I don't know anything about timeout usage but Brown at QB was definitely a great move. But man, these games have to be wearing him down. He's carrying the team. Great athlete for sure!
I mentioned timeouts because Richlands allowed DC to drain the clock prior to the Pioneers kicking the game winning field goal last week. May not have made a difference, but …
Hats off to the blues for a helluva game. D.Crockett has nothing to brag about really, almost getting beat by a down 2A school. Way to go blues, y’all have nothing to hang your head for!
Richlands has some spare timeouts if anybody needs one …🧐
Only time anyone should have a parade for a football game is homecoming or state championship.
I’m not sure I agree. The players on this year’s team were very small the last time the team had any significant success. Witnessing a football related celebration might motivate a few more kids into participating next year. I don’t disapprove.
It sounds like Vaught knew what he was doing. Interpret that as you wish. But that’s just how I see it with the information I have been given.
It’s a shame that that’s what will be talked about regarding the team but that’s the legacy. Richlands won 17-7. Not exactly a blowout, not exactly close. But a play or two from being a totally different conversation.
The saddest part is not knowing. The cleats darn sure didn’t hurt.
We would have beaten Salem if we played with a bowling ball, IMO.
I was at the game pulling for Richlands and can’t agree with this statement. While I believe Richlands was the superior team that day in the mud, with or without the cleats, I’m not so confident regarding what might have occurred had they played on a dry field. Salem was a beast that year, beating eventual AAA Division 6 champion Pulaski County. That Richlands team squeaked by Gate City and Powell Valley, and almost lost to a mediocre Marion team in the mud. The near loss at Marion speaks to the difference a soggy field can make. I’ve often wondered if perhaps the Marion game spurred Vaught to buy the infamous cleats. Anyway, we’ll never know. Just my two cents …
QB is rattled. That's not your ankle. That's choking and not throwing the ball and if you get a pick innthe end zone, then it's a pick. Situational awareness poor
He’s a teenager playing with a broken wheel in a game he’ll remember the rest of his life and you feel the need to compound his sorrow. Shame on you, dude.
I don’t anticipate any of the new treatments effectively stemming the movement of the virus into all areas of the country. We’re going to see a lot of death before things get better.
Wait. Was UVAObserver trying to annoy Tornado fans by reminding us that we’ve owned Tazewell for almost a third of a century? Counting the number of eating establishments in each town would have caused a hell of a lot more pain.
Tazewell actually has a better winning percentage in its state championship game appearances than either Graham (3-1) or Richlands (2-4).
Richlands has also needed a 26-3 run since 1991 just to pull ahead 41-51-2 in the all-time series. Put another way, Tazewell has spotted the Big Wind nearly 30 years in the rivalry, and Richlands’s winning percentage is still just .553.
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Nice article— and if Tazewell beats Richlands by an average 47 points for the next 10 years ... they will still trail Richlands in total points scored in the series.
I’ve attached a not too recent sports page from the October 3, 1953, edition of the Bristol Herald Courier. Articles on Richlands beating Tazewell, St. Charles whipping Gate City and Saltville stunning Graham. I’ve not yet looked thru all the papers from earlier in that week, but I’ll post Bulldog52’s pregame complaint as soon as I find the letters to the editor.
That 2004 Bluefield team would murder and then feast on the decomposing carcass of that 2006 Richlands team. People love to forget that it took a blocked chip shot FG for Richlands to avoid losing to an 8-5 Rockbridge team. Whereas, Bluefield beat Martinsburg (#1 WV AAA team for what felt like eternity) before hanging 70 in its state title game.
Bluefield would win that game in a blowout. Not even close.
I can't say that the 2004 Bluefield team wouldn't defeat the 2006 Richlands team, but I do know that they squeezed out a 3 point win over Mount View (6-4), and would have lost to Weir ... had the Weir coach simply kept the ball on the ground with a 2 score lead and under 2 minutes to go. The idea that the Bluefield team would "murder and then feast" on that Richlands team is absurd.
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Mike Compton, Devon Johnson, Sandy Rogers, and Caleb Jennings. All exceptional playing at the next level.