V-Cats

Virginia High 13 John Battle 6 2:50 4th Trojans have the ball on their own 1

Bearcat secondary has bailed them out with 3 INTs Virginia High 13 John Battle 6 3:56 4th, Cats ball on the JSB 49

Battle goes for it on 4th and 1 from their own 30, fumbled the snap, VHS takes over and scores VHS 13 JSB 6 1:00 3rd

John Battle 6 Virginia High 6 0:42 2nd Battle scores on 3rd and Goal, Cats block the XP

Virginia High 6 John Battle 0 1 min 2nd Trojans have 3rd and Goal from the 2 coming up

Virginia High 6 Battle 0 3:00 2nd Both teams trade turnovers

Virginia High 6 John Battle 0 End 1st Cats have controlled the line of scrimmage, Trojans have two 3 and outs

If I'm not mistaken, Abingdon's abrupt drop from 7th to not getting a single vote is the largest drop in the history of the SWVA poll

Team Points Previous This Week 1 Graham (30) 392 1 @ Galax 2 Bluefield 330 2 @ #7 Princeton 3 Union (1) 261 3 vs. Richlands 4 Honaker 215 8 vs. Castlewood 5 Radford 199 6 vs. Giles 6 Gate City 196 4 vs. Middlesboro, KY 7 Princeton 188 12 vs. #2 Bluefield 8 Ridgeview (1) 166 5 vs. Grundy 9 James Monroe 77 NR BYE 10 Rye Cove 74 NR @ Northwood 11 Tazewell 73 9 vs. Riverheads 12 Pulaski County 69 10 BYE Also receiving votes: Galax (53), Patrick Henry (53), Giles (51), John Battle (29), Grayson County (28), Narrows (22), Virginia High (19), Holston (17), George Wythe (15), Wise Central (14), Lee High (10) Twin Springs (10), Chilhowie (4), Eastside (4), Carroll County (2), Grundy (1), Lebanon (1), Twin Valley (1)

https://forms.gle/cYFcyopAef9YExqTA Responses due Wednesday at 9 PM

Prior to last night this one looked like it would be the usual one-sided affair but following Battle's upset of Abingdon and Virginia High's loss to PH we might just have a ball game on our hands VHS finished the PH game without their starting QB, 2 RB/LBs, and 2 OL/DL & I think this outcome will largely rest on how many of those guys can come back

Battle picks off Abingdon with 1 min left They're going to beat the Falcons for the first time in 10 years

John Battle 26 Abingdon 21 3:01 4th Falcons have 1st and 10 on their own 20 Listen here: https://spreaker.page.link/NAKevruWqAPmLstd6

John Battle 26 Abingdon 21 3:20 4th Trojans ball

Patrick Henry 25 Virginia High 15 Final Way too many injuries doomed the Cats. Finished the game without our starting QB, 2 RB/LBs, and 2 OL/DL First time that Virginia High has lost a season opener at Gene Malcolm since 2006

John Battle 26 Abingdon 14 Middle 4th

Injury bug continues to plague Virginia High, starting QB, RB, and 2 OL are now out

John Battle 20 Abingdon 14 10:23 4th Could have a shocker on our hands

I spoke way too soon Patrick Henry 25 Virginia High 15 6:20 4th VHS playmaker Keshawn Smith left in the 3rd with an injury

Virginia High 15 Patrick Henry 7 5:20 3rd Aside from a long screen pass TD, VHS has controlled the game

Abingdon Northside Carroll County Central Gate City Union Ridgeview Marion Virginia High Craig County Rural Retreat Glenvar Giles Grayson County Narrows Hurley Twin Valley North Greene, TN Rye Cove Thomas Walker Holston Princeton Notre Dame Vanderbilt G(s)otW George Wythe 69 Graham 58

1 537 Graham 2 380 Bluefield 3 297 Union 4 218 Gate City 5 212 Ridgeview 6 205 Radford 7 178 Abingdon 8 164 Honaker 9 157 Tazewell 10 151 Pulaski County 11 144 George Wythe 12 142 Princeton Also receiving votes: Grayson County (117), Patrick Henry (80), Wise Central (72), Virginia High (72), Galax (64), Rye Cove (54), Lebanon (34), Lee High (34), Giles (28), James Monroe (23), Narrows (23), Grundy (16), Chilhowie (13), Richlands (12), Bland County (10), Carroll County (10), Castlewood (9), J.I. Burton (9), Twin Springs (9), Marion (8), Rural Retreat (7), Eastside (5), Holston (5), Pikeview (5), John Battle (4), Fort Chiswell (2)

Reminder that picks are due tomorrow

Glad to see Virginia High and Tennessee High are playing again, even if it is just a scrimmage A source told me that both coaches really want to bring the V-T Game back in 2025

They're legit games but usually the coaches have a gentlemen's agreement to play backups at some point in the game to avoid injuries (just ask Richlands fans about Gray Baker)