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Thank the good Lord that no one else in the Southern West Virginia, Southwest Virginia, Northeast Tennessee, or Eastern Kentucky region has ever gained an advantage athletically due to someone from outside the area in which they are representing come in and participate in sports besides Richlands.... 

Graham announcer thinks Graham is Class A...

Whoever sent them must have money to blow. Colored roses are expensive! My wife is lucky to get them once a year on Valentine's day.

I will wager they will be some butt hurt, excuses and abdundant trash talking on here after this game goes final tonight lol

Virginia fans should be thankful for their travel situation. In Nebraska we're planning to cover a few local teams in their first round match-ups next weekend, looking like at least 425 miles one way for one school for a first round game. I know different states but it could always be worse. 

9 times out of 10 someone on the coaching staff of the team that received the "note" is responsible, not the actual opposing team.

9 times out of 10 someone on the coaching staff of the team that received the "note" is responsible, not the actual opposing team.

9 times out of 10 someone on the coaching staff of the team that received the "note" is responsible, not the actual opposing team.

Researcher, I cannot thank you enough for posting these. It's been a joy to read and see the ebbs and flows of each team. Further, the repository of information is far beyond impressive. Certainly appears to be a labor of love.

Interesting to note, that the most successful programs have had a strong tendency to have consistency and stability with long term coaches. Schools, that have a constant coaching carousel are traditionally not as successful.

I firmly believe that if Richlands hasn't had a run of success no one would say a word about people coming in. It's the same song and dance every year from the outsiders looking in. There are kids transferring to play at plenty of other schools besides Richlands. Quit beating a dead horse in the ground. Last time I checked, there wasn't a superior academic power in SWVA either, so that argument is also invalid

Thank the good Lord that no one else in the Southern West Virginia, Southwest Virginia, Northeast Tennessee, or Eastern Kentucky region has ever gained an advantage athletically due to someone from outside the area in which they are representing come in and participate in sports besides Richlands.... 

Thank the good Lord that no one else in the Southern West Virginia, Southwest Virginia, Northeast Tennessee, or Eastern Kentucky region has ever gained an advantage athletically due to someone from outside the area in which they are representing come in and participate in sports besides Richlands.... 

Thank the good Lord that no one else in the Southern West Virginia, Southwest Virginia, Northeast Tennessee, or Eastern Kentucky region has ever gained an advantage athletically due to someone from outside the area in which they are representing come in and participate in sports besides Richlands.... 

My records are very close.  In fact, there are only six seasons' worth of difference in my account and this one as follows:
 
1926  I've got 5-1-0 (including a 26-20 win over the Bluefield College Reserves and a win against Graham -- but with no score)
1927  I've got 6-2-1
1928  I've got 1-2-0 (19-0 win over Grundy)
1929  I only had 3-0-0
1930  I only had 3-1-0
1941  I've got 6-1-3 (with scores for all 10 games, although I may have committed an error in transcription)
 
Combining the info that Bluefield researcher posted in addition to what I was lacking, I show the Blues with an all-time record of 503-353-34.  (Also budges Ernie Hicks up to 169 wins, which puts Mance in a statistical tie once again.  And the current skipper probably needs to break 185 to have any level of absolute certainty about establishing the new benchmark.)
 
Thanks a bunch to Bluefield researcher for this information.  I'd love to swap info with that poster -- or anyone else who might be interested.  There is a gap of information within the first decade of the program that could still probably be filled in with the right access to newspapers, yearbooks, and personal recollections.
 
EDIT -- I responded before I read through the complete thread asking for private messages instead of posts.  Sorry about that.  Although my two cents is that it's better to have as many sets of eyes on this as possible, and that's impossible with PM.  I agree with concerns about clutter, but a message board format is already kind of messy.  Anybody willing to put together a web site that can serve as a specific repository for this type of stuff?  (I'd volunteer, but my own development experience is about 20 years old and that was with early HTML.  Pretty sure I'm out of my depth.)

Yes it is. Was the Quarterback at Graham in the mid 70's.

That man is one of my most respected posters on this board. Period. To call him a disgrace is asinine. Just because you don't like Richlands doesn't give you a free hall pass to take shots at all of ours fans.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the circus has arrived. 

It's real now. Falcongirl has graced us with her presence.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the circus has arrived. 

