Great City

Awful performance from Union tonight. GC outplayed them in nearly every facet of the game.
Embarrassing really, and every bit of it falls on the coaching staff.
GC earned this victory tonight. They have made huge strides since the Richlands game. As usual, the Bears are in their mid season regression.
Hat's off to the Blue Devils.

Despite the 92-degree heat, optimism was high during Wednesday’s media day session at GC. According to head coach Jeremy Houseright, the Blue Devils have 60 players on the roster.
That figure is nearly double the number of players from the 2021 media day and includes several juniors who have been away from football for a couple years.
Fleming said the positive vibes have been building ever since Blue Devils held a nearly three-hour workout that began at midnight on the opening day of practice July 28.
“This is most momentum we’ve had since I’ve been part of this program,” said Fleming, who scored three touchdowns as a sophomore. “We’ve got more depth so we can give guys rest now instead of having to play both ways all the time.”

Despite the 92-degree heat, optimism was high during Wednesday’s media day session at GC. According to head coach Jeremy Houseright, the Blue Devils have 60 players on the roster.
That figure is nearly double the number of players from the 2021 media day and includes several juniors who have been away from football for a couple years.
Fleming said the positive vibes have been building ever since Blue Devils held a nearly three-hour workout that began at midnight on the opening day of practice July 28.
“This is most momentum we’ve had since I’ve been part of this program,” said Fleming, who scored three touchdowns as a sophomore. “We’ve got more depth so we can give guys rest now instead of having to play both ways all the time.”

Stan.......now your posts about GC basketball make more sense to me. Sounds like you have a long held hatred for some reason. 

How about we start that policy after the GC girl’s game?
 
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How about we start that policy after the GC girl’s game?
 
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Wow Stan. Way to be a Debbie Downer. 
 
The article talks about the only public high school EVER in the history of high school basketball to have three consecutive 2,000 point scorers, and you try to downplay the accomplishment. *shakes head*
 
I played on one of those “bad” teams during the ‘80’s. We would not have belonged on the same court as the teams GC has fielded the last several years. 

SWVA is not a basketball hot spot. It has never been. However, that does not detract from this accomplishment. 
 
There are a lot of high school basketball cold spots in the nation, but this is the first time this has ever happened. 
 
Let’s see........you are 704,000 times more likely to be struck by lightning TWICE than you are to have this scoring accomplishment happen.......and you try to down play it. 
 
* shakes head ever so slowly as I reach for the submit button”

Wow Stan. Way to be a Debbie Downer. 
 
The article talks about the only public high school EVER in the history of high school basketball to have three consecutive 2,000 point scorers, and you try to downplay the accomplishment. *shakes head*
 
I played on one of those “bad” teams during the ‘80’s. We would not have belonged on the same court as the teams GC has fielded the last several years. 

SWVA is not a basketball hot spot. It has never been. However, that does not detract from this accomplishment. 
 
There are a lot of high school basketball cold spots in the nation, but this is the first time this has ever happened. 
 
Let’s see........you are 704,000 times more likely to be struck by lightning TWICE than you are to have this scoring accomplishment happen.......and you try to down play it. 
 
* shakes head ever so slowly as I reach for the submit button”

Wow Stan. Way to be a Debbie Downer. 
 
The article talks about the only public high school EVER in the history of high school basketball to have three consecutive 2,000 point scorers, and you try to downplay the accomplishment. *shakes head*
 
I played on one of those “bad” teams during the ‘80’s. We would not have belonged on the same court as the teams GC has fielded the last several years. 

SWVA is not a basketball hot spot. It has never been. However, that does not detract from this accomplishment. 
 
There are a lot of high school basketball cold spots in the nation, but this is the first time this has ever happened. 
 
Let’s see........you are 704,000 times more likely to be struck by lightning TWICE than you are to have this scoring accomplishment happen.......and you try to down play it. 
 
* shakes head ever so slowly as I reach for the submit button”

I think Graham’s boys beat the M7 #4. Think they also have a great shot at winning game #2. 
 
I am wondering how much of the “M7 is very strong this year” is actually due to being much stronger, or to GC not being as strong as in recent years. Of course Central does have their strongest team ever. 
 
Think the M7 girls do not lose a regional game. 

I dug a little deeper.
The original Arby's fields did not contain the talent the later years had.
During the last 10 years......only 6 local teams have placed in the top 6 spots:
2010 Tennessee High  6th,    2012 Science Hill  6th,    2015 David Crockett  4th,   2017 Dobyns Bennett 5th & Gate City  6th,   and 2018 Dobyns Bennett 6th.  (I looked through the lists quickly. Could have missed one.)
 
