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I haven't dug that deeply into the point system and quite frankly, don't care enough to go to that extent.  I was just offering the fact that Abingdon, while somewhat isolated, has options.  Reduce the boundaries to allow outlying students to attend PH or Battle thus reducing Abingdon's enrollment figures and lowering them into the 2A ranks like myself and others have stated.  Schedule other isolated larger schools such as Carroll County, Tennessee High and other larger Tennessee schools.  Keep playing 2A teams and let the end result be what it is.
 
Carroll County has been down for a number of years due to Tom Hale who, incidentally, also transformed Fort Chiswell into a doormat.  The man has single-handedly devastated two local football programs who may not be rich in tradition pre-Hale but were nowhere near as pitiful as they are post-Hale.

ADAA Continuation Rule 113-D.
 
Sudden Death.
 

It's like a no-hitter...you don't talk about it, otherwise, you'll jinx it...

Well, we weren't...

I highly doubt that, parents will get what they want in the end. 
 
Great example of this, not long after James "Moose" Cochran took the Richlands girls basketball program further than they had gone in a long time, getting Region IV Coach of the Year and also the BDT Girls Coach of the year, he was outted by the parents. 

Either you or your child must not be very good at sports...
 

Did you seriously "like" your own post?
 
Interesting!

IMO, it gets real when the kid enters 8th grade.. Because up to that point, ma and pa have paid for jr to play. In 8th grade, the rubber begins to hit the road as far as playing time is concerned. That's where the very worst players begin to get weeded out...and it continues throughout varsity as well. As for the coach, sometimes parents get their feelings hurt when they realize lil johnny ain't an all-star. In my life I've played, coached on bad teams, and coached on teams that went as far as the Region D finals with little to work with...one thing was constant...successful coaches don't let parents make their decisions for them.

I'm just glad there's a name and face to the bitching now. 
 
And this happens all around Tazewell Co. at other sports programs, (i.e. Richlands basketball) and sadly I bet it happens to the Richlands football program once Mance retires as well. 

I really hope it stays similar to this at the end. That'll put the Richlands/Union rematch in Salem if bot teams were to make it that far that is...

I'm just glad there's a name and face to the bitching now. 
 
And this happens all around Tazewell Co. at other sports programs, (i.e. Richlands basketball) and sadly I bet it happens to the Richlands football program once Mance retires as well. 

I really hope it stays similar to this at the end. That'll put the Richlands/Union rematch in Salem if bot teams were to make it that far that is...

I'm just glad there's a name and face to the bitching now. 
 
And this happens all around Tazewell Co. at other sports programs, (i.e. Richlands basketball) and sadly I bet it happens to the Richlands football program once Mance retires as well. 

I played for Tazewell my senior year and lived for 3 years once I moved back from Alabama. I tried my best to stay invested in the school and community but from the time that they started forcing Coach Wyatt out the door (1 year removed from being #1 issued in the region and winning 9 games) I gradually started losing respect for Tazewell and its community "leaders."
 
Tazewell - your football team is bad, has been bad, and will be bad as long as this continues. Kids need structure, foundation, and a sense of pride for who and what they are playing for. Now certain members of the community start spreading around that they are displeased with the coach that spends his time instilling these values in your kids....how in the world do you think this benefits anyone? You take away the pride that your kids have in the program & you tarnish the name of a coach that sacrifices time with his own kids to mentor yours. With this going on now for 5+ years how in the hell do you ever expect that you're going to get a good coach?????
 
If you read the article it says the players signed a petition in support of the coach. So what does this tell you? (Some of) THE PARENTS ARE THE PROBLEM. The kids aren't calling for coach Allen's head and the kids sure as hell can't walk into another school and register there. Some parents that actually want best for all the kids (and not just theirs) need to step up and take control of this situation because the community leadership you have now is running you into the ground where you will never be able to get out. I mean one of your booster leaders took your best player to your hated rival?? Jesus Christ it's embarrassing and disgusting that that would even be considered an option.
 
I've kind of ranted on and run some stuff together but it's really aggravating that because of the actions of the community of Tazewell that I cannot be proud of where I finished my high school career. I meet a lot of different people and when they ask me where I went to school, without hesitation I say Pocahontas. I'm literally that disgusted with Tazewell.

I have no words other than, WTF is wrong with some people...

http://www.wvva.com/story/30244763/2015/10/12/parents-and-players-express-opinions-on-head-coach-at-tazewell-co-board-of-education-meeting
 
I'm flabbergasted.
 
