Gate City plays quite a few underclassmen also. That being said, I can see Union blowing them out of the water after last years games but then again every time I've ever expected us to get whipped we seem to find a way to be in the game. Luckily I'm not a betting man.
Gate City holds on with a batdown on the final defensive play after mistakes, etc. helped spot the Jackets two touchdowns early:
Blue Devils 24
Yellowjackets 18
I'm proud of the boys for not folding tonight when they were down by 2 scores. We had several chances to pour kerosene down their nest but we didn't take advantage. I'll still take an ugly win over a pretty loss any day of the week though. Now they can focus on Abingdon next week.
There's a video on YouTube from back then when WCYB was covering it. I think the grandfather of one of the players said he was concerned over the threat.
Final GC 34, Richlands 7. Hopefully we'll clean up some mistakes from tonight and be ready for Middlesboro next week but they deserve to enjoy this one.
This one could go either way. Our offensive line has me worried so our QB's will be on the move all night. Luckily for us they're very good on the run. I thought the backup played very well last week against VA High considering. One bright spot however is how they're running to the ball on defense. I look for this to be a close one.
GC vs West Ridge? How did GC look? I read about Union and Elizabethton. Didn't see anything yet on GC.
First day in pads and it was against a 6A school that has already scrimmaged. I don't take much away from these first scrimmages but the line definitely needs work on both sides of the ball before the trip to Richlands. We'll see how things look against Virginia High next Thursday. Having said that, I think our only score came from a lineman with a fumble return towards the end of the scrimmage..lol. I heard we had a couple of starting linemen out also but like I said we'll hopefully see improvement next week.
I'm trying hard to like these gray uni's for this year. The helmets are great but not so sure about "The City". Then again as long as we win they can put "Tater Salad" on them for all I care.
The youth football system was in full-fledged collapse in Mance’s final years here. We’re seeing the effects of that now. While not perfect, you can look at youth leagues and extrapolate pretty well what these teams will look like in 7-10 years. Even now, some places have positioned themselves well, while others should have alarm bells sounding.
Bingo! I counted 60-70 on the 3 GC little league teams combined for this year and noticed several others were asking how to sign up. A couple of years ago we had 26 players on varsity and thankfully the interest and desire has seemed to have returned.
I don't remember Forest bringing many at all honestly which surprised me. I still don't see how we won that game. That was the prettiest ugly kick I've ever seen.
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Gate City up 28-0 after 1st Qtr.