MrSocko

A W is a W. Better than what we’ve been. We have some heart, fight, and desire. We will be patient. It’s not a 1 step solution. But we are headed in the right direction. We know it’s gonna take time. But I believe in Jeremy and staff. Rome wasn’t built overnight. Go Blue!

Hurley Rebels 2019 Football Schedule 
Aug 16th-  @ Phelps (Scrimmage) Aug 23rd-  @ Lebanon (Jamboree) Aug 30th- vs Tug Valley  Sep 6th-   vs Rye Cove Sep 13th- vs Patrick Henry Sep 20th- @ River View, WV Sep 27th- OPEN Oct 4th-    @ Grundy Oct 11th-  vs Northwood Oct 18th-  @ Honaker Oct 25th-  @ Holston Nov 1st-   vs. Auburn Nov 7th-   @ Twin Valley 

TW said their schedule was full when Hurley's AD called needing a game. Conflicting story there with the TW poster. Hurley just filled their schedule in January. Holston and Northwood were the last two signed. So I kind of doubt the schedule was full when the Hurley AD called the TW AD. I'm not sure when the AD called but he has been working on the new schedule since the beginning of the 2018 season. So let's say since August. Scheduling schools is tough when you are isolated like Hurley or TW. Hurley had three teams drop out last minute due to either finding a closer game (Tolsia WV, Harlan Ind, Montcalm) or schedule conflict (Phelps, KY). Phelps, since they have got better, is a good gate money game that both schools lose on. The schools are only 17 miles apart and the Pike, Co school bus and Buchanan Co school buses travel on the same routes. 
Not sure of the dates but Hurley's new schedule is
Rye Cove, Auburn, Riverview, Patrick Henry, Northwood, Holston, Grundy, Honaker, Tug Valley, Twin Valley 
Side note.....a poster made a funny remark about Riverview and Hurley both dropping Tazewell. The teams did because they wanted the teams to travel to Tazewell back to back years. Offered each school a small sum. Both AD's said no thanks we will fine someone else. Union wanted the same as well. 
 

I truly wouldn’t have said anything if I hadn’t been goaded into it.  But since you poked the bear...
 
Considering Graham’s 2nd string would go 9-1 at worst against those cupcakes, yes, I’ll continue to mock Thomas Walker for ducking teams like Patrick Henry, Holston, Grundy, Hurley, Honaker, Chilhowie, George Wythe, Rural Retreat, Grayson, Galax, and all the other VA 1A teams that put together halfway decent schedules without having to schedule terrible KY and TN teams for chances at wins.  I get that some of this is related to Thomas Walker’s unique geography, but there are decent teams in the tri-state area that you duck as well.  It shows when you barely miss a home playoff game, even with a gaudy record, and get jackhammered by a “good-not-great” Grundy team.
 
Y’all would probably duck Burton, too, if your district didn’t require that you play them.

Coach Church did many great things for the Hurley football program, not only as a head coach, but as an assistant for years. This rebel hopes he’s involved in the program in some way for the upcoming season and seasons beyond. Huge thank you to everything Coach Church has given us and the players. We, as a community, will support whatever he chooses do to in future, but again we sure hope he’s back in the program in some degree. 

How many playoff games had Riverheads won prior to the arrival of Casto?
Enjoy what you've been able to accomplish because you're likely going to revert back much closer to the statistical mean.  Schools traditionally haven't fared too well after losing that caliber of leadership. 

Today is 1-9
Happy Chris Akers Day!!

Geography and grammar are tough sometimes.

I remember when football was played in the rain...

(1 - tie) Bluefield
(1 - tie) Bluefield
(3) Ridgeview
(4) Pulaski Co.
(5) Union
(6) Chilhowie
(7) Richlands
(8) Graham
(9) Abingdon
(10) Mount View, WV

But if you do that, then last year both Marion (5) and Grayson (6) don’t get in and they were 8-2 and 7-3 if I recall correctly. And Grayson knocked off 9-1 Ridgeview and Richlands came within 90 seconds of sending 1 seed Union home after round 1. 
Sure. There are some duds, but you also get crazy moments where an 8 beats a 1 (happened in 3 different classifications last year). 
I like it at 8 for regions with 12+ teams. 

Brian Woodson‏ @bdtwoodson
#wvprepfb Class A No. 1 Mount View survives 6-0 vs. Tolsia to improve to 6-0. First win in four tries vs. the Rebels for the Knights.   #vaprepfb Terrific effort by Hurley tonight at The Cliff in a 14-6 loss to Grundy. Golden Wave claims the Black Diamond District title.   wslsScores‏ @wslsScores FINAL: Harrisonburg 77, Rockbridge 49 #1stand10   great state

You are part of the problem in Gate City, Va. constantly out here making up excuses about coaching and how Akers and his staff are a cancer. 
The. Talent. Is. Not. There. 
Those kids bust their tails, and so do the coaches, to try and get a win on Friday nights. They don’t give up, which is more than you can say. You’ve given up on your team and town. 
EH31 is trying to make a point to you, and all you’ve done is make more excuses, and now came at him with a 12 year old’s version of a keyboard warrior threat. 
Wake up and see that there are about 10 circumstances that have led GC to what it is right now. 
Mac McClung is 100% near the top of that list. He made basketball cooler than football. Kids want to be Mac. There’s the issue with your little league. They don’t want to play football anymore because McClung make GC great at basketball. 
If you feel like you have all the answers, and you talk on here enough like you think you do, then go fix the problem. Volunteer to coach at any level. Go talk to school board members if you feel that strongly that you have a case. 
Otherwise, just shut up and stop spewing crap everywhere for anyone who will take the time to read on here. 
The world doesn’t revolve around Gate City football, man. It’s so much bigger than that. 

I'm sorry, but football is just a sport, it's not everything. I have issues with school systems that give athletics too much importance. I love sports, don't get me wrong but it shouldn't drive academics. In Gate City's case, it sounds like a mess, which is sad. That being said you have a group of kids who seem stronger in other sports, it happens. Your state basketball title speaks for that.  Eventually you will get another group of good football players. Even though it's tough to see, Gate City has had it's fair share and then some of success in football. Most schools would dream to have your legacy, be thankful that you have that history. 
 

...and I thought the back and forth on Facebook and Twitter between Union and Richlands over the band/football incident was mesmerizing. 

Hell, Grundy couldn't get past Burton in the first round . What makes you think they had anything for Chilhowie?

In the running for the most unintentionally funny thing ever posted on this site.

If I wanted the kind of abuse that referees take, such as yelled at, spit on, criticized on everything,  and even have my ancestry questioned, I would just have my mother-in-law move in.

Greg Mance to Hurley confirmed!

Congratulations to Chilhowie on an exciting, successful season that may be a harbinger of things to come for that program.  The Warriors just ran into the Alabama of 1A football today, and therein is the difference of a team hoping it can win against a team knowing it would.  Chilhowie may well get there themselves, and I look forward to what the future holds for them.  In any regard, they are the kings of the hill of 1A football in SWVA this season.

Bullshit call on the kick receiving interference.  Never saw a fair catch signal, PLUS, he fumbled the damn ball before contact...

lol Yeah, Iverson's talking about practice.

You wonder why people dislike Great city but Hurley is a better job than there.

It would be downright comical if this Hurley team made it to the 3rd Round while last year’s inhuman unstoppable juggernauts faded in Round 2.