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Over on the old HOGO site, they did this very thing for 1 year.  The called it HOGO Gameday.  It was pretty cool, but MONEY issues was the biggest killer of it.

Yeup.

If you want to foot the bill, sure, I'm in...

Can confirm.  Is not cheap.  Coordination with schools is also problematic.  Getting kids to participate is surprisingly difficult (that's where cheerleaders are clearly preferred, they're trained to be overly excitable for no reason).  

Good luck.

Thanks guys, I'll add them to my growing list!

I've updated a few here so far.  See any I don't have then send me pics or really detailed descriptions.

http://hogoheegee.com/helmet-history.html

Did it last year about 6 weeks.  Was fun.  Pricey though.  Here's one.

Dang, my tweets are more popular here than on my own website.

Abingdon updated:  http://helmethistory.tumblr.com/post/8522239467/abingdon

Holston updated: http://helmethistory.tumblr.com/post/8447832500/holston

Yeah, pics are essential.  I can only do simple or copycat helmets by description.  If anything is unique about it, a picture is necessary.

Anyone notice some different helmets than the ones here on Friday?

I noticed Marion's new helmet and I'm working on it.

HogoOnline Game of the Week this week is Holston at Patrick Henry.

on the bright side with that picture, it looks like you have a new Pennington helmet to work on HOgo.

This is true.  I didn't think I did until I just looked again and noticed the guy on the ground.

What do you guys think those colors are?

Black helmet

Stripes - white in the middle, gold/yellow on the sides?

Gray masks?

Bobcats outlined in...white/gold/yellow?

That would make sense.  The image I have is a guy catching a pass for Clintwood in a playoff game.  Not sure who they were playing.  Do you have images of any from when you played?

From the Hogo:
Holston's Seth Thomas
Patrick Henry's Zack Wright

Marion's Trey Cook

Chilhowie's Tyler Pierce

...all stand outs, probably in that order.

George Wythe's Jordan Byrd is still injured..not sure if he'll return this year.  He would likely head the list or at least be near the top if healthy.

It's easier to post and wait for people to tell you to look in beamerball's thread?  Or easier to just look yourself?

clintwoods is wrong, we always had C with yellow and white encirlcled around it, all changed when Bobby Meade became  coach......(88)  (plain green or with #)  coach mullins started the "wave" we never had grey helmet

What years did you have the "C"?

There is no gray helmet.  In 1979 you had a white one with "Wave" on the side.  I have pictures of it.

I have pictures of the rest and can vouch for their validity unless you have pictures with dates to prove me wrong.

As a correction, Hogoheegee.com will be covering the Chilhowie at Northwood game.. not John Battle at Patrick Henry.

Thanks!

I wonder how much WV they would have to travel through (Hurley) if they had to play someone like Bath County in the playoffs?  Sure, I'll Google Map it. 

Almost 140 miles?  Yeah, that would surely be unique for an in-stater.

Pocahontas did quite well with a similar enrollment.  They held their own and made a few playoff appearances back when that meant something.

Sorry I'm late!

George Wythe at Floyd County at 7pm

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Note for anyone attempting to access Hogoheegee.com, we're working on getting it going.  We're having server issues which will hopefully be resolved in the near future.

For updates about the site you can add me on Twitter, @HogoOnline or if you have questions, email hogo_sportz@yahoo.com.

The helmet links posted above should work though... those are on Tumblr :)

A few more 2013's...

Northwood:  http://helmethistory.tumblr.com/post/8448258405/northwood

Twin Springs: http://helmethistory.tumblr.com/post/8515360503/twin-springs

Galax:  http://helmethistory.tumblr.com/post/8521504451/galax

Narrows:  http://helmethistory.tumblr.com/post/8522728561/narrows

Could use a better image of Grayson County's new one and a close up of Abingdon's helmet as well.

That's a teepee.

Funny, I made the helmet and thought it was an arrow tip.

Teepee is more obvious though.  Nice work.

wonder why i cant access hogoheegee.com on my laptop. Been that way for over a week now. says it cannot connect. i have no problems with any other site and i can get on it on my phone

Our current server is a jerk.  We're switching today.  Expect better luck in the next 24-48 hours provided things go as planned.

More updates:

Patrick Henry: http://helmethistory.tumblr.com/post/8448456217/patrick-henry

Rural Retreat: http://helmethistory.tumblr.com/post/8448540631/rural-retreat

Lee: http://helmethistory.tumblr.com/post/8472495331/lee

Rye Cove: http://helmethistory.tumblr.com/post/8472639908/rye-cove

Clintwood: http://helmethistory.tumblr.com/post/8471607914/clintwood

Hmm.. seems to be working for me.

We are switching servers soon because this one kinda blows.  So maybe it will get better.. sorry guys.