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My brother lives in Cornelius and works in the vicinity of North Meck. I've seen them play several times. They feature a trio of D1 recruits with names that will be very familiar to most, if not all. Vaud Worthy (6'2" SR - PG) is the nephew of James Worthy. He is being recruited heavily by Charlotte, UNC Wilmington, Winthrop, College of Charleston and New Orleans. Tristan Maxwell (6'-3" SO - SG) is the son of Vernon Maxwell. His top three schools are Clemson, Florida and Wake Forest. Jae'Lyn Withers (6'-8" JR - SF) is the son of Curtis Withers. Withers is being targeted by Charlotte, Clemson, Miami, Wake Forest and UVA. Worthy averaged a double-double (points-assists) last season and looks to distribute rather than score, but he can score almost at will. In my opinion, he has a very high basketball IQ. Maxwell can shoot it from anywhere on the floor but will slam one off your forehead if the opportunity arises. Withers is probably the most gifted of the three. He is a 6'-8" wing with handle, a very good jump shot and plenty of power to work in the paint. He is very difficult to stop or even contain.

Galax has faced significantly better competition throughout the course of the season. That has to account for something in my mind. It doesn't mean Narrows can't win this game. Galax missed Dougie's on-field leadership Friday night far more from a defensive standpoint than anywhere else. Game two in those situations always seem to go more smoothly than game one. But as UVAO said, Galax hasn't exactly been the model of consistency lately. If they come ready to play, they win going away. If not, they will be playing basketball Monday.

I remember my uncle taking me to watch Joe Stiltner when Bland would come to Fries. He seemed like superman to my 5 year old self. I think my uncle told me he went to NC State but got into some trouble and was either kicked out or left school after only a season. Stiltner averaged 41.6 points per game his senior year and 27.1 points per game for his career at Bland. I pulled those numbers from the VHSL Book of Records.

Funny story about "little league mama's". I was helping the Galax Recreation Center a few years ago referee some 8-man football. One of the coaches, who happens to be in administration in the Galax Public School system, grabbed a 3rd grade kid by the facemask and started jerking the kid around while screaming at him for going downfield, rather than blocking. Mama, in full Army BDU's, came running onto the field and teed off on the "coach". She beat the tar out of him. The other guys asked us, "aren't you going to help him". Nope, i'm not getting between mama bear and her cubs!

Very nicely played EH31. Very nice, indeed!

If the coaches and players are as concerned with the horn as the VAPreps community seems to be, Appo might want to inflate the basketballs for Monday.

Seems like a common theme lately to have local football programs experience vandalism. Somebody spray painted the cars of several Galax players last week while they were in Independence for the Grayson game. I hope everyone responsible is caught and made examples of.

I'm not sure anyone has ever clearly defined "it" but he has whatever "it" is in spades! #33 is a freshman as well and they are both special talents for the Class 1 level. They both have brothers that will join them on varsity in two years.

Ahh, forgot about that one. But still a solid record against Dickenson County opponents.

He is.

Grayson seems to have Dickenson County's number. Maybe Dixon should have sought some advice from McPherson before facing Clintwood and Haysi. McPerson is 2-0, Dixon is 0-3. Who would have thunk it?!?!?

Blake Brown has been a 1,000 yard back for a couple of seasons. He has fell short of that this season, though. Keaton Beeman may be as much to blame for that as anything else. He is only a freshman but he is far beyond that with the pads on. If this kid gets a shot at significant carries, everyone will know who he is before the playoffs are over.

From what I am being told this morning, Dougie is out for the remainder of the season with a broken foot.

I've been texting back and forth with my brother about this. I can't stand to feel like I provided faulty information so, I want to get it right and my memory isn't what it used to be. The first was his freshman season and was a preseason/exhibition game at Radford. Radford turned around and lost a week later to Concord. The second wasn't Radford. Bluefield beat Elon a couple of years after my brother graduated.

My brother played basketball at Bluefield from '98-'02. If memory serves, they beat Radford University two years in a row. I'm just not certain if those games were early season games, exhibition games or a combination.

I wasn’t there and have no insight on what happened. What I will say as a former official for a little over 20 years, if I’m going to err, it will be on the side of self preservation! About 20 years ago while umpiring a baseball tournament at the Moyer in Salem, things got heated between our 3-man crew and some parents. We turned our backs and walked away when one of those parents hit the home plate ump in the back of he head with a bat. The impact gave him a skull fracture. To this day, Jeff gets daily treatment similar to that of a stroke survivor. He has balance and coordination issues and suffers from slurred speech, headaches and vertigo. As I said, I wouldn't turn my back again and will err on the side of self preservation. Even if some think I’ve overreacted!

