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So you're saying that Tazewell is the problem...

Shane Allen took over as head coach at Galax in 2020/2021 Covid shortened season. 
 
2020 = 9-1 -state runner-up
2021 = 11-3 - state runner-up
2022 = 7-4 - 2nd round of playoffs
2023 = 11-4 - state championship 
His record at Galax is 38-12, a 76% winning percentage. 
 
At Tazewell, Shane was 15-37 in 5 seasons. 
 
2012 = 2-9
2013 = 2-8
2014 = 5-6
2015 = 4-6
2016 = 2-8
53-49 overall record with a state championship and two state runners-up. Sort-of a chicken and egg situation if you ask me. Was he a good coach all along or did he become a good coach working under Mark Dixon for 3 years?
I will say this, Dixon told me himself, the Galax defense between 2017-2019 was entirely Shane’s. Dixon had very little input. 

I can certainly tell you who ain't good after watching Galax host Grayson last night. That was two gawd-awful basketball teams.

I can certainly tell you who ain't good after watching Galax host Grayson last night. That was two gawd-awful basketball teams.

It's not football related but these kids work hard and deserve to be recognized somewhere. 
Mia Llamas from Galax is starting on the swim team at California Baptist University in Backstroke, Freestyle and IM. Mia was a 6-time VHSL State Champion. Four consecutive 200 Meter Freestyle and two consecutive 100 Meter Backstroke. CBU is a member of the Western Athletic Conference and compete at an elite D1 level with numerous Olympic level performers throughout their lengthy history. She has appeared in every event so far in her freshman year. Her dad was a professional MMA fighter. 
Phoebe Fant from Galax has accepted a partial Rowing scholarship at UVA. She will likely graduate Valedictorian in a few months. Incredibly bright young lady with a future in medicine. Stands over 6 feet tall and is the most impressive, well-rounded athlete I've seen in my time here. She's also the drum major for the Maroon Tide Marching Band and captain of the MACC team. 

My guess is, AJ Ashworth will join his brother at Ferrum. Ian has started at Safety since he stepped on campus as a freshman. 
I haven't heard anything about Tedruhn. 

I don't think anyone in the TRD can compete with Carroll.  Carroll has imploded in a few games the past few years with these kids but if they can keep their head straight, they will walk away with it.  

VHSL schools are heading into year 2 of current contracts, so should be same opponents in same order, just at opposite locations.

Agreed. I understand needing to get the story up ASAP, that’s how it works with covering a game but if you’re gonna let the emotions of a performance cloud your writing, you should wait and view it more objectively. 
 
Pulaski ain’t beating Narrows anyway IMO, could play 100 teams and the Wave gonna win 90+. 

I’m not disagreeing with you at all. He goes pretty hard at Pulaski in every sport. IMO, he should probably wait several hours after a particularly poor performance before writing anything. It doesn’t come off well. Especially in the context of this being a game played by children. 

It looks like 25 schools in AAAA, 30 schools in AAA, 29 schools in AA and 41 schools in A.
https://wvmetronews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Final-Copy-of-WVSSAC-Competition-Models-2023-Version-3.pdf
Seems quite watered down to me.

South Carolina just enacted a rule for the upcoming season, schools are free to recruit and students can transfer out-of-season without penalty. However, any school receiving a student living outside the district boundaries must count that 1 student as 3 students for ADM purposes, whether that student plays a sport or not.
https://www.postandcourier.com/aikenstandard/sports/localsports/s-c-high-school-league-realignment-picture-taking-shape/article_8d688c58-9a9f-11ee-9505-3b38bde4e661.html
If VHSL were to adopt this unique system, LCA would most likely be Class 6. 

"Hickory" as in the movie Hoosiers.

A few simple things from CityData.com tell the story. 
The Town of Wytheville has a population of 8,241 as of 2021. An increase of 5.6% since 2000. One of the few localities expanding in southwest Virginia. The median age of a Town of Wytheville resident is 47.2 years.  The median age of a Virginia resident is 38.8 years. Wytheville, much like Galax, has seen an influx of transplants from outside the area over the past two decades. People moving to the area after retirement rarely (if ever) have children in tow. In short, the 20-somethings leave the area and raise families someplace else while retirees from Maryland, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut move into Wytheville. The population rises slightly, but so does the median age of the residents.
 

A few simple things from CityData.com tell the story. 
The Town of Wytheville has a population of 8,241 as of 2021. An increase of 5.6% since 2000. One of the few localities expanding in southwest Virginia. The median age of a Town of Wytheville resident is 47.2 years.  The median age of a Virginia resident is 38.8 years. Wytheville, much like Galax, has seen an influx of transplants from outside the area over the past two decades. People moving to the area after retirement rarely (if ever) have children in tow. In short, the 20-somethings leave the area and raise families someplace else while retirees from Maryland, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut move into Wytheville. The population rises slightly, but so does the median age of the residents.
 

A few simple things from CityData.com tell the story. 
The Town of Wytheville has a population of 8,241 as of 2021. An increase of 5.6% since 2000. One of the few localities expanding in southwest Virginia. The median age of a Town of Wytheville resident is 47.2 years.  The median age of a Virginia resident is 38.8 years. Wytheville, much like Galax, has seen an influx of transplants from outside the area over the past two decades. People moving to the area after retirement rarely (if ever) have children in tow. In short, the 20-somethings leave the area and raise families someplace else while retirees from Maryland, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut move into Wytheville. The population rises slightly, but so does the median age of the residents.
 

Tandem Smith is a senior. 

Kenny Wayne was my dads HS coach at Rye Cove.  He still talks fondly of the person and coach he was.  He follows Carroll on NFHS to keep up with his granddaughter.  

Kenny Wayne is a freakin rock-star. That whole family is something. 

You serious??
Never would have made that connection. Not only does she get it from her dad, but she get's it from her grandpa Kenny. Kenny is the real baller lol

Have they never watched a girls basketball or soccer game before? That stuff happens all the time. All the time!!!

Have they never watched a girls basketball or soccer game before? That stuff happens all the time. All the time!!!

I thought it was established here years ago that sense and the VH$L shouldn’t be in the same sentence! Lol

Floyd is similar in many ways to Fort Chiswell. They always seem to have an abundance of size and athleticism. Coach Beale was/is an all-time human being but I'm not sure how great a football coach he had been in recent years. Floyd certainly has a football coach now. If the Carroll News is to be believed, I'm not sure how Cromer could have been their second choice, but here we are.
One thing is for sure, Floyd set the rest of the Three Rivers on notice. The Buffalos comin.......