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Mike I hope you can read this short prayer.
Our Holy Father is watching out for you each second of everyday. He will heal you through your Faith in him and provide you with strength each day by his Grace. Have faith in our Lord. He is our great Physician. It is times like this that test our Faith. Be strong young man. May God bless you. Our Lord will take care of all your needs. He is with You NOW, and He will be with you eveyday. This is Our Prayer for you Mike!    Amen.

This game should be a good one, with athletes all over the field. Chilhowie is 1A, but can play with most 2A teams. VIRGINIA HIGH is always very talented and capable of putting points on the board very fast. This game is very important for both teams, with a lot of power points at stake. VHS should take this one, but Chilhowie should give them a good game. VHS 28  CHS  21

Ok guys, I said that  the Canes had a good team this year. I knew they could play with GW. Congratulations on the win.
GW is still a force to be reckoned with in 1A. Both are two good teams.

Ok guys, I said that  the Canes had a good team this year. I knew they could play with GW. Congratulations on the win.
GW is still a force to be reckoned with in 1A. Both are two good teams.

Our Father in Heaven, we ask that you be with Landon, His family and His team mates during this difficult time. We ask that you heal him with your Spirit and Grace. You are our Great Physician! May  Landon be without pain and recover according to Your Will.
This We ask in the name of our Holy Father, Amen

Our Father in Heaven, we ask that you be with Landon, His family and His team mates during this difficult time. We ask that you heal him with your Spirit and Grace. You are our Great Physician! May  Landon be without pain and recover according to Your Will.
This We ask in the name of our Holy Father, Amen

Our Father in Heaven, we ask that you be with Landon, His family and His team mates during this difficult time. We ask that you heal him with your Spirit and Grace. You are our Great Physician! May  Landon be without pain and recover according to Your Will.
This We ask in the name of our Holy Father, Amen

Our Father in Heaven, we ask that you be with Landon, His family and His team mates during this difficult time. We ask that you heal him with your Spirit and Grace. You are our Great Physician! May  Landon be without pain and recover according to Your Will.
This We ask in the name of our Holy Father, Amen

I would be absolutely shocked if the VHSL kept the scores up to date or up to the minute. You probably just might get a updated score or final score from a Friday night game, on Monday afternoon! Just my opinion..............
 

I would be absolutely shocked if the VHSL kept the scores up to date or up to the minute. You probably just might get a updated score or final score from a Friday night game, on Monday afternoon! Just my opinion..............
 

Ryan, that sounds good. It should be something positive that the VHSL could do for the schools they represent.
I would think they could pay someone $ 50 on Friday night to keep the scoreboard up to date, but knowing how 
The VHSL is about money, I seriously doubt that this service would become a reality. Like you said,  it's a new thing
For VHSL, so we can all just wait and see if it pans out.  Better not hold your breath!

My thoughts and Prayers are with Mike and his family. May our Holy Father touch Mike and heal Mike's body with all HIS Grace, and through Our Faith in Christ. We ask Our Lord to be with the family, giving them strength and confidence that Mike will be healed. Our Lord is the Great Physician ! May God Bless Mike and his Family!

My thoughts and Prayers are with Mike and his family. May our Holy Father touch Mike and heal Mike's body with all HIS Grace, and through Our Faith in Christ. We ask Our Lord to be with the family, giving them strength and confidence that Mike will be healed. Our Lord is the Great Physician ! May God Bless Mike and his Family!

My thoughts and Prayers are with Mike and his family. May our Holy Father touch Mike and heal Mike's body with all HIS Grace, and through Our Faith in Christ. We ask Our Lord to be with the family, giving them strength and confidence that Mike will be healed. Our Lord is the Great Physician ! May God Bless Mike and his Family!

My thoughts and Prayers are with Mike and his family. May our Holy Father touch Mike and heal Mike's body with all HIS Grace, and through Our Faith in Christ. We ask Our Lord to be with the family, giving them strength and confidence that Mike will be healed. Our Lord is the Great Physician ! May God Bless Mike and his Family!

The "something" I mentioned before that has gotten the attention of city council is very likely the fact that this appears to be a coordinated effort to attempt to force city council to pay for the football field renovations.  City council has made it clear, school board will have to figure out how to pay for the field on their own.  The $1.7 million dollar winning bid was accepted at the school board meeting Tuesday night.  Yes, you read that right. $1.7 million dollars.  Many grade levels at Galax are making due without textbooks yet school board approves this fiasco.  Shows where priorities lie. 
Many, many local residents have lost a tremendous amount of respect for Dixon for this "orchestrated-strong-arm-tactic" (city council members words, not mine), myself included!  It's time for local residents to elect city council members who are willing to fix these issues with school board rather than ignore them and hope they go away!

We send our young children off to school, which we like to think is a safe
Place, and no harm will come to them, under the protection of adult teachers
And instructors. Well, according to reports today in the News, an adult volunteer assistant volleyball coach at Marion Senior High School has been
Charged with several different criminal sexual offenses that involved a student
At MSHS.
 
If these allegations are true, some heads need to roll in the school system
In Smyth County. From what I have read, a young " volunteer " assistant Coach
Of the Volleyball team had an " inappropriate " relationship with a student.
 
Details are limited at this time, but some employees at MSHS and the Central
Office needs to be relived of their duties immediately. Common sense should
Tell normal people that young adults do not need to be " volunteering " for
Girls high school sports. It has disaster written all over the entire matter.
 
