Gate City beat Richlands in 04 and lost to State Runnerup PV twice. So Richlands would have had a tough time winning it then too. Richlands being in D2 would not mean automatic State Titles. They would still have to beat the likes of Gretna, Goochland, Gate City, Union, Giles, Essex, Riverheads, and so on and on. There have been a lot of years that the D2 champ could beat the D3 champ. Heck in 97 the D1 and D2 champs easily beat the D3 champ. There are some dang good teams in D2.