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Good lord

I think the pitcher who threw the no hitter against Holston is the Barton kid. Huge increase in velocity from last year. He’s probably sitting 80-82 right now. He’s still a strike thrower because he narrowly missed a perfect game by walking only one. The one who threw against PH I think was Phillips. Last year he struggled a bit with the strike zone but right now he’s painting every corner. A solid increase in velo from last season. I think in most games he’s probably sitting somewhere around 84 along with having an off day with velocity every now and then. He can still run it up to 87 I think someone said. He missed his perfect game opportunity by an error in the top of the 5th. And then there’s Buchanan. He is still as dominant as he was last year. Throwing strikes with 3 different pitches. Works ahead in counts. All 3 of the hogo first team pitchers should  be on the same team.

This hasn't aged too well. Lebanon always has to be acknowledged in baseball as a top tier team. They are a baseball powerhouse. On the list above, Lebanon has beat both Tazewell and Abingdon  twice. They would probably beat John Battle as well. They are most definitely the primer baseball team in SWVA regardless of size. 

I just don’t know why Richlands threw Hale against Lebanon in a non district game earlier in the week. If they knew that they couldn’t hit (had 16 ks against lebanons third best pitcher in 6 innings) now maybe Lebanon just has that many great arms but if they want to contend in the district why would they use up their only hope in non district games. I will say that Graham has a solid team compared to some of the ones they’ve had in recent years. Tazewell is still my favorite to win the swd and probably be the second best team in the region other than JB. Va High is too streaky right now to say they have a shot at winning. They could easily slip up and lose to Richlands Graham and Marion 
Ridgeview has had an incredible turn around this year but I still don’t see anyone beating John Battle in the M7. Abingdon will obviously be a great team but without Gibson it will hurt them.
Lebanon has had an amazing start with only two losses to Number one ranked TSA 3a Tennessee High. Had a tough schedule this past week with playing Richlands Va High and Tazewell back-to-back-to-back winning all 3. And will have another tough schedule this week playing Richlands tazewell and abingdon all within 3 days. From what I’ve seen their top 3 arms are probably the best in the whole region regardless of classification. They are currently 4-0 against teams from their future district.
 

Thats definitely a confidence booster. I can't wait to see how they do against Abingdon and Tennessee High. Beating either of those teams would be very huge early in the season. Regardless they will be one of the top teams in 1A this season. 

Heard it was 6-2. Could have been a lot worse but they called it with bases loaded and 1 out in the top of the ninth.

Congrats Grundy on a good game plan and win. You earned it. 
 
Congrats to Lebanon on a good season. 

Definitely not heard this rumor, I Definitely question its validity. 

Va high takes a screen pass to the house 2 point no good. Pretty questionable calls in the last min to play in the half.
VA High up 12-7 9 seconds to go in the half

You guys have a helluva QB

53 seconds left
Lebanon 51
Twin Springs 49
0 timeouts left for TS
Lebanon takes knee and advances 
Congratulations Pioneers 
Congratulations also to Lebanons boys cross country team for winning the 1A state championship today!
 
 

Congratulations! Great game !

Lebanon in the playoffs for the 1st time in 7 years! Awesome season Pioneers!

Lebanon in the playoffs for the 1st time in 7 years! Awesome season Pioneers!

Lebanon in the playoffs for the 1st time in 7 years! Awesome season Pioneers!

34-24 Lebanon with roughly 3 minutes left.

Lebanon 20-3 in Q2.

13-3 Lebanon in Q2.

My initial prediction of 55 to 7 was almost spot on, the final was 54 to 6 LHS. It was also crazy that Governor Glenn Youngkin was there and Flipped the coin.
 
Finish strong  Pioneers 2 games to go, win them both and finish 7-3 and get a home playoff game. 

229 for Union was a typo on my part. Riverheads didn't have Westmoreland on the original master schedule, I hadn't updated theirs since, so that would give them 9 wins.
TW/TS and FC/Hon were basically coin flips for me.
At most I would give CH a win over Meadowbrook, but I truly have no clue about those teams.
As for Lebanon, I think they are really coming around, so I gave them both wins.
And this gets back to Tazewell being in a "hole." 211 or 218, they're still 6th. Very weird to change that many points and not make a difference up or down. Definitely a unique year!

It was 1999 (I was a Sophomore at JJ Kelly at the time) PV came to JJ Kelly riding a 34 game win streak. JJ Kelly was a team who had been the laughing stock of the LPD for years leading up to that game.  The Indians were much improved going into the game but were picked to lose like 50 to 0. The Indians shocked the VHSL that night. Jumping out to a 13 to 0 lead at the half and holding on to win 19 to 14 in a classic all time upset. It's hard to believe that was 23 years ago, and again teams from Wise and BSG are getting ready to play as I am posting this. Here is the game in its entirety.
 

You guys need to clean up your acts!!!
Stop calling out people NOW!!!
Stop with the racial accusations NOW!!!
Act like adults or I’m shutting this whole thing down!!

Don’t ask why I deleted a certain post on the board, YOU ALL KNOW WHY!!!
This board is up for renewal right now and I’m not sure I want it to continue the way many of you are acting. 
If I do keep it going, there will be lots of changes. I won’t be putting up with the crap that has been going on here lately.  
 
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That's my feeling as well. They've still got 2 big games coming up after  Castlewood in Holston and Rural Retreat, win both they go 7-3 and may host a playoff game. One game at a time though from here on out. 
I also think Lebanon played one of their worst games against PH during the 2nd game of the season and kept it within 2 tds most if that game. I think they'd play them tougher if they meet again. I think playing Virginia High and Gate City will only help them down the stretch. They played Gate City tough the entire game with a few players out or not full strength. With everyone healthy they might have one that one. Should be an exciting finish to the season. 

That's my feeling as well. They've still got 2 big games coming up after  Castlewood in Holston and Rural Retreat, win both they go 7-3 and may host a playoff game. One game at a time though from here on out. 
I also think Lebanon played one of their worst games against PH during the 2nd game of the season and kept it within 2 tds most if that game. I think they'd play them tougher if they meet again. I think playing Virginia High and Gate City will only help them down the stretch. They played Gate City tough the entire game with a few players out or not full strength. With everyone healthy they might have one that one. Should be an exciting finish to the season. 

Lebanon wins. If there is a 3rd team in 1D that could step into/challenge that Region Title spot with Grundy/PH, I think it's Lebanon because of that offense and ability to score. I write that because yea, Grundy and PH are more physical than Lebanon on the LOS, but you could possibly see a game where Lebanon gets a score, then an early turnover or 2, and very quickly, they are up 14 or 17 points, then all of a sudden, the ball control power stuff is much more neutralized. I'm not saying Lebanon wins the region, but if there's a 3rd team to challenge, it's them. Lebanon is going to beat Castlewood by a lot.