The school board had to approve of this arrangement, as well as the school principal, head coach, and athletic director. The arrangement allowed
This person to be in a caretaker role at MSHS. There appears to be a great deal
Of incompetence with these employees, and they should never be put in a decision
Making role again. Their employment should be terminated immediately.
 
The Smyth County School system is in a state of despair. The Superintendent is
New and inexperienced, and the school system itself is a very tough situation
Financialy. Smyth County tries to operate 14 schools, all over the county, when
In reality, Smyth County needs only about half that number.
 
The citizens are being taxed to death to keep all these schools and their employees in good standing. The county refuses to recruit businesses and industry to help offset the educational cost. Real estate and personal property
Tax and higher taxes assessment is the County way to pay for educational cost.
 
The county has recently lost several principals and vice principals. Some have
Just quit and took factory jobs, and other retired to just get out of a very poor administered school system. Get ready Smyth County, you are going to need
A whole lot of money, when all the law suits are settled.
 
My thoughts and Prayers are with this young child in Smyth County.

When a child is born into this world, we never know what lies ahead for that young child and his
Family. I believe that God blesses us with talent at times, and he sets back and sees what the youngster will do with that talent.
 
A lot of times, we are influenced by others around us, and those people have a large impact on
The future of the talented youngster. God knows what lies ahead for us all. Sometimes we are
Surprised at the end of the day, other times we are disappointed, and did not fulfill God's plan.
 
Those that are truly blessed with God's gifts and make the best of it, are to be commended. They
Persevered through thick and thin, met the challenges, overcome the obstacles and made many people
Proud. Our youth should seize the moment, and do the very best that they can be in the eyes of our
Maker.
 
The impact that we have on others will last a lifetime. The memories will be told by many to other
Small kids, that will make them want to be great athletes also. We can't determine our future, we can
Only steer it in one direction or another, and hope that we chose the right direction. It comes
Down to one very important thing; our choices that we make, and the free will that God gives us
All to make those choices.

I refuse to believe that one year of good coaching and playing against better competition (deep playoff competition) really improves a players stock. I just don't see it. If you're a stud then you're a stud, plain and simple.
 
I completely understand moving to a school with a better program, but it needs to be done before high school. Once you make a commitment, own it.

Agree 100%.
 
 
With the way recruiting is now if you're not on a big time college's radar before or during your junior year then you have a slim to none chance of them ever looking your way. You get on their radar by making a "good" highlight tape and getting it exposure and attending camps and combines during the off-season. Transferring to a more successful school in southwest Virginia for your senior year isn't helping your D1 dreams one damn bit.

Any more,most kids get that exposure from camps. Less and less do coaches rely on HS game tape. I think that being at a good program with a coach with college connections certainly helps, but a good showing at a camp means a lot.
 
But I'm no fan of transferring to a school for one season is just about pointless and I too believe it's often parents pushing kids to make the move instead of a kid wanting to leave his group of friends he has grown up with to play one season and be integrated into a new program.

I keep reading articles about the loss of students in SWVA schools,along which
Means less State funding for our Counties to operate as they do today. SWVA
Has seen student loss in just about every County, and has become a major problem
For some localities.
 
Our State representatives are trying to address the issue to the General Assembly, in an effort To bring some relief for those Counties that are sinking
Very fast with the loss of State funding.
 
This is not only a Problem in SWVA. It is a State wide issue, just not as
Concentrated across to Commonwealth, as it is in SWVA. SWVA really did not
See a recovery from the great recession. As a matter of fact,things may be
Worst now, than before the recession.
 
Is this issue related to high school sports? In my opinion it is.Budget cuts
In the schools may have to cut back on extracurricular activities, sports, and offer only academic classes, and meet the bare essentials public schools can offer.
 
What our schools have to offer to our students and athletes in the near future
May look very different from what we enjoy today. I hope our leaders in Richmond
Do the right thing and help us all our schools, if that is possible.
 
I love my high school sports. It is a way of life for a lot of us. Let's hope and pray we still have our sports programs for our students in the years to come.

Hey guy's, it has been a true pleasure in reading all of your post about SW basketball athletes,
And some history of them, and ETSU basketball.Thanks for sharing your memories. It takes me back
A while!
 
P.S best of luck to all SW VA teams still playing!

I keep reading articles about the loss of students in SWVA schools,along which
Means less State funding for our Counties to operate as they do today. SWVA
Has seen student loss in just about every County, and has become a major problem
For some localities.
 
Our State representatives are trying to address the issue to the General Assembly, in an effort To bring some relief for those Counties that are sinking
Very fast with the loss of State funding.
 
This is not only a Problem in SWVA. It is a State wide issue, just not as
Concentrated across to Commonwealth, as it is in SWVA. SWVA really did not
See a recovery from the great recession. As a matter of fact,things may be
Worst now, than before the recession.
 
Is this issue related to high school sports? In my opinion it is.Budget cuts
In the schools may have to cut back on extracurricular activities, sports, and offer only academic classes, and meet the bare essentials public schools can offer.
 
What our schools have to offer to our students and athletes in the near future
May look very different from what we enjoy today. I hope our leaders in Richmond
Do the right thing and help us all our schools, if that is possible.
 
I love my high school sports. It is a way of life for a lot of us. Let's hope and pray we still have our sports programs for our students in the years to come.

they played oklahoma tough the year kansas won it over oklahoma. 73 72 game. mookie blaylock and stacy king played for oklahoma