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Just to add to what I said above, a heavy part of the Wytheville demographic is retired/retiring.  Like plywood said about the younger Marion kids, most of our younger folks bail.  I'm in my younger 40's.  Most of my classmates have moved away and have kids that are at or almost high school age.

This has been a great game

Yeah SWVA BOY you are right Giles is the only place in the world that it isn't a dead ball foul....you are a moron....of course it always has been and always will be....only thing that happens on a regular basis is Giles destroying your beloved Green Wave....come on up Friday and root for Richlands(as you said in another thread) we could care less....You NARZ boys have been doing it for years during the playoffs.....wouldn't it be fun to actually make the playoffs once in a while narz boy?

This is my point exactly.  It's not the fact that what happened at the end of the game was complaining about running up the score.  It's the fact that people CAN and WILL take it personally given the circumstances. 
 
sixcat, I don't understand the why's and how's either.  I assume it goes back when Scott Memorial school here in Wytheville was the only all-black school in the area during segregation.  Kids were bused in daily from all over the region to go to school, including Galax.  Exactly what started it all, I'll never know, but I do know that carried over a couple generations long after segregation ended and Scott Memorial became a Wytheville middle school.  The tipping point in the schools pretty much staying away from each other happened one night in the mid '90's when some Galax and Wytheville guys ended up getting into it that escalated so far as to have every police officer within an hour radius of Wytheville being called into town and swat teams showing up from all over in full on riot gear.  I wasn't anywhere close to the middle of that mess, and I can still tell you that it was one of the wildest things I have ever seen.  A couple months later, the Roanoke Times even did a very long report on that night, the feud, etc.

No one is, nor will, argue your point.  However, I think you grossly missed the point of cwood's original post.  You see, AIDS, starvation, landmines, and prostitution are some pretty serious comparisons to a GAME.  Yes, a GAME.  A game we compete.  We win some.  We lose some.  We embrace comradery and competition.  It isn't supposed to be stressful.  It's supposed to teach the value of teamwork, dedication, individual hard work and selflessness, pride, grace in victory, and honor in defeat.  Everyone does, in fact, get a trophy.  They learn.  It's not supposed to be anything remotely close to the things you mentioned, and I certainly don't believe that was the point that was even brought up. 
 
Our communities, forums, social media, etc make it much more demanding on kids nowadays.  It's unnecessary.  I can remember being a 9 year old 4th grader and having the community tell kids my age that we were going to bring George Wythe it's first state championship.  At age 9.  Over a game.  I can only imagine what it would be like with message boards calling for "x" player needing to be benched because he's only playing over "y" due to politics, or publicly calling for a coaches job.  It's unnecessary for a game amongst kids.
 
You're talking about life.  Things that are learned at home, in church, in schools, and thru growing up.  To even remotely equate those things you mentioned in comparison to a game tells me you are a part of the problem.  Relax, man.  I love football.  Best game in the world.  But it's JUST football. 

No one is, nor will, argue your point.  However, I think you grossly missed the point of cwood's original post.  You see, AIDS, starvation, landmines, and prostitution are some pretty serious comparisons to a GAME.  Yes, a GAME.  A game we compete.  We win some.  We lose some.  We embrace comradery and competition.  It isn't supposed to be stressful.  It's supposed to teach the value of teamwork, dedication, individual hard work and selflessness, pride, grace in victory, and honor in defeat.  Everyone does, in fact, get a trophy.  They learn.  It's not supposed to be anything remotely close to the things you mentioned, and I certainly don't believe that was the point that was even brought up. 
 
Our communities, forums, social media, etc make it much more demanding on kids nowadays.  It's unnecessary.  I can remember being a 9 year old 4th grader and having the community tell kids my age that we were going to bring George Wythe it's first state championship.  At age 9.  Over a game.  I can only imagine what it would be like with message boards calling for "x" player needing to be benched because he's only playing over "y" due to politics, or publicly calling for a coaches job.  It's unnecessary for a game amongst kids.
 
You're talking about life.  Things that are learned at home, in church, in schools, and thru growing up.  To even remotely equate those things you mentioned in comparison to a game tells me you are a part of the problem.  Relax, man.  I love football.  Best game in the world.  But it's JUST football. 

Gongrats Dawgs...Great game! 
 
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Gongrats Dawgs...Great game! 
 
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i can tell your torn......gloyal..uh  gwloyal lol!!