Gmen2021

It was a W but sloppy. A lot of good teaching moments. Palmer will improve them each week . Their is still alot of youth on this team. Not alot of teams turn the ball over with that many penalties have any chance of winning. Shows the depth , grit , and great coaching Graham has in their favor.

Troy Everette (Oklahoma) the Stephens boys , (Furman) , Z. Horton (JMU) , the Trey Reiter(VMI) the Anderson kid ( committed to OHIO U)playing now (all from Northside). The Howard kid is from W. Byrd (committed to Wake Forest)The two kids from Allegheny who are at VTech , They(LB) did not won their region in the last two years when they were seniors. Their starting running back this year is from William Fleming.

Mostly Roanoke area. Fleming, Northside and Byrd

I think Yew is a really good coach. He ran into a very athletic team in Graham last year , but his play calling is solid. He did run a fake punt from inside his own 10 last year and converted. He definitely has a set.

100%.

No, Northside hasn't been competitve since Horton transferred to Botetourt.

Good evaluation as usual . In 2A. It's Graham, Glenvar, Central and Poquoson 1A Honaker versus Essex in the finals. Takeaways: Defenses are ahead of offense for the most part. Riverheads can't score at will against good 2A talent like 1A.

No, PWO

Today at GHS- Senior WR/ CB Braden Watkins signs with Emory and Henry Football and Senior LB Gage Sawyers signed with Old Dominion University. both were All SW District , All Region and All State first teamers. That is now 4 players off the 2022 state champs going to play at the next level.

Very . I think the Lloyd kid from Graham should have made first team. Aside from that , Va High had more defensive guys than I thought considering.

I bet it is very good. The kids appreciate his knowledge and efforts for sure.

Me too! No prediction on this one. No jinx’s or whammy’s . I think VTDavis is very accurate on most of evaluations. The thing is , at the end of the day , these are kids. How do they handle the moment? I always felt like you learn more about kids in high leverage moments than ordinary games. It gets no higher than the title on the line.

Lol, me either . I am in the same boat as you. Lol

Just clarifying . It’s going to be all about guts, old school. Very competitive. It doesn’t matter who the favorite is. I don’t think either team gets off the bus thinking they will lose.

So are you predicting a Central win? We are taking receipts. Lol

Very true, although I haven’t forgotten about that free frosty from four years ago! lol

So no arguing here, I’m a Graham fan but didn’t play here. I will put up Salem numbers against anybody in 2A though. as for head to head, Palmer lead 2-1.

Your a Radford fan , right? At least that's what VA Preps say. How many do they have? You have 2 P5 also.

So alot has been said about Coach Smith beating his team with your players. Well , he had 2 Power 5 commits and an FBS commit today and got sparked. Guess that logic doesn’t apply to Coach Palmer , who has an impeccable record.

Thanks man! I understand the critique. Your opinion is usually spot on. Alot of folks on here just waiting to trash Graham because the teams they root for was eliminated. Graham's adjustment was good and has been all year.

All the non Graham fans to include Radford, Glenvar, and Appo fans. You are cordially invited to the "Thread of Irrelevance " to shit talk about what could be, should be, or any other excuses that may be applicable. All Graham kids have heard all year is" your not as good as last year. You don't have your power 5 players", "You cant beat Union , they have your number" ," Ridgeview waiting to kick your ass, been waiting and working all year", " Radford is the best team in 2A", "Appo is Appo, Coach Smith is a genius and you can't stop or slow down Pennix " Thanks for the motivation!

No, and Appo scored 20 with a squad with two P5 players and another FBS commit. Bravo. It's time the Graham kids and coaches get a little credit.

Funny, last year he gave up 48 points to Graham in the playoffs

Not, It was a matchup issue on a freshman. Was corrected and he was blanketed the rest of the game by a LB.

Radford was very explosive, but sooner or later you have to play defense. Kids today don't want to do that because all the newspapers and highlights are of touchdowns. Even the max preps and va preps only show value for it honestly.