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On 8/10/2018 at 10:58 PM, Liam McPoyle said:

Great story on Coach Hagy.

You remember correctly.  Marion's official colors are red and blue.  The blue was normally used as an accent or trim color but has disappeared for the most part since the 90s.  

Marion's current "color crisis" involves coaches and players trying to use black against the wishes of administrators .   

I recall, while working at Marion as an assistant in the late 90's that the head baseball coach, went with Blue as a dominant color with red trim. The A.D. would not allow us to wear those uniforms, and we had to resort to the old uniforms. An entire set of uniforms were handed out and given away as the result of this decision.

I sat through an advisory committee meeting yesterday and heard some perspectives regarding the state of football. 

1. The VHSL is definitely "looking at" 8 man football and the possibility of implementing it in the near future.

2. Overall, numbers for football are way down across the Commonwealth. Way down!

3. Many of the schools that are dropping football, (P.V. Sterling, M. Park, etc) are doing so based on the fact that they are under the 25 participant number, which the league handbook has always used as a solid recommendation. Many of the administrators are looking at numbers of 18 and 21 and deciding that those numbers are too low and are deciding to drop the sport. In SWVA, many schools have worked with these types of numbers for several years and made out fine completing a season. But, then again, this has been more common and more tolerated, it seems, on our end of the state.

4. IMO if the trend of low numbers(less than 25) continues to push away more NOVA area schools, I would guess that football's last strong hold in the Commonwealth will be SWVA. I suspect that it could gradually dwindle in the eastern half, but the western half will tolerate lower numbers longer than the eastern schools.

5. Expect more 7 on 7 related youth teams initially to replace LL football, as an attempt to diminish CTE related incidents prior to H.S.

Just some info and food for thought .......

After the whistle is in reference to all three coaches doing commentary, "after the whistle," or after they stopped coaching.

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With the talk of PV STERLING folding and numbers generally down it is interesting to note that at the most recent regional A.D. meeting, the VHSL is exploring the future of 8 man fb in Virginia 

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Castlewood 20 

JV BOYS DIVISION

TWIN VALLEY 40

HURLEY 18

JV GIRLS DIVISION

RICHLANDS 31

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Just for the record, the outrageous fees that are being charged by these institutions to host the State Playoff games or State Finals does play a huge factor in the # of teams getting playoff births. 

I don't know if it is as much about "greed," as it is about NEED. 

I have seen the #'s it's not what people think. 

I suspect a strong move to go back to the old system  of allowing a team to actually host a game or allow them to host on a neutral field in their region. The league has discussed this due to the increasing costs of using these facilities. 

I'm not a pro-VHSL kind of person, but I have sat in on a few of these meetings and what I am saying does have merit. 

I still cling to the old protocol, which really made a playoff birth seem special. 

Region A

Essex
Northumberland 
Colonial Beach
Sussex Central

*Region B*

Central Lunenburg
 Altivista

3/6 winner @ No. 2 Willliam Campbell 
4/5 winner @ No. 1 Riverheads

Region C

Narrows
 Covington
 George Wythe
Galax

Region D

Chilhowie
Eastside 
Grundy
Patrick Henry

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Region A

Essex
Colonial Beach
 

*Region B*

 Willliam Campbell 
 Riverheads

Region C

Narrows
George Wythe
 

Region D

Chilhowie
Grundy
 

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Region A

Essex

*Region B*
 Riverheads

Region C
George Wythe

Region D

Chilhowie

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Essex
George Wythe

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Essex 48
 

Abingdon
Ft. Chiswell
Glenvar @ Radford
Union
Ridgeview
Galax 
Graham 
Tazewell
George Wythe
Narrows
Grundy
JI Burton 
Eastside 
 Chilhowie
Patrick Henry 

Penn St. 
Florida St.
Georgia Tech 
Clemson 
Iowa St. 
Stanford 
 Oklahoma St.
Southern Miss 
 Alabama
USC

Tennessee
 New Orleans
Carolina
 Seattle
Dallas
 Miami

G(s)otW
 Richlands 48
Rye Cove 48
 Miami 51

Union 
Graham 
Giles
Radford
Pike Central, KY 
George Wythe 
Richlands 
Marion 
Grundy
Galax 
Rural Retreat 
Patrick Henry
Narrows 
Honaker
JI Burton 
Eastside
Thomas Walker

