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He was one of the first recruits Bronco called. Kid is a stud. Reminds me of Kevin Parks in multiple ways. The future is very bright.

All of this is total crap. You can not say that if Richlands had won the appomattox game that they would have won the state championship. You can not predict the future. It's all about match ups and who knows how Richlands would have matched up with the other teams. All credit to appomattox they won every game they played and thats all that matters. THEY determined who won the state championship by taking care of business every game they played and congrats to them.

UVA signee Tre Harbison had 295 yards rushing and 7 tds. As Shelby Crest won the 3AA state title 55-21 over Southern Durham in North Carolina.

UVA signee Tre Harbison had 295 yards rushing and 7 tds. As Shelby Crest won the 3AA state title 55-21 over Southern Durham in North Carolina.

Still VERY PROUD of my Blues !  Can't turn the ball over 5 times and win,  but still proud of the fight they showed all season.
Congrats to both Tiger teams also on great seasons.
 
  Well................there's always next year !

Good season Haysi and Honaker!!! I was hoping for the storybook ending for both Tigers.
I will miss the Hurley/Haysi match-ups. Colley and all the Deels, O'Quinns, Turners and Owens and all the other common surnames in Haysi were a pleasure to watch over the years. Good Luck as the Ridgeview Wolfpack!!!

Great fight, Haysi. A school well served.

Concord 29 Bloom. 26 start 4 q

Stadium wise, here are a few of my favorites that I have either played at or watched a game at:
 
Ernie Hicks Stadium of course, 
Legion Field, 
The Cliff, 
Ralph Cummins Stadium,
Bullitt Park,
Mitchell Stadium, 
and
I know most think I'm joking but when Grundy has a good team, Nelson Memorial is a fun place to play as well as watch a game. 

The Galax Grayson rivalry has only been a rivalry for a handful of years in terms of competitiveness.  From 1988 through 2008, Galax only won three times and the games were rarely competitive.  The same can be said for Galax and Carroll.  The games had gotten so out of hand from a competitive standpoint Carroll dropped the series about a decade ago.  Galax has since developed into one of the states finest 1A programs under Dixon's leadership.  Coaching makes a world of difference.  Now if Galax can develop a passing attack and learn to defend the pass a little better, the sky is the limit.  
 
Some friends and I are planning to visit every SWVA facility over the next few years to catch some of the best match-ups our part of the state has to offer.  We plan on starting in Bluefiled on August 28.

Just wanted to wish the folks from Haysi and Richlands safe travels today and good luck to you and Honaker tomorrow. This ole Blue Devil will be pullin hard for you all this weekend. Best of luck!

OH WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW MY SCHOOL'S FOOTBALL TEAM WAS TURRIBUL.  
YOU REALLY GOT ME THERE, HURR HURR HURRRRRR.

Sup_rbeast,
 
on behalf of the Giles fan base, I'd like to apologize to you for the name calling (idiot, clown).  Most of us have a little more brass than that. 
 
We're all hurting over this past week's loss.  Having come through the program many years ago, this loss hurt about as bad as the one that ended my own career, because I feel we lost to a team that was not quite as good as ours.  Football is weird in that way.  I make no excuses though.  The team we beat 3 weeks ago 33-0 was the same as the one that beat us last week, except for one DT, MLB, and DB, and I'll stand now and say that those 3 players didn't swing the game from 33 in our favor to 35 in theirs.  Bottom line is we played our worst game in 2 years, and Glenvar played their best, maybe ever.  It's been said football is a game of inches.  If Glenvar's QB had been a few inches off, if a ball or two would have bounced differently, I'm not gonna say we would have won, but the outcome may have been different.  I would even go so far as to say that if these two teams played this Saturday, that the outcome may be completely different.  But all of these are mute at this point.  It doesn't matter now.  Glenvar came in with a game plan, and nothing to lose and everything to gain mentality, and executed it flawlessly.  Scoring 21 points in 14 seconds at the end of the 1st half, I doubt Jamies Winston could have brought his team back from that.  I watched the entire Glenvar/Union game film, and like you, wasn't impressed by Glenvar whatsoever, and I was confident as a Christian holding 4 aces, that this was going to be a repeat of 3 weeks prior.  But the way they came out and executed, I don't believe anyone in 2A could have beat them Saturday. 
 
