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)

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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

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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)