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https://www.roanoke.com/sports/building-blocks-to-success-weightlifting-programs-at-lord-botetourt-and/article_f4ea61a9-1451-5bc4-8085-8220f87dfa22.html
 
 

https://www.roanoke.com/sports/building-blocks-to-success-weightlifting-programs-at-lord-botetourt-and/article_f4ea61a9-1451-5bc4-8085-8220f87dfa22.html
 
 

I’m still waiting for that stage.  May be waiting the rest of my days.

East Chapel Hill cancelled football for 2017. Neighboring Cedar Ridge has also cancelled football for 2018. 
East Chapel Hill has 44 wins in school history and no playoff history whatsoever.  Chapel Hill is 2-13 lifetime in the postseason and hasn’t made the playoffs since 2008.  Cedar Ridge hasn’t fielded a competitive team since 2007. 
Its not demographics in the Chapel Hill area.  They haven’t valued football in that region in forever!
 

And not just at the high school level either...

Grayson lost 2 receivers that were 70% of there offense

I know better than to get involved in these "territorial pissings" but a few of these comments smack of racism and I'm reasonably certain Thomas Jones isn't one of the posters!  Says more about the poster than the subject of the post!

I know better than to get involved in these "territorial pissings" but a few of these comments smack of racism and I'm reasonably certain Thomas Jones isn't one of the posters!  Says more about the poster than the subject of the post!

I know better than to get involved in these "territorial pissings" but a few of these comments smack of racism and I'm reasonably certain Thomas Jones isn't one of the posters!  Says more about the poster than the subject of the post!

Totally agree, "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone."  Seems like the post you mentioned has a lot of hate behind it, and I'd rather just stick to football on this board than to indulge in someone else's dirty laundry. Territorial pissings or not, to me this is not a place to throw stones at anyone.  Be careful if you live in a glass house, the stone that breaks the class may just come from within.

Leighton Vander Esch played 8-Man in high school and was a first round NFL draft pick (#19) this year.
https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2018/3/4/17076704/leighton-vander-esch-cowboys-draft-lb
 

Mark wants the coaches to keep the kids interested by playing them all.  That also is some of the problem at lower levels that you touched on, some coaches want to pick the best players and not teach let’s say your worst 10. You have to teach all the kids and let them have fun along the way.

Dam, somebody gonna need a lot of peanut butter to go with all that jelly!

There are so many reasons outside of concussion talk. Football is time consuming along with hard play which all of you know. A lot of kids don’t want to put in the time and you have some parents say it’s ok because it’s one less travel to worry about. A commitment to football also has to come from the parents as with other sports.This isn’t the case for all but part of it. Add video games and entitlement attitude and the teaching of non-competition( I have actually heard a parent say that scoring should not be kept in jv ball. I asked this parent if I was interviewing your son/daughter for a job opening that I shouldn’t look at their gpa- she said of course you should-so it was sports in general.) The coaching I have done I have not seen one concussion in 3rd-7th grade during a 5 year span not saying there hasn’t been one. I also think there is no sense of pride in playing for your school like there used to be even if you don’t start.

Don't let that Gate City scrimmage go to your head...

Park View - Sterling has an enrollment of approximately 1,450 students.  We have some close friends with two boys in that school system.  It's my understanding, they had 18 kids come out for football with 14 of those never having played anything more than flag football.  It's not as big a loss or disappointment to that community as it would be for others.  According to a Yahoo Sports article from a couple days ago, PV-Sterling also has several kids of former NFL players among it's student body.  Centennial High in neighboring Maryland cancelled last football season at about this time last year.  They will field a team this season with 25 players and no JV program.  Two high schools in Indiana and one in Chicago recently cancelled this upcoming season for lack of participation. 
It's a growing trend that isn't going to stop, I'm afraid.

