for a district title this year. This should be fun. So just pull an old post and see how far off we were or if we hit the nail on the head.

Northwood dropped Marion 2 cycles ago (19-20) but it really only effected one season because the 2020 season was a mess because of covid. Northwood was going to drop Marion this next cycle regardless and I dont blame them because historically it is a blow out. Last year was a big exception and hats off to Northwood for going out on top. The Northwood Marion game really doesnt help either team. I have seen it give Marion teams a lot of unearned confidence only to get boat raced the next week or even worse they lose the game and its an embarrassment. For Northwood if they win it makes their year and its even sweeter if they can beat Chilhowie but I feel like every time these 2 play Northwood always seems to lose at least one sometimes more key players for the season. That is just not worth the risk IMO

It really is and hopefully it come back. They didnt do it during the shortened COVID season but brought it back last year. From what I heard most 4 out of the 5 ADs didnt want to fool with an extra JV championship game. Which in all honesty it makes for a long day when you have to work the 3rd place game, then JV Championship, then District championship game.

District championships for the JV no longer a thing for the SWD. The reason I heard stated was it "Too much work" for the host teams. Which is a big load of BS honestly

SWD- I used Max Preps/ Bristol paper to get these games so I think they are right 1. VA High 6-0 (Marion/Graham left) They have not clinched yet mathematically but if they win one of the next 2 they will 2. Graham 4-2 (VA High/ Tazewell left) If VA High drops the next 2 and AND Graham wins the next 2 it will be a tie for first between Graham and VA High not sure what the tiebreaker is since Graham and VA High would have Split. I am assuming they will play a 3rd time to determine the 1 seed. but if everything goes the way I think it will the top 2 spots are pretty much locked 3. Marion 2-3 (Richlands/Tazewell/VA High) Marion can go as high as 2 (Graham loses out and they win out) or could drop all the way to 5 if They lose out. Win 2 out of the next 3 and and clinch the 3 seed. 4. Richlands 2-5 (Marion) Tuesday night is a big game as far as these standings go. If Richlands wins That 3rd spot will be wide open with a path for Marion, Tazewell and Richlands to clinch a Region bid. If Marion wins then the only team that could possible catch them is Tazewell. 5. Tazewell- 1-5 (Marion/Graham) This one is interesting because Mathematically Tazewell is still alive for the 3 seed they need some help though. First thing that needs to happen is they have to win out or there is no chance. If that happens and Marion drops all 3 Then Tazewell will be tied with Richlands. IF Mairon beats Richlands and loses the other 2 then they will be tied with Marion. If Marion only beat VA High they its a 3 way tie for 3rd with Mairon/Richlands/Tazewell with all 3 going 1-1 against each other. And we have a head ache of a tie breaker situation.

The incident at Graham was 100% started by Graham with that shove. The one at Marion, that was avoided luckily for both teams, was started by the 2 Tazewell kids. Now was there something said by the Marion kid, no doubt in my mind there was but if you cant handle a little trash talk then sports isnt for you. But just because someone is running their mouth a little does mean it time to square up in a high school basketball game. You have to have a little more control there especially if you are just coming off a 3 game suspension

Tazewell gets their players back from suspension last night and they almost get in to it with Marion… what is going on over there.

Looks like this scuffle cost both teams a district win.. honestly I don’t think Tazewell beat VA High at full strength but I know Richlands isn’t 29 points better than Graham

Just saw that EC Glass is now open

I am all for sportsmanship on the field but some school in the area value that award more that actual wins..

I would love to see Roberts in Blue and Gold! Dude was a monster at the high school level and I think he would transition to D2 easily.

Clearing the benches at a high school game is not a good look for any school. You can kiss that Claudia Dodson Sportsmanship award good buy to both schools!

Where there any ejected or did they just end the game? Ejections should lead to suspension which could shake up the 2-4 seeds in the southwest