 Oklahoma St. 
Virginia 
Penn St. 
 Georgia 
TCU 
 Notre Dame
Virginia Tech
Kentucky

Oakland 
 New England
Carolina 
 Seattle
 Washington
Pittsburgh 

G(s)otW

John Battle 34
Central 38

Ft. Chiswell 
Radford 
John Battle
Lee 
Graham 
Virginia
George Wythe
Galax
Northwood 
Narrows 
Pikeville, KY
Patrick Henry
Tug Valley, WV 
Twin Valley 
JI Burton
Chilhowie
Twin Springs 

 Virginia
Virginia Tech
 Alabama
 West Virginia 
Penn State
Notre Dame

Tampa Bay 
Green Bay
Minnesota
 Pittsburgh
Denver 
New England

G(s)otW
Giles 35
Abingdon 31

Graham 
Ft. Chiswell 
Giles
Union 
Lee 
Castlewood
 Bland
Chilhowie
 Narrows
Grundy
Hurley 
Twin Valley
Eastside 
Rye Cove 
Northwood 

 West Virginia
Oklahoma 
South Carolina 
Miami
Virginia 
USC

Detroit 
Tampa Bay 
Kansas City
Oakland
Denver

GotW
Galax 52
Richlands 54
Ridgeview 48

Galax

Giles 

 Floyd

John Battle 

Marion 

Union 

Grayson 

Graham 

Richlands l

Bland 

 Narrows

Grundy

JI Burton

Twin Valley 

 Castlewood

Eastside 

Hancock Co., TN 

Patrick Henry

 Louisville 

Virginia Tech 

Duke 

 TCU

 Miami 

Michigan

New York Jets 

Tennessee 

 New York Giants

Green Bay 

Kansas City 

GotW

 Abingdon 48

 Abingdon

 Ft. Chiswell

Giles

Ridgeview

Morristown West, TN @ Union

Grayson 

Graham 

Marion

azewell

Chilhowie 

Galax @ Northside

Patrick Henry 

George Wythe 

Narrows 

Twin Valley

 JI Burton

Northwood

 Pineville, KY

 Miami 

 USC 

Georgia 

Auburn

Clemson 

New Orleans 

LA Rams 

 Baltimore

New England

Oakland 

GotW

Richlands 48

***BONUS PICK*** (Worth 2 points)

The Tiger 

Abingdon 

Giles 

Radford

John Battle 

 Graham

 Union

Ridgeview

Marion

William Byrd 

 Bluefield 

Eastern Montgomery

Rural Retreat 

George Wythe 

Hurley

Twin Valley 

JI Burton 

Castlewood 

 Eastside

Chilhowie 

Virginia 

Tennessee

 Virginia Tech

 Oklahoma St.

Georgia

West Virginia 

 Detroit

Tampa Bay 

Seattle 

Kansas City 

Oakland 

GotW

Grundy 31

Christiansburg

Blacksburg 

Ft. Chiswell 

Giles

Radford

John Battle

Virginia 

Daniel Boone, TN

Eastside 

Union

Glenvar 

Marion

 Galax

Hurley 

Twin Valley 

Castlewood 

 Thomas Walker

Patrick Henry 

UVa

Oklahoma St.

West Virginia

Virginia Tech 

Clemson 

 Florida

USC

Carolina

Kansas City

New England 

Los Angelas Rams

 Atlanta

GotW

Chilhowie 53

The Woof, the Woof, the Woof is on fire!

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Pulaski 

Ft. Chiswell

 John Battle

Ridgeview 

Gate City

JI Burton 

Union 

 Rural Retreat

Lebanon 

 Marion

 River View, WV

Tennessee 

 Bland

Galax

Narrows 

Twin Valley

Pike Central, KY 

 Castlewood

Eastside

Hancock Co., Ky 

 Chilhowie

Tennessee

 Louisville 

 West Virginia

Indiana 

 Virginia Tech

 Oregon

 Clemson

 Georgia 

 Ohio St.

 USC

Detroit

Oakland 

Indianapolis 

 Green Bay

New York Giants 

GotW 

Graham 52