barondawg77

Enjoying being a Grandpa from our conversation lol

Thanks for the trip down memory lane! I graduated from Tazewell the year before, coach Vaught was my o line coach my jr. year. I just talked to him this past weekend. As you said, he taught me more about football than any other coach I had. Love him or hate him, he was one heck of a football coach.

When 2A used it, we advanced only 4 from half state to an 8 man bracket at the state tournament. 2A region/half state has been very difficult to advance out of so far in the 6A system.

If they combine 1-2A for wrestling, then basically that is what we will have anyway. Regions 1D and 2D will be tough to get out of if they are only taking top 4 for a 16 man bracket. Grundy, Rural Retreat, Lebanon, Richlands, and John Battle were the top teams in the 2 regions. Reminds me of the last few years of the old region 4, before Grundy dropped to 1A, when we had Grundy along with all of the Roanoke, Martinsville, and New River Valley schools all in one region.

So does that mean he will be ineligible for 365 days now?

Grayson also has one othe most underrated coaches in the area as well. Coach Coman has done very well in his short tenure so far.

Poquoson 1st, Grayson 2nd, Lebanon 3rd in 2A. New Kent 1st, Christiansburg 2nd, Brentsville District 3rd in 3A Abingdon 6th

https://www.trackwrestling.com/predefinedtournaments/MainFrame.jsp?newSession=false&TIM=1552909620937&pageName=

Coach Go was also at Tazewell and was the offensive line coach on the ‘86 state team. He left Tazewell after the ‘89 season. Great coach and great man!

@EH31 I guess that settles it, you were right LOL!

Michael Webb. He is also the head football coach now.

Keep your eyes on Lebanon. They return a lot from last year. They will be strong for a while too.

One of the best game I’ve seen in a while

Lol ok. Guy in all black on richlands sidelands, visor like the other picture, he’s at the games I’ve been too. Sure looks like the same guy to me. But could be wrong.

He’s at very richlands game I’ve been too. Someone from richlands can name that guy for sure. He was taking pictures of Tazewell warmups this year. Not sure what his reasoning was, but that’s what he was doing.

I'm not going to call a kid out on here, but I know one is for sure, and I'm pretty sure another is. I'll let someone else look that up. Everywhere has hold backs, and not all of them are for athletic reasons. My point is, be careful how much you say Graham doesn't do that, when it is more normal than you realize. The creativity of parents doing this in other grades than 8th grade, makes it a little harder to detect.

Two of Graham's best players are hold backs right?

Didn’t Rockbridge QB get injured and they lost those 5 games that year though? Mayo wasn’t it?

There is a track between the sidelines and bleachers at Tazewell. I don't remember any injuries ever occurring because of the bleachers being to close.

Isn't Central and Grundy going to Tazewell, with Lee, on the 11th?

We already know he will be there this week

Are you saying that schools shouldn't use "volunteers"? These days there are more volunteers than ever. The amount of teachers willing to coach sports is in a decline. It is getting harder and harder for Head Coaches to bring in coaches because they don't have the luxury of teaching positions for them. It isn't like it was 20 years ago where you can just hire a coach and get them a teaching job at most places. I would bet that nearly every sport in Tazewell County has at least one "volunteer" on staff. Those "volunteers" also have to go through the same background checks and drug testing policies that a teacher does. If this guy did what he is accused of, he carries the entire responsibility of his actions. How the "heads" handled it after the fact is on them.

That's the beauty of wrestling, you don't have to be a great athlete to be successful. Hard work and a strong mentality are the keys to success. If you get those things combined with athleticism, then you have something special, as in every sport. But those guys that are too small or too slow, can really benefit from wrestling. I've seen it first hand.

If you can get 4-5 kids per grade to stay involved from youth in to high school, you can be very successful.