Park View - Sterling has an enrollment of approximately 1,450 students.  We have some close friends with two boys in that school system.  It's my understanding, they had 18 kids come out for football with 14 of those never having played anything more than flag football.  It's not as big a loss or disappointment to that community as it would be for others.  According to a Yahoo Sports article from a couple days ago, PV-Sterling also has several kids of former NFL players among it's student body.  Centennial High in neighboring Maryland cancelled last football season at about this time last year.  They will field a team this season with 25 players and no JV program.  Two high schools in Indiana and one in Chicago recently cancelled this upcoming season for lack of participation. 
It's a growing trend that isn't going to stop, I'm afraid.

The team from Patrick County is representing Virginia in the Dixie Youth World Series.  I grew up in Fries playing baseball with one of the coaches of the team.  He has a son on the team.  They are 2-0 with wins over Texas (6-0) and Arkansas (7-6).  They play Louisiana tonight at 8:00.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.leagueathletics.com/Images/Club/22268/2018OZONEws-Final.pdf
 

I didn’t say I was a masochist. But I’m all ears.

Carroll will be much more competitive in Class 3 than they could ever possibly be in Class 4. Turner has his hands full changing the county culture and figuring out travel for kids to be able to play.  Carroll is on of the more difficult county's to navigate in our area.  I think he can do it.  Others have in the past but it's been few and far between.  The change of district and classification will help tremendously.
It was my understanding, Rural Retreat didn't want to leave the Hogoheegee to begin with.  Wythe County wanted all three of their high schools to be in the same region and district, forcing Rural Retreats hand.  The MED is a juggernaut already and given Grayson and Fort will likely drop to Class 1 in the near future, that isn't likely to change anytime soon.  If they have reservations about being in the MED, they will likely not put forth maximum community effort to support athletics.  That can be devastation to an athletics program.  Ask Carroll post entrance into the River Ridge!

Carroll will be much more competitive in Class 3 than they could ever possibly be in Class 4. Turner has his hands full changing the county culture and figuring out travel for kids to be able to play.  Carroll is on of the more difficult county's to navigate in our area.  I think he can do it.  Others have in the past but it's been few and far between.  The change of district and classification will help tremendously.
It was my understanding, Rural Retreat didn't want to leave the Hogoheegee to begin with.  Wythe County wanted all three of their high schools to be in the same region and district, forcing Rural Retreats hand.  The MED is a juggernaut already and given Grayson and Fort will likely drop to Class 1 in the near future, that isn't likely to change anytime soon.  If they have reservations about being in the MED, they will likely not put forth maximum community effort to support athletics.  That can be devastation to an athletics program.  Ask Carroll post entrance into the River Ridge!

1) Bluefield
2) Graham
3) Ridgeview
4) Richlands
5) Union
6) Chilhowie
7) Grayson County
8) Galax
9) Virginia High
10) Lee
 
Fort Chiswell would have definitely made my top 10 had they not been thrust into the impossible position of replacing a head coach 3 weeks before the beginning of practice.  I still think they have a lot of talent but might struggle early until the new staff can get a foothold on where they are.

The day has come. Two-a-days are underway this morning and the 2018 season is here. 
Just like the teams on the field, our podcast has changed a bit. 
Firstly, we have a new host site. Head on over to http://coalfieldsports.tk/pod/ to find the podcast home!
You WILL have to resubscribe to the pod, but you can do so on that page by clicking the podcasting service you usually go with. Google Play is still down right now. We are working to fix that. 
Also, look around the new Coalfield Sports site there. We have a lot of content that is meant to be a sister site to this one, SWVA Sports. 
We are expanding to two pods a week, and with that, we will be doing a weekly offensive and defensive player of the week series. We will announce the players eligible on the 1st pod and then announce the winner on the 2nd pod each week. 
We also have the Top 10 Poll that comes straight from this site. 
Brady, EH31 and I will be writing little articles like game previews and such over there as well. We will also post those here. If you guys wanna write for your team, let us know. We'd love to make that a cool local feature. 
So scroll around and enjoy that site. And invite your friends to join the boards here and help grow our family. 
Excited for what the new season holds!!!