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https://www.bdtonline.com/sports/tazewell-travels-to-dickenson-county-to-face-ridgeview-on-saturday/article_9e5e8c40-5fb0-11ed-b2bf-53265c3d57ef.html

https://www.bdtonline.com/sports/tazewell-travels-to-dickenson-county-to-face-ridgeview-on-saturday/article_9e5e8c40-5fb0-11ed-b2bf-53265c3d57ef.html

It's hard to do anything, much less play a sport with a monkey on your back.

Nice write-up in the BHC

Ian Scammell became the all time leading rusher in Buchanan County history tonight. Had 208 tonight and three touchdown runs. 

Ian Scammell became the all time leading rusher in Buchanan County history tonight. Had 208 tonight and three touchdown runs. 

Ian Scammell became the all time leading rusher in Buchanan County history tonight. Had 208 tonight and three touchdown runs. 

I watched Grundy play Burton last night and Scammell would start for probably for most 1A/2A teams. He follows his blocks well and has a good burst of speed along with power.  I honestly was impressed with them offensively but I think if they want to make a deep run they need to play better defense. As we all know Defense wins Championships. 

Until Grundy plays Riverheads for a state title

Ginn's homecoming to Richlands....on homecoming

What an extract time.

Ginn's homecoming to Richlands....on homecoming

i think it will be a good game though cuz weve wrked hard this week

Nice game by Collin Adkins who had 98 receiving yards in the game for the Blues

Nice game by Collin Adkins who had 98 receiving yards in the game for the Blues

That is great for those who are not on a fixed income and have disposable income for something of that nature. For someone like me for example on fixed income living to far as to no be able to go to Graham games. to have to pay for this would be out of range for me. I cannot afford the online paper. Maybe it sounds nice to you but to me no.need to boot trouble makers .

BDT had him completing 17-19 for 219 yds.  Harsh critic. Lol

Grundy vs. Galax would be fun to watch. The game would be over by 8:15.

Sure, Tazewell is 42-53-2 in the rivalry, 22-27-2 in Tazewell and 20-26 in Richlands. There may be no objective basis that they play any worse at Ernie Hicks in this series in the last 32 games because just calling a spade a spade, the last 19 years in the series has been pretty lopsided. You could also make the notion that Tazewell finds a way to lose in this game at Bulldog Stadium in the past 19 years. But the reason for the "baseless myth" is this: recency bias. I am 26 years old and I have never seen Tazewell win this game in person. However, they have won the game four times since I have been born. Heck, they even won the last one at Ernie Hicks! The same can be said about the Virginia Tech-Virginia series in that same period. I have never in person seen UVA win in Lane Stadium. Sure, they have also coincidentally beat the Hokies four times in my life and I have only seen it once in person. You can make the notion based on recent history that UVA finds a way to lose at Lane Stadium, but in the same breath it can also be said that they find a way to lose that game in Scott Stadium. I will even take this example too. I will shout louder than anyone in America that Virginia Tech cannot win/find a way to lose at Heinz Field/Acrisure Stadium. Heinz Field opened in 2001. Virginia Tech has played there eight times since it opened. The Hokies have only won once at Heinz in 2016. This is what people remember about that match up. Tech playing at Pitt? Panthers win. No brainer. However, from 1993-2000, the Hokies played Pitt in old Pitt Stadium four times and won three of them. Pretty good numbers but no one remembers it--myself included. The Hokies hold the series advantage 11-10 and after Saturday it will be even at 11. It is recency bias for that opinion. I see your point that it may not be true that Tazewell JUST finds a way to lose this game at Ernie Hicks Stadium. Since 1990, it could be said that Tazewell has found a way to lose this game at either spot since then. I do not think it is baseless..I just think it is what people remember because it is the most recent occurrence. For all purposes, the Tazewell-Richlands rivalry is what you want the rivalry to be because looking at the 97 previous meetings for it to be within 11 games of one another, that is what you consider a rivalry. It just so happens to be one sided for the past 32 years. I just believe that is why that is the narrative. Whether you are from Tazewell, Richlands, or anywhere else in SWVA. With that said, I think Friday night's game will tell you a lot about where the programs are headed moving forward. 

Sure, Tazewell is 42-53-2 in the rivalry, 22-27-2 in Tazewell and 20-26 in Richlands. There may be no objective basis that they play any worse at Ernie Hicks in this series in the last 32 games because just calling a spade a spade, the last 19 years in the series has been pretty lopsided. You could also make the notion that Tazewell finds a way to lose in this game at Bulldog Stadium in the past 19 years. But the reason for the "baseless myth" is this: recency bias. I am 26 years old and I have never seen Tazewell win this game in person. However, they have won the game four times since I have been born. Heck, they even won the last one at Ernie Hicks! The same can be said about the Virginia Tech-Virginia series in that same period. I have never in person seen UVA win in Lane Stadium. Sure, they have also coincidentally beat the Hokies four times in my life and I have only seen it once in person. You can make the notion based on recent history that UVA finds a way to lose at Lane Stadium, but in the same breath it can also be said that they find a way to lose that game in Scott Stadium. I will even take this example too. I will shout louder than anyone in America that Virginia Tech cannot win/find a way to lose at Heinz Field/Acrisure Stadium. Heinz Field opened in 2001. Virginia Tech has played there eight times since it opened. The Hokies have only won once at Heinz in 2016. This is what people remember about that match up. Tech playing at Pitt? Panthers win. No brainer. However, from 1993-2000, the Hokies played Pitt in old Pitt Stadium four times and won three of them. Pretty good numbers but no one remembers it--myself included. The Hokies hold the series advantage 11-10 and after Saturday it will be even at 11. It is recency bias for that opinion. I see your point that it may not be true that Tazewell JUST finds a way to lose this game at Ernie Hicks Stadium. Since 1990, it could be said that Tazewell has found a way to lose this game at either spot since then. I do not think it is baseless..I just think it is what people remember because it is the most recent occurrence. For all purposes, the Tazewell-Richlands rivalry is what you want the rivalry to be because looking at the 97 previous meetings for it to be within 11 games of one another, that is what you consider a rivalry. It just so happens to be one sided for the past 32 years. I just believe that is why that is the narrative. Whether you are from Tazewell, Richlands, or anywhere else in SWVA. With that said, I think Friday night's game will tell you a lot about where the programs are headed moving forward. 

