Incredibly weird. The Virginia High team that showed up at the Wise tourney looked like they would have been the 4 seed in the swd. Who stood out for V high? My guess was probably one of their two bigs considering Graham doesn’t really have as much size
This Virginia High team is young, and much better than they showed in the Wise tournament. Three of their losses have come against TN High and DB. They've beat Abingdon twice. In the SWD they've beat Graham and Marion, steamrolling both. I wouldn't base their team on one tournament game that they played poorly in and lost by 2.
Va High officials need to really work with their team on how to handle themselves. Their was a lot of trash taking throughout the game from both sides. I get it, that's competitive nature to an extent. But, after the game, the players were yelling and making gestures toward our student section and to fans in the stands. Nfhs cameras should show that well. An assistant coach also was heard yelling obscenities at a fan while heading to the locker room.
Gotta learn how to act when you lose and learn how to act when you win
True, but it sounds like Abingdon should also practice what it preaches. For a school that's been all about sportsmanship, I didn't see a lot of it on display including from AHS fans. I wonder what the fan said to initiate the assistant coach's response. Knowing most of the VHS coaches I doubt it was a coach randomly yelling at a fan without justification. I also wonder what obsenitites were coming from the falcon student section. I doubt they were saying nice things to the Bearcats all night. Its okay to point fingers but usually they end up pointing back in your direction.
Depending on who lands in Richlands as head coach, maybe he goes there??? He’s a very talented kid. Richlands needs a true QB. Nothing against the Boyd kid but he’s no QB. He can punt pretty well though.
I had heard Abingdon as a possibility. There was even a rumor of him becoming a bearcat a while back. With Graham being a talented freshman, VHS is set at QB for a few years.
No matter how crappy their line may be, I still don’t feel like it can be worse than Lebanons. I think someone told me that they have 3 starting linemen out for the rest of the year. However I still feel like Lebanon has a solid chance at winning this one considering how streaky they have been (granted Lebanon has too but nowhere near as bad as v high)
Im not sure Lebanon will be able to contain Virginia Highs speed, but we will see. Should be a great game to watch.
The optimistic side of me does say that 49-3 win over Va High doesn’t look that impressive anymore.:. 😃
What does that say about Ridgeview and Graham who struggled with VA High? What does say about Union who barely beat Ridgeview? At the end of the day scores mean very little, wins mean everything. So Richlands played well. Virginia High could have easily won by 3 tds, but as I said earlier a win is a win. Virginia High is a young team, and they play very inconsistently, but when they have flashes they look good. If Union plays Radford, I guarantee they will have their hands full. I'd give Radford the edge they are the real deal and so is Union.
Can the Bearcats get back on track? Or will Richlands break through and get their 1st win.
Im going with the Bearcats 35 to 14 over Richlands
Virginia High's next 4 games are winnable with Richlands, Jenkins, Lebanon and Marion on the schedule. I expect Virginia High to finish the season strong with either winning the next 4 or winning 3 of the 4.
You don't have to run to set up the pass. This isn't the 1980s and they are not a Wing T, Power I offense. I see plenty of RPO, spread, and Air Raid in that offense. Spread them out and the running lanes will be open. Despite what the scores were against Graham and Ridgeview, VA wasn't busting at the seams with offense. In fact, I think it was more Ridgeview and Graham having off games than VA High keeping it that close. I'm taking the Dogs over the Cats. Gonna need see the spread before I place a bet. But I'm taking Creasy in Fantasy points.
Virginia high played well defenively in both games. Virginia Highs offense was considerably better in the Graham game. I'm sorry but even if they had off games, they should still win by 3 plus tds. I feel that VHS is considerably better than their record.
This one could go either way. Virginia High is much better than their record indicates. Based on line play and an extra week to prepare id go with Virginia High. Tazewell has the talent to make it hard though. The Bearcats need this one.
I think the old one was the running back last year. But I wouldn’t be surprised if he quit. He quit baseball mid game when they pulled him from the mound
Yeah he quit, but I don't think anyone was shocked. Deon will be just fine in the starting position. He just needs to stay healthy.
V high also got beat by ph if I’m not mistaken, a game that Lebanon very easily could have won if they would have capitalized on some of their 5,000 red zone plays
Virginia High gave that game away week 1. Virginia High had a lead most of the game. Not the same VHS team right now. Sorry but Virginia High will also out coach Lebanon. Lebanon's coaching is suspect at times. Virginia will blitz Reece and have him running. I don't think Lebanon's line will be able to hold up.
Agreed. Expecting va high and tazewell to be a sneakily good game
I don't think LHS has the athletes to stop VA High. They just played Graham close, along with Ridgeview. With VA Highs new QB who can pass and speedster K Smith, the Bearcats will roll. Virginia High will control the line of scrimmage on both sides.
Virginia is now 1-4, but they are arguably better than their record. They've lost to PH(should have won that one), Radford (49 to 3) Ridgeview 16 to 0( they've killed everyone else) and Graham 21 to 14. I know Graham isn't as good as they were last year, but they are a still one of the better teams. So Virginia high has lost to teams with a combined 18-2 record. With a better passing game and a much easier back end of the schedule, Virginia High may go on a run. I feel like the Bearcats may still finish 5-5 or 6-4.
It’s starting to look like Lebanon is just waiting for baseball season at this current moment. Volleyball team can’t even beat anyone either. The only team in the fall that is actually going to win something is the xc team
Prime example with Lebanon. The school is filled to the brim with athletes but no one wants to play football because of the lack of competence within the coaching staff
Lebanon's issue comes down to administration hiring from within during the last couple coaching searches. They needed to hire someone from the outside. They had the candidates but chose not to. So they are reaping what they sowed. Nothing against the last 2 coaches. Both are good guys, but they needed to hire someone with a proven track record. Lebanon is going to continue to lose until the coaching is fixed. From the looks, im saying they finish 1-9, maybe 2-8. They will beat Castlewood.
Unless PH was holding players back in the Burton jamboree Rye Cove was far better than any team there
Most likely they were to a point. Moat teams don't play their starters the full time in jamboree and scrimmages. I also doubt they showed their entire playbook. I wish people would stop taking benefit games, scrimmages, and Jamborees so seriously. They have little baring on the regular season.
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Far Southwest Virginia Top 10 - December 31, 2023 - Version 3
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This Virginia High team is young, and much better than they showed in the Wise tournament. Three of their losses have come against TN High and DB. They've beat Abingdon twice. In the SWD they've beat Graham and Marion, steamrolling both. I wouldn't base their team on one tournament game that they played poorly in and lost by 2.