Coach Ragsdale taught us that football is a metaphor for life.  I've seen several of those parallels because of this game.  First one, is watching the majority of our own fans head for the gate with about 8 minutes left in the 4th QTR, which I thought was poor to say the least.  I hope the name caller here wasn't one of them.  Second one, is winning 27 straight and then getting discredited(by you) for botching up one.   you know, we should really take a minute to think that we're discussing 16, 17, and 18 year old kids.  And to our own fair weather fan base, and talking to some of the kids afterwards, walking out on them with time left on the clock didn't go unnoticed, but hopefully they will see that as one of the many life lessons that can learned from playing this game.
 
To Richlands and Glenvar, good luck here on out.  To everyone else, best of luck next season.

Just my opinion, but I think it's up to the family on where the kids go to school. Nothing illegal about it so what's the problem? I graduated from GC and have a 2 month old daughter. Good Lord willing, she'll be a Lady Devil one day. Kids have left GC to attend other schools. Had a basketball player do it just this year and I wish him the best.

Ladies and gentlemen, I have been to the Great Wall of China, I have seen the Pyramids of Egypt, I've even witnessed a grown man satisfy a camel.
But never in all my years as a sportscaster have I witnessed something as improbable, as impossible, as what we've witnessed here today!
 
Cotton McNight

Haysi with a score, Sykes to Turner!
 
Galax 14 Haysi 14 -:56 2nd qt.

Your welcome Redtiger. Someone else said something about King William. I am not sure where these schools are located so I really don't know. It would be a mute point if CB wins, they only lost to Essex by 8 in the regular season. Also both Tigers have to win which I hope they do. Good luck to both Tigers this weekend. 

Kinda like southy?

This guy ( Rebel pride )  reminds me of the little kid that is crying, screaming,  and stomping his feet in a jealous tantrum trying to get attention because this is the only way he can get it.  Especially this time of the year.......playoff time.........big boy football time ! 

87Tiger First of all ....Thank You for your service to this country ! Hopefully you can come home soon and watch your Tigers play. They have an awesome football team!
 
Thank you

As for all the people in Radford that I communicate with we RESPECT all the SWVA teams. What's not to respect? hard hitting kids that play the game hard. We left Honaker Saturday knowing we got beat by a really good football team, a better team on that Saturday maybe any and every Saturday. So to say nobody respects you is not true at all. Good luck and I really hope to see you in Salem in a few weeks. And YES I'll be pulling for you hard & loud. GO HOOS

Rebel Pride if you think that your getting under any of our skin wanting us to lose your badly fooled. I really don't get you man. You have two schools (Honaker, Haysi) from the district that your school competes against. They have a chance to do something really special. Man the bdd has been the topic of jokes for as long as I can remember, how weak our district is, nobody from that district can win in the post season ect. These two have been the best in the west for 3 years now and instead of downing them how about supporting them. I can tell you this Galax, wythville, Radford or Covington dont respect honaker or haysi. All we have is each other and the local support from the nice richlands fans and many others. Dude grow up broaden your horizons and look at the big picture! It's us against the state and it's about time you get on board. I can honestly say if it was Hurley not Honaker gearing up to play Wythe Saturday I would be on here rooting for them not downgrading them!

Message to Richlands fans: I've been noticing a trend as of late, and that trend is that our fan base has been absent all year. I can remember driving to Hidden Valley and to Brookville and us packing the stands 2 hours before kickoffs. We always had more fans than the opposing team during the season. It's such a HUGE difference when we can go on the road and make so much noise that it throws off the home team. But this year, we haven't filled up a set of bleachers since Gate City in week 1. These boys don't have a perfect record. They lost some squeakers. They got beat convincingly. But they've grown so much. They deserve to have a rabid fan base that will follow them ANYWHERE to see them play the game. Are we really that spoiled as a fan base? Have we seen so many 10-0 teams that a 3 loss season has turned away fans?? We are ONE win away from a STATE SEMIFINAL APPEARANCE. This team is good. But so is Gate City. They need our help in any way they can get it. Remember when this team carried out the 32 jersey and promised to play this season for Cody? Well, that's still in effect. This season still means more than just a season.
 
So I'm challenging you. Load up a car with friends. Get your friends to do the same. If someone doesn't have a ride, BRING THEM if you don't have a full car. Let's pack these stands Saturday at Gate City and help our boys continue their dream. Mance shouldn't have to beg on the radio to get fans to come out. It's time to re-ignite this fan base!!! THE STORM IS COMING!!

TD Union
600 to go
Glenvar 12
Union 9

Honaker wins !  Congrats to the Tigers !