cityofRaven

Two great areas in SWVA are now without a head football coach.
Which one will Bill Belichick chose?
Both Lebanon and Wise offer tremendous eateries, shopping options, and scenic views...
Could come down to the wire in this one.

Should have been. Only three things are guaranteed in Lebanon. The two sports that are the most popular in our area are the worst of all of the programs. Honaker not putting Lebanon on the baseball schedule. And getting your a$$ blown out after eating at bonanza

Fun fact, the song "Russell County Line" was actually written about the buffet queue at Bonanza. 

It's essentially the thread holding Russell County together at the moment. 

Two great areas in SWVA are now without a head football coach.
Which one will Bill Belichick chose?
Both Lebanon and Wise offer tremendous eateries, shopping options, and scenic views...
Could come down to the wire in this one.

Can't win on an empty stomach. 

I think if the Lebanese want to keep a coach for the long term, a unlimited gift card to Pal's should be on the negotiating table. 

Can't win on an empty stomach. 

I think if the Lebanese want to keep a coach for the long term, a unlimited gift card to Pal's should be on the negotiating table. 

Can't win on an empty stomach. 

Can't win on an empty stomach. 

I think if the Lebanese want to keep a coach for the long term, a unlimited gift card to Pal's should be on the negotiating table. 

I think if the Lebanese want to keep a coach for the long term, a unlimited gift card to Pal's should be on the negotiating table. 

I think if the Lebanese want to keep a coach for the long term, a unlimited gift card to Pal's should be on the negotiating table. 

If the VHSL has an opportunity to screw something up, they will.

So you're saying that Tazewell is the problem...

So you're saying that Tazewell is the problem...

So you're saying that Tazewell is the problem...

Isn't that 106% of this board?

Every. Single. Time.

If the VHSL has an opportunity to screw something up, they will.

Listening to the Dorman broadcast was entertaining. George WY-th. Smoky Mountains. Also them saying “this isn’t the typical team Dorman would lose to.  We are bigger and more athletic on each position on the floor. I can’t believe it. We would normally blow a team out like this one.” 

To me a legend in the area.  Sarge was a long time assistant for Harry Fry at Gate City.  In the late 70s he took over as the lead Dawg at Appalachia stepping down in 79 after a 7-3 campaign handing the keys to Tom Turner to take over.  Sarge then took over the Rye Cove program in 83 and got the broke on the brink of a state title in 88.  RC had defeated Jonesville at Jonesville near the end of the regular season before losing to the Dogs in a mud bowl in the region finals during the improbable run for the crew from Jonesville.  Sarge stepped out of coaching after 1990 but returned to the Cove in 97.   He was to be he HC but took the assistant title instead so a former player, Joe Carter could be the HC.   Sarge still ran almost everything for the program for the next three years which were some of the programs winningest teams.   He took over the Twin Springs program in 2003 as they were coming out of a really rough stretch.  I asked him why he was heading up there.  Coach told me he liked a challenge and had coached at GC and RC, he might as well mark off the last county school before he retired for good. Coach stepped down after only two seasons.  He led TS to two of their programs three region final games during those two years.
Coach Reed wasnt flashy.  He wore the same clothes to practice everyday and its hard to tell how many miles had been put on his 80s Thunderbird.  He expected you to be physical as he said he only felt like he had lost two ballgames when his teams were the most physical one on the field.  The playbook wasn't super deep on either side of the ball but like the nickname "Sarge" practice was drilled like military over and over to run things to perfection.  He commanded respect but showed his "bigguns" a lot of love over the years.  RIP to a SWVA coaching legend in my book.

OK, it's been long enough, here are mine...
Honorable Mention - Schools that play in a lower class than they should be playing in...you know which ones I'm talking about...<pointing finger>Riverheads, Grayson Co</pointing finger>
#3 - Princeton - There's nothing about them that I've ever liked...always have a chip on their shoulder for no reason at all, they were never good, until maybe this year. And their fans are just awful, finger nails down a chalkboard bad.  We'll just leave that one there.
#2 - Radford - I just don't like them, Ugly uniforms, their black and gold looks like baby poop and their garbage stadium that should have been condemned in the 1980s.  And then there was that playoff game in the 90s...I think there was some illegitimacy to that win...they knew every play that Graham was running.
And, I'm sorry if this pisses off a few people on this board...
#1 - Gate City - Hated them from the earliest days that I can remember. Their holdbacks, the kids that came over from TN, their train horn, the fact they don't care what side of the stadium they sit on.  On top of that, they always seemed to beat Graham when I was a kid, the hate was real. My uncle played on the team that lost 52-0 and 70-14 in the early 70s, I think he helped fuel my hatred for GC. Fortunately, my years in high school, we took 3 of 4...I'll sill can see Eddie Hall picking off a screen pass and sprinting 40+ yards to the endzone my freshman year. But I digress, I just don't like them.