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I never felt King Solomon got the credit he deserved for Turn! Turn! Turn!

In 1A it will be an all Cumberland final.  
 
Eastside 8
Honaker 2
 
Rye Cove 3
Lebanon 1

Im not familiar with the particular Birmingham Thunderbolts team she plays for, but yes there is a lot of travel involved with her playing for them.

As has been said on here in years past softball is just very strong around here.  It’s the toughest sport top to bottom competition wise. A lot of these potential matchups would be fun to watch. The opening round of D2 should be very fun to watch in those 2/3 matchups and then the semis also. 

As has been said on here in years past softball is just very strong around here.  It’s the toughest sport top to bottom competition wise. A lot of these potential matchups would be fun to watch. The opening round of D2 should be very fun to watch in those 2/3 matchups and then the semis also. 

In 1A softball Patrick Henry will travel to Twin Springs on Wednesday. 

The top side of the bracket has Honaker waiting to play the winner of PH/TS. 

Rural Retreat travels to Eastside. 
 
In the lower half of the bracket Twin Valley travels to Rye Cove and Grundy travels to Lebanon. 
 
Semifinals are Monday at E&H with the PH/TS/Honaker winner facing the winner of RR/Eastside.  TV/RC winner will face the winner of Grundy/Lebanon. 

I just watched a national news agency clip on Instagram of this incident. They quoted Wise County Sheriff E. Grant Kilgore "the rumors of racial slurs leading to the altercation are unsubstantiated. Based on eye witness accounts, it appears the match score led to tension that led to physical violence."
Apparently, the scoreboard was incorrect, leading to arguments that turned violent. 
 

#BanSoccer

Everyone involved in the fight should face a lifetime ban from attending VHSL activities and be forced to perform many, many hours of community service while handcuffed to each other. 

Heres the thing about high school sports at most schools, most of the kids(50%) are just playing a game, 15% are working to play at the next level, and 35% are just playing to be a part of something. A coach whos "getting them prepared for college" is failing 85% of the children entrusted to his care. Be a leader, teach them, give them discipline and structure but "preparing them for college" is bullshit for the vast majority of programs and players in Virginia.

Word is VA High decided not to reup with Central and in a round about way replaced them with the mighty Jenkins Cavaliers. They always play a tough schedule over there in Bristol 

The last part of the statement is inaccurate. Crews are assigned two weeks out, and sure, you have your best crews on your highest profile games or games with biggest playoff implications. There is a thought process on who goes where each week(we have approximately 10-12 days of notice). I can recall at least 2 games I worked last season featuring an out of state opponent and no less than 60 years of (combined)experience was on each of those fields. Games featuring an out of state opponent do not automatically get the inexperienced crews. Where you really see the experienced guys is past round 2 of the playoffs. With the numbers the way they are, we are just happy to get the games covered every week, putting newer guys with veterans to gain them valuable experience in a big game environment is not uncommon. Contrary to popular belief, we are ALWAYS trying to improve and elevate the level of officiating in our part of the state for the student-athletes and member schools we serve. 

Sadly there are 0 common opponents or even teams that could be used for a comparison. However when Belfry fans comment and say this was and still is one of the best teams to ever grace EKY it turns your head. They went through Beechwood and Mayfield to win the championship and only lost to Bell county due to the Refs that you mention. Bell county is called "Flag mountain" for a reason, that and they kept it close when Dudley Hilton was in his prime.
Its close for both teams and your own bias will give the edge to each team. 

Musk should create a Twitter Spaces platform and hire both Carlson and Lemon.  Let them hold their own shows with their different "News" viewpoints.  The "News" eroded with the creation of CNN.  It wasnt bad at the time but then came Fox News and competition from two cable news entities ruined factual information with a deman for 24 hour talking points.

I see we're back to the "let me make a handful of burner accounts and not use punctuation" phase of "it's not football season so the board is borning"  time of year!!!
Time is truly a flat circle!!!

Scotty V coached for one more year after Dean graduated if I remember correctly.  I know he did not play for Barnes.  

Thomas Walker
8/25   @ Cumberland Gap
9/1     @ Lee
9/7      @ Castlewood
9/15   Rye Cove
9/22   Open
9/29   @ Unaka
10/6  Hurley
10/13  Twin Valley
10/20  @ Eastside
10/27      Twin Springs
11/3   JI Burton

Tazewell was 1-1-1 in the Eastman.  5 inning no hit 0-0 tie with Boone.  Boone has a collective of tops bats including VT signee Maci Masters (She can rake) so the no hitter is extremely impressive there.  They lost to Nations Ford I think was the name out of South Carolina and beat Greeneville 7-2 in four innings.  Compton pitched against Boone and Greeneville.

Word on the street is John Marshall will be heading to the NIT in place of Virginia Tech.

Richlands girls basketball plays without a coach, wins 2A State Title.

4 Might as well be Coach Colley himself if he played there and combine his coaching history.  If not, maybe one of his sons.  Blake Owens was a pretty stout back in the day as well.

They are going to allow Robinson at Chilhowie to do all 3 which blows my mind honestly but more power to him. I wonder if Chilhowie had a better year if he would have walked away. I would say its hard to end your coaching career by choice on a 0-10 season. I also heard rumors that Northwood's coach was stepping down but I only heard that from one person and it hasnt happen yet so I dont see it happening this season. 
As far as the pay goes that all depends on teaching. If you are a newer teach or dont work in the school system Smyth pays much more. Because its a flat rate plus a 1/2 months. If I am not mistaken other counties go off a straight percentage. In Washington that is 11% so you would it takes longer to get up to even pay.
Smyth county did raise the baseball pay by giving the head coach a 1/2 month on top of the $1,960 which at least makes it kind of worth it but the extra hours spent working on the field as a head coach for baseball was almost of waste of time for under two grand. 
No body coaches for the money they have to love the game but it is nice to be compensated for the time put in and the time spent away from their families. God Bless a coaches wife they deserve a metal and maybe even a stipend their self. 

He should have "flopped", that would impress the scouts.

Wonder how much Wooden would be paying children to play for him now a days?

Getting someone twice your age charged with assault is the lack of toughness the NBA frowns upon.