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Narrows lost every game they played against teams from tougher districts with the exception of the worst Fort Chiswell team in a generation. Narrows has to get out of the Pioneer. You can't play a dogshit schedule and be prepared to face teams that are playing a significantly tougher slate of opponents.
This is not a very good Grayson team either. 

Dude, not trying to be rude, but I can put my finger on it and it happened from game one in my opinion. It's called strength of schedule.

Because there isn’t a swva player of the year 

More evidence the state set-up with 6 classifications is watered down as hell. Region 1C is hot garbage outside of Auburn and GW.  Parry McCluer and Narrows are decent and deserving of a playoff berth but Bath, Galax, Grayson and Eastern Montgomery are awful basketball teams and wholly undeserving of postseason play. 

Kaiden Swortzel is a TE at The Citadel. Rylan Swortzel (#24) is still there. They have a younger brother Gavin (#44) that is a freshman and talented as hell. The younger Swortzel is already bigger than his brothers.
Floyd is a very young team but with a lot of players in that 6'-1" to 6'-5" size range. Rylan Swortzel is the only senior on the roster. 

I think CC will struggle to get past Lord Botetourt. Abingdon could surprise someone but baring injury or illness, I think CC and LB are the class of Region 3D. 

Conflict of interest - Shaq owns many Five Guys restaurants. 
 
if you want a wild rabbit hole to go down, google what all companies Shaquille O’Neal has ownership in. It includes The General & Brooks Brothers, as well as the rights to Marilyn Monroe’s likeness, plus countless other things you probably wouldn’t expect.

Maybe now we can get one of those urban paintings on the side of the Gate City Pal's with Mac and Shaq back to back...

Same thing I've said about football having too many teams making playoffs...it's a joke.
But the "give everyone a trophy" crowd goes crazy everytime it's said....so you have 2-8 or worse teams making playoffs

Depends on which Grayson team shows up. They lost to GW 70-18 two weeks ago. Followed that up by getting boat raced by Bland a few nights later. I wouldn’t base anything on how anyone looks against Galax. They are terrible!!!

AJ Ashworth, Caden Carico and Edwin Espinoza have all advanced to the finals for Galax today. 

If they are utilizing phosphorous credits, this would make sense. It would delay the start of construction but save some time on the back end along with a considerable amount of money.
In a nutshell, the county would place a large tract of land in a conservation easement, meaning it could never be developed. In exchange, DEQ would significantly lighten the environmental requirements for the smaller tract of land at THS. Grayson County did this when they installed turf a couple of years ago.

Karst topography and/or underground caves would have been found during a geotechnical report and field survey. I doubt it's something like that unless someone didn't do their job.
It's more likely, the owner or contractor requested changes to the design for whatever reason that necessitated another DEQ review before construction can continue. 

Those freshmen have a lot of potential.

Speak of “daddy ball” and it appears in the thread.  Just like beetle juice. 

Could have stayed in the MED and played the semifinal and final of the district tournament at Radford University. 
 
I kid, sort of. Narrows in the Pioneer will never not be strange to me. 

As you well know by now, we're on the same page here.  But what do ya do? 
Although, I will concede, the perk of host district tournament in your barn when you win the regular season is nice.
Still yet, hopefully we get out of it when the contract runs out since it's starting to become appearent neither side is particularly happy with the arrangement.

I applaud your enthusiasm but my 25+ years of experience in the engineering world tell me, everything reasonable goes out the window when design and construction involve state and federal agencies. 
Tree removal, sediment basins, and retaining walls all require DEQ permits before construction can begin. DEQ review of construction plans is a minimum, 9-month process. More often than not, it's longer. If they require changes to the plans, the calendar starts all over again. 

I'm not a fan of turf at any level. We have well over 20 years of data that strongly suggests increased injury, especially in younger people who haven't fully developed. But it's the trend and I don't see it going away anytime soon. 
 

I'm not a fan of turf at any level. We have well over 20 years of data that strongly suggests increased injury, especially in younger people who haven't fully developed. But it's the trend and I don't see it going away anytime soon. 
 

I'm not a fan of turf at any level. We have well over 20 years of data that strongly suggests increased injury, especially in younger people who haven't fully developed. But it's the trend and I don't see it going away anytime soon. 
 

Some of these kids have a terrible group of people surrounding them as well.
They hitch to the kid's wagon in hopes of some huge NIL deal or even further, NFL contract.
They will put thoughts in the kid's head that they are a P5 talent or the League is a no doubt outcome to their career.
I see it damn near every day and the kid is the one who suffers in the end. 

It's far more common for kids in P5 or G5 schools to end up on a path similar to this when entering the Transfer Portal. Should be a cautionary tale but all we see from ESPN is Cody Shrader puff pieces. Young people that haven't developed critical thinking skills yet, see those pieces and think everyone is doing it. So they leap and end up falling out of sight.

It's far more common for kids in P5 or G5 schools to end up on a path similar to this when entering the Transfer Portal. Should be a cautionary tale but all we see from ESPN is Cody Shrader puff pieces. Young people that haven't developed critical thinking skills yet, see those pieces and think everyone is doing it. So they leap and end up falling out of sight.

Nevada has a "None Of These Candidates" option on primary ballots. Nikki Haley lost to "None Of These Candidates" making her the first candidate to lose to nobody since that option was added to the ballot in Nevada in 1975. It's getting harder and harder to tell actual politics from satire these days. 
https://www.13abc.com/2024/02/06/nevada-will-hold-presidential-primaries-caucuses-creating-voter-confusion-little-suspense/