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The biggest advantage to being held back is probably academically.  I could have started school a year earlier than I did because of my October birthday.  My parents decided against it.  So I was 18 basically my whole senior year.  That made a big difference in my maturity level.  Being 19 as a freshman in college I think made it easier for ME to transition to college life, studies, sports, WEEKEND MIXERS, etc. 

I messaged Tim Hayes (Bristol Herald-Courier) about this. He said that private schools can "re-classify" a student's grade, even if he has already graduated high school at a public school. 
He went on to point out that basketball-focused prep schools do this all the time
 
And yes, this is just more ammo for why the TSSAA (and increasingly the VHSL) are complete imbeciles for allowing private schools to compete alongside public schools

RC needs to get in contact with Jenkins and Ridgeview needs to get in contact with Trinity. There, problem solved

Well, I guess they could take a knee ever play or run the other way and score for them?  Is that more "christian like"?

There is one University in the Commonwealth that has a head coaching vacancy...

I thought the original Union unis were incredible, the new ones not so much

Sorry this is so late but i've been out of town all day....First i want to say to Glenvar players and fans you guys have one heck of a football team and i'm man enough to admit you were by far the better team last night....Your front 4 on defense is something special especially at the D2 level....Stanley,Alls,Deck and the other kids are flat our studs on your DL...and you are a well coached football team as well....as Giles is also.
 
Union may beat Glenvar but I promise you if they or anyone else does they will know they have been in a dogfight....this team is physically and mentally tough.
 
On offense Manns is a quick,fast shifty little back with a burst and he is tough as nails too.....and Stegall(#7) is just flat out a play makers....kid made 2 of the best catches last night i've seen in a long time.
 
They are the defending champs for a reason
 
Spread teams may have more success against them than Giles does with the compact single-wing....their defense is perfect for our offense...and a guy asked me last night "Do you think Clifford(coach) has figured out how to defend the single-wing?"....my reply was "No but with this class of players they may have figured it out"
 
And I also want to thank the Giles coaching staff and players for a great season...10-2 is nothing to be ashamed of...and they played hard last night and just got beat by a better team.....and I personally am going to miss Brian Mann...Kid is a special type of player and he is sorely going to be missed in Spartan land....a hell of a career for a great kid ended last night...I've been watching Giles football for many years and this kid was one of the most fun players i've ever watched.

Face it guys, Staunton River is a better rebounding team...and they made their free throws...
 
What a game, would like to have seen that one.

Straight up bracket. 8 will play 4 and 7 will play 3. No reseeding teams.
 
And a big CONGRATS to Abingdon. Way to go Falcons!

Face it guys, Staunton River is a better rebounding team...and they made their free throws...
 
What a game, would like to have seen that one.

Face it guys, Staunton River is a better rebounding team...and they made their free throws...
 
What a game, would like to have seen that one.

Would have assumed that Radford @ GW would be one. I guess the 35 mile bus ride is too hard to pull off after school.

Straight up bracket. 8 will play 4 and 7 will play 3. No reseeding teams.
 
And a big CONGRATS to Abingdon. Way to go Falcons!

The VHSL has Bland and PH both listed as 8 seeds. Obviously wrong. So who is the 8? Helper had PH so i'm betting that way.

The Vols don't have enough Wake Forests, BC's and East Carolinas to run up those double digit win seasons. The only thing to LOL about is going 6-6 against THAT schedule each year...

Twin Springs 16, Chilhowie 15. 2:41, 3rd qtr.

PH 48, Rye Cove 14. Final

Steelers vs Cowboys in the Super Bowl for the 4th time against one another.
 
 

70-14 in '71 looks like the worst

cavdaddy remembers a trip to Clintwood in November of 2008. Clintwood 41, Holston 0 at the end of 3 quarters that day.

Once you are on I-77 then take the exit for I-81 North and take it to exit 105 or 109(2 radford exits, don't matter which you take).....probably 105 exit is the easiest....once you get off that exit take it for about 5 miles or so until you come into town, right when you get to Sonic(on the left) look for Union bank and turn up the steep hill beside the bank and go up the hill and the football field will be over on the left(hard to see but i'm sure you will see the school and the cars for the game

cavdaddy remembers a trip to Clintwood in November of 2008. Clintwood 41, Holston 0 at the end of 3 quarters that day.

After what these young men have been through this past year making the playoffs and getting the chance to play a team like Clintwood is icing on the cake

I think it would show more class if we just congratulated Abingdon on a good win instead of discounting it. 

I live in the County, and while I had heard about the mailboxes being damaged, I must have been in the half that didn't know who was responsible for it. The first I heard about the whole thing was the day before the Marion/Northwood game. And if it's true that half the County knew about it, why is it that no one reported it before hand? Sure, they're juveniles which would have kept it out of the widespread public eye, but I'm pretty sure that it's still a crime that the kids should be prosecuted for. Maybe UVAObserver could clarify that a little bit better; I don't pretend to know enough about the law to say that with certainty. Regardless, I find it hard to believe that the same school that expelled their star runningback for breaking the law, opening the door for him to transfer to their chief rival, would have let this slide.