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Shouldn't this be in the "General Discussion and Local Talk" Forum? This is in the football forum and my immediate thought was that the football teams in Smyth County were in a state of despair....and I thought....yeah, what's new? As far as the subject matter of this post. I think it's in everybody's best interest to find FACTS first before deeming everybody to hell. Some great folks work at MSHS, including the Principal and coaches.

It's helping your Emory and Henry Dreams... Not that getting to go to College to play football is a bad thing.... I tend to believe reasons for kids to transfer are quite a bit more selfish than just getting recognized. Either their Dad wants their kid to be part of a "winner"... or the kid does. Immediate Gratification has become a cancer in our society. People must have what they want right now or they are not satisfied. Just go try to stand in a line at the grocery store for 5 minutes and you'll see what Im talking about. Look at all of the people starting to get upset because they are not the center of the cashier's universe at that moment. People in our society are SPOILED and that's what it boils down to, in my opinion. You don't have to go to a good 2A school in SWVA, if you are currently on bad 1A school.... not much of a difference in the eyes of College Scouts... As EH said, you have to be an advocate for yourself, get your name out there on a highlight tape, attend camps and combines and get yourself recognized. Who would have ever thought that Hard Work, dealing with adversity and determination should be what these young kids are learning from this sport?

A-Men to that.

And some do a fake move.... There are rules in place, that, if enforced, would stop this from happening and cause schools to be on probation and coaches to be fired. Problem is you have to have some pretty concrete evidence for the VHSL to do anything about it. I'm already hearing rumors of kids transferring here and there....

I'll go with a GW sweep in Boys and Girls. Central by 10 or more over Martinsville's girls. R.E. Lee by double digits over Amelia.

I disagree. I got to see Redick play at the high school level and McClung. They are different types of players and I would like to have seen that one on one contest, if possible.

Lee runs the gauntlet and goes through Dan River and Gate City to make it to the finals where they will meet Amelia for the title. They won both games in OT. Two 6'8" kids underneath, very athletic team. I think they will roll Amelia in the finals. Don't think too many folks predicted this matchup in the finals.

If, in fact he goes to Oak Hill. I would hate it for Gate City fans. However, if he wants to be in the spotlight and be recruited by big time schools, Oak Hill is where he should go. He will get National attention there and have a chance to go to some good colleges. Somebody said that he has "lower D-1" talent. I believe that kid is special and could go to a Major College with his talent. Heck, if J.J. Redick could do it, McClung certainly can.

I remember plenty of them..... Geeze I"m old.

The Bracket is set up nice for Richlands. I think they will compete against Amelia and whoever they face in the next round. The other side of the bracket is pretty stout.

Gate City has a very good team. Good luck going forward. Hope you guys win it all.

Final Dan River 67 Martinsville 53

anybody got a radio link? Kicks Country is not doing the game and I can't find a link.

Martin is a good defender, but I think Cam Allen is coming into his own as of late as a very good defender also. Martin never seems to be in foul trouble and is still able to do a pretty good job on defense. On a side note, teams have taken Martin's scoring away from Graham in the past couple of contests, but Graham has had other guys step up. Somebody on this site stated that Graham only has one or two good players. I disagree.... Graham has one or two outstanding players and 6 or 7 good players that contribute a lot.

I think that you are correct. Graham is playing their best basketball right now, however if Gate City is as good as advertised, it will be a tall task for Graham to pull the upset. I think they are capable of doing it, anything is possible. They came within 8 seconds of defeating Martinsville just 2 seasons ago...within one point actually of beating a Martinsville team that won the state title convincingly. Anything can happen, Graham is well coached and is capable of beating anybody they face in 2A, they are very young and make some mental errors sometimes, but have improved tremendously throughout the season. Morgan showed flashes of his former self last night and if he is finally at full strength. Having him back in the lineups takes some pressure off of Dalton. Morgan can come in and spell him, as a big body underneath. Cam Allen has picked up his offensive game as well. He is a heck of a defender, but has asserted himself on offense lately. I'm hoping for a good game and pulling for the G-Men to pull his off.

This is the Graham vs. Gate City Thread.... Take it to the Union vs. Richlands thread, otherwise known as losers bracket. Graham and Gate City both WON their conference tourneys... Hating what? 0 and forever in Regionals?

Graham won't be an easy out for Gate City. They are playing good ball right now. They are the best team in the SEC.

The starters were in until the final buzzer. from what I saw. Was Phillips and Ball demoted to JV? I was there I didn't listen to it on the radio....

Did you move to Blacksburg or did you just drive there every day?

He wasn't in the paint.....either time. Hard fouls do happen, by people who can't play basketball... He didn't cry about it, he just got up and torched Richlands for 30 Plus points. In fact he had more points then Richlands' entire team before they took him out in the fourth quarter. Doesn't look like crying to me.

They should be. In both contests he was fouled very hard and intentionally. In the first contest, it was right out of the gate when the 2nd half started. Carlock was irate in the last game over it and he should have been. I could not believe that the kid was not ejected or not even called for an intentional foul. I'm starting to wonder if the kids were told to foul him hard in the locker room. Very disappointed in how those situations were handled, no message was sent to those kids who made those fouls.

I had a couple tell me that they would beat Graham by 30 before the game and I just bit my lip. Graham whipped their senior laden team with freshmen, sophomores and juniors.... As for the first game, Graham was impatient and took jump shots, rather than being patient and waiting until something came open.

The whole idea of the first game counting sucks anyway. If it weren't for Grayson County refusing to play everybody twice, we wouldn't be in this situation. They are the reason for this stupid rule. They need to either get out of the conference or play everybody twice.

Sounds like he just makes smart decisions to me.... You can't argue that Graham plays a weaker schedule, because they play the SouthWest district teams also.