Not entirely sure. Left in the first quarter and never returned. Could be precautionary but some stuff floating around social media suggest otherwise.

If Dougie is out for the remainder of the postseason, the rest of 1A football is going to get very familiar with Keaton Beamon. That’s not going to be pleasant for anyone not named Riverheads! I said in the Grayson Ridgeview thread a few days ago, Grayson has improved as much as anyone I have seen over the course of a season. And they are still a young team!

My daughter is in band at Galax. School systems, especially those in SWVA, are strapped for cash as it is. Entities such as band's fight for every possible dollar simply to stay functional. I hope the school system, police department and community can find whoever is responsible. Hold them accountable and make examples out of them.

I meant to update this last night but couldn't find the time and forgot this morning. My wife is in Richmond all week for work. Admittedly, i'm a bit discombobulated. I may not be an Uber driver in real life, but I play one at home for my kids from time to time! I had to pick my oldest daughter up at school last night following a robotics team meeting. Grayson was there practicing.

Region A Goochland Nottoway Poquoson Greensville Region B Clarke Co. Luray Central Woodstock R.E. Lee Region C Glenvar Gretna Appomattox Giles Region D Union Virginia Graham Ridgeview Region A Goochland Poquoson Region B Clarke Co. Central Woodstock Region C Glenvar Appomattox Region D Union Graham Region A Goochland Region B Central Woodstock Region C Appomattox Region D Union Central Woodstock Appomattox Appomattox 52

Region A Essex West Point Colonial Beach Sussex Central Region B Central Lunenburg Altivista Region C Narrows Covington George Wythe Galax Region D Chilhowie Eastside Grundy Patrick Henry Region A Essex Sussex Central Region B Riverheads William Campbell Region C Narrows Galax Region D Chilhowie Grundy Region A Essex Region B Riverheads Region C Galax Region D Chilhowie Riverheads Galax Riverheads 48

Crue is #50. He was a FB and LB last season and wore #30. I took this roster straight off of the Grayson athletics page as is. I assume they never updated the number and it's been overlooked.

Grayson is big in most spots on the field, including their key offensive weapons at WR in Seth Phillips and Tanner McPherson. Defensively, they are led by Crue Cassell. Kid's a load like his dad and uncles were. I graduated with his uncles and his mom in 1992. 2 Tanner McPherson Rec/DB 12 6'3 190 3 Ethan Brown RB/DB 11 5'7'' 150 4 Tony Osborne Rec/DB 12 5'11'' 170 5 Jake Hollingsworth QB/DB 11 5'8'' 155 7 Logan Douglas Rec/DB 10 5'8'' 120 8 Grayson Jordan FB/DB 10 5'9'' 170 12 Chase Pope QB/DB 10 6'1'' 150 18 Garrett Wyatt Rec/DB 12 5'10'' 165 20 Gage Peeples RB/LB 11 5'8'' 180 21 Dawson Allen RB/LB 10 5'8'' 135 22 Levi Johnson RB/DB 11 5'8'' 145 25 Devin Poe TE/LB 9 5'10'' 155 30 Crue Cassell OL/LB 11 5'10'' 265 30 Logan Rebollar FB/DL 11 6'0'' 215 34 Chandler Landaverde RB/DB 11 5'8'' 140 42 Elijah Anderson TE/LB 11 6'1'' 180 51 Jaron Greer OL/DL 9 5'10'' 240 53 Jordan Bailey OL/DL 12 6'0 240 54 Matthew Bourne OL/DL 12 5'10'' 260 55 Devonta Cox OL/DL 9 5'9'' 235 58 Grayson Osborne OL/DL 10 6'0'' 215 63 Hunter Widner G/DL 11 6'2'' 205 71 James Underwood OL/DL 10 5'9'' 215 73 Jacob Funk OL/DL 9 6'1'' 265 74 Garrett Caldwell OL/DL 9 6'0'' 270 75 Isaac Jones OL/DL 11 5'11'' 265 80 Hoke Carrico TE/LB 10 6'2'' 200 81 Boyer Weatherman TE/LB 9 6'1'' 175 82 Seth Phillips Rec/DB 12 6'2 210 83 Samuel Lipps TE/LB 10 6'4'' 180 Grayson has steadily improved all season. If they can replace Phillips and McPherson next season, they will be very good in my opinion. But this season will end in a close, hard-fought opening round playoff game loss to Ridgeview.

Dixon and McPherson are good friends. I can't imagine Dixon will have an issue with it but school board and administration might be a different matter altogether.