GMan

Yep, it happened a couple of years ago...now known as Twin Valley High School. They have a football program, if you want to call it that...they went 0-10 this past season scoring about one TD/game and giving up about 40 pts/game...they do play a lot of "homecoming games" though! LOL

Thank you all for visiting SWVA Football.com and the message board this season...the site has had over 800,000 hits since August 27th!!! And, also, a BIG thanks goes out to Lance and MagicMan for their help with the message board and chat room...it has been an unbelievable addition to the SWVAF.com online community!!!!!

You guys have to admit though that the BDT's coverage has gotten somewhat better over the last couple of seasons...at least with giving write-ups/reports of games. As for WVVA, well, I think you guys have said it all!

Yep, Hart resigned yesterday.

TOO LONG!!! The season always ends too soon!

Still on as far as I know...sorry to hear about your uncle!

Here you go Sandman...he may not be the kid from Fleming but have fun with this one!

He was excommunicated from the Church of SWVA Football!

Gretna (12-0) [ 90 37.80] at Graham (10-2) [ 19.83] at Landstown (12-0) [ 82 19.33] Lloyd Bird (10-2) [ 8.16] WestField (12-0) [ 57 22.55] at CD Hylton (11-0) [ 20.10] Hopewell (11-1) [ 79 23.63] at Indian River (10-2) [ 12.74] Powhatan (12-0) [ 54 25.86] at Stone Bridge (11-0) [ 24.41] Massaponax (12-0) [ 83 22.51] at James Madison (9-2) [ 10.23] at Gate City (12-0) [ 94 32.30] Radford (11-1) [ 11.47] Poquoson (9-2) [ 75 28.74] at Monticello (10-2) [ 19.58] Wm Fleming (10-2) [ 69 16.58] at Magna Vista (10-2) [ 10.33] Sussex Cent (12-0) [ 59 29.20] at Wm Campbell (11-1) [ 26.08] Bath Co (12-0) [ 98 44.24] at JI Burton (8-3) [ 15.94] at Manassas Park (12-0) [ 54 18.38] Essex (9-3) [ 16.88]

The original term "Dog Soldier" was used in describing the Native American warriors who fought so fiercely. The term has often been confused with the African-American soldiers who were known as "Buffalo Soldiers". The term has progressed through history and is now a reference to any soldier who will battle to the death. (That's my best Cliff Claven imitation...you remember him, the mailman from Cheers) Ah yes, Friday night...HEAT...heat good, snow bad!

Any word on a charter bus heading to Wheeling?

What do you think?

The VHSL requires so much practice time for each sport before they are allowed to participate in a regular season game. I wouldn't expect Graham to play a game before Christmas break.

Basic American History, my boy! Although, you probably get enough of that at home!

<font color="800000"> The Dog Soldiers were a warrior society of Native Americans (Cheyenne Tribe) and were renowned for their ferocious fighting ability in attack or defence.</font>

<font color="800000">No need to apologize! This one falls into the category "$hit happens"...not your fault! Thanks for the hard work you guys do! </font>

<font color="800000">I think the score was 28-21 and I believe Q Wilson had around 150 yards. </font>

<font color="800000">Check the top of the message board...I know, I should have done it sooner! </font>

<font color="800000"> [ QUOTE ] I think the woofing theory is stupid anyways. [/ QUOTE ] Come on Jimmy, go ahead and tell me how you believe Grundy is going to clean Graham's clock Friday night...I dare you...be careful though the Gods of Woofing are listening! Just kidding with you man...I agree going to be a GREAT game!</font>

<font color="800000">Lance, if Graham beats Grundy they will play at Mitchell again in the State-Semis against the Region III Champion, likely Gretna. Although you could mean that Grundy is going to win the game Friday... Careful now...NO WOOFING ALLOWED!!! </font>

<font color="800000"> I wouldn't want to force Grundy to sit in those crappy visitors bleachers at Ernie Hicks Stadium! As for the field, they might as well play at Tazewell!</font>

<font color="800000">Basketball is discussed on this board but only AFTER football season is over...that would be sometime around the middle of December this year! This is where you will find the numbers they used for reclassification for 2003-04 and 2004-05: http://www.vhsl.org/archmay.htm This is where you will find the numbers they used for the Divisions for the 2003 and 2004 seasons: http://www.vhsl.org/0304footballdivisions.doc And this is where you will find information about redistricting and reclassification: http://www.vhsl.org/RR.htm </font>

<font color="800000"> The bare spot at midfield was caused by painting the football there back in August...the paint killed the grass, not the playing of football games. Anyway, looking at the forecast for the rest of the week, the fields are going to be muddy where ever the games are played!</font>

