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good luck to you son on everything. I am just curious... what online recruiting service did your son's club team use?

Can anyone tell me who is the Southwest District champion this year? Who does it look like will be 2nd? 3rd? I know Blacksburg won the River Ridge and Bassett won the Piedmont. Just trying to figure out the who Region IV tournament pairings. Thanks in advance.

Dehmeh is one of the smoothest players I have ever seen at the HS level. His "little" brother Geinda will step into Dehmeh's place and we should miss a beat. We currently have 3 players on VT's roster. 2 of them start. In total we will have 14 players playing college soccer int he fall. VT - Albert Alwang, Alistair Moore, Jeremy Williams Emory - Dehmeh Smith Christopher Newport - Jack Cooper Lynchburg - Michael Releford Emory and Henry - Brandon Brodkin and Scott McGuigan St John's (MN) - Chris Hagen William and Mary - Tim and Matt Becker Concordia (Canada) - Sam Cooper 2 more that escapes me at the moment

I will try and get the all-region posted tomorrow

I am assuming you are talking about #11 Dehmeh Smith. He has been a great players for us the past 4 years. He won 3 state titles. He is going to Emory University in Atlanta in the fall. The semifinal game was the best game by far. It was back and forth both ways. We hit the post 3 times in the first half and they had a goal disallowed because of a push. Broad Run had a kid who could throw it from midfield to inside te 6 yard box and then they were all 6-1, and 6-2. Scott McGuigan (playing at Emory and Henry in the fall) scored with about 10 minutes left off a long throw in to win. The final was the 5th time we had played Hidden Valley. I thought we controlled the game where they only had 1 shot on goal i the game. We won 3-0. They beat us at our place 1-0 and we beat them 4-0, 4-0, 4-0, and then 3-0. Good luck to everyone next year! What does everyone have coming back?

Do you post on VaPreps too?

Blacksburg 13 Carroll County 0 Martinsville 6 Marion 1 Hidden Valley 6 Abingdon 0 Cave Spring 2 Bassett 1

any word?

It is like that for baseball, softball, and basketball. It has been like that forever. It is not dumb at all. It is rewarding teams for their play over a whole season not just one week.

Abingdon will host Hidden Valley and Marion will travel to Bassett. Bassett won the Piedmont District, not Martinsville. We have the whole Region IV bracket filled out on our website.

Congrats to Richlands and good luck on Monday. I believe you play our girls team in Blacksburg at 5:30 with the guys to follow against Carroll County at 7:30.

Eric is smiling down on you guys tonight. I am sure he s proud of you.

who won the game between Graham and Carroll County?

Monday - May 31 Game 1 - Southwest #3 at Blacksburg (River Ridge #1) Game 2 - Marion (Southwest #2) at Martinsville (Piedmont #2) Game 3 - Hidden Valley (River Ridge #2) at Abingdon (Southwest #1) Game 4 - River Ridge #3 at Bassett (Piedmont #1) It is starting to fill out. Games from tonight (Wednesday) Blacksburg 3 Salem 0 Hidden Valley 2 Cave Spring 1 Cave Spring will play Salem Friday for the River Ridge #3 spot Bassett 7 Patrick Co. 2 Martinsville 1 Tunstall 0 Bassett and Martinsville play on Friday Graham and Carroll County play Thursday at 6pm at East River for the Southwest #3 spot. Did I miss anything????

AD at Graham told me 6:00pm at East River on Thursday.

Does anyone know where and what time this game is being held on Thursday? Thanks in advance!

No they changed it this year. River Ridge gets 3, Piedmont gets 2, and Southwest get 3, total of 8 and no one gets a bye. Here are the pairings.... Quarterfinals Monday - May 31 Game 1 - Southwest #3 at Blacksburg (River Ridge #1) Game 2 - Southwest #2 at Piedmont #2* Game 3 - River Ridge #2 at Abingdon (Southwest #1) Game 4 - River Ridge #3 at Piedmont #1 Semifinals Wednesday - June 2 - Bogle Stadium (Cave Spring) * Game 5 - Winner of Game 1 vs Winner of Game 2 Game 6 - Winner of Game 3 vs Winner of Game 4 Final Friday - June 4 - Bogle Stadium (Cave Spring) Game 7 - Winner of Game 3 vs Winner of Game 4

These awards are suppose to be about the players.... anything with the fans and coaches should have NOTHING to do with the voting. You are doing a grave injustice to the players if it does. I do not have a clue who is or should have been Player of the Year but if someone had a problem with the fans and that kept them from voting for a player, that is just wrong. Back in the day (early 90's) I played basketball against Carroll and it was a rough place to play in. That is how it is suppose to be. Players like going to a hostile environment to play. It sure beats an empty gym or people who are not into the game.

Hold on a second. I have posted on here several times and have been nothing but respectful to all teams. I am an assistant coach at Blacksburg but before that I was actually one of the coaches who started Graham's soccer program in 1995 and 1996. I am not sure where you come up with that we have the financial resources to be dominant. What does that have to do with anything. Our program does a tremendous amount of fundraising to support our teams. I would not say we have a huge pool of talent either. In our district more kids come out for the teams at Cave Spring and Hidden Valley. I am assuming you are referring to region4fan's posts. He is not associated with our program at all. We keep tabs and if any of our players post on message boards and we do not allow it. We take alot of pride in having a classy program. Please do not lump someone like that with our program.

This is an absolute tragic and horrible event. Eric was an up and coming coach who had done a tremendous job at Marion. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and to the Marion Soccer Community.

We lose two starters, which include Alistair Moore, who is the state player of the year. But with 9 starters back and a JV team that went 16-0, we should be alright next year.

Alistair is a senior and he signed with Virginia Tech to play.

The Group AA All-State team is posted on our site.

We have the All-Region IV teams and awards posted on our site. http://www.blacksburgsoccer.net

We have all the Group AA regional tournaments brackets posted on our site. http://www.blacksburgsoccer.net