GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Heard Richlands won 66-12...in the 4Q, mercy ruled at the request of the Tazewell coach... Pretty incredible what that one extra year of 8th grade will do for kids... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 goes both ways, if you take advantage of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,557 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Heard Richlands won 66-12...in the 4Q, mercy ruled at the request of the Tazewell coach... Pretty incredible what that one extra year of 8th grade will do for kids... That happens everywhere. Not like it just happens at Richlands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoard 18 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Heard Richlands won 66-12...in the 4Q, mercy ruled at the request of the Tazewell coach... Pretty incredible what that one extra year of 8th grade will do for kids... C'mon, you know it has nothing to do with sports. It's just to give kids an extra year of "maturity" so they'll do better academically in high school and eventually college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPF 411 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 That happens everywhere. Not like it just happens at Richlands. Naw, just another of the bent rules no one one the western end of the county will enforce. Were used to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrb 26 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Heard Richlands won 66-12...in the 4Q, mercy ruled at the request of the Tazewell coach... Pretty incredible what that one extra year of 8th grade will do for kids... I know, Tazewell's team was a lot bigger than Richlands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 rules are the same for everyone...Aug. 1st you have to be 18 right? or did they change it? if so then i don't really see the big deal...you just have to hold them back in 7th grade now right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsons 178 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 rules are the same for everyone...Aug. 1st you have to be 18 right? Correct and correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Correct and correct. if this stays true to form, i'm in a bit of a spot...i have two kids a year apart, one has a birthday on july 22 and the other is Aug 13th...so i'm split on the hold back situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ23 10 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 rules are the same for everyone...Aug. 1st you have to be 18 right? or did they change it? if so then i don't really see the big deal...you just have to hold them back in 7th grade now right? thats right you can not turn 19 before aug 1st Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
com74bsslc 10 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 I didn't know Richlands had all 19 and 20 year olds playing against 15 and 16 year olds in the rest of the county and state. No wonder we win so often. Someone should make a rule against that. I guess Graham and Tazewell didnt get the memo on the perfectly legal age rules for VHSL sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigrhsfan 884 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 (edited) Aw, just more crying ! Any athlete or team that wins a lot or dominates in their sport always has people that can't stand it and have to try to tear them down. I guess they are just tired of getting beat by Richlands every year. It's easier to point a finger at somebody else to find something wrong then to look at yourself and find fault ! Some of you fans from other teams use to live in the glass house when you were winning a lot and had people throwing rocks in your direction. your programs were not as squeaky clean as you like to pretend ! Funny how loosing for a few years makes you forget that. There is nothing illegal about it so quite crying and maybe do something about your own program to help them instead of always trying to find something wrong with someone else's ! Sorry about that rant, I haven't had one in a long while and figured it was my turn. besides, my monthly flow started today ! Edited August 22, 2012 by Bigrhsfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoard 18 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 If people are going to hold their kids back for sports, then maybe they should have to foot the bill instead of the taxpayers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheChampIsHere 10 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Funny how Tazewells team had a big o-line, d-line and bigger d-backs than richlands and they couldn't stop the run and also how Tazewell probably had triple the numbers on the eighth grade team than we had and still lost by 40 points, and its not the coaches decision to hold the player back it the parents, if they need it do it, I remember playing Grundy in eighth grade and the half the players had full grown beards they creamed us in both games by like 40 points, our team was the group of seniors that played salem in 04 in the semifinals and I think we beat Grundy like 55-7 that year or something like that so you can't use the holdback's as an excuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 That happens everywhere. Not like it just happens at Richlands. Pretty sure it does not happen at Graham or Bluefield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest king kone Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 I didn't know Richlands had all 19 and 20 year olds playing against 15 and 16 year olds in the rest of the county and state. No wonder we win so often. Someone should make a rule against that. I guess Graham and Tazewell didnt get the memo on the perfectly legal age rules for VHSL sports.Do wah wah? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrb 26 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Champ did you see all the catches that the Hall boy made with one hand? He looked like Austin Fuller. Unreal!!! Division 1 watch out Richlands is loaded for the next few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1speedcoach 10 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 It happens EVERYWHERE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest king kone Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 8th grade won 42-14....guess they were all holdbacks also....my suggestion is if you want a better team get some better coaches and that CC offense that came to Tazewell that I watched the other night ain't gonna cut the mustard....when you looked down on the field before the game and saw the teams warming up you would swear the team in green was better....but once the game started that assumption ended.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghs73 157 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 8th grade won 42-14....guess they were all holdbacks also....my suggestion is if you want a better team get some better coaches and that CC offense that came to Tazewell that I watched the other night ain't gonna cut the mustard....when you looked down on the field before the game and saw the teams warming up you would swear the team in green was better....but once the game started that assumption ended.... i know for a fact the 4 years my son played at ghs the kids in middle school when he started at gms were the same group he grew up with and played little league with all the way thru high school they were all 17-18 their senior year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichlandsAlum 678 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Heard Richlands won 66-12...in the 4Q, mercy ruled at the request of the Tazewell coach... Pretty incredible what that one extra year of 8th grade will do for kids... Come on, GMan. You can't prove that. It could just as easily be the three years of 2nd grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 It happens EVERYWHERE. Of all the athletes I've known from Graham, I can count exactly one that was held back from middle school onward, and it certainly wasn't for sports. The kid didn't even play football. I can say with authority that in other places, it did happen, and was encouraged, even solely for the purpose of dominating middle school/JV football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 I know, Tazewell's team was a lot bigger than Richlands. Funny how Tazewells team had a big o-line, d-line and bigger d-backs than richlands and they couldn't stop the run and also how Funny. That's not what I was told by someone from Richlands who was at the game. He stated just the opposite that Richlands' kids were huge compared to the kids from Tazewell and HE is the one who stated what I posted in the original post about what a difference an extra year in 8th grade makes. He too said Richlands would be loaded for the next several years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 It happens EVERYWHERE. NO, it doesn't happen EVERYWHERE...only at schools where they feel the need to bend the rules to get an advantage on everyone else... And it is encouraged at Richlands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Come on, GMan. You can't prove that. It could just as easily be the three years of 2nd grade. C'mon, when I'm talking with parents who have kids at RMS and RHS and they are the ones telling me all the kids (by name, mind you) that were held back in 8th grade FOR SPORTS, not at any other reason, that's all the proof I need. I have no reason to make this stuff up...I'm just the messenger... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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