birddog

The SWVA area has four girls teams playing in the state finals for the 2A and 1A state championships. This is an awesome accomplishment...almost unfathomable ALL 4 teams would win. (Thanks to the poster on VA Preps [pizzzzza] for providing outstanding updates on these games...kudos to him/her.)
 
Also, as Beamerball said, Radford boys will also be playing in the 1A state championship...so congrats to them.
 
Great job SWVA girls on being in the BIG ONE in 2A and 1A basketball.

Harless come home!

By LARRY HYPESBluefield Daily Telegraph
 
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Sweet 16.

Brittany Allen ‘s 16th point, which came on a free throw with 3 seconds remaining in the game, was the 1,569th of her illustrious career — breaking a record that had stood for 30 years — as Richlands held off determined Tazewell 57-50 in ladies action Tuesday night at Richlands Middle School.
 
 
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Congrats to Brittany...

I said it before in another forum on here and I will say it again.  Haysi deserves and has earned the right to play in sandlick.  The fans deserve to watch the game in sandlick.  AltaVista filing a protest is poor sportsmanship in my opinion.  Did Fort chiswell file one with a 5 hour bus trip in front of them?  I guarantee their bus trip is 2 times as long as AltaVista.....No, they didn't, the community has banded together and raised money to make sure the football team goes there a day early, make sure they have a comfortable bed to sleep in Friday night, a good meal to eat before the game.  They have also raised enough money to make sure the band and the cheerleaders can go.  And they are making sure thru church vans and such that all the players families have he opportunity to see the game. 
Home field is something that is earned and cherished in every sport we play in this country, whether it is high school, college, or pro and it should be respected as such in this case.

We have a set of cleets that we could sell them at a good price.....lol.......only used once !   I thought I would say it before someone else did....lol.
If you can't laugh at yourself,  then you can't laugh at anybody else......   I may have just got myself kicked off the recruiting staff !

i try not to hate Va High...but, damn it's just hard not to.

I laugh every time I hear the "running up the score" argument in high school sports, especially football.  It's a lame position to take.  Own your butt whipping, and get better. 

Geez 00, I didn't realize you were such a homer. AHS beat Chilhowie, played Richlands to the end and should've won, beat Lebanon, beat Tazewell, and beat Volunteer.  Had we beat you all we would have both wound up with 5-5 records.  We also were without our starting RB/Safety. To say that this was the worst team you've seen in years is a little harsh.  This team almost beat Richlands AT Rishlands....and they would have won with better coaching...no question about it. Against you all  we fumbled the frickin initial KO and gave you the ball at like the 18.  AHS was doomed from there.  And yes, a different scheme would have made HUGE difference.  Oftentimes our LB's (all 2of them) were asked to come up on the line before the snap and once Wagner made it through the line there was NOBODY there to stop him.  You automatically give a kid 15 yards, he'll take it everytime.  Why would a staff ask their LB's to come to the gap before the snap against a run heavy team with NOBODY to back them up?  You run a blast and the lead blocker takes on the LB and the RB has a free 15 yards.  The 50 defense is RIDICULOUS to use, especially against a run heavy team.  Coaching staff even took the blame for not having the team ready....I know for a fact that they told them that after the game.  Which actually surprised me a bit.  Usually this HC tells the team that the loss is all the kids fault....coaches had nothing to do with it.  Whether true or not, you don't tell your kids that.  But the fact that the HC actually took some blame amazes me....and makes me ask "why in the $*&@ did you not have them ready?"  I mean, geez, I don't know, maybe there's a chance your team could make the playoffs if they win.  This guy has got.to.go.  I know these kids very well and I know what they can do.  I realize you guys don't know them...but don't jump to conclusions about their ability.  I will guarantee you all this....if we get a new coach...I don't care who it is...if we get a new coach this team will finish at least 7-3 next year. I know that sounds whack to say...but I truly believe it.    We only lose 4 seniors this year (6 actually but only 4 play)...and that's more evidence to my point about this staff....what the hell is a school the size of AHS doing with ONLY 4 seniors????  4.  It's insane.   

I have responded to your posts about Abingdon's coaching before, and im going to again. I really hope you don't think im trying to argue with you, just offering some perspective.
 
What makes a high school kid think he knows jack about a defensive scheme and how it will matchup against a 4 wide spread team?  The fact that that young man looked at his coach and questioned his decision on scheme tells me 2 things, 1 the parents have been questioning the coach in front of and to the player(and that is cancer to a team), and 2 the parents have led the young man to believe that he has a right to question his coaches knowledge of football.  Now theres nothing wrong with a player saying "hey coach, why don't we run this stunt or try this against what they are doing" or during a game saying "they are blocking us this way, if we do this we could get some penetration" , Coach Colley would come to us JR and SR linemen and say "what do you guys think will work or what do you want to run?"  but to openly say "coach, your scheme is wrong, we should change" is over the line.
 
Im an Xs and Os guy, what scheme did Abingdon run?

@BigO, I'm really not trying to be a smart azz when I say this, but if your team gets manhandled like Marion manhandled Abingdon last night you have to realize at some point Marion was just the better team.  More talented, more physical, and just wanted it more.  That's not all coaching my friend.  I'm not saying Abingdon doesn't need a coaching change, and I'm not saying they do, but I am saying a beat down like this isn't all coaching.  That would be like me saying the Richlands loss to Lord Bot (56-0) was Mance's fault.  Sometimes you are just out manned.  That was the case with Marion and Abingdon Friday night. 

Back in the day if you stood up to the bully and got a good lick in on him, chances are he didn't want to fool with you anymore. With todays policies, if you stand up for yourself you are as guilty as the agressor.