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Wake up tornado fans your not that good. Grundy has one of and possibly the best team they ever had. Grundy has a powerhouse offense and a crushing defense. I do not think anyone in southwest Va has the offensive ability of Grundy and NOBODY and I mean no D*MN body hits like that Golden Wave Defense. You can talk about Coach Rowe all you want, but Grundy has been to the playoffs for 10 strait years, and they have beaten Graham a few times in that strech as well.(Richlands hasn't). As far as the KY teams goes, Sheldon Clarke was ranked 12th in AA KY. Get over it. Nobody trashed Richlands for losing to a A team who lost 20 seniors to graduation. We all let you take away a moral victory. Well guess what? You will need to look for another moral victory on Friday in Grundy, such as, Scoring a touchdown on the Wave Defense or Stopping The Offense before they Score, Once. Do you Wonder why only R'lands fans give you a chance in the "squeeker", Because you really have no chance at all. Again I pick Grundy over Richlands, but this time due to lack of respect.....
Grundy 42
Richlands 7
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You can say what you want, nobody around plays Defense like richlands, if the defensive ends do their job, like they have been, thats going to force the ball up the middle where there is very seldom running room with the interior line personnel. Led by jesse smith, garrett arms, and michael lester, theres nowhere to go. the offensive line is going to be the determining factor for richlands, the o-line is getting better each week, they didnt play bad the first half against tazewell, and the second half they just blew tazewell off the ball. Look for this to be a close game, but the stingy richlands defense should prevail. Anyone can talk. We will see who hits harder when the pads go on friday night.