Index of page locations for each school..example Abingdon is on page 1 & Albemarle is on page 6
01  Abingdon
06  Albemarle
02  Alleghany
02  Alleghany County
08  Altavista
11  Amelia County
06  Amherst County
02  Andrew Lewis
12  Annandale
01  Appalachia
06  Appomattox County
17  Arcadia
15  Armstrong
15  Armstrong-Kennedy
12  Atlee
01  Auburn
03  Bassett
03  Bath County
11  Battlefield
16  Bayside
14  Bethel
01  Big Stone Gap
01  Blacksburg
07  Bland County
11  Bluestone
17  Booker T. Washington Norfolk
08  Brentsville District
17  Briar Woods
08  Broad Run
03  Broadway
11  Brooke Point
06  Brookville
17  Brunswick / Lawrenceville
14  Bruton
06  Buckingham County
03  Buffalo Gap
08  C. D. Hylton
03  Carroll County / Hillsville
01  Castlewood
03  Cave Spring
09  Central Lunenburg / Victoria
17  Central Wise
07  Central Woodstock
17  Centreville
07  Chancellor
17  Chantilly
16  Charles City
06  Charlottesville / Lane
09  Chatham
03  Chilhowie
01  Christiansburg
17  Churchland
07  Clarke County
03  Clifton Forge
01  Clintwood
12  Clover Hill
02  Coeburn
07  Colonial Forge
12  Colonial Heights
17  Cosby
03  Council
07  Courtland
03  Covington
03  Craig County
08  Culpeper County
17  Cumberland
11  Dan River
15  Deep Creek
17  Deep Run
14  Denbigh
11  Dinwiddie
17  Dominion
12  Douglas Freeman
04  Drewry Mason
06  E. C. Glass
17  East Rockingham
17  East Stone Gap
04  Eastern Montgomery / Shawsville
17  Eastern View
04  Eastside
17  Elkton
02  Ervinton
16  Essex
13  Fairfax
13  Falls Church
07  Fauquier
11  Fieldale-Collinsville
15  First Colonial
04  Floyd County
15  Floyd Kellam
09  Fluvanna County
17  Forest Glen
11  Forest Park
01  Fort Chiswell
04  Fort Defiance
13  Fort Hunt
15  Frank Cox
04  Franklin County
17  Freedom South Riding
17  Freedom Woodbridge
04  Fries
04  Galax
17  Garden
08  Gar-Field
01  Gate City
13  George Marshall
17  George Mason
17  George Washington Carver Henry County
06  George Washington Danville
12  George Wythe Richmond
02  George Wythe Wytheville
01  Giles
18  Glen Allen
02  Glenvar
14  Gloucester    
09  Goochland
14  Grafton
01  Graham
15  Granby
18  Grassfield
02  Grayson County
15  Great Bridge
15  Green Run
07  Greensville County / Emporia
06  Gretna
18  Groveton
04  Grundy
18  Halifax County
13  Hammond
14  Hampton
12  Hanover
04  Harrisonburg
12  Hayfield
01  Haysi
18  Henrico
18  Heritage Leesburg
06  Heritage Lynchburg
14  Heritage Newport News
12  Hermitage
13  Herndon
16  Hickory
04  Hidden Valley
11  Highland Springs
02  Holston
14  Homer Ferguson
01  Honaker
11  Hopewell
12  Huguenot
02  Hurley
15  I. C. Norcom
04  Independence
15  Indian River
13  J. E. B. Stuart
02  J. I. Burton
04  J. J. Kelly
12  J. R. Tucker
16  James Blair / Matthew Whaley
13  James Madison        
07  James Monroe
04  James River Buchanan
12  James River Chesterfield
13  James Robinson    
07  James Wood
15  Jamestown
06  Jefferson Forest
14  Jefferson-Huguenot-Wythe
06  Jefferson Sr.
04  John Battle
06  John Handley
12  John Marshall
17  John Yeates
04  Jonesville
14  Kecoughtan
15  Kempsville
18  Kettle Run
18  King & Queen Central
08  King George
16  King William
16  King's Fork
09  L. C. Bird
14  Lafayette
13  Lake Braddock
15  Lake Taylor
16  Lakeland
16  Lancaster
15  Landstown
13  Langley    
04  Laurel Park
01  Lebanon
01  Lee
12  Lee-Davis
04  Lexington
06  Liberty Bealeton
07  Liberty Bedford / Bedford
04  Lord Botetourt
08  Loudoun County
08  Loudoun Valley
09  Louisa County
18  Luray
08  Madison County
04  Magna Vista
11  Manassas Park
12  Manchester
15  Manor
02  Marion
14  Marshall-Walker
04  Martinsville
07  Massaponax
14  Mathews
11  Matoaca
15  Maury
13  McLean    
12  Meadowbrook
14  Menchville
16  Middlesex
12  Midlothian
18  Millbrook
18  Mills Godwin
11  Monacan
06  Monticello
13  Mount Vernon
18  Mountain View
16  Nandua
16  Nansemond River    
02  Narrows
08  Natural Bridge
06  Nelson County
16  New Kent
14  Newport News
07  North Stafford
17  Northampton
05  Northside
16  Northumberland
02  Northwood
17  Norview
18  Nottoway
13  Oakton
16  Ocean Lakes
08  Orange County
08  Osbourn
18  Osbourn Park
15  Oscar Smith / South Norfolk
18  Page County
12  Park View South Hill
08  Park View Sterling
05  Parry McCluer
05  Patrick County
12  Patrick Henry Ashland    
05  Patrick Henry Glade Spring
05  Patrick Henry Roanoke
18  Patriot
09  Pearisburg
14  Pembroke Hampton
05  Pennington
11  Petersburg
14  Phoebus
05  Pocahontas
14  Poquoson
08  Potomac
02  Pound
01  Powell Valley
14  Powhatan
18  Prince Edward County
11  Prince George
15  Princess Anne
18  Pulaski
05  Pulaski County
02  Radford
18  Randolph-Henry
16  Rappahannock
18  Rappahannock County
05  Rich Valley
01  Richlands
18  Ridgeview
18  Riverbend
05  Riverheads
18  Riverside
13  Robert E. Lee Springfield
05  Robert E. Lee Staunton
08  Rockbridge
05  Rockbridge County
05  Rural Retreat
06  Rustburg
02  Rye Cove
02  Salem
15  Salem Virginia Beach
05  Saltville / R. B. Worthy
06  Sherando
18  Skyline
14  Smithfield
19  South County
12  South Lakes
16  Southampton
05  Spotswood
07  Spotsylvania
05  St. Paul
07  Stafford
06  Staunton River
07  Stone Bridge
11  Stonewall Jackson Manassas
07  Stonewall Jackson Quicksburg
08  Strasburg
19  Stuarts Draft
16  Surry County
16  Sussex Central
13  T. C. Williams
14  Tabb
15  Tallwood
01  Tazewell
11  Thomas Dale / Chester
13  Thomas Edison
13  Thomas Jefferson Alexandria
12  Thomas Jefferson Richmond
02  Thomas Walker
11  Tunstall
19  Turner Ashby
06  Tuscarora
02  Twin Springs
05  Twin Valley
06  Union
12  Varina
01  Virginia High
13  W. T. Woodson
13  Wakefield
16  Warhill
08  Warren County
14  Warwick / Morrison
13  Washington - Lee
11  Waynesboro
16  West Point
13  West Potomac
13  West Springfield
06  Western Albemarle
15  Western Branch
13  Westfield
05  Whitewood
05  William Byrd
06  William Campbell
05  William Fleming
08  William Monroe
06  Wilson Memorial
16  Windsor
08  Woodbridge
19  Woodgrove
15  Woodrow Wilson
14  Woodside
14  York
13  Yorktown

