randym 10 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 participation-how is it in other county's? I'm new on this site but I want to know,just a question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneck_nation 10 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 richlands midget league is going strong in football.we have around 300 kids in he league. we also added tazewell this season to our league, glad to have the dawgs youth football league. richlands midget league football 5 - smurf teams ages 4-7 5 - peewee teams ages 8-10 5 - midget teams ages 11-13 tazewell football 3 - smurf teams 2 - peewee teams 2 - midget teams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityofRaven 2,453 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Go Tide! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Well Mayor, I was forced root against my Tide team the other night when the Raven and Cedar Bluff smurf teams got together. My nephew plays for the Blue Devils so I had to pull for him. The Devils won the game 24-0 behind a dominating performance by a little guy named Cody Stallard. He had at least 200 yards rushing + 2 or 3 touchdowns. He made pretty much every tackle on defense too. If you get a chance to watch these smurfs, look for #88 of Cedar Bluff. He's going to dominate the SWD in about 10 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityofRaven 2,453 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 yeah im in that same boat, my 2 cousins play for the blue devils, tyler and travis brooks i hope to see them play this week, but it is odd for a raven boy cheering for the devils lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Yeah that reminds me, this will be the 2nd Saturday in a row I'll have to miss the Tech game to watch my nephew. Guess I should have thought a little more when I said "I'm going to all your games." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityofRaven 2,453 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 yeah oh well lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_school_blue 247 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 I strongly encourage all area fans to come out and support the Richlands Midget Football League. These young men are the future Blues and Dawgs. Go Richlands Raiders! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randym 10 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Sorry guys I didnt get to reply sooner,I am the smurf coach for the bluedevils.Cody Stallard is a speed demon,#7 Cody Helton is a monster,Appreciate you guys going out and supporting them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 My nephew is #38 Logan Lester. Since it's his first year he's still learning the game, but watch out when he does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneck_nation 10 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 thanks guys for blowing up our midget football league. we have got a good thing going here. i said in earlier post this year that rhs football is very bright. all you guys come & watch for yourself. come out & support your future big blues!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichlandsAlum 678 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 [ QUOTE ] richlands midget league football 5 - smurf teams ages 4-7 5 - peewee teams ages 8-10 5 - midget teams ages 11-13 [/ QUOTE ] When did this split between smurf/peewee/midget take place? It's a good thing, mind you. Back in the day when I played, the regulations were pretty fast and loose. I don't remember there being a minimum age and I believe the "maximum" was only that you couldn't play past 6th grade. In limited circumstances, this meant that you could conceivably have a single team ranging from toddlers to 20 year olds. (And I'm not exaggerating a whole lot here.) It was still fun, though. As a former Blue Devil and Green Wave myself (I switched after sitting out for a year -- one of the other "rules" at the time), let me give a shout out to my Richlands midget league peeps from the early '80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 I played at the same time as you but I remember two seperate teams, midget and pee-wee. I also remember 6th grade being the "maximum" but you couldn't be over 13 years old. I played two years for the now defunct Redskins and one for Raven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityofRaven 2,453 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 thats all they had in the early 90's too, midget and peewee, i remember the redskins and the green wave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichlandsAlum 678 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 [ QUOTE ] I played at the same time as you but I remember two seperate teams, midget and pee-wee. I also remember 6th grade being the "maximum" but you couldn't be over 13 years old. I played two years for the now defunct Redskins and one for Raven. [/ QUOTE ] My last year of midget league was 1982. Played for the mighty Green Wave team that went 0-7-3 (along with another poster on this board). There was no distinction between midget and pee-wee that season, although we usually got the younger guys in the games during the last quarter. We weren't a great team (as evidenced by our record), but we did play a great second game against Baptist Valley -- who won the championship that season, if I'm not mistaken. They beat us 48-0 the first time. Second time around we came up short in a classic struggle by a score of 8 to 6. That experience is something that the Blues might keep in mind as they roll along this year. They're probably going to have to beat a good team twice to win the region, and that could be a tall order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 I played for Raven in 1981 and we went 6-4 after starting 2-3. Baptist Valley was the only team to beat us in the second half of the season, and the only one to beat us twice. I agree the Blues will probably have to beat someone like Graham or Tazewell twice. It's not an easy thing to do and is the reason I wanted them to remain in D-4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89Tornado 10 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Does anyone remember who "speedy" was for Cedar Bluff? I played one year with him on the team, but to be honest I don't think I ever knew his real name? Richlands Alum...got any answers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pru 10 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Haha I used to play in the Tazewell Little League. We had alot of teams back then. I played for the Jets after my team at Springville got basically deleted from the teams. But we used to rock! Haha I remember guys like Jake Evans, Adam Evans, Carr Blackenship those were a bunch of the guys on my teams. I wish I could come out and watch some of those little league games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 The one guy I remember from Cedar Bluff was #77. When we played them my coach moved me from RT to LT to block him because he was getting about 20 tackles a game. I was so proud that he only got one tackle that night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichlandsAlum 678 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Does anyone remember who "speedy" was for Cedar Bluff? I played one year with him on the team, but to be honest I don't think I ever knew his real name? Richlands Alum...got any answers? [/ QUOTE ] That would be Stevie Campbell. And that specific season would've been 1980, if I'm not mistaken. 89, if you were a Blue Devil that season, then you qualify as the second poster on this board that I played with. I played left guard on the "little guy" squad that year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichlandsAlum 678 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 [ QUOTE ] The one guy I remember from Cedar Bluff was #77. When we played them my coach moved me from RT to LT to block him because he was getting about 20 tackles a game. I was so proud that he only got one tackle that night [/ QUOTE ] I think that would've been Jeff Witt. He was a heckuva player. During my season with the Green Wave (1982), I did experience the joy of being assigned to block Ernie Newberry when we played the Tide. That assignment only lasted about two series of downs before coach decided it was better to team-block him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Thanks. I didn't remember his name but I never forgot that game. I remember Ernie. He was a good one. Raven had a lot of tough kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityofRaven 2,453 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 every day before we would pratice we would play bull in the ring that will make a man out of any 5yr old if nothin else will lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Yep, we did that when I played too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichlandsAlum 678 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Yep, we did that when I played too. [/ QUOTE ] Ditto. And we liked it! We liked it just fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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