 

Just took a quick look at the Arby's site. Did not search for complete brackets. Just looked at the top 6 places.
1983 Pulaski County won it all, and VA High finished 6th.
1984 Pulaski County was runner-up.
1987 Roanoke Patrick Henry won it all.
1988 Roanoke Patrick Henry finished second.
2017 Gate City finished 6th.

........and when I program like OSU (although I am not a fan) shows you the love, other teams take note. Could start an avalanche of offers.

Okay, I don’t usually comment on threads, as I like to watch the games I miss as they happen and keep up with everything. But I will say this; as a kid fresh out of GC, we did play for pride, tradition, the community and the love of the game. They preached it in the locker rooms, coaches and players alike. And let’s be real, as much as we took/take pride in the game and community, every single player in the locker room loved to hit hard, and get pretty gals and that’s just real. All the stuff that comes with football is great, but we didn’t stay as a team under those hard seasons just for hitting hard and women, we stayed together for each other and for Gate City and the love of the game.

Week 1 was a great first step for the program. Most knowledgeable GC fans will tell you that we still have a long way to go.
Our biggest hindrance will be our lack of depth. Is very difficult for a team of 30'ish to compete with a team of 50'ish. You have kids playing both ways, and they tire toward the latter stages of the games. This leads to an increased risk of injury, and  a couple of injuries can ruin your season when you have low numbers. Fatigued kids are slower. The RB they could contain early in the game, easily makes it outside in the 4th quarter.  We should be able to play with a lot of teams early in the games. The key will be how we play in the 4th quarters.
I think 5 wins would be great for this team. Get a few wins, and start building more excitement for the program. More excitement will hopefully lead to more kids wanting to play.
 

Week 1 was a great first step for the program. Most knowledgeable GC fans will tell you that we still have a long way to go.
Our biggest hindrance will be our lack of depth. Is very difficult for a team of 30'ish to compete with a team of 50'ish. You have kids playing both ways, and they tire toward the latter stages of the games. This leads to an increased risk of injury, and  a couple of injuries can ruin your season when you have low numbers. Fatigued kids are slower. The RB they could contain early in the game, easily makes it outside in the 4th quarter.  We should be able to play with a lot of teams early in the games. The key will be how we play in the 4th quarters.
I think 5 wins would be great for this team. Get a few wins, and start building more excitement for the program. More excitement will hopefully lead to more kids wanting to play.
 

Yea, you would think, but numbnuts Tech hasn't offered yet. This stuff makes me so upset at my Hokies. They offer Parris a partial or preferred, then WVU comes and offers full. Smart for WVU. If your Tech, it's obvious. The kid is in your back yard. It's clear he can kick, and it's clear Texh wouldn't have to worry about a kicker for 4 years, but nope....the Hokies have to show the old folks in SWVA how big of school it is and how VT is at such an elite level that the offer isn't in yet. Meanwhile, they will recruit another 4 star athlete who played QB in Chicago and can't hit the broad side of a barn from within, and then that kid will transfer to Old Dominion in 2 years. That's my rant and enough posts for today. I am visiting Charleston, SC, and it's raining like a madman here and I'm bored and it's time to drop the mic for a few days. Go Graham High!

Friendly?! FRIENDLY??!??
 
I hope you drink spoiled milk and never win a dollar on scratch lottery tickets. How's that for friendly?

Good luck to y’all. That was a barnburner of a game. Felt like the matchups in the mid-to-late 2000’s. 
Jeremy is the man for y’all. That team had heart. The last few GC teams would have folded after we got that onside kick. 
Looking forward to seeing how y’all’s season plays out. I love it when the Richlands/GC games are fun. Always a friendly rivalry (much like ours with Union) that make both teams better. 

The issue you have is a lot of people from Scott County who work in TN........move to TN so they do not pay a state income tax. Gate City is close to Kingsport/Eastman, but we lose families to TN all the time.

not now .very sensitive info and we should let the facts come out when it's over.

Barry Jones will be back in GATE CITY BLUE for next year, coaching the line and d-fence

Guys, if he was saying sexual stuff to high school girls, he deserves to be fired. End of story. 
This isn't about #MeToo or anything else, it's about protecting young girls from being sexually harassed or objectified by a teacher or someone in authority. 
It's not appropriate and it's not okay. If he didnt, then he has every right to defend himself. But the number one concern shouldn't be his job or status as a football coach, it should be keeping creeps or worse out of schools and away from young people.