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This recipe can be made spicy by mixing in one fan base speaking a language the other doesn’t understand. 

lol,  yeah,  sorry!!!  I just saw that after ready your reply!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  lol
 

Despite winning 6 state championships in the past 10 seasons, Galax is on its 4th head coach in 4 seasons!!!
The talent is there, as always. Galax could legitimately field two state level teams and have some talent to spare. We'll see how the new coach shakes out. 

This recipe can be made spicy by mixing in one fan base speaking a language the other doesn’t understand. 

“Futbol is life!!!”
~Dani Rojas~

This recipe can be made spicy by mixing in one fan base speaking a language the other doesn’t understand. 

This recipe can be made spicy by mixing in one fan base speaking a language the other doesn’t understand. 

What the hell are you talking about, man? It's golf season!!!

I used to catch some in practice for his uncle back in the 80’s. Mike was drafted by the Expos and played in the Twins organization. 

He sure was a dominant hurler back in the day.

I knew Brock and his family well. He’s a Fries native, as am I. Brock’s dad is the head girls basketball coach at Grayson County. His sister is in administration at Galax.  
 
Very happy for the whole Funk-Moore extended family!!!

Tragedy to triumph: Coach Terri Anne Funk's impact as Eastside heads back to state (wcyb.com)
Eastside with the championship trophy, but Coach Funk's with life's trophy!!!!
Awesome!!!
 

Yeah that’s what it seems like, family simply moved and she is going somewhere else. Kinda refreshing tbh, an athlete moving for no nefarious or self-centered reason. 

Emily Edwards of Galax won her second consecutive state championship in Shot Put with a throw of 40'-11-1/2". Breaking her Class 1 state record of 40'-6" from a year ago. She's headed to Australia this summer as part of the Junior Olympics. 
Her dad played football and baseball at Haysi and Emory & Henry.

Clements played his freshman year at Mount View so that is not the same situation as Jennings.

That explains Jennings. But what about Clements & Edwards? 😉

There is a homeschool girls basketball program locally called State Line Rush. They have sent a girl or two to college to play basketball every single year for over a decade. Not hard to see why Galax and Grayson County High Schools have seen a sharp decline in girls basketball talent in that timeframe. They fundraise like crazy and play all over the eastern seaboard. Probably play 50 games a year. Of the former SLR players that I know, one starts at George Washington currently, one starts at UT Chattanooga currently, and one started 77 games at Liberty between 2019-2023. 
https://www.maxpreps.com/va/galax/state-line-homeschool-rush-rush/basketball/girls/schedule/
https://www.facebook.com/statelinerush/
That is where I see youth athletics in the future. What State Line Rush is doing will be the rule rather than the exception. 
Edit to add: That 2018 NACA National Championship SLR won (on Facebook link) was with an extraordinary team. All three D1 players mentioned above plus three girls that played D2 basketball in South Carolina and another that played D2 basketball at Lee University. One of the D2 girls was an All-America selection. 

Auburn outscored Honaker 49-29 after the first quarter. One official accounted for a 20 point swing in a high school basketball game?

Every game no matter who wins you can count on the losing team and/or fan base complaing about the refs...and this goes for every level.
Guess it's the easiest excuse...and they seem to never see a call that goes their way...just the 1 or 2 bad calls that go against them. 
News flash people refs are human they will make mistakes...geez it just amazes me some fans

In my opinion, HS athletics is going to resemble Club Sports and/or Intermural Sports at the college level within the next few decades. The schools will provide space for the students to compete but nothing more, including coaches. Students will be responsible for paying their own freight and volunteers will coach. The competition level we have grown to expect at the high school level will transition to AAU type programs. High school athletics as we know them will be akin to what you see at your local recreation department.
That's my opinion but I think the evidence shows, we're already headed in that direction. I will use golf and tennis as an example of what football, basketball, baseball might resemble. Golf and tennis have almost exclusively moved over to the junior circuit similar to AAU over the past 30 years. Nobody in golf or tennis is recruited from the high school level to play in college. Recruiters go to USGA, AJGA, and USTA events. Not high school tournaments. 
It may take more than 10 years to fully get to that level but I think, in 10 years, we will have a much clearer picture of where we're headed.
Edit to add: When thinking about this, take yourself and everyone in your generation out of the equation. Try to think in terms of how young people think. They are the ones that will be in charge of these decisions a decade or two down the road. I don't like it but it is what it is. 

I remember when half of the Euro League played at Twin Springs...
But yeah, this doesn't happen anywhere other than at John Marshall.

Are there very many in that 20's to 30's age group to choose from?
It doesn't seem like a profession the younger generation is keen on getting involved in to me. Of the two jobs locally that were open after this fall, neither had an applicant under the age of 38. That 38 year old applicant landed one of those positions and turned 39 two weeks later.

My daughter has 67 credit hours completed, taking 17 credit hours currently, and is in her second semester of college. She'll have 84 credit hours completed at the end of her first year of college.