<font color="800000">Now I see where you are taking this...you don't want the kids from Appy coming to Powell Valley! Why didn't you just say that in the beginning instead of taking us around the world to get there? Schools should be consolidated when their numbers drop to a point that it is not feasible to continue operating that school. I know for a fact Pocahontas will be closed in a matter of years and those students will be sent to Graham and Tazewell. But Graham won't be known as the Indians and Tazewell won't be wearing Orange and Black as you suggest. If its going to save some of my tax dollars to close a school and make the system that much more efficient, then I'm all for it. </font>

<font color="800000"> VA's system is pretty screwed up right now. First off, you have three Classifications, which are determined on a statewide level based on school enrollment. Total number of schools divided by three gives you the Classifications, Class AAA (biggest 1/3), Class AA (middle 1/3), and Class A (smallest 1/3). Then, you have several schools that choose to play up in Classification for one reason or another. Several schools in the Richmond area that have Class AA numbers will play up to Class AAA. Some schools in SWVA that have Class A numbers will play up to Class AA. Therefore, there isn't truly an equal number of schools per classification. Within each Classification, there exists four Regions. The number of schools within each Region varies...another problem with the system. The total number of schools in each Region is divided into two Divisions. Class AAA has Divisions 6 and 5 (6 being the larger schools in each Region), Class AA has Divisions 4 and 3 (4 being the larger schools in each Region), and Class A has Divisions 2 and 1 (2 being the larger schools in each Region). This is where the REAL problems begin. Certain Regions have much larger schools than other Regions. In many cases, schools which would be Division 4 size in one Region might be Division 3 size in another Region. So when it comes time for the playoffs, you truly don't have a fair playing field for the Regions with the smaller schools. Districts consist of schools from both Divisions within each Classification. Although, there are some Districts that have schools from two Classifications...Combination Districts...see, I told you this system was really screwed up. This year, the VHSL adopted a new Rating System. You get so many points for wins and losses against schools based on which Division they are in. For out-of-state schools, the VHSL determines which Division that school would fall in, based on enrollment, if it were an VA school...so points are rewarded for out-of-state schools as well. If you would like to see how the system works, click the following link to my website: http://www.swvafootball.com/va_and_wv_rating_scales.htm Each Region will have four teams to make the playoffs in each Division. District Champions automatically qualify for the playoffs in whichever Division they belong. All other playoff spots are filled based on the VHSL Rating System. Therefore, every district will automatically have a minimum of one team in the playoffs. The only exception to this is in the Combination Districts...they do not receive an automatic spot in the playoffs for District Champions, they must qualify based on VHSL Rating points. Since you seem to be more familiar with the LPD, I'll use Region D to help explain how the playoff system works, since this year is such a good example of how screwed up the system is. Region D has three Districts...the Lonesome Pine, the Cumberland, and the Black Diamond. Each District Champion automatically qualifies for the playoffs. This year Gate City, a Division 2 team, won the LPD, Rye Cove, a Division 2 team, won the Cumberland, and Haysi, a Division 2 teams, won the Black Diamond. Those schools would be seeded based on their VHSL ratings...Gate City was #1, Haysi was #2, and Rye Cove was #3. Since four schools from each Division make the playoffs and since all three District Champions were Division 2 schools, only on "wildcard" spot was left to fill out the four playoff teams. Therefore, the team with the highest VHSL rating of all the non-District winning schools would earn that spot. Powell Valley had the highest rating and was the #4 seed in the Division 2 playoffs of Region D, Class A. Rye Cove finished 5-5 but won their district and qualified for the playoffs...Clintwood finished 8-2 and Honaker finished 9-1, neither made the playoffs...yet another problem with the system. Now that all the District Champions from Region D were Division 2 schools, that left four "wildcard" spots open for the Division 1 playoffs. All qualifiers would be determined by the VHSL ratings. J.I. Burton had the highest rating of all the Division 1, Region D schools and were awarded the #1 seed. Twin Springs was the #2 seed, Castlewood the #3 seed, and Saint Paul the #4 seed. All playoffs pair #4 at #1 and #3 at #2 with winners advancing to the Regional Championship and the higher seed being the home team. The number of teams making the playoffs from each District can vary. As I said, each District (except Combo Districts) will have at least one school make the playoffs. The LPD could qualify as many as six schools in the post-season considering that eight teams make the playoffs and with three districts in Region D, two spots are automatically taken by the Champions of the other two Districts. But having six teams from the LPD make the playoffs in any given year is very unlikely the way the VHSL rating system works. The VHSL is starting to look at other alternatives to the three-Class, six-Division system. There is talk of possibly going to a four-Class system without Divisions plus some other proposals are being tossed around.</font>