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So those schools who may be unable to find a 10th game could be penalized in the playoffs due to no fault of their own? 

I would think that all of Bland's games would count as a forfeit and a win for their opponents. 

Some schools recruit foreign students to play on their basketball teams. Maybe smaller schools like Bland could recruit for their football teams. 

On 5/22/2019 at 6:04 PM, trublue said:

 

 

Wow y'all really know those area codes for each team. I'm impressed! I'll have to get out the phone book and study. Guess I've been occupied with other things. 

Makes sense now 

Shouldn't Giles be in the top 20 somewhere?

Thanks everyone for your input. I know rosters can be inaccurate. The 8th grade players will probably be on the jv squad.

I just saw a local high school varsity football roster listing several 8th graders. What are the VHSL's rules regarding age and grade requirements for varsity sports?

They lost 4 fumbles just hiking the football. They are running some offensive set out of the shotgun but they may need to stick the QB up under the center. Agree...things do not look good a present.

Martinsville Bulletin Staff Writers: "Morehead 32, Martinsville 0

 

Martinsville committed eight turnovers (seven fumbles) and lost 32-0 to Morehead High School on Friday in Eden, N.C.

 

Morehead had 18 points on the scoreboard before Martinsville ran its second offensive play.

 

Morehead's defense stuffed the Martinsville running game, and the Bulldogs struggled to move the ball with any consistency.

 

For more on those games and other games around the district, check Sunday's edition of the Martinsville Bulletin."

 

     Anyone have any idea as to why the Bulldogs turned the ball over 8 times? I know they have a new coach, Orion Martin, and I'm sure he has installed a new offense. I know it's the first game of the season and it would be understandable to have 3 or 4 fumbles but 8!!! Martinsville is AA and the smallest school in the Piedmont District. Morehead, a small school in NC, is not really a football powerhouse. I was thinking Martinsville had a good shot at beating them and maybe have 3 wins for the season but now I don't think they will win a game. You can't be competitive turning the ball over 8 times let alone win a game. I hope Orion Martin can turn them around but at this point they have some major ball handling issues to address. It's going to be a long season for the Dogs in the Piedmont District..

What will Graham have this year...are they in the AA category?

1. Goochland

2. Gretna

3. Richland

4. Floyd Co

5. Buckingham Co.

Honorable Mismentions: Wilson Memorial, Martinsville, Grayson Co..

http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=36554

Wow...Piedmont District would be totally obliterated but I guess that would be true of most districts. It will be interesting to see if this new proposal holds together.

Highway 58 should be totally a 4 lane highway in 5 or 10 years. The Lovers Leap area is the final area to be completed. Shouldn't be a bad drive when it's all done.

The big AAA schools like, Franklin Co., Halifax and GW Danville are the big winners in the new district setups. The smaller schools will have a hard time competing. The Piedmont Dist. might be a better fit for Carroll Co.

Looking at the Piedmont Dist...what happened to the rule that the VHSL wouldn't form a district with more than 3 divisions? Martinsville will be AA, Magna Vista AAA, Bassett, and GW Danville AAAA and Halifax is AAAAA. That's 4 different divisions in the Piedmont Dist..

IDK I think they go 5A or 6A but IF they go 4A I bet that they keep Divisions (which IMHO defeats the purpose)

Are you saying a 4A system with two divisions in each? That would mean 8 state championships...wow. I could see that pulling in more revenue but winning a state championship wouldn't mean as much.

I think a 5A system would work best but pleasing everybody will be virtually impossible. Maybe they should stick with the classification system they have and focus on redistricting.

I wonder what the enrollments would look like for a 4A system? A 0-500, AA 500-1000, AAA 1000-1500, AAAA 1500+. Wow...I think I answered my own question! ;)

They should get the classification issue solved before they worry about redistricting IMO.

Maybe this is a dumb question but what benefit would there be to going to a AAAA, AAAAA system when they basically have that now? You now have A, AA and AAA with two classifications in each group so in reality you already have 6 different classifications.

I wonder if they will change the name of the show to wallbusters

I agree that Martinsville should drop to single 'A' and join the Dogwood District. When I graduated from Martinsville back in the 80's, we had close to 1200 students. Martinsville has had a long history in group AA and in the Piedmont Dist. but times and enrollment has changed. I just don't see the Dogs being able to compete with schools double and triple their size.