As said before. The lone loser in all of this will be Abingdon.
Carroll County will be hurt by this as well but not as badly as Abingdon. Carroll would have to decide whether to go east to the Piedmont District or north to the River Ridge District. In my opinion though, I don't see VHSL allowing Marion to move to group A. The listed enrollment for Marion is 821 on here.
On a side note, VHSL.org has the minutes posted for the latest realignment and reclassification committee meeting. In the minutes, a straw vote was taken on moving to a four classification system.
Galax also has some strong talent coming up from a JV team that was something like 20-2 last year. They are loaded again and with the strength and conditioning programs in place from Mark Dixon in all sports, they will contend at the state level again.
Give a little love to Jordan Vaughan on this one. He is averaging almost 10 yards per carry for the season. If that is not enough, he is averaging over 8 yards per carry for his career. Oh, and by the way, he has started at Galax since he was a freshman. Don't punish this kid because the team has so much depth.
Class act coach compliments Graham:“They played really aggressive and they were able to get back in coverage which was impressive. They’re going to be a scary team. They’re going to be real scary in the next couple years.†http://bdtonline.com/localsports/x2021666128/Maroon-Tide-washes-past-G-Men
Galax coach is a class act. MED has a great new addition and the addition of Graham is going to raise the competition for the MED.
I agree. I referee a lot of jv games around this area so I see players as they come up but I also get to see coaches interaction with players. Even head coaches "coaching" the jv coaches during games. Mark Dixon is a teacher of football and loves teaching football, even to his assistant coaches. He also played for Jimmie Johnson in Miami for 6 seasons so he gets accused of "It's not my job to coach your team, if you don't like me scoring, coach your defense" theory. Coach Dixon understands that players need to trust the man next to them so he playes a lot of backups beside starters which also builds tremendous depth, which Galax has.
Ok yesterday we discussed the top 5 rbs in SWVA. today let's discuss the QB position . Top 5 are 1 Reese Strong -Richlands 2. Tanner Crowder -Burton 3. Zayne W Rural Retreat 4. Dillon Dahley -Clintwood 5. Nick Bowen Gate City--Interested in hearing about Galax qb and George Wythe... :)
Gotta keep Max Rogers in mind on this one. Kid is only a sophomore and is special. He makes that offense work. Grayson would not be nearly as good a team without him.
Oh I've already heard........he is to that town what Bradshaw is to Bluefield. lol. And I REFUSE to listen to country. I'm a metal head, haha. Garner is the town that my fiance's father lives in. And where we would ultimately like to move at some point. Just more oppurtunity down there than here in the mountains.
Congrats! I used to work for an Architectural and Engineering Firm that has a very successful office in Raleigh before moving back to my wife's hometown of Galax. It is a great place to live and to raise children. It is also a great place for high school sports. There is a lot of talent in that area. Marriage is what you make of it, enjoy!
Watching the GW game w a Fort Chiswell fan who was at the FC/Galax game last week that was 52-0, and he commented earlier that Galax left starters in the entire time against them, too.
I am not trying to get anything going on here but this is just not true. The jv RB for Galax had over 150 yards rushing against Fort. THat is just one example of several I could bring up just based on the box score.
I don't have all the scores yet from Heritage Oaks Golf Club in Harrisonburg but what I have is as follows...
294 - Galax
306 - Union
309 - Graham
310 - William Monroe
311 - Appomattox
John Bryant of Galax shot an opening round 66 and is tied for first. Matthew Downey, Eddie Hanks, John Alouf, Ben Hill and Travis Cockerham are a special group of seniors for Galax. This is their forth consecutive state tournament appearance and they have brought home gold as freshmen and juniors.
Grayson lost starting MLB and leading tackler (49) to broken leg and staertting FB and ILB (44) to broken foot. Both HUGE losses
Jacob Parnell is the MLB. I grew up and played sports with his dad. He is a spark plug type player, everyone else's play is elevated by him being on the field. He will be impossible to replace.
Craig Worrell of the Galax Gazette did a mock of this years playoff format on last years standings at the end of the regular season. It was interesting to see how different it would have played out. If I can find it online, I will post it here.
I can't find a digital copy of the preseason football section in the Galax Gazette. I will try to find my hard copy and attach a pdf.
This group has been together since 3rd grade and everyone in this community has known it was a special group. They have been champions at every level and at multiple sports. Pack, Parsons, George, Vaughan and Fisher were all contributing members of the state championship basketball team last year. A lot of credit has to go to head coach Mark Dixon for changing the culture here beginning 3 years ago. Galax has always had a ton of talent but no direction and poor attitudes held them back. That has all changed across the board and not just football wise.
I know Deion George is a great wr for Galax ..What other good seniors are on the team?
The best FOOTBALL PLAYER in the MED might be Frankie Shalabie. He is a BEAST and will play at the next level. He may not have a large stat line but I guarantee opposing coaches watching film want to know where he is at all times. Lawrence Parsons is a great athlete and is 6'-6" tall and weighs 220 pounds. Austin Pack is a very good QB and team leader. Jordan Vaughan is being recruited by several 1-AA schools as a TB. He has close to 1,000 yards through 6 games. Jacob FIsher is a spark plug, not very big but packs a load. Kenley Adams and Darius Brown are those players that all coaches talk about for 15 years, do everything ask of them and it is usually the nasty stuff that gets no attention.
Craig Worrell of the Galax Gazette did a mock of this years playoff format on last years standings at the end of the regular season. It was interesting to see how different it would have played out. If I can find it online, I will post it here.
Galax had 5 different players score its 7 touchdowns. Fort's special teams were horrendous. Galax averaged nearly 40 yards per return on punts and blocked another and had a 74 yard kickoff return for a touchdown to start the game.
Better be conservative against Galax next week....run the clock out!!!...lol
I would love to be at the game at Graham next Friday night but I will be "suffering" in the Bahamas.
Galax had 5 different players score its 7 touchdowns. Fort's special teams were horrendous. Galax averaged nearly 40 yards per return on punts and blocked another and had a 74 yard kickoff return for a touchdown to start the game.
Wow..... that Galax vs. Grayson game will be a war....
This will be the first time since Grayson formed its school in 1988 that the Galax/Grayson game has not opened MED play in early October. I am glad they made that change and I plan on being early for the game in Independence on November 4th.
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Carroll County will be hurt by this as well but not as badly as Abingdon. Carroll would have to decide whether to go east to the Piedmont District or north to the River Ridge District. In my opinion though, I don't see VHSL allowing Marion to move to group A. The listed enrollment for Marion is 821 on here.
http://www.vhsl.org/files/rr-adoptedplan-09-11.pdf
On a side note, VHSL.org has the minutes posted for the latest realignment and reclassification committee meeting. In the minutes, a straw vote was taken on moving to a four classification system.
http://www.vhsl.org/files/rr-minutes-2011-september.pdf