Unchained

This is also impressive. This is the Asheville team Union defeated earlier this season. They are a 6A squad that played for the state title last year. Look at all of the commitments in the video

The Falcons ace Turman started vs the Bears:) He was 6-0 with an ERA of 0.88 and Union got him for 7.

Massive win:)

I keep hearing that it will be Luke Owens returning and not Saunders.

I made the comment after the Battle game the other night that if the Bears played baseball in any district but the M7, they'd probably win it, but with Abingdon and Battle there, it sure is an uphill climb.

Gotta admit as an old JJK guy, it made my eye twitch watching the Bears get mercy ruled and laughing and smiling after the game the other evening. I know kids are different these days, but the intense focus and passion to win just isn't there right now.

He has and that's my concern. As we age, we deteriorate mentally-just a fact, no way around it, but when you are intellectually disabled, that problem grows exponentially.

Word for word exactly how I feel about this. I'm not saying ban him from events. That school is his life, and every school should have fans as devoted as Chris, but he needs a chaperone during especially baseball season. During basketball season, he is an "assistant coach", so he has to stay on the bench. During football season, he's on the sideline with the team and away from opposing fans. In our day, you would just look over him because you knew, but with this evil out there nowadays, I am afraid he's going to get seriously hurt or killed. He's not equipped to fight and bouncing his skull off concrete could/would be fatal. I am not trying to be an arse at all when it comes to him-just seeing a safety issue and trying to look out for him.

Same guy

Not just on the field either. He walks into businesses and takes items without reproach/paying. His own sister has posted on FB to not let him do this as financially he is better off than most of us. It's great that our community takes care of him the way we do, but ultimately businesses have to pay for their products, and if he sees that he's enabled, he will worsen. I feel like a douche posting that, but he has to be taught like a child, because he thinks like one. If someone were to hurt him, we'd be fighting, but UHS is going to have to be proactive instead of reactive. I don't have the solution, but sure can see the problem:(

He continuously was running over to the GC side and talking smack to the GC fans, got in the face of a big dude who would have hurt him really badly. I was in the press box helping with scores and stats, but finally someone nabbed him and forced him, to calm down and get away from the GC side. He's always talked smack, but he's getting aggressive, and it's only a matter of time before things go horribly wrong:(

It didn't but things have gotten worse. The problem may be handled by the VHSL.

I have lost track of how many times myself and other Union folks have to explain to opposing irate fans that he is special needs. You'd think that if you heard him for more than 10 seconds, you'd know, but I've learned to never ASS-U-ME anything.

I agree. I will also catch some flak for this, but something HAS to be done about Chris Kelly. He's extremely fortunate that that guy from GC didn't clock him yesterday evening. As he gets older, he gets worse and has honestly become a liability to the school. It's simply a matter of time before either A someone doesn't realize that he is intellectually disabled, or B simply doesn't have the morals, and he gets clocked. Several GC fans said that they are going to make sure a formal harassment complaint is filed with the VHSL. I have to wonder if no nonsense Harless will tolerate him come football season. I would hate to see anything bad happen to him. It has become a safety issue:(

Union 11 Central 0 Final in 5

15-0 the final

Neff is breezing in his first start back 8-0 at Ridgeview.

Union wins at Chilhowie 12-6

He's also a very humble and respectful young man. He always calls me Mr. Lewis. Not a lot of kids these days do that. He's very easy to pull for

I heard he was released from the hospital 2 days ago.

Skeen has to learn some off-speed...curve...slider something. Teams like Battle and Abingdon are dead red fastball hitters. You just aren't going to get the strike 3 finish vs them without a mix-up. Wagner is going to be special 9IP vs two explosive offenses and a lone run allowed.

Absolutely! He's already taken full command of the locker room. These kids would run through a brick wall for him. I know we lost a ton to graduation, but this squad is going to be very dangerous.

We now have one at Union. He's off to a solid start. The kids know exactly what's expected of them. There's no questioning how clearly he is communicating.

I have heard nothing but negative about the varsity coach. Perhaps a change is needed.

Imagine how it's gonna be now with even softer kids and parents.