Whining to the school board, at a public hearing, because your little Johnny isn't getting the playing time you think he deserves? Crying because you're ignorant about the game of football and can't see how a 20-point game is not out of reach in the 4th quarter?
 
I know this is WVVA, so take it with a block of salt. I do not know about what details of the coach's "personal life" are, but considering the school board didn't terminate him, it seems petty and slight.
 
Look, Tazewell, I want to want good things for your football team. Your kids deserve it. Your embattled coach deserves it. Many of your rational fans deserve it. But if people in your community whine and moan to this level, and are so brazen to put their names behind it...it makes me question whether or not Tazewell has what it takes to warrant a good football team.
 
You lost to Richlands...again...and part of that is the parent-sanctioned playing musical chairs with the coaching staff. Build a bridge and get over it. Give the man a chance to build something. For one of the few times since my youth, your team isn't horrible. In fact, even the kids are buying in, which has been a huge problem in the past.
 
/Rant.

I'm sure Tazewell would have rather let John Luke throw for 500 yards on them then let Nick run for 100 on them too...

I'm sure Tazewell would have rather let John Luke throw for 500 yards on them then let Nick run for 100 on them too...

So as many of you know I really enjoy local school/football history and learning as much as possible about ho things have developed. Im curious as to the various districts each of our local schools have been in.
 
A few of things im unsure of; what year Divisions were introduced (I know late 80s), what year the "Rye Cove Rule " took effect(2008?), what year the current Group system took effect(2009 I believe) and what was the district that existed before the BDD? Clinch Valley?
 
As info is posted I will edit this post.
 
Im interested in School, District and Group/Division or both and years if you know them. Basically where they were, how big they were and when they moved. Some schools have moved around a lot while others have been pretty consistent. I will start things off,
 
Haysi
Lonesome Pine ?-?, Group A
Clinch Valley ? - 1978 Group A
Black Diamond 1979-2014 Group A  Division 2 ?- 2007, Division 1 2008-2014
 
Clintwood
? - 2014, Group A, District 8/Lonesome Pine(1960)
 
Ervinton
?- 1985 Lonesome Pine Group A
1986 - 2012 Cumberland Group A Division 1
 
St. Paul 
1932(?) - Cumberland, Group A
? - Clinch Valley Group A
1979 - ? Black Diamond Group A
? - 2011 Cumberland, Group A, Division 1
 
Norton/J.I. Burton
1923 - current, Group A, District 8/Lonesome Pine(1960)
 
Wise/J.J. Kelly
1924 - 2011, Group A, District 8/Lonesome Pine(1960)
 
Appalachia
1924 - 2011, Group A, District 8/Lonesome Pine(1960)
 
Coeburn 
1923 - ? Group A, District 8/Lonesome Pine(1960), Group A, ? - 2009? Division 2
? - 2011, Cumberland, Division 2 ? - 2009, Division 1 2010 - 2011
 
Lee High
1989 - 2006 Highlands, Group AA Division 4
2007-2012 Clinch Mountain, Group A Division 2
2013 - current, Mountain, Group AA
 
Twin Springs
? -  Cumberland, Group A Division 1
 
Rye Cove 
? - Cumberland, Group A Division 1 ? - 2002  Division 2 2003 - 2004  Division 1 2005 -
 
Virginia High
? - late 80s Southwest, Group AA 
late 80s - 2005 Highlands, Group AA, late 80s - early 90s AA Division 4, early 90s - 2005 Division 3
2006 - 2012 Clinch Mountain Group AA Division 3
2013 - Southwest
 
Grundy
? - ? Southwest, Group AA Division 4 ? - ? Division 3
? - ? Black Diamond, Group A Division 2
? - ? Black Diamond, Group AA
 
Narrows
? - 1987 New River, Group AA
1988 -  Mountain Empire,  Division 2, Division 1

Tazewell had a nice 6 game streak in the series from 1985 to 1991 -- and that was particularly frustrating for those of us on the Richlands side who experienced it directly. But it takes a large stretch of logic to try to equate that with the Blues' current and ongoing mastery of the doggies. Sad but true for both of us in this particular instance.

Damnit, you again. 

Damnit, you again. 

Damnit, you again. 

Another article with major mistakes from the BDT....
 
Timmy Brown's last year at quarterback was '03. Thad Wells was the quartback in '04.
 
And the '05 team lost to Turner Ashby, not Magna Vista.
 
Is it really that hard to do a little bit of research?

Another article with major mistakes from the BDT....
 
Timmy Brown's last year at quarterback was '03. Thad Wells was the quartback in '04.
 
And the '05 team lost to Turner Ashby, not Magna Vista.
 
Is it really that hard to do a little bit of research?