I think we're debating the same side of the same coin.  The statistics have never borne out the adage "Tazewell always finds a way to lose at Ernie Hicks", especially in our generation, because Richlands has had its way with Tazewell on both fields since 1990.  The 4 games Tazewell has won have been split between home (1999, 2003) and away (2000, Spring 2021).  It's not as if Tazewell occasionally pulls out wins in this series at Bulldog Stadium and doesn't ever win at Ernie Hicks.  Hence, the argument is flawed.    
 
I think the argument you propose could be made that "Tazewell seems to find a way to lose to Richlands at home", considering the 1-score games played in Tazewell are:
1993: Richlands - 14, Tazewell - 12
1995: Richlands - 7, Tazewell - 0 
1999: Tazewell - 21, Richlands - 14
2001: Richlands - 20, Tazewell - 14 
2003: Tazewell - 12, Richlands - 10
2008: Richlands - 28, Tazewell - 27 [OT] 
2013: Richlands - 34, Tazewell - 27 
Fall 2021: Richlands - 27, Tazewell - 26 
That's 8 chances, at home, that Tazewell could have very reasonably knocked off Richlands, and Tazewell went 2-6 on them.
 
I'm not saying there's no such thing as a mental block when it comes to some rivalries.  4 times, I've watched UVA gag away victories in Lane Stadium in horrifying fashion.  Virginia Tech hasn't been able to win in Pittsburgh in that same amount of time, though UVA has had no such problem.  Mack Brown has never won in Charlottesville as a head coach.  Through the "lost decade" of 2006-2016 as we call it in Charlottesville, UVA routinely whipped up on Miami and only Miami for some reason.  However, Tazewell/Richlands does not fit that pattern.
 
Sheesh, you argue this like you're a lawyer or something!

Sure, Tazewell is 42-53-2 in the rivalry, 22-27-2 in Tazewell and 20-26 in Richlands. There may be no objective basis that they play any worse at Ernie Hicks in this series in the last 32 games because just calling a spade a spade, the last 19 years in the series has been pretty lopsided. You could also make the notion that Tazewell finds a way to lose in this game at Bulldog Stadium in the past 19 years. But the reason for the "baseless myth" is this: recency bias. I am 26 years old and I have never seen Tazewell win this game in person. However, they have won the game four times since I have been born. Heck, they even won the last one at Ernie Hicks! The same can be said about the Virginia Tech-Virginia series in that same period. I have never in person seen UVA win in Lane Stadium. Sure, they have also coincidentally beat the Hokies four times in my life and I have only seen it once in person. You can make the notion based on recent history that UVA finds a way to lose at Lane Stadium, but in the same breath it can also be said that they find a way to lose that game in Scott Stadium. I will even take this example too. I will shout louder than anyone in America that Virginia Tech cannot win/find a way to lose at Heinz Field/Acrisure Stadium. Heinz Field opened in 2001. Virginia Tech has played there eight times since it opened. The Hokies have only won once at Heinz in 2016. This is what people remember about that match up. Tech playing at Pitt? Panthers win. No brainer. However, from 1993-2000, the Hokies played Pitt in old Pitt Stadium four times and won three of them. Pretty good numbers but no one remembers it--myself included. The Hokies hold the series advantage 11-10 and after Saturday it will be even at 11. It is recency bias for that opinion. I see your point that it may not be true that Tazewell JUST finds a way to lose this game at Ernie Hicks Stadium. Since 1990, it could be said that Tazewell has found a way to lose this game at either spot since then. I do not think it is baseless..I just think it is what people remember because it is the most recent occurrence. For all purposes, the Tazewell-Richlands rivalry is what you want the rivalry to be because looking at the 97 previous meetings for it to be within 11 games of one another, that is what you consider a rivalry. It just so happens to be one sided for the past 32 years. I just believe that is why that is the narrative. Whether you are from Tazewell, Richlands, or anywhere else in SWVA. With that said, I think Friday night's game will tell you a lot about where the programs are headed moving forward. 

To me that is a very fair point of view on it and something that I can't argue. 

From BHC...
First Downs: R 5, G 20; Rushes-Yards: R 12 , G 226; Passing Yards: R 32 , G 146; Comp.-Att.-Int: R 3-10-2, G 12-15-1; Fumbles-Lost: R 4-3 , G 0-0 ; Penalties-Yards: R 7-35 , G 6-35 ; Punts-Average: R 3-36.6, G 2-25

Richlands had 44 yards total offense. Graham had 372. 
 
Richlands had 12 rushing yards to Graham’s 226. 
Richlands had 32 passing yards to Graham’s 146. 
 
Graham’s Brayden Meadows was 12-15-1 for 146 yards and three touchdowns. 9 Carries 55 yards and a score
 
Ty’Drez Clements rushed the ball 14 times for 96 yards and two touchdowns for the G-Men
 
Dylan Brown had 5 rushes for 51 yards for Richlands. 
 
Isaiah Bandy kicked a 48 yard field goal for Richlands. 
 
just a few.