Austrian Ben Shapiro

Rest they'll be in a dog fight from the start of it. Tommy walker will stack the box and it will be like last night. All you have to do to prepare for union is learn the same 5 plays they run and you got it figured out. Its shameful that you got kids that are being done dirty. Why hasn't the Cochran kid not got any playing time since the Richlands game. The bunch kid finally saw the field again last night for like 2 plays. Huff kid hasn't lined up at wr since the Elizabethton scrimmage game guess we can't let those 3 kids outshine a coaches son. Just my opinion and thoughts. They eventually have to show some sort of passing game or Ray is not got to make it to game #10.

That definitely explains running it then. I think some people just want to hate on Tarter, period. Personally, I’d walk away given all the negative energy some ex coaches are causing but I don’t think Tarter won’t abandon those boys like Wells. 

I personally think Tarter is doing the best he can with what he's got. They're steadily improving & it's not a knock on the players, they're obviously working hard, it's just not a talent loaded team as in past years. I'm really not understanding all the hate directed at Tarter from some on this board. 

I sincerely hope that the Richlands faithful tore down the goal posts to commemorate this glorious achievement.

RICHLANDS IS BACK

Richlands as close to the end zone as they’ve been since the 2nd Elizabethan era. 

Final from Grundy
Grundy 62
Honaker 21

Ridgeview 40 Lee 14 Final.

Before that you have to go back to 1999 for the last 4-game L streak for Richlands. They were outscored by 110 in that stretch. They’ve been outscored by 124 in this slide

Northwood 15 Chilhowie 13 Final
Northwood is Smyth County Champs!

Richlands as close to the end zone as they’ve been since the 2nd Elizabethan era. 

RICHLANDS IS BACK

Richlands as close to the end zone as they’ve been since the 2nd Elizabethan era. 

RICHLANDS IS BACK

Richlands as close to the end zone as they’ve been since the 2nd Elizabethan era. 

Richlands as close to the end zone as they’ve been since the 2nd Elizabethan era. 

Richlands with 2 fourth down stops, only to turn it over both times on offense. 🙃

There are surely some facts here, but also some opinions. I can’t comment on the middle school record, but I will take your word for it.
As far as the little league, I can’t say whether anyone ruined it or is making it better. I will say there are several hardworking individuals who care for the kids. How do you make it better? That, I can’t say. It begins on how you define success in the accomplishment of your mission. If the goal is to win state championships, then I feel this expectation is somewhat unrealistic and simplistic. My opinion, which counts for nothing, is that you cannot control your talent. The best you can do is to develop what you have to the potential. This might be controversial, but if the singular goal is to stack a super team to win a state title, you miss the point. Doing things like strategically holding back certain players, recruiting, or only meeting the needs of your own children at the expense of the rest is counterproductive. If the goal is to develop as many kids as possible through the game, to be strong men, good husbands and fathers, who learn to work together for a common goal, you can’t go wrong. I think the biggest obstacles aren’t related to those involved past or currently, but the ones who are not. Playing better teams costs time and money that those who aren’t involved aren’t contributing. I do think you can learn many of these lessons by playing who is available. 
 Stepping off my soapbox, the talent is what it is. Not being inflammatory, but what is the solution?

I am not knocking a single kid out there but how many times does everywhere say watch out for the middle schoolers when they get to high school or this year's 8th grade is awesome just for that talent to never develop or go anywhere

Rank Team Points Previous Upcoming 1 Graham (17) 287 1 vs. #6 Galax 2 Ridgeview (2) 239 4 @ Lee High 3 Princeton (3) 226 3 @ Lord Botetourt 4 Radford (3) 210 5 vs. Christiansburg 5 Union 200 2 @ Gate City 6 Galax 158 6 @ #1 Graham 7 Pulaski County 122 7 @ Cave Spring 8 George Wythe 111 8 @ Rural Retreat 9 Virginia High 82 12 @ Lebanon (Thurs.) 10 Tazewell 52 NR @ Riverheads 11 Bluefield 42 11 @ Richlands 12 Rye Cove 38 NR @ Castlewood  
Also receiving votes: Abingdon 34, Wise Central 34, Grayson County 21, Giles 14, Gate City 13, Narrows 13, Montcalm 11, J.I. Burton 9, Lee High 9, Lebanon 8, Grundy 6, Rural Retreat 6, Patrick Henry 3, Honaker 2
 
Note: I believe this is the first time Rye Cove has ever been ranked in the history of the SWVA Sports Poll & 10 of the top 12 have road games this week

Loads of talent coming, lol. Nope. The loaded talent coming up is in Bluefield. Richlands may beat Tazewell in the future, but the football glory days are over for the Blues.  
Sorry dude. 

I've talked many times on here about good ole Peterstown High.  Kid you not, back in the day when they were on defense and it was a crucial play that could sway the game in one team's favor based on the outcome of that play, their PA announcer would come over the MIC as the opponent is at the line of scrimmage and he would say/yell, "Come on Boys, we need a Stop Here, everybody get on your feet and make some noise."  When there was a controversial or 50-50 call, he would just openly say across the Mic, "I don't know about that one, might be some funny business going on out there."  I would laugh my a** off at the time, but in today's time's, the average fan would have meltdown and go into full anxiety mode.  Dude was basically an open commentary.  If Peterstown were missing tackles, it was nothing for him to say openly on the Mic, "Boys, you got to wrap up and give a little more effort, they got some big boys out there, so hit em low and hit em hard."

If Gate City plays Richlands today they probably win that game by at least 14. 
 
Richlands has still yet to score a TD since halftime of that game. 

I think anyone in that 4-10 range can beat anyone else in that range. Marion looked awful against Northwood but the week before they played respectable against a decent Wise team and a week later almost beat a Gate City team that beat Abingdon. Maybe it’s better to tier them
 
1- Graham, Ridgeview, Union
2- almost everyone else
3- Richlands, Battle, maybe Marion…
 
that said if you tell me come Election Day that Richlands finished 2nd in the SWD I wouldn’t be surprised. I also wouldn’t be surprised if they go 1-9 and match their TD (4) performance against GC over the 2nd half of the season. 

I think you’d have to rank the 12 teams of the SWD-M7 as follows:
 
1 Graham (SW)
2 Ridgeview (M7)
3 Union (M7)
4 Gate City/Abingdon (M7)
6 Tazewell/Virginia (SW)
8 Central (M7)
9 Lee (M7)
10 Richlands/Marion (SW)
12 Battle (M7)