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Here are a few in my opinion:
 
Tazewell: Jesse Davis- Just an unbelievable talent. Quentin Reed, Jeff Lamie, Robbie Colley, Steve Mitchem (older ones) Stoney Deel, Buddy Fisher
Graham: Sugar Ray Graves (probably one of the best I've seen at running back)  Ahmad (of course), Tibbs,
Bluefield: Yubrenal, Jake Lilly, Hughe Smalls
Richlands: everyone that played for them the last 12 years (just kidding, although they have been loaded with talent, too many to list for them) Think about how good Ringstaff, Johnson, Austin Fuller and many others have been at the high school level, kinda mind blowing
 
You will of course have to put all NFL talent on the list but that is a given

Here are a few in my opinion:
 
Tazewell: Jesse Davis- Just an unbelievable talent. Quentin Reed, Jeff Lamie, Robbie Colley, Steve Mitchem (older ones) Stoney Deel, Buddy Fisher
Graham: Sugar Ray Graves (probably one of the best I've seen at running back)  Ahmad (of course), Tibbs,
Bluefield: Yubrenal, Jake Lilly, Hughe Smalls
Richlands: everyone that played for them the last 12 years (just kidding, although they have been loaded with talent, too many to list for them) Think about how good Ringstaff, Johnson, Austin Fuller and many others have been at the high school level, kinda mind blowing
 
You will of course have to put all NFL talent on the list but that is a given

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I heard yesterday that Mance told Meade he didn't have a spot for him, he already had a couple of players ahead of him at QB...will be interesting to see how this turns out.....

Not surprised.  He said all along that if his QB coach didn't get the head job at Graham, he was gone...

If you are transferring to get seen by recruiters, senior year is not the time.  The way the recruiting schedule is these days colleges are identifying prospects in 10th grade and zeroing in on 11th graders.

Only those close to the Tazewell program understand what Allen has been trying to achieve. I hate it for him and all of the younger kids that one of his best players is transferring on him.  

I can understand kids wanting to be on a winning team. Everyone loves a winner. What I don't understand is a parent trying so hard to get a kid in a winning program thinking they are going to better themselves. I agree with you, if you have talent, you have talent and a college coach will recognize it. Parents should work on exposing their kids to those coaches more and worry less about them being on a star program in high school
 
In the end, pride and loyalty will mean a lot more than winning a few high school games.

I can understand kids wanting to be on a winning team. Everyone loves a winner. What I don't understand is a parent trying so hard to get a kid in a winning program thinking they are going to better themselves. I agree with you, if you have talent, you have talent and a college coach will recognize it. Parents should work on exposing their kids to those coaches more and worry less about them being on a star program in high school
 
In the end, pride and loyalty will mean a lot more than winning a few high school games.

I can understand kids wanting to be on a winning team. Everyone loves a winner. What I don't understand is a parent trying so hard to get a kid in a winning program thinking they are going to better themselves. I agree with you, if you have talent, you have talent and a college coach will recognize it. Parents should work on exposing their kids to those coaches more and worry less about them being on a star program in high school
 
In the end, pride and loyalty will mean a lot more than winning a few high school games.

I can understand kids wanting to be on a winning team. Everyone loves a winner. What I don't understand is a parent trying so hard to get a kid in a winning program thinking they are going to better themselves. I agree with you, if you have talent, you have talent and a college coach will recognize it. Parents should work on exposing their kids to those coaches more and worry less about them being on a star program in high school
 
In the end, pride and loyalty will mean a lot more than winning a few high school games.

Only those close to the Tazewell program understand what Allen has been trying to achieve. I hate it for him and all of the younger kids that one of his best players is transferring on him.  

Only those close to the Tazewell program understand what Allen has been trying to achieve. I hate it for him and all of the younger kids that one of his best players is transferring on him.  

Only those close to the Tazewell program understand what Allen has been trying to achieve. I hate it for him and all of the younger kids that one of his best players is transferring on him.  