08  Belfry
08  Bluefield
09  Middlesboro
08  Pikeville
09  Pineville
07  Tennessee High

No. Not at all.
 
I've been outspoken that Graham should by no means be in the MED. It's not fair to schools like Narrows and Bland in most sports. And it's not like the MED would collapse without Graham in it: there are 5 other teams. The Highlands existed for years with 4.
 
Graham needs to be back in the SWD. Would be better for Graham all the way around.

Am I the only one that is still mind blown that Graham is in the same district as Bland County?

Oh boy...
 
I thought it was implied that I was gauging this Graham team against the Graham teams of years past.  Folks in my age bracket and older remember when Graham would take the field expecting to beat anyone that lined up from them on any given Friday night.  Like it or not, every Graham team is going to be compared through the lens of what came before, especially that run from 1989-2003.  Compared to those Graham teams, this Graham team IS weaker than the historical teams.  You put this Graham team on the field with any Graham team from 1989-2003, and they'd get their doors blown off.  It's even arguable if Graham this season is as good as the 2005 Marrs, 2008 Marrs, and the 2012 Williams seasons.  
 
BUT...if anyone's read anything I've posted on Graham this season, it's that Graham is far, far improved over last year's defensive disaster.  The fundamentals are much improved.  The speed is much improved.  The boys play inspired, if at times reckless, football.  And the results are clear and evident in comparison to last season.  You can't take nights off against Graham anymore, or else you'll find yourself where Grayson County did 2 weeks ago.  I think Palmer has the team headed in the right direction, and I'm excited to see what the next 3-4 years bring.  
 
That being said, I'm not going to crap sunshine and fart rainbows when the results haven't been worthy of it.  Graham is a 2-5 team that's in serious jeopardy of missing the playoffs, where literally 64% of the teams get in.  As I have to explain to UVA fans with every waking breath I have, stating well-reasoned criticism is NOT "downing this team".  I want to see Graham do well.  I graduated from there.  But Graham is by no means there yet, nor will Graham be there this season.  I am taking each week for what it's worth, and finding my joy in the Lord every step of the way.
 
Simply put...
This is not Graham's best team.  
This is Bland's best team.  
Graham really should never, ever lose to Bland in football.
I expect Graham to win convincingly.
Yay football.

Pretty sure Hubbard applied for the Richlands job when it was open, too....