kickballstud44 10 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 new field, new field house, new uniforms and cleats, new season ticket holders......and we can't beat a single A school? Have we fallen to the ranks of the middle of the road schools. (Everyone knows who they are) Only our pride can bring us back. Will the storm ever brew again? Can we keep the T-dogs at bay? Are we going to win the district? This had all the makings of a great year, can I get my money back from Meet the Blues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfuller 10 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Everyone has their up and down years. We have been a huge powerhouse for the last 4 years. We are alittle on the young side and may take a few years to rebuild. Even some of the greatest programs have rebuilding years like salem, etc.. We just need to get our offense going, they looked very very sloppy on "O" and the defense didnt look as expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfuller 10 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Question? How do you think it will pan out for Richlands? How do you think the Honaker game will go, anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shroom 10 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 true they are a single A school but a really good single A school that most of the time beats AA schools Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futbolking 766 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Gate City is loaded this year...lot of folks down that way expected this win, don't worry too much about it, it's a long season. Gate would beat MOST AA schools when they have a solid team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokie07 11 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 I think it's way too early to panic about Richlands being on the downhill slide. It was just one game against a very good football team regardless of their A classification. I think Gate City could fare well in the SWD personally. Even though it is nice to start the season off with a win and win every game, the Gate City game didn't carry huge implications. For what it's worth, I look for Richlands to give Bluefield, Graham, Tazewell, and whoever else on their schedule all very tough contests and I fully expect them to be in the hunt when it's all said and done in the SWD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveFan09 50 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 new field, new field house, new uniforms and cleats, new season ticket holders......and we can't beat a single A school? Have we fallen to the ranks of the middle of the road schools. (Everyone knows who they are) Only our pride can bring us back. Will the storm ever brew again? Can we keep the T-dogs at bay? Are we going to win the district? This had all the makings of a great year, can I get my money back from Meet the Blues? fool...what does it matter if its a Single A team...people like you make me sick..sound like a bandwagon jumper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlueAlum 12 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 I agree that it is too early to panic. But I was looking at the enrollments on the Department of Education website, and unless it is a misprint, GC had 709 students in grades 9-12 last fall. How are they single A? Last fall Richlands had an enrollment of 776, Grahams was 513, and Tazewell was at 673. So they arent that small of a single A school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghs84 10 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 true they are a single A school but a really good single A school that most of the time beats AA schools depth of a football team and good coaching is what really counts in the long run.remember there is only 11 players on the field no matter what you are A,AA OR AAA.DEPTH is what counts.if you have 35 players on your team and 20 of them can play their position well,then you have depth.when you have players going both ways they will tire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIGHTN_HOKIE 10 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 (edited) i agree that it is too early to panic. But i was looking at the enrollments on the department of education website, and unless it is a misprint, gc had 709 students in grades 9-12 last fall. How are they single a? Last fall richlands had an enrollment of 776, grahams was 513, and tazewell was at 673. So they arent that small of a single a school. Gate City did not have 709 kids enrolled last year. More like 665....LOL..Gretna has 700! CMD Enrollment: Lebanon - 575 Gate City - 665 John Battle - 479 Lee High - 750 Va High - 606 Edited August 25, 2008 by FIGHTN_HOKIE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Richlands just has to worry about winning the SWD, not every game...I think going in to the year they knew they might drop a few games with the younger kids on the team...but if you are Richlands, you focus on your district games and just try to get better each week so that you are rolling at the end of the season when it counts...do what you have to do to make it in to the playoffs and hope for the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs52 484 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Richlands just has to worry about winning the SWD, not every game...I think going in to the year they knew they might drop a few games with the younger kids on the team...but if you are Richlands, you focus on your district games and just try to get better each week so that you are rolling at the end of the season when it counts...do what you have to do to make it in to the playoffs and hope for the best. True Lance, you win your district and you are in, and thats where it starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogfan 101 10 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 although it would be nice to see someone else win districts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlueAlum 12 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 Gate City did not have 709 kids enrolled last year. More like 665....LOL..Gretna has 700! CMD Enrollment: Lebanon - 575 Gate City - 665 John Battle - 479 Lee High - 750 Va High - 606 Alright, well the Department of Education has it listed like this : 9th Grade: 199 10th Grade: 184 11th Grade: 164 12th Grade: 162 199+184+164+162=709 They also have the following numbers: Lebanon-558 John S.Battle-683 Lee High-803 Virginia High-702 That was as of September 2007. But that just comes straight from the Virginia Department of Education website...sooo. Hers is the link*: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/dbpubs/Fall_Membership/2007/readme.htm *You will need Excel to view the spread sheet with all of the schools enrollments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beamerball 566 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 (edited) Enrollment figures from the VHSL... http://www.vhsl.org/MoreAboutVHSL/RR.htm ..basically the same. They were under 700 though. The numbers fell off and they're single A because when they dropped and as it is now, they fall into single A status. Edited August 26, 2008 by Beamerball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdogfan2 10 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 Stop with the "rumor" bs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlueAlum 12 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 Right, I wasnt really trying to question their single A status, I was more trying to say they arent the much smaller the Richlands. Not that it really matters. But Fightn Hokies numbers are a little off. Ecspecially with JSB and Va High. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GC_Quincy 582 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 Gate City's 21-16-1 all-time against Richlands. Not sure why it's shocking that they won. GC had 18 starters returning, while Richlands lost quite a bit. A couple of years ago, people were saying "Gate City's done". Amazingly after making it to Salem last year, those people disappeared. Richlands will be fine. They looked pretty good passing the ball late in the game. They'll come around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_school_blue 247 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 Gate City's 21-16-1 all-time against Richlands. Not sure why it's shocking that they won. GC had 18 starters returning, while Richlands lost quite a bit. A couple of years ago, people were saying "Gate City's done". Amazingly after making it to Salem last year, those people disappeared. Richlands will be fine. They looked pretty good passing the ball late in the game. They'll come around. Gate City will be back in Salem this season as well. Most of the young people on this board do not know the history of Gate City football. GC has the finest football tradition in Virginia. It dates back years to the days of the great Harry Fry. A loss to any team hurts, but no need to panic or hang your heads Blues. Gate City is an outstanding program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHS89 77 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Schools around here are not big enough to be powerhouses every year. They all are up and down at times. Ya just gotta make hay when the sun is shining, and ya gotta have some rain to make that hay grow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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