I can understand kids wanting to be on a winning team. Everyone loves a winner. What I don't understand is a parent trying so hard to get a kid in a winning program thinking they are going to better themselves. I agree with you, if you have talent, you have talent and a college coach will recognize it. Parents should work on exposing their kids to those coaches more and worry less about them being on a star program in high school
 
In the end, pride and loyalty will mean a lot more than winning a few high school games.

The worst part of all this transfer business that has been going on in Tazewell county for several years now is the parenting...Yes, I agree the coaching in both places has been in shambles for quite some time. I agree with barondawg77 that Coach Allen has invested a lot into the program to get it back on track, and has done an admirable job. Richlands has had consistency in their coaching, and that has made a difference on the field. The travesty that exists is when the parents of these kids that transfer allow it to happen, and in some cases, even promote it happening! What are they teaching their children and their siblings? That when you don't get things you want, or things don't go your way, pack up and leave your family, teammates, friends behind and go try something else? Especially when it involves kids going into their senior years. Take the 3 years you have just spent and throw it all away? Many parents claim that the reason they move down the road is for the opportunities it provides their children to go to college. How many of those kids that have transferred down the road have went on to play scholarship football at the next level? How many of those guys are in the pros now? 
 
10, 20, 30 years from now will it matter how many games you won? Will it matter if you started on your varsity football team? Will it matter that you turned your back on your childhood friends, coaches, and sometimes your family? Which class reunion will you attend? The one where you only spent one year and barely know anyone, or the one where you grew up playing in the backyard with all you friends pretending you would be a Bulldog or a G-man one day? You know, those same "friends" you turned you back on when things didn't go exactly like they were planned to do? The one your siblings, your cousins, your mom and dad, even your grandmother and grandfather went to?
 
Sorry for the rant...Just something that needed to be said...

Coach Allen has done a great job at Tazewell. Calling him a joke after trying to turn the program that was in shambles is harsh. He turned down a huge opportunity at George Wythe before last season because he is invested in these kids. I have witnessed it first hand.He cares more about the kids at THS than anyone knows. Countless hours of preperation, training, counseling, and parenting in some cases. He may or may not leave now, but who could blame him? When you spend that much time and effort on kids, and in return they choose to look out for themselves, what incentive would he have to stay?
 
Looking back over the past few years, Graham and Tazewell have both struggled. But one common factor in these struggles are that everytime either school looks to be on the rise, They somehow lose a player to Richlands. Tazewell in 2008 made the Region Championship game, within 2 years They lost a potential running back, and their starting back to Richlands(Parnell and Lockhart).
 
How many has Graham lost? Bunker, Farris, the QB Baker that got hurt twice. Those are big hits to a small enrollment school.
 
Now Tazewell has lost 2 more, kicker is already enrolled at RHS and now the RB, who will be one of the best in the area if he stays healthy. Take him away from a team that is trying to build and put him on the rival that already is good, and that just makes Tazewell and Graham look even worse.

Proud of all of these kids, they played a great game. Have to give props to the Tazewell reps, they played well. Jordan had a good game and so did Diante Cecil.

Round 2 tonight and its only 59-9 at halftime.
 
GEEEEZZZZZ?????????????????????

90-36 final.
 
So much for all that hype in T-Town about running an offense "this area has never seen."

Graham 48 Tazewell 8 at halftime!
 
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That's a Rocky Gapish score...

GO UNION BEARS!!!

Don't be surprised if Tazewell hangs tough Friday. Look for the QB to run the ball more than Blankenship also. #3 is tough as nails when he wants to be and I think the bears will get a solid dose of it.
 
Prediction: Union 30 Tazewell 26 (only because they refuse to try for an extra point and will go for 2)

Will agree with all that.  XP seem to be the weakness although we kicked the one try successfully last week.  However were 2 for 4 at Grundy if I remember right.  If it comes down to the kicking game we are screwed.