Honorable Mention - Schools that play in a lower class than they should be playing in...you know which ones I'm talking about...<pointing finger>Riverheads, Grayson Co</pointing finger>
#3 - Princeton - There's nothing about them that I've ever liked...always have a chip on their shoulder for no reason at all, they were never good, until maybe this year. And their fans are just awful, finger nails down a chalkboard bad. We'll just leave that one there.
#2 - Radford - I just don't like them, Ugly uniforms, their black and gold looks like baby poop and their garbage stadium that should have been condemned in the 1980s. And then there was that playoff game in the 90s...I think there was some illegitimacy to that win...they knew every play that Graham was running.
And, I'm sorry if this pisses off a few people on this board...
#1 - Gate City - Hated them from the earliest days that I can remember. Their holdbacks, the kids that came over from TN, their train horn, the fact they don't care what side of the stadium they sit on. On top of that, they always seemed to beat Graham when I was a kid, the hate was real. My uncle played on the team that lost 52-0 and 70-14 in the early 70s, I think he helped fuel my hatred for GC. Fortunately, my years in high school, we took 3 of 4...I'll sill can see Eddie Hall picking off a screen pass and sprinting 40+ yards to the endzone my freshman year. But I digress, I just don't like them.
Gate City fans can be quite insufferable when they are in a good cycle. During those times if they lose a game they blame the refs, being sore losers. During those cycles they have some sore winners.
Call it out on forums and there will be people making excuses or appealing to hypocrisy. Does no good.
Other fanbases can be like that too. It is what it is.
Why are you even bringing Union into this? Glenvar would roll them and it's not even up for discussion. Fact is Radford scored with 10 seconds left to beat Glenvar by 5 and they beat Graham by double digits....you can doll it up all you want, but that is the facts....Gretna lost to 4a powerhouse Jefferson Forest by 3 and undefeated 3a powerhouse Magna Vista by 1. Gretna is no slouch and would also roll Union. You guys need to see football outside your bubble.
Union lost to 6A Tennessee school Science Hill. A school almost 4 times their size. Union and 600 students, maybe a few less. Science Hill with about 2300. They were only down 13-6 midway through the 4th, and ran out of gas.
Then Union beat defending 2022 2A champion Graham at Graham. Union then lost to Graham at home in the Region D finals.
Glenvar got their asses handed to them in regular season by the now state champions and turned around and gave them a run for their money in the playoffs.
When I was in band we played in the final in Lynchburg my sophomore, junior and senior years. They let ALL Richlands band students go first so we could make the game. I believe maybe GW or GC was in the title game one year as well and they let them go first, too.
I don’t see why they stopped doing that for kids who need to get to state title games. If you aren’t gonna change the date of auditions — at least let them go first.
It didn’t create an unfair advantage either. When I was at Powell Valley, my junior year we made it to the championship versus Manassas Park. We had about 85 kids in bad that year. Half of us auditioned for all district. The half of us who auditioned got to go first. Our principal made sure we did because he required us to go to the game while recognizing the importance of the auditions.
We all quickly auditioned and got back on the charter bus and made it to JMU with about 45 minutes to spare
The Galax band left for John Battle at 6:00 am this morning for Regional Band Auditions. They are hoping to get to Salem by kickoff.
Just got a text message that the band organizers haven’t even made it through the middle school bands yet. The Galax band will probably be late arriving like the George Wythe band was last year.
Administrators need to get this fixed. It’s been this way for at least 12 years because the Galax band was late arriving in 2011 for the same reason. It’s senseless to schedule something like this at the same time as the state championships.
When I was in high school and we had these auditions then those from schools with football teams playing for the state championship were given priority for auditions. After everyone from that program auditioned then they got on the bus quick and were on their way to the game.
It’s a damned if you don’t, damned if you do situation for the band students, who should be allowed to audition and potentially be eligible for all-state AND go support their football team.
The Bears coming in with a police escort & then parading down the middle of the field to the opposite end zone & with that coach swinging the towel getting the crowd fired up then running through that inflatable Bear with that hammer. Nobody can do a grand entrance like Union!
The guy with the towel’s name is Chris. Great guy if ever I saw one. Special needs and has a heart and soul of gold.
Chris is one of Big Stone’s best residents. Wholeheartedly supports the student athletes in his community.
I don’t really care that much about who wins the East, I just thought Riverheads would lead to the more interesting style matchups. I think Poquoson would likely be a tad easier than Riverheads but could be wrong.
